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Entertaining Women: American Women on Stage and Screen

A celebration of American women entertainers, including musicians, dancers, comedians, actors, and other performers, represented in the Smithsonian's collections.

Museum / Unit

National Museum of African American History and Culture 17 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 3 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Photographs 17 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Postage stamps 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Phonograph records 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Postcards 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Programs (documents) 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Record covers 1 Filter by term Exclude term
digital media - born analog 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1930s 4 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 6 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 4 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 4 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 5 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 3 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

North and Central America 9 Filter by term Exclude term
United States 9 Filter by term Exclude term
New York City 5 Filter by term Exclude term
United States of America 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Allegheny County 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Boston 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Massachusetts 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Memphis 1 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Oakland 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 17 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs and Still Images 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Graphic Arts 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other 2 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum Collection 2 Filter by term Exclude term
The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection 2 Filter by term Exclude term
A Cinema Apart: The Larry Richards Collection of Early Black Film 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Civil Rights Movement 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement) 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Photography 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Singers (Musicians) 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Actors and actresses 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Music 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Women 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Voice 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Comedy 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Contemporary (1990-present) 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Usage conditions apply 19 Filter by term Exclude term
Not determined 4 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Filter Settings

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Remove Culture: African Americans

Photograph of Gladys Bentley

"The Funniest Woman in the World:" Moms Mabley Onstage

29c Billie Holiday single

39c Black Heritage: Ella Fitzgerald single

Bessie Smith, from the unrealized portfolio "Noble Black Women: The Harlem Renaissance and After"

Portrait of Donna Summer

Ella Fitzgerald, from the portfolio 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes

Leontyne Price, from the unrealized portfolio "Noble Black Women: The Harlem Renaissance and After"

Photograph of Lena Horne in profile

Aretha Franklin, SCLC convention, Club Paradise, Memphis, TN

Program for An Evening of Comedy with Jackie 'Moms' Mabley and Her Ladies

Marian Anderson, Celebrated Contralto, Recognized as one of the Greatest of All Time

Nina Simone - Symphony Hall, Boston, Mass. - 1969

Photograph of Eartha Kitt

Photograph of a female performer in costume

Debbie Allen - dancer

Photographic print of Ethel Waters as Carmen

Signed photographic postcard of Vanity