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Art, Design & Performing Arts 8Hide All
- AfroPop Worldwide (National Endowment for the Humanities)
- Francie Latour: Auntie Luc's Talking Paintings (Library of Congress)
- Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning, American Masters Series (National Endowment for the Humanities, PBS)
- Drawn to Purpose: American Women Illustrators (Library of Congress YouTube Channel)
- Interview with Lotsee Patterson (Comanche librarian, educator, and co-founder of the American Indian Library Association) (Library of Congress)
- Mona Lisa in Camelot: How Jacqueline Kennedy and Da Vinci's Masterpiece Charmed and Captivated a Nation, a podcast by author Margaret Leslie Davis (National Gallery of Art)
- Peggy Seeger: A Life of Music, Love, and Politics, by Jean R. Freedman (Library of Congress)
- Rachel Whiteread: Ghost (National Gallery of Art)
Business and Economics 2Hide All
Civil Rights 11Hide All
- The 19th Amendment at 100: A Conversation with Judy Perry Martinez (Library of Congress)
- 19th Amendment Centennial Commemoration Playlist: Video testimonials commemorating the 19th Amendment Centennial at the National Archives. (National Archives YouTube Channel)
- Freedom Writer: Virginia Foster Durr, Letters from the Civil Rights Years (Library of Congress)
- Music and the Winds of Change: The Women's Movement (Smithsonian Institution)
- Rosa Parks: The History and the Heart (Library of Congress)
- Tunisia: Celebrating Fifty Years of Women's Emancipation (Library of Congress)
- Tell Them We are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities (PBS, National Endowment for the Humanities)
- This Little Light of Mine: The Legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer (Library of Congress)
- Women’s Liberation Playlist (Smithsonian Institution)
- Women Suffragists and the Men Who Supported Them: The Suffragents (panel discussion) (National Archives YouTube Channel)
- Youth in Action: Conversations About Our Future: Native Women Making Change (Smithsonian Institution YouTube channel)
Culture and Folklife 28Hide All
- African American Dollmaking and Puppetry: Renegotiating Identity, Restoring Community (Library of Congress)
- American Roots: Hairdressers & Beauty Shop Culture in America (Library of Congress)
- A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove: A History of American Women Told Through Food, Recipes and Remembrances (Library of Congress)
- Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett Oral History (Library of Congress)
- Bringing in the May (Library of Congress)
- Carmen Agra Deedy (storytelling) (Library of Congress)
- Conversation with Ann Yao (Library of Congress)
-- Ann Yao: Chinese Zheng Music from Florida (Library of Congress) - Ella Jenkins - First Lady of Children's Music - Sound Sessions Radio (Smithsonian Institution)
- Encuentro en el Smithsonian: Eugenia León y La Marisoul (Smithsonian Institution)
- Encuentro en el Smithsonian: Susana Baca y Nidia Góngora (Smithsonian Institution)
- Feminist Community Radio at KOPN: American Archive of Public Broadcasting (Library of Congress and WGBH)
- A Folklorist's Tale: Stories of Tangible Culture, Intangible Culture, and the Politics of Culture, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett (Library of Congress)
- History of Household Technology (Library of Congress)
- Home Canning: Cultural Narratives, Technological Change & the Status of Traditional Knowledge (Library of Congress)
- Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller Audio Collection (Library of Congress & WGBH)
- Jean Ritchie - Sound Sessions Radio (Smithsonian Institution)
- “Ladies First: Folkways’ Female Artists” - Tapestry of the Times, Episode 29 (Smithsonian Institution)
- “Ola Belle Reed: An Enduring Legacy” - Tapestry of the Times, Episode 27 (Smithsonian Institution)
- Sidedoor Podcast: Sing a Song of Protest (Smithsonian Institution)
- Sisterfire SongTalk: Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, Martha Gonzalez, and Barbara Dane (Smithsonian Institution)
- Story Circle: The Art of Movement and Coalition Building – Learning from Yuri Kochiyama (Smithsonian Institution)
- Story Circle: Women to the Rescue! Conserving American Ginseng (Smithsonian Institution)
- Virtuosic Women Playlist: NEA National Heritage Fellows on Smithsonian Folkways
- The Will to Adorn: Reflections on African American Identity and the Aesthetics of Dress, Diana Baird N'Diaye (Library of Congress)
- Woman Talk Show Series: American Archive of Public Broadcasting (Library of Congress and WGBH)
- Women and Folk Playlist from Smithsonian Folkways (Smithsonian Institution)
- Women Documenting the World: Women as Folklorists, Ethnomusicologists & Fieldworkers, session one: (Library of Congress)
- Women Documenting the World: Women as Folklorists, Ethnomusicologists & Fieldworkers, session two: (Library of Congress)
Government, Politics and Law 10Hide All
- A Modern Queen in a Traditional Role (Library of Congress)
- Carla Hayden Sworn In as 14th Librarian of Congress (Library of Congress)
- Evan Thomas on Sandra Day O'Connor (Library of Congress)
- Madeline Albright, “Memo to the President-Elect: How We Can Restore America's Reputation and Leadership” (Library of Congress)
- Madeleine Albright: National Book Festival 2020 (Library of Congress)
- Mrs. Ambassador: The Life and Politics of Eugenie Anderson (Library of Congress)
- My Dear President: Letters Between Presidents and Their Wives (Library of Congress)
- Snapshots of Ottoman Women in Court Records (Library of Congress)
