Women's History Month Background and Expert Available: Women Who Shaped the White House

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The White House Historical Association

Mar 10, 2020, 06:45 ET

WASHINGTON, March 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- In 1988, Congress passed Public Law 100-9, which proclaimed March as Women's History Month.

In light of Women's History Month, the White House Historical Association has created a White House Women digital collection of stories highlighting women who shaped White House history as First Ladies, activists, pioneers, enslaved women, picketers and more.

Interview Availability

Lindsay Chervinsky, historian with the White House Historical Association, is available for interviews to talk about women who shaped White House history.

Samples of stories from the digital collection:

Picketing the White House: The Suffragist Movement During the Great War

The national struggle for women's suffrage mobilized in March 1913 in Washington, D.C. Throughout Wilson's presidency, suffragists organized pickets and protests, and eventually Wilson began to soften his anti-suffrage stance. Read more.

A Powerful Voice: Marian Anderson and White House History

Marian Anderson was a successful American singer known for her performances throughout the world. Anderson's 1939 Easter concert at the Lincoln Memorial brought her national attention and fame, after she faced opposition from local concert venues that were segregated. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt cultivated a relationship between the White House and Marian that lasted for the rest of her musical career. Read more.

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About The White House Historical Association
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy envisioned a restored White House that conveyed a sense of history through its decorative and fine arts. In 1961, the White House Historical Association was established to support her vision to preserve and share the Executive Mansion's legacy for generations to come. Supported entirely by private resources, the Association's mission is to assist in the preservation of the state and public rooms, fund acquisitions for the White House permanent collection, and educate the public on the history of the White House. Since its founding, the White House Historical Association has contributed more than $50 million in fulfillment of its mission. To learn more about the White House Historical Association, please visit www.whitehousehistory.org.

SOURCE The White House Historical Association