Women Making History Awards an Evening of Inspiration

On March 15th the National Women’s History Museum (NWHM) held its annual Women Making History Awards. NWHW kindly invited the Congressional Commission on the American Museum of Women’s History (CCAMWH) to attend.  Commissioner Maria Pesqueira and Commission Executive Director Wendy Pangburn were also invited to update the audience on the work of the independent Commission. Read More …

Microsoft Launches “Make What’s Next” Campaign to Inspire Next Generation of Women Inventors

Microsoft recently announced their launch of a new campaign, “Make What’s Next” aimed at providing resources for young girls to pursue subjects in STEM. The company announced the campaign in a series of short videos that highlight lesser-known women inventors from history like Ada Lovelace, Tabitha Babbit, and Yvonne Brill. A huge component of the Read More …

MAKERS: Web Platform Provides Largest Collection of Women’s Stories Ever Assembled

Makers is a woman-led web platform that features the stories of hundreds of remarkable women in video and other digital formats. Specifically, the web site serves as a portal into the lives of women from a variety of fields through interviews and short documentary clips. Women featured include: media moguls Oprah Winfrey and Ellen Degeneres, Read More …

NWHP Honors Women’s History Month Honorees with Luncheon in Washington, D.C.

The National Women’s History Project will highlight this year’s Women’s History Month honorees with an awards luncheon on March 19, 2016 at the Hamilton, in Washington D.C. This year’s sixteen chosen honorees are all women whose life work falls within the theme “ Working to Form a More Perfect Union: Honoring Women in Public Service Read More …

NWHM Hosts the Annual Women Making History Awards in Washington, D.C.

The National Women’s History Museum is hosting “The Women Making History Awards” on Monday, March 14th at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington D.C. The event will honor women who are making modern history and breaking down barriers in their respective fields. The event will be co-chaired by Senator Lisa Murkowski and Representative Linda Sanchez. Honorees: Read More …

The National Women’s History Project Celebrates Women’s History Month 2016

  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 …