On display in the Alumnae Gym Reading Room, March 2008

International Women's Day and its Transformation
into National Women's History Month

This exhibition examines the oft-forgotten origins of International Women's Day in the Socialist movements of the early 20th century through its transformation into the mainstream National Women's History Month. International Women's Day is March 8th and National Women's History Month, while centering around International Women's Day, urges people to celebrate women's history through learning more about it during the month of March. Prepared by Corey Fabian Borenstein '08, the exhibition contains items selected from the Sophia Smith Collection's varied holdings, including photographs of early women laborers, communist news clippings, presidential proclamations, and pamphlets from the Women's Action Alliance Records.

An exhibition mounted in conjuntion with the Sophia Smith Collection's 65th Anniversary Conference, September 2007

Featuring selections from the Voices of Feminism Oral History Project (and the personal manuscript collections this initiative inspired) and the recently processed YWCA Records. Individuals represented from the Voices of Feminism include Loretta Ross, Carmen Vázquez, and Joan E. Biren (JEB).

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Exhibition area in the College Archives and Sophia Smith Collection Reading Room, Alumnae Gym. Photograph by Diana Davies.