The Scholar Summit has moved today to the Atlantic Council ! The address is: 1030 15th Street, NW (corner of 15th and L Street, NW) 12th Floor – West Elevator (202-778-4952) Nearest metro stops are McPherson Square on the Blue Line and Farragut North on the Redline! The Summit will start at 11:00 am
Due to the continued closure of federal offices in the Washington D.C. area tomorrow, the Scholar Summit will now take place at an alternate location. The new location will be available tomorrow morning. Please check www.womenshistorycommission.org/news in the morning for the updated location. Thank you once again for your patience!
The Scholar Summit has changed its start time. Instead of starting at 10:00 am on Tuesday – the Summit will begin at 11:00 am at the Woodrow Wilson Center. Please continue to check this web site for additional details. Should the government decide to keep all federal buildings closed on Tuesday, we will post in Read More …
Attention Scholar Summit Attendees! After a number of phone calls today, we are still moving forward with the Summit! Just too much work has gone into this to start over and our Commission timeline is just too tight to push this important meeting further on in the year. So here is the plan: The panelists Read More …
As you are probably all aware, Washington, DC was hit by a major blizzard over the weekend. Snow in most of the city exceeds 20 inches and the status of flight schedules, airport closings/openings, availability to mass transportation, and federal building (including the Wilson Center) opening hours are all up-in-air. As we investigate options for Read More …
The Congressional Commission on a National Women’s History Museum will be hosting a Scholar Summit on January 26, 2016 at the Wilson International Center for Scholars. Below is an outline of the day’s schedule. SUMMIT SCHEDULE – the program will start promptly at 10:00 am and seats are on a first come, first serve basis. Read More …
From Left to Right: Abigail Adams, Alice Paul, Eleanor Roosevelt, Elizabeth L Gardner (WASP), and Laura Ingalls Wilder We recently asked our interns to answer the question “Who is your favorite historical Woman?” Here are the results! Daniella Amell: Abigail Adams Angela Phillips: Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Paul. Roosevelt completely changed the role of the Read More …
Happy Birthday Alice Paul! Check out today’s Google Doodle honoring suffrage leader Alice Paul, who founded the National Women’s Party and organized the 1913 Suffrage Parade in Washington, D.C, as well as the campaign to picket the White House. She was born today in 1885.
The National Women’s History Project (NWHP) will be celebrating this year’s Women’s History Month with their selected theme, “Working to Form a More Perfect Union: Honoring Women in Public Service and Government”. Every year, NWHP honors women’s whose work falls under a chosen, unifying, theme. This year’s group of women highlights the diverse forms Read More …
The Congressional Commission on NWHM will host a Scholar Summit on Women’s History and Public History on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 10 am – 3:30 pm at The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center One Woodrow Wilson Plaza 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20004-3027 Invitations to the Read More …