U.S. House OKs National Women's History Museum on National Mall; Senate vote sought

Submitted by anthony on Tue, 2009-10-20 02:06

Story here. Excerpt:

'While the great women's rights advocates Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton (pictured) surely would be proud that the U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to establish a National Women's History Museum in Washington, some, including our art critic, Christopher Knight, worry that the prime federal real estate where it would be built, the National Mall in Washington, is in bad condition and in danger of being overrun by haphazard development.

The bipartisan bill passed on a voice vote; if Senate approval follows, backers of the private, nonprofit museum, aimed at illuminating the social, cultural and historical roles played by American women, would have three years to buy a parcel alongside the mall from the government, and five years to begin construction.'

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Maybe they'll erect a statue of Andrea Dworkin and put it next to the Lincoln Memorial.

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Submitted by anthony on Tue, 2009-10-20 21:02

"the social, cultural and historical roles played by American women"

Cooking cleaning and suffragetting. Doesn't sound like much of a museum to me. I suppose the Native woman who helped Louis and Clark would be a worthy addition, beyond that its just a feel-good exercise for America's spoilt princesses.

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Submitted by MichaelClaymore on Wed, 2009-10-21 00:28