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We are two historians whose work focuses on American art and on how African Americans have shaped the story of American democracy.
Our two subject areas converged recently when one of us had a question, and the other helped her research the answer.
Kate was in the midst of organizing the National Portrait Gallery’s exhibition, “Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence,” commemorating the more than 80-year movement for women to obtain the right to vote. This exhibition is part of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative, Because of Her Story.
While doing her research, Kate encountered a character in history whose story she didn’t know, but who she anticipated would be important to the history the museum wanted to tell.
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