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Celebrate Women’s History Month with the National Archives!

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1912 suffrage parade

Women’s Suffrage Parade, New York City, 1912 (National Archives).

March is Women’s History Month, and the U.S. National Archives hosts an abundance of special virtual programs this month on topics including women abolitionists, suffragists, ornithologists, and more! Highlights include:

Thursday, March 17:
KIDS PROGRAM: Meet Girl Scouts Founder Juliette Gordon Low 

Laura Edwards book cover, Victorian dress

Laura Edwards’ book is featured as part of Women’s History Month events.

BOOK TALK: Only the Clothes on Her Back: Clothing and the Hidden History of Power in the 19th-Century United States

Friday, March 18:
PANEL DISCUSSION: Working for Suffrage: How Class and Race Shaped the U.S. Suffrage Movement

March 19 & 20:
PANEL DISCUSSION: Eleanor Roosevelt’s Extraordinary Life and Legacy (airing on C-SPAN)

Tuesday, March 22:
BOOK TALK: Vesper Flights: A Conversation with Helen Macdonald

Wednesday, March 23:
BOOK TALK: The Color of Abolition: How a Printer, a Prophet, and a Contessa Moved a Nation

Most programs can be viewed live, or later on NARA’s YouTube channel.

To learn about the complete offerings, and for links to many other NARA resources, visit the National Archives website.

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