From the American\nRevolution and the Founding Fathers - through wars, economic change\nand the struggle for civil rights, American history is\noverwhelmingly dominated by the achievements and errors of\nmen.
\nWomen - because they were largely excluded from public and\nprofessional life for most of our history - play a relatively small\nrole in the established narrative of our past.
\n\"Role models have a huge\nimpact on the way young girls and women in general think about\nthemselves,\" says Joan Wages, President and CEO of The National\nWomen's History Museum.
\n\"We need more women role models out in the public sphere so we\nknow about them.\"
\nIn this episode, Joan tells about the campaign for building a\nNational Women's History Museum in Washington D.C. The\nMuseum's website states: \"It will be centrally located near the\nworld's most prestigious museums and monuments in our Nation's\nCapital.\"
\nFewer than 20% of the Members of Congress are women. In\ncorporate boardrooms the numbers are even lower. Fewer than\n5% of CEO's at Fortune 500 companies are women.
\n\"Each time a young girl hears this, it sends a message to them\nthat they're not equal. That's what needs to change.\"
\nThis episode has examples of women forgotten by history and\nlooks at other fixes as well as obstacles as the campaign attempts\nto correct an imbalance in how women are portrayed.
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