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Women Inspire

A museum visitor walks through the Women Inspire gallery.

A long-term exhibit developed in collaboration with First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom

Two guests read information about equal pay.

Explore Golden State trailblazers who broke barriers in California history

A hallway with information and photos of remarkable Californian women.

Discover who inspires you

A wooden gavel.

Nancy Pelosi’s gavel

A California license plate that says A15.

March Fong Eu: License plate

A Big Bird toy.

Meg Whitman: Millionth eBay
Item sold

A painting of a couple leaning against a car.

Hung Liu: California Love Story, 2020

A set of rounded table and chairs.

Ray Eames:
Model Furniture

WOMEN INSPIRE:
California Women Changing Our World

Developed in collaboration with California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, this long-term exhibit features the stories of more than 250 Golden State women from the 1700s to present, who inspire change and reflection on the ongoing struggle for equality.

A tennis dress and autographed USA soccer ball sit in a glass case.

See artifacts from the Williams sisters, Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan.

A kiosk with two buttons on the right and Beyonce written on the screen.

Listen to artists who are confronting gender roles.

An autographed surfboard standing up next to a photo of a woman surfing.

See surfer Bianca Valenti’s signed surf board.

A set of scale model rounded table and chairs in a glass case.

Learn about Sacramento legend Ray Eames and her contributions to the design world.

We are poor, but we have something the rich do not own – our bodies and our spirits and the justice of our cause.
Dolores Huerta
American Labor Leader
Somos pobres, pero tenemos algo que los ricos no tienen: el cuerpo y el espíritu, y la justicia de nuestra causa.
Dolores Huerta
Líder Sindical Americana
For probably the first time in the history of our country we really got a women’s vote, a solid bloc of women who are voting en masse for women candidates.
March Fong Eu
Former Secretary of State of California
Probablemente, por primera vez en la historia de nuestro país, realmente obtuvimos el voto de la mujer, un sólido bloque de mujeres que votan masivamente por candidatas mujeres.
March Fong Eu
Ex secretaria de estado de california
Video thumbnail with headshots of First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Secretary of State Shirley Weber, and Anna Malaika Tubbs.
#IWD2021 Livestream
Watch a virtual International Women’s Day discussion hosted by First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom with special guests California Secretary of State Dr. Shirley N. Weber and Anna Malaika Tubbs.
Headshot of Condoleezza Rice.
Online Exhibit
Explore Golden State trailblazers in our online exhibit on Google Arts & Culture!
A collage of women including Dolores Huerta, Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, and others.
Webcast
Join First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom in discussion with Maria Shriver, Megan Rapinoe & Dolores Huerta plus an exhibit tour in our webcast from August 18, 2020.