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International Women’s Day

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Happy International Women’s Day!

The Commons celebrates this day by paying tribute to the women of the world with an extravaganza of new uploads. See new sets from the George Eastman House, the Nationaal Archief, Oregon State University Archives and the Powerhouse Museum devoted to International Women’s Day!

The Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution are jointly honoring Women’s History Month by holding special exhibitions and events:

  • 2009 Theme: Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet.
  • Women of Our Time: Twentieth-Century Photographs from the National Portrait Gallery. An interactive site with video, audio, and photographs of famous 20th-century women.
  • Women’s Rights National Historic Site. Discover how five women changed the world.
  • Women at War: Spanning four wars, a collection of women’s experiences from the Veterans History Project
  • Women in Jazz!
  • The Library of Congress’s full event calendar for Women’s History Month.
  • The Smithsonian Institution’s full event calendar for Women’s History Month.

    • See all the wonderful women of history in The Commons by searching on the tag “womensday”:


    Women across the Commons

    Give flowers to a woman in your life today!

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    One Response to “International Women’s Day”

    1. Michelle Springer Says:
      March 10th, 2009 at 2:07 am

      Readers may also be interested in http://womenshistorymonth.gov/, a portal page providing access to content from 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 States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

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