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Women Inspire

A long-term exhibit developed in collaboration with First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom

Explore Golden State trailblazers who broke barriers in California history

Discover who inspires you

Nancy Pelosi’s gavel

March Fong Eu: License plate

Meg Whitman: Millionth eBay
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Hung Liu: California Love Story, 2020

Ray Eames:
Model Furniture

WOMEN INSPIRE:
California Women Changing Our World

Developed in collaboration with California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, this long-term exhibit features the stories of more than 250 Golden State women from the 1700s to present, who inspire change and reflection on the ongoing struggle for equality.

See artifacts from the Williams sisters, Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan.

Listen to artists who are confronting gender roles.

See surfer Bianca Valenti’s signed surf board.

Learn about Sacramento legend Ray Eames and her contributions to the design world.

We are poor, but we have something the rich do not own – our bodies and our spirits and the justice of our cause.
Dolores Huerta
American Labor Leader
Somos pobres, pero tenemos algo que los ricos no tienen: el cuerpo y el espíritu, y la justicia de nuestra causa.
Dolores Huerta
Líder Sindical Americana
For probably the first time in the history of our country we really got a women’s vote, a solid bloc of women who are voting en masse for women candidates.
March Fong Eu
Former Secretary of State of California
Probablemente, por primera vez en la historia de nuestro país, realmente obtuvimos el voto de la mujer, un sólido bloque de mujeres que votan masivamente por candidatas mujeres.
March Fong Eu
Ex secretaria de estado de california
#IWD2021 Livestream
Watch a virtual International Women’s Day discussion hosted by First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom with special guests California Secretary of State Dr. Shirley N. Weber and Anna Malaika Tubbs.
Online Exhibit
Explore Golden State trailblazers in our online exhibit on Google Arts & Culture!
Webcast
Join First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom in discussion with Maria Shriver, Megan Rapinoe & Dolores Huerta plus an exhibit tour in our webcast from August 18, 2020.