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Uncurrent Events: Women of the FOMC
April 25, 2024Revisit our coverage of the Women of the FOMC with this 2024 update, featuring the newest women to join the committee and more historical pioneers. Read more
Uncurrent Events: More Women of the FOMC
August 10, 2022Learn more about the women who have served as Reserve Bank presidents and members of the Board of Governors. Read more
Uncurrent Events: Women and American Currency
June 8, 2022From Martha Washington to Maya Angelou, explore the past, present, and future of the representation of women on American currency. Read more
Uncurrent Events: Women of the Treasury, Past and Present
March 9, 2022The Department of the Treasury was the first federal agency to implement a hiring initiative for women. Find out more about the roles of women in the history of the Treasury in this guest post by Treasury librarians. Read more
Staff Picks: Frances Perkins and the New Deal
July 7, 2021Minimum wage, work hour limitations, and social security: Find out more about Frances Perkins’s bright ideas that brought the United States out of its darkest times. Read more
Uncurrent Events: Women’s Firsts in FRASER
March 8, 2021FRASER recognizes five women who were first in their leadership roles: Nellie Tayloe Ross, Elizabeth Duncan Koontz, Carmen Rosa Maymi, Juanita M. Kreps, and Nancy Teeters. Read more
Staff Picks: Celebrating the Women’s Bureau Centennial
June 5, 2020Celebrate the centennial of the Women’s Bureau of the Department of Labor with a look back at the history of the organization and a century of progress for working women. Read more
Uncurrent Events: The Woman-Power Behind the “Woman in Industry Service”
March 4, 2019Before there was a Women’s Bureau, there was the WWI-era Woman in Industry Service. Read about the accomplishments of this Department of Labor division and its director, Mary Van Kleeck. Read more
Uncurrent Events: Working Women and the Women’s Bureau
September 5, 2018The Women’s Bureau, part of the Department of Labor, has studied women’s roles in the workforce for a century. Learn about Women’s Bureau case studies written by women, about women, from the 1920s to the 1950s. Read more
Uncurrent Events: A History of Women’s Economic Rights
March 21, 2018The history of women’s rights isn’t just the vote. Learn about women’s economic rights back to 1790. Read more
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