GirlSpeak

This month's episode starts our conversations about girls during the time of the American Revolution in honor of 250 years of independence. Resident scholar Elizabeth Dillenberg discusses notable early American girls-Sybil Ludington, Emily Geiger, and Anna Green Winslow. For more information about Sybil Ludington, check out the chapter about her in our book   Exploring American Girlhood throug...

To honor ICOM's 80th anniversary and the 2026 International Museum Day, Girl Museum's Head Girl Ashley E Remer speaks with Aotearoa New Zealand museum leader Liz Cotton about this year's theme-- 'Museums Uniting a Divided World'. Join us for a great conversation about our work in museums and how we approach the aspirations of IMD themes. Bio: Elizabeth (Liz) Cotton is an experi...

This month, GirlSpeak focuses on girls writings about war. Resident Scholar Elizabeth Dillenburg discusses the impact of armed conflicts on girls' lives and how they use writing to share and reflect on their situations. For more, read: Girl Museum's blogs by Tahera K. https://www.girlmuseum.org/tag/tahera-k/ Iraqi Girl's Blog https://iraqigirl.blogspot.com/

Girl Museum celebrates Women's History this month with our biennial Heroines Quilt exhibition. Head Girl Ashley E Remer reflects on the exhibition, what makes a heroine, and why we need them as girls and as grown ups in today's world. Education Advisor Hillary Rose also gives her thoughts on the importance of heroines. Please visit the year's Heroines Quilt IX exhibition at Girl Museum...

This month's podcast continues our collaborative project with James Madison University’s Feminist Rhetorics course. This is the final of three podcasts guest-hosted by team of students who are exploring Girl Museum, the Girls. Period. exhibition. On this episode, the team interview Kigere Rose, the founder of the Women's Rights Initiative, and Eleanor Jones, who interned at WORI researchin...

Our first podcast of 2026 continues our collaborative project with James Madison University’s Feminist Rhetorics course. This is the second of three podcasts guest-hosted by team of students from that class who are exploring Girl Museum, the Girls. Period. exhibition. The team continue their interview our Head Girl, Ashley E. Remer about Girl Museum and Ella Stotzky, a fellow student who worked on...

For our final podcast of the year, we are flipping the script with our collaborative project with James Madison University’s Feminist Rhetorics course. The next three podcasts will be guest-hosted by team of students from that class who are exploring Girl Museum, the Girls. Period. exhibition and the work of WORI, the Women's Rights Initiative in Uganda. In this first episode, Olivia Chapin, A...

Our November episode of GirlSpeak honors US National Native American Heritage Month through exploring girls' letters who attended Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School. Thousands of children were forced to attend these schools across North America for over 100 years. It is a heart-breaking and devastating history that is still very much alive today in the memories of many adults. Thank you t...

In this month's episode, Head Girl Ashley E. Remer discusses the International Day of the Girl Child and the 2025 theme- ‘The girl I am, the change I lead: Girls on the frontlines of crisis’. She talks about the Girl Goals report and shines a spotlight on Afghanistan with refugee Tahera's inspirational words. Here are some links for more information.  https://www.girlmuseum.org/my-beautifu...

In this month's episode of GirlSpeak, Education Advisor Hillary Rose discusses the letters between Daisy Bell and her father Alexander Graham Bell, inventor and scientist. This correspondence was between 1895 and 1902, when Daisy was 15 to 22 years old. The original letters are all held in the Library of Congress. Here is the link to the family's papers for you to explore all the letters.

This month we continue our GirlSpeak series on girls' letters and diaries with Resident Scholar Elizabeth Dillenburg discussing the journal of Black poet, educator, and abolitionist Charlotte Forten Grimké. More information on Grimké here and here . Visit Girl Museum .

In a continuation of our series of girls' letters and diaries, this month Girl Museum's Education Advisor Hillary Rose discusses girls' interests in STEM, their letters to astronauts, and the big questions of the universe. Link to the Girl Museum DBQ Link to article about study of children drawing scientists . Check our STEM and STEAM Girls exhibitions at Girl Museum .

This month, Resident Scholar Elizabeth Dillenberg shares the story of Wang Zhenyi, a Qing dynasty mathematician and astronomer, who also wrote poetry. Her body of knowledge was quite an achievement for someone who died at 29. For more on Wand Zhenyi, check out our blog .

In this month's episode of GirlSpeak, education volunteer Ada Kalu discusses beauty and fashion trends from the late 19th century Spring wardrobe from a Girls' Own Paper to 2020's Tweencore. You can check out Girl Museum's exhibition What We Wear: British Girls' Fashion and search for other girls' fashion podcasts in our feed.

In our April installment of the girls' diaries and letters series, our Education Advisor Hillary Hanel, discusses college life via girls diaries from the early 1920s and 1940s. Mildred Valeda Daum, 1920-4 Margetta Hirsch Doyle Diary, 1943

To honor Women's History Month, Girl Museum's Resident Scholar Elizabeth Dillenberg discusses girls' participation in the Suffragist movement. Join us at Girl Museum to celebrate Women's History Month with our latest art exhibition . Elsie Duvall Diaries and Writings:  https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/page-11-prison-diaries-1913/QgFClMrVO54fMQ?childAssetId=XAHSL7vZ4x4bYA You...

This month, in honor of Black History Month, and to acknowledge President’s Day, Girl Museum resident scholar Elizabeth Dillenburg discusses children’s role in the Civil Rights Movement and girls’ letters to President John F. Kennedy. These letters show how girls speaking for freedom, justice, and equality in the recent past in the United States of America. May their voices continue.   Content not...

This year Girl Museum is creating a special series of GirlSpeak, reading and examining historic girls' letters and diary entries. To begin this series and to coincide with the presidential inauguration on January 20th in the United States of America, Elizabeth Dillenburg, Resident Scholar, highlights girls’ letters to US presidents. Check out Girl Museum for more girl's history and culture...

In this last episode of 2024, in honor of the re-opening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Ashley examines the church, the story of Mary, and her role in religion and culture. If you are interested in finding out more about girls in Christianity, check out Girl Museum's exhibition, Girl Saints . Notes on sources https://www.france.fr/en/article/10-dates-history-notre-dame/#1991-a-unesco-world-heri...

This month we are re-releasing a podcast in support of our upcoming exhibition on British Girls Fashion. Please join us again next month for a new episode. In this episode, we will be looking at the new, different, and exciting range of teenage fashions in the 1950s and 1960s. This was a particularly exciting period for teenagers, as they began to break away from their parents’ generation to devel...

We are celebrating International Day of the Girl Child (IDG) on October 11. This year's theme is ‘Girls' Vision of the Future’. Head Girl Ashley E. Remer interviews researcher Özlem Lakatos about her work on girls' and children's rights and the importance of the IDG.

We are wrapping up the Paris Olympics season with Junior Girl Lindsay discusses the amazing achievements of girls at the Paralympics.

In honor of the Paris Olympics, Junior Girl Lindsay discusses the history and amazing achievements of girls in the Olympic Games.

In this month's podcast, Scarlett discusses the changing fashion for girls and women brought about by World War II. This episode is part of a series of podcasts in support of our upcoming exhibition What We Wear: British Girls' Fashion . Look forward to other fashion pods coming up later in the year. Thanks for listening.

This month, Nat Urban hosts our June podcast to celebrate Pride and Trans Girls. Check out Nat's exhibition at Girl Museum , Queerness and Girlhood: The Interviews . Thanks for listening.