- Women in Leadership: The Impact of Women on the U.S. Congress [panel discussion] (National Archives YouTube Channel)
- Women in the Supreme Court (National Archives YouTube Channel)
History 25Hide All
- 100 Years of Women Voting (Library of Congress)
- 40 for 40: Washer Women (National Park Service)
- #APeoplesJourney: African American Women and the Struggle for Equality (Smithsonian Institution)
- American Army Women Serving on All Fronts – 1944 (National Archives)
- American Women and Social Change – Labor (National Archives)
- American Women and Social Change - Women and the Family, 1975 (National Archives)
- American Women and Social Change - Women at Work (National Archives)
- Bev Grant and Working Women
- "Code Girls" Reunion (women code breakers of World War II) (Library of Congress)
- Daisy Turner's Kin: An African-American Family Saga (Library of Congress)
- Decade of Our Destiny: Women -- A New Force for Change (National Archives)
- Drew Gilpin Faust: Women in Leadership (Library of Congress)
- Fearless Women Video Series at the 2020 National Book Festival (Library of Congress)
- Hidden Figures: Discussing the Women of NASA with Margot Lee Shetterly (Library of Congress)
- Humanities Nebraska, Valuing the Vote - series of recordings exploring women's suffrage as well as civil rights movement (Site supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
- The Impact of the Women's Suffrage Movement Today (Library of Congress)
- No Job for a Woman: The Women Who Fought to Report WWII (sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
- Women and the Spirit of '76 (National Archives)
- Women in Defense, 1941 (National Archives)
- Women In Leadership: Journalism (National Archives)
- Women in the Persian Gulf War (Library of Congress)
- Women in World War II: The Spies They Never Saw Coming (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum)
- Women of the Grand Canyon (National Park Service)
- Women on the Warpath, 1943 (National Archives)
- Women Who Dare (Library of Congress)
Music and Performing Arts 37Hide All
- Anuradha Nehru Oral History (Library of Congress)
- Barbara Lynn & Friends — Texas Rhythm and Blues (Library of Congress)(National Heritage Award winner, 2018)
- Composer Meredith Monk in concert (Library of Congress)
- Dolly Parton and the Roots of Country Music (Library of Congress)
- Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning, American Masters Series (National Endowment for the Humanities, PBS)
- Esma Redzepova & Folk Masters: Romani (Gypsy) and Macedonian Music (Library of Congress)
- The Experimentation of Ruth Crawford Seeger (Library of Congress)
- Flory Jagoda and Friends: The Celebration Concert (Library of Congress)
- "Freight Train" by Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten (Smithsonian YouTube Channel)
- Harpsichordist Mitzi Meyerson in concert (Library of Congress)
- Interview with composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (Library of Congress)
- An Introduction to the Music of Clara Schumann (Library of Congress)
- Joy Harjo in Concert (Library of Congress)
- Kalanidhi Dance: Traditional Kuchipudi from Maryland (Library of Congress)
- Katherine Dunham Collection (Library of Congress)
- The Legacy of Ola Belle Reed: Oral History (Library of Congress)
- The Legendary Ingramettes: African American Gospel Music from Virginia (Library of Congress)
- The Lili'u Project -- Women's History Month Concert (Smithsonian Learning Lab)
- Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes, Feeling Heart (PBS, National Endowment for the Humanities)
- Mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter in concert (Library of Congress)
- NOKA: Basque Song & Music from California (Library of Congress)
- NOKA Oral History (Library of Congress)
- Open Mic: Interview with Fiona Ritchie (Library of Congress)
- Oral History: Storyteller Barbara Freeman (Library of Congress)
- Oral History: Storyteller Connie Regan-Blake (Library of Congress)
- Pianist Solungga Liu in concert (Library of Congress)
- Pianist Valerie Tryon in concert (Library of Congress)
- PIQSIQ: Inuit Style Throat Singing (Library of Congress)
- Quebe Sisters - Texas Swing Fiddle - Sound Sessions Radio (Smithsonian Institution)
- The Reign of Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles (Smithsonian YouTube Channel)
- Sheila Kay Adams: Musician and Storyteller from North Carolina (Library of Congress)
- Sheila Kay Adams Oral History (Library of Congress)
- Sidney Robertson Cowell & the WPA California Folk Music Project, 1938-1940 (Library of Congress)
- Sreevidhya Chandramouli & Friends — Traditional Indian Karaikudi Vina Music from Oregon (Library of Congress)
- Stepping Back in Time: Storytelling with Connie Regan-Blake and Barbara Freeman (Library of Congress)
- Toshi Reagon – "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around" (Smithsonian YouTube Channel)
- Tribute to Mama Afrika: Miriam Makeba (Library of Congress)
Poetry and Literature 9Hide All
- Afghan Women's Poems Inspire (Library of Congress)
- Black Pearl Sings! Theatrical Reading and Discussion (Library of Congress)
- The Cinderella No One Knows: The Grimm Brothers' Tale of Incest, Fur & Hidden Bodies (Library of Congress)
- Conversations with African Poets and Writers (Library of Congress)
- Conversation with Cartoonist Lynn Johnston (Library of Congress)
- Literature to Life: Zora! (Library of Congress)
- Poetry Jam Featuring Split This Rock (Library of Congress)
- Toni Morrison reads her essay “The Fisherwoman” (National Gallery of Art)
- The Woman Who Read Too Much (Library of Congress)