Celebrating Elizabeth Catlett with musicians from the Howard University Jazz Ensemble
• February 28, 2025

Treat yourself to music performed by a quartet from the Howard University Jazz Ensemble during opening day of Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist, on view through July 6, 2025. […]

Women of Cold War Washington Walking Tour
• September 19, 2024

An ill-fated artist, an Ambassador’s wife, a Baroness, and a codebreaker…..What do they all have in common? They were part of the most exclusive club of power-players in Cold War […]

Profs & Pints DC: Medieval Sex
• August 2, 2024

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Medieval Sex,” a look at the reality of medieval sex and sexuality through the lens of comic literature, satire, and obscenity, with Larissa “Kat” Tracy, […]

Profs & Pints DC: The Six Wives of Henry VIII
• May 15, 2023

Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Six Wives of Henry VIII,” with Amy Leonard, associate professor of history at Georgetown University and scholar of women during the early modern period. […]

Women’s History Month Tea & Tour
• February 9, 2023

Indulge in tea service with scones, sweets and sandwiches, then tour the historic house in this special program that examines women of the Peter family, as well as, women who […]

Mapping Georgetown: Tour Guides Capture Tudor Place Women’s History
• April 11, 2022

Hot off the presses — Congratulations to our very own Tour Of Her Own (TOHO) tour guides on publishing “111 Places in Women’s History in Washington, D.C.”! We were delighted […]

Mapping Georgetown: A Georgetowner Leaving Her Mark
• March 28, 2022

“Where flowers bloom, so does hope.”  ~ Lady Bird Johnson One day, as my mom and I were picking weeds along the alley bricks, I decided to give [the alley] […]

Free Landmark Lecture: Women and Slavery in Georgetown
• September 1, 2021

Elsa Mendoza, Assistant Curator, Georgetown Slavery Archive, Georgetown University will speak about women and slavery at Georgetown, and will examine women’s unique roles in the history of slavery in Georgetown […]

Profs & Pints DC: Women and the French Revolution
• August 26, 2021

Profs and Pints presents: “Women and the French Revolution,” a look at feminism’s role and rise in France’s transformative conflict, with Amy Leonard, associate professor of history at Georgetown University. […]

Historically Speaking: A Women’s History With Ruth E. Carter
• March 6, 2021

Historically Speaking: A Women’s History With Ruth E. Carter Tuesday, March 16; 7 p.m.–8 p.m. Spotlighting the amazing breadth of her work, renowned costume designer Ruth E. Carter discusses her […]