The Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum expands the story of America through the often-untold accounts and accomplishments of women—individually and collectively—to better understand our past and inspire our future. We share our work with anyone and everyone interested in our nation's stories. Our ultimate vision is a more representative history, a more collective future; women's history is American history. To work toward this, our mission is to create space for women's history on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., deepen our nation's stories, and inspire conversation, connection, and change.
Multiple users (Effie Kapsalis/Digitaleffie, Andrew Lih / Fuzheado, Kelly Doyle Kim / KellyDoyle, CarCai) helped lay the foundation for the museum’s Wikipedia efforts through the American Women’s History Initiative from 2019-2023.
We continue this work with the assistance of Ariel Cetrone, Institutional Partnerships Manager for Wikimedia DC.
Note: This work began under the American Women’s History Initiative, the predecessor to the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum. The archived GLAM wiki page for the American Women’s History Initiative can be found here.
Over 2.2 million words about American women were added since February 2019. Words added were from a various of outreach means: edit-a-thons, courses taught, intern and contractor work, trainings and information session, and facilitator / organizer edits
Over 50 millions views of Smithsonian images of American women on 22 language Wikipedia versions
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