Smithsonian Chief Supports Women's History Programming, But Not A New Women's History Museum

"We are half of America. Don't we deserve a museum?", said Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), who has written legislation to establish a women's history museum at the Smithsonian. (She claims to have 250 co-sponsors.) But Smithsonian Secretary David J. Skorton, who has just announced the launch of an institution-wide Women's History Initiative, says, "We're not in a position to initiate any new museums in the near future"

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