Women Making History:
The Unfinished Revolution

The last half of the 20th Century produced what has been described as cataclysmic transformation for American women. The major force behind this revolution has been women themselves — some well known, some unfamiliar. They have left no aspect of life untouched — sometimes in dramatic ways and other times in subtle shifts.
 
Women Making History will explore this metamorphosis. Tracking the process of change over its rocky and often rancorous course, this exhibit will explore a range of topics central to women's lives and look ahead to the unfinished business of the twenty-first century.

Ella Baker is precisely the kind of woman that this exhibit will highlight; often overlooked in the history of civil rights, she was a vital component of the movement.

The comments on Ella Baker below are of William Chafe, the Alice Mary Baldwin Professor of History at Duke University, who is well known for his insightful and pathbreaking work on women and racial equality in the 20th century.

The Women Making History exhibit will come online at www.cliohistory.org in 2012.