The National Women’s History Museum’s Efforts to Tell Women’s Stories

The National Women’s History Museum brings awareness to a significant gender inequality issue with Wikipedia.

The National Women’s History Museum made a post on their Instagram, @womenshistory, about free online encyclopedia Wikipedia having 1.5 million biographies written in English, only a shocking 17% of which are biographies are about women (credit: “WikiProject Women in Red.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation 9 Mar. 2018). 

We are here to shed light on the stories yet to be told—the women who have made history, but who have yet to be recognized for their immense contributions to American history in all spaces. At 👉womenshistory.org👈 you’ll find a whole library of resources, dedicated entirely to telling the lost stories of women who have made significant contributions to American history, from STEM to the Arts. Women are everywhere that history can be found—you need only look harder. Credit: “WikiProject Women in Red.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 9 Mar. 2018. • • • #NWHM #WomenMakingHistory #TheMoreYouKnow #WomensHistory #HerStory #TellHerStory #HelpUsBuildIt#WashingtonDC #NationalMall #DidYouKnow #NationalWomensHistoryMuseum #SeeHer #KnowHerName #HistoryMaker #HiddenFigures

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It is true that after factoring in the long history of inequality women have suffered from, there are far fewer women known for their accomplishments than men.  Let us recall Virginia Woolf’s quote from her essay A Room of One’s Own, published in 1929, “For most of history, Anonymous was a woman”.  With this in mind, it’s time to right society’s wrongs of the past and give credit where it is due.  The National Women’s History Museum is working to correct our recollection of history and rightfully include women.  Their website, www.womenshistory.org, has a library filled with the lost stories of women who have made remarkable contributions to our nations history.  Check out their website and learn how you can support their efforts to ensure incredible women go down in history.