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The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), located in Washington, D.C., is "the first museum in the world solely dedicated" to championing women through the arts. NMWA was incorporated in 1981 by Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay. Since opening in 1987, the museum has acquired a collection of more than 6,000 works by more than 1,000 artists ...
W. Washington Area Girls Soccer League. Whittemore House (Washington, D.C.) Woman Suffrage Procession. Woman's National Democratic Club. Women & Politics Institute. Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia. Women's City Club of Washington, D.C. Women's Strike for Equality.
The metro DC area is the second-most popular destination for African immigrants, after New York City. More than 192,000 African-born people live in DC and nearby suburbs as of 2019, just shy of the 194,000 African-born in New York. [38] This includes Nigerians with 19,600 residents and Ghanaians with 18,400. [39]
Henry C. Newcomer (1861–1952), U.S. Army brigadier general, engineer whose work included Taft Bridge and improvements to Washington Aqueduct; retired to Washington, D.C. [17] Edward C. Peter II (1929 – 2008), U.S. Army lieutenant general, commander of Fourth United States Army ; born in D.C. [ 18 ]
The National Women's History Museum was founded in 1996 by Karen Staser. It currently curates in person and virtual exhibitions and provides resources for educators, students, and general audiences. NWHM dedicated resources since its inception to raise support and lobby Congress to fund a women’s history museum in Washington, DC.
The Smithsonian American Women's History Museum is a future Smithsonian Institution museum dedicated to women's history, to be located in Washington, DC. The museum was established by Congress as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, which became law on December 27, 2020. [ 1] Development of the museum is expected to take at least ...
M. Betty Madigan. Leslie Malton. Sarah Marshall (American stage actress) Bridgit Mendler. LoLa Monroe. Edna Morton. Mary Murphy (actress) Mya (singer)
Judges. Marilla Ricker (1882): [ 6] First female appointed as a United States Commissioner in Washington, D.C. (1891) Mary O'Toole (1914): [ 7] First female judge appointed to the municipal court of Washington, D.C. (1921) Burnita Shelton Matthews (1919): [ 8] First female to serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (1949 ...