Women’s History Month at the National Constitution Center

Posted by National Constitution Center on March 8, 2022

Throughout Women’s History Month, the National Constitution Center is recognizing extraordinary American women throughout the nation’s history. The Center is featuring a great lineup of women scholars in its online educational classes through the month of March, including University of Texas at Austin’s Ashley D. Farmer, Johns Hopkins University’s Martha S. Jones, The New Yorker’s Jill Lepore, and historian Erica Armstrong Dunbar.

In March, visitors to the National Constitution Center can commemorate Women’s History Month by viewing our newest exhibit, The 19th Amendment: How Women Won the Vote. This exhibit traces the triumphs and struggles that led to the ratification of the 19th Amendment, and features some of the many women who transformed constitutional history—including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Alice Paul, and Ida B. Wells—and allows visitors to better understand the long fight for women’s suffrage.

The 3,000-square-foot exhibit features nearly 100 artifacts, including a rare printing of the Declaration of Sentiments from the first women’s convention at Seneca Falls, a ballot box used to collect women’s votes in the late 1800s, Pennsylvania’s ratification copy of the 19th Amendment, as well as various “Votes for Women” ephemera.

Learn about additional programs and live and online events.