The march began with a call on social media that soon went viral: “For women’s independence on the midnight of Independence,” a Facebook post by 29-year-old student Rimjhim Sinha read. As India ...

When you picture the American Revolution, you probably see powdered wigs, crowded battlefields and bold declarations of freedom. But what’s often missing from that mental image? The women. From ...

Go behind the scenes with curator Rachel Seidman as she interviews women for “We Do Declare: Women’s Voices on Independence,” our oral history and education project exploring how women have sought to ...