Writing and Righting History: 2018 Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Posted: April 12, 2018
Category: Library And Research Center
For the fifth year, Art+Feminism led the global initiative to improve the Wikipedia representation of women artists and to train women editors. NMWA’s Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center...
![Several people are sitting next to each other on their laptops, looking up. Two large paintings are hanging behind them.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20190323_103309_35658-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-1-700x330.jpg)
Florine Stettheimer: Painting Poetry
Posted: November 21, 2017
Category: Library And Research Center
The next time you visit NMWA, come to the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center (LRC) to see new books on women in the arts, as well as reference...
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Wonder Women: Flappers Meet Underground Comics
Posted: September 11, 2017
Category: Library And Research Center
NMWA could not host an exhibition called Wonder Women! without featuring several exceptional comics! The first group of objects on view in the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center...
![Comic book cover featuring a woman in a bathing suit with a blue bottom with stars and a red top. She has a light skin tone and is appearing oversized as she tramples across a busy highway, shattering planes with her hand. The title reads "Ms" and "Wonder Woman for President."](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MsMagCover_20585-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
This summer the blockbuster film Wonder Woman has already earned more than $724 million. The NMWA Library and Research Center staff could not resist swinging their own golden lasso by...
![Comic book cover featuring a woman in a bathing suit with a blue bottom with stars and a red top. She has a light skin tone and is appearing oversized as she tramples across a busy highway, shattering planes with her hand. The title reads "Ms" and "Wonder Woman for President."](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MsMagCover_20585-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-1-700x330.jpg)
In the installation From the Desk of Simone de Beauvoir, visitors can consider the influence and intellect of writer Simone de Beauvoir in an interpretation of her Paris studio alcove. Museum...
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In the installation From the Desk of Simone de Beauvoir, visitors can consider the influence and intellect of writer Simone de Beauvoir in an interpretation of her Paris studio alcove. Museum...
![](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Simone-de-Beauvoir-7394-E-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
In the installation From the Desk of Simone de Beauvoir, visitors can consider the influence and intellect of writer Simone de Beauvoir in an interpretation of her Paris studio alcove....
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Visitors ask me why the National Museum of Women in the Arts has a dedicated installation to honor Simone de Beauvoir. Beauvoir was not an artist, not a patron, and...
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Recent Acquisitions at the LRC: Richenda Cunningham’s Letter
Posted: April 19, 2017
Category: Library And Research Center
The LRC recently acquired an original letter from British printer Richenda (Gurney) Cunningham (1782–1855). Her lithographic portfolio of travel prints “Nine Views Taken on the Continent” (ca. 1830) resides in...
![An etching of a temple amidst ruins. At the entry of the temple, four little figures in soldier gear are standing and sitting. On the other side of the temple, a woman in a hat is walking along the collonades. Underneath the etching, it says: "Temple of Caius](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1997.142.2_444-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
Bold Broadsides and Bitsy Books is on view in the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center (LRC). From the public nature of broadsides to the intimacy of a tiny...
![A bookshelf packed with colorful books about women artists.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/NWMA_Shoot_Photo_195-2-scaled-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)