“Learning about women’s tenacity, courage, and creativity throughout the centuries is a tremendous source of strength. Until relatively recently this sphere of women’s history was overlooked and undervalued…women’s achievements were often distorted, disdained and denied. But knowing women’s stories provides essential role models for everyone. And role models are genuinely needed to face the extraordinary changes and unrelenting challenges of the 21st century.”
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United State Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of women whose commitment to nature and the planet proved invaluable to society.
