In 2008, Alison Saar’s statue Swing Low became the first public monument to an African American woman in New York City. Located in Harlem, it honors Harriet Tubman, the celebrated African American abolitionist who self-emancipated in 1849 and repeatedly risked her life to complete an estimated (and astonishing) 13 trips back to her native Maryland…
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“An Unstoppable Locomotive:” New Acquisitions Highlight Black Women’s Art and History
May 3, 2021
In 2008, Alison Saar’s statue Swing Low became the first public monument to an African American woman in New York City. Located in Harlem, it honors Harriet Tubman, the celebrated African American abolitionist who self-emancipated in 1849 and repeatedly risked her life to complete an estimated (and astonishing) 13 trips back to her native Maryland…
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What Women Can Do for America: Geraldine Ferraro and the Race for Veep
October 6, 2020
As Senator Kamala Harris prepares for the upcoming vice-presidential debate with Vice President Mike Pence, our minds turn to other women who have vied for the Veep spot. The Center for Women’s History special installation, What Women Can Do for America: Geraldine Ferraro and the 1984 Presidential Campaign, explores the story of one of these…
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Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Notes from Her 2014 Public Program
September 23, 2020
The Center for Women’s History mourns the passing of legal titan and hometown luminary, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. For some time, we have been deep into research and preparations for a museum exhibition in her honor planned for next year, and wanted to share the audio recording from a 2014 public program at…
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Get Counted! Women and the Census
Have you completed the U.S. Census? October 31 is the last day you can do so at https://my2020census.gov/. Women have been counted since the first Census in 1790, but the kind of information recorded about them has changed, as have the roles they have played carrying out the census. In honor of the 2020 Census,…
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Intergenerational and Collective Curation: Teen Leaders’ Contributions to “Women March”
September 4, 2020
Women March, the immersive New-York Historical exhibition about 200 years of women’s activism and organizing, demonstrates that collective action begins when just one person confronts injustice, and then another joins her, and then another. The exhibition, which visitors will be able to visit when the New-York Historical Society reopens on Sept. 11, features a digital…
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Activism on Film in “Women March”
August 31, 2020
Women March, the current exhibition in the Joyce B. Cowin Gallery of Women’s History, looks at 200 years of women’s activism, including a variety of strategies and tactics, from speeches and writing to fundraising and protests. It includes more than 80 film clips from 1915 to 2019 to create an immersive experience and highlight the…
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