The International Museum of Women, an online museum dedicated to the “value the lives of women around the world,” has a really new and interesting exhibit up called Women, Power and Politics. The curator of the exhibit says in the Welcome:
As a counterpoint to these one-dimensional depictions, we wanted to collect and share real stories about how women are making change. In particular, we wanted to show inspiring tales of how women from all walks of life dare to believe the world can be different – and put their passions and ideas into action.
Despite what the evening news and our high-school history books tell us, women are powerful, and they always have been.
Though I haven’t had time to extensively comb through the entire exhibit (it contains quite a wealth of material!), it looks to be incredibly informative and diverse. Rather than focusing majorly on obvious and U.S.-centeric examples such as the campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin, the exhibit seems to give equal time and energy to the experiences of women all over the world, and how they have made a difference in their own countries/regions.
Topics discussed include, but are not limited to, the ways that women have won and exercised power to make a difference, the effect that both biology and appearance have on the way that women in politics are often viewed by the public, how women are organizing, and the right to vote. There’s even a toolkit with ways that you can get involved.
Check out the full exhibit here.