First in Their Field: Samantha Cristoforetti
“When you discover new things every minute and your mind is absorbing so many experiences, it feels like time expands.”
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Bring the Women’s Museum of CA to you
The Women’s Museum has produced a variety of traveling exhibits suitable for display at your school, library, or organization. These exhibits are highly informative and inspiring, and whether it be Women’s History Month, or your organization wants to explore deeper … Continue reading Bring the Women’s Museum of CA to you
5 Women Inventors
At the Women’s Museum of California, we often discuss how the lack of women in our history textbooks helps reinforce the idea that women have contributed very little to our nation’s history and puts limits on the way young girls see themselves. The same can be said about our school’s science textbooks.
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2019 Exhibit Schedule
We are excited to announce the 2019 Women’s Museum of California exhibit schedule!
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A Celebration of Wife Selling
Several years ago I stumbled upon a newspaper article about a wife sale in Spalding, Lincolnshire, England. In 1786 A Thomas Hand sold his wife, with her consent, to Thomas Hardy for five shillings. The article intrigued me for many … Continue reading A Celebration of Wife Selling
The Radical Origins of Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day was originally started as an anti-war movement in the 1800s.
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4 Ways to Support the Women’s Museum this Holiday Season
This holiday season find the perfect gift for the women’s history lover on your list and support the Women’s Museum of California at the same time! Continue reading “4 Ways to Support the Women’s Museum this Holiday Season”
Activist Women Behind Silent Films in the United States
Women were more than solely actresses in silent films–they were producers, directors, set designers, writers, and doing any behind the scenes job that would be assumed a male dominated task. The role of women as directors first appeared in France … Continue reading Activist Women Behind Silent Films in the United States
A Watershed Moment in the Labor Reform Movement
It was Saturday, March 25, 1911. The bell signaling the end of the workday had just sounded at 4:45 pm and the employees of the Triangle Waist Company were getting ready leave. Continue reading “A Watershed Moment in the Labor Reform Movement”
Lucy Parsons
Lucy Parsons was a labor organizer and radical socialist who led mass demonstrations of homeless and unemployed people in San Francisco and Chicago in the early 1900s
