Bridal court
In October 1974, a photographer working on the Documerica project took this picture of a bride with her attendants in New Ulm, Minnesota. Documerica was...
Community hospital
Pictured in this October 1924, photograph are a maternity patient and medical staff in the Hutchinson, Minnesota, community hospital. This photograph is among the...
Differences in pay
The War Department surveyed machine shop workers in 1943 to determine differences in pay between men and women.
Dr. Mary Walker
Dr. Mary Walker, first woman to be awarded the Medal of Honor, is shown here wearing the medal, ca. 1866.
Duty first
Lieutenant Margaret Stanfill, a member of the Army Nurse Corps, was the first American nurse to set foot on French soil. Here, she prepares a workstation on June 14,...
Elderly woman during the Great Depression
This photo by Arnold Eagle and David Robbins is from the Work Projects Administration photography series “One Third of a Nation.” The title comes from a line in...
Equal Rights Amendment
President Jimmy Carter signs the legislation proposing the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) before it was sent to the states for ratification in 1978. The Equal Rights...