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Sister Rosetta Tharpe performs at the 1967 Newport Folk Festival, Photo by Diana Jo Davies, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collection, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Join the Smithsonian in celebrating Women's History Month by exploring events, resources, podcast episodes, and exhibitions that tell a diversity of women's stories. Listen to women's voices in a Smithsonian Folkways playlist developed with the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum that features songs, poems, and speeches capturing a wide range of expression.