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'Women Writing History' project begins

The National Women’s History Museum (NWHM) has launched “Women Writing History: A Coronavirus Journaling Project,” an initiative designed to “ensure that the unique voices and experiences of women, girls, and nonbinary individuals were not left out of the telling of the COVID-19 story.”

The NWHM’s comprehensive microsite for the project serves as an interactive space where visitors can not only browse the submissions of journal participants, but also search by specific topic or tag.

Nearly 1,500 people have signed up to participate, and more than 350 journals have been submitted to date. Submissions will be accepted through Dec. 31, 2021. New submissions will be added to the site as they are received.

The journals will be used as a living archive of experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as for online and physical exhibits, articles, publications, and scholarly research.