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Founded in 1996, the National Women’s History Museum (NWHM) is an innovative museum dedicated to uncovering, interpreting, and celebrating women’s diverse contributions to society. A renowned leader in women’s history education, the Museum brings to life the countless untold stories of women throughout history, and serves as a space for all to inspire, experience, collaborate, and amplify women’s impact—past, present, and future. We strive to fundamentally change the way women and girls see their potential and power. NWHM fills in major omissions of women in history books and K-12 education, providing scholarly content and educational programming for teachers, students, and parents. We reach more than five million visitors each year through our online content and education programming and, in March 2023, mounted our first physical exhibit at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in downtown Washington, DC, "We Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist DC."
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Each time a girl opens a book and reads a womanless history, she learns she is worth less.

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Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a prominent journalist, activist, and researcher, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In her lifetime, she battled sexism, racism, and violence. As a skilled writer, Wells-Barnett also used her skills as a journalist to shed light on the conditions of African Americans throughout the South and dispelled the myth that lynching, which she famously referred to as "that last relic of barbarism and slavery," was a method of retribution for Black men's so-called "violence" against white women, but is in fact a hate crime.

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If we want our girls to benefit from the courage and wisdom of the women before them, we have to share the stories.

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National Women’s History Museum Awarded $2.5 Million Grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. for Forthcoming Exhibition

New exhibition, "Faith and Freedom: Women's Social Justice Activism Through the Lens of Spirituality and Religion," will explore the intertwined, complex relationships between faith, ‘feminisms,’ and freedom.
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Mattel to Receive NWHM's Corporate Changemaker Award

The National Women’s History Museum will honor Mattel, Inc. with the inaugural Evelyn Y. Davis Corporate Changemaker Award at NWHM’s Women Making History Awards Gala on March 20, 2025.
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New: NWHM's Annual Impact Report

Read our first annual Impact Report, which explores our work in 2023.
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Save the Date: 2025 Women Making History Awards

Join Us for Our 2025 Gala!

The National Women's History Museum and honorary gala chair Meryl Streep invite you to save the date for our 2025 Women Making History Awards in Washington, DC. Join us as we celebrate extraordinary, trailblazing women who have made profound contributions to our society and who serve as inspiration for the next generation of leaders, change agents, and history makers. Honorees to be announced soon.

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2025-03-20

Women Making History Awards Gala

The Women Making History Awards Gala, hosted by the National Women’s History Museum and honorary gala chair Meryl Streep, returns on March 20, 2025. Join us in Washington, DC to celebrate extraordinary, trailblazing women.
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