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The Museum of Women: the Leadership Center
(Proposed – not built as yet)
Battery Park City
New York
NY
Website: www.museumofwomen.org
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The current status of this new world-class facility scheduled to
open 2006 at the southern tip of Battery Park City in Lower Manhattan,
is uncertain after the tragic events of September 11 2001. It is
dedicated to exploring the role of American women in history, providing
educational outreach and developing leadership training for women
and girls. The project – a permanent tribute to women’s
history - grew out of one of the recommendations of the Commission
Honouring the Achievements of Women in celebration of the 150th
anniversary in 1998 of the first women’s rights convention,
Seneca Falls, NY.
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National Women’s Hall of Fame
76 Fall Street
PO Box 335
Seneca Falls
NY 13148
Ph: +1 315 568 8060
Fax: +1 315 568 2976
Email: greatwomen@greatwomen.org
Website: www.greatwomen.org
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Purchased and restored by the organisation, this
Seneca Falls Savings Bank of 1916 has been the Hall
of Fame’s home since 1979. |
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This is the first national organisation in the USA that exists solely
to honor and celebrate the achievements of extraordinary American
women. It is located in Seneca Falls, about 550 km from New York
City, in the heart of the popular Finger Lakes Region. This historic
village is the site of the first Women’s Rights Convention
in 1848 at the Wesleyan Chapel whose ruins today are the Women’s
Rights National Historical Park.
The Hall of Fame was established in 1969at a formal tea at the local
college. Its President had been shocked to discover that few women
were included at the Bronx’s Museum of Distinguished Americans
and resolved to change the situation.
1973
saw the induction of the first 20 women. Now around 200 framed mini-biographies
with B/W photographs line the walls, along with a year 2000 exhibit
“Come Stand Among Great Women”. In addition, over 1000
ordinary women have been honoured through their families and communities
by small engraved plaques on the “Wall of Fame” with corresponding
entries in the Book of Lives and Legacies.
The organisation operates a shop next door where the archive and
reference library relating to American women’s history is also
located.
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National Women’s History Museum
PO Box 1296
Annandale
VA 22003
Ph: +1 703 813 6209
Fax: +1 703 813 6210
Email: info@nwhm.org
Website: www.nwhm.org
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NWHM is “a nonpartisan, non-profit educational organisation
dedicated to restoring the historic contributions and rich, diverse
experiences of women to mainstream culture”. Founded by Karen
K Staser in 1996 to create a national museum for women’s history,
she and others were the driving force behind bringing the Woman
Suffrage Statue from the US Capitol Crypt to the US Capitol Rotunda.
Its CyberMuseum was launched in 1998, which offers changing online
exhibits on women’s history themes. The organisation continues
to seek a permanent location for the facility within the Museum
mile in Washington DC.
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National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Avenue
Washington DC 20005-3920
Ph: +1 202 783 5000
Fax: +1 202 393 3235
Email: NMWAmem@aol.com
Website: www.nmwa.org
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Centrally based on a busy intersection, 3 blocks
from the White House, the museum is housed in a former
Masonic Temple (1908) which was purchased in 1983,
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This museum gives recognition to the achievements of women artists
of all periods and nationalities by exhibiting, preserving, acquiring,
and researching art by women, and by educating the public concerning
their accomplishments.
Since
its 1987 opening, the museum has sponsored more than 150 major exhibitions
including the first US retrospectives of significant international
women artists. Work by women artists from the 17C to the present
day are displayed on 3 floors while the 4th floor is devoted to
the Library and Research Center where exhibitions of women book
illustrators are also held. The museum also sponsors many major
public programs such as lectures, writers’ workshops, concerts,
movies and educational activities for children. In 1997 the museum
expanded into the building next door with a new wing for special
exhibitions and a shop. There is a popular café situated
on the Mezzanine floor overlooking the marbled and chandelier-lit
Grand Hall.
The museum was founded by Mrs Wilhelmina Cole Holladay in 1981 who
after admiring the work of 17th painter Clara Peeters whilst abroad,
realised on her return that there was little recognition or information
on women artists. The Holladays’ collection formed the original
core of the museum’s collection.
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National Woman’s Party Museum
Sewall-Belmont House
144 Constitution Ave NE
Washington DC 20002
Ph: +1 202 546 1210
Fax: +1 202 546 3997
Email: info@sewallbelmont.org
Website: www.sewallbelmont.org
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National Woman’s Party HQ dedicated to founder Alice Paul &
history of US women’s suffrage. Major Capital Campaign in progress
for its renovation.
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Susan B Anthony – American pioneer leader of US Women’s
Suffrage
Susan B Anthony House
17 Madison Street
Rochester
NY 14608
Ph: +1 585 235 6124
Website: www.susanbanthonyhouse.org
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