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 About the Women’s Museum
The Women’s Museum supports the goals of the Foundation for Women’s resources by promoting the legacy of great women leaders. It is a place of discovery and inspiration that documents the great achievements of women in our society.
PurposeAffiliate of the Foundation, The Women’s Museum makes visible the unique, textured and diverse stories of America’s women. Using the latest in technology and interactive media, the Museum's exhibits and programs expand our understanding of women's participation in shaping the history of our country and create a lively environment for dialogue and discovery. Thousands of stories recount public and private triumphs and the struggles of those who would be denied their freedoms in all its forms: political, social and spiritual.
The Ronya Kozmetsky Institute for the Future offers hands-on educational programming in a 21st Century learning environment. By encouraging and reinforcing abilities, dreams, and potential, young people and adults acquire the resources and competencies to become productive workers, responsible citizens, and successful individuals. Fast-paced, specialized programs educate in areas including women’s history, life issues, media, technology and computer literacy.
The VisionThe Women's Museum: An Institute for the Future began as the dream of one woman - Cathy Bonner - a dream adopted by corporations, foundations, governments and individuals across the nation to bring it to reality.
The DreamSince 1996, the Women’s Museum has been a place where the stories of women's accomplishments and contributions to American life and history are told. It is more than a conventional museum. It is a place where young girls are inspired to take on new challenges and opportunities, and a place continually accessible to women and men worldwide, where education never stops.
The NetworkIn addition to Ms. Bonner's vision, The Women's Museum is testimony to the power of a network of women. Bonner drew on the resources of women involved in Leadership Texas and Leadership America, who helped raise money and lend support. The board of directors of the Foundation for Women’s Resources committed early funds and became part of the new museum's board, and the Foundation's director, Candace O'Keefe, acted as executive director for the museum project.
The Dream Comes TrueToday, The Women's Museum: An Institute for the Future, a Smithsonian Institution affiliate, is fulfilling Cathy Bonner's vision of a state-of-the-art facility chronicling womens' contributions, offering programs, and hands-on educational programming through the Ronya Kozmetsky Institute for the Future.
For more information about The Women’s Museum, visit
www.thewomensmuseum.org.
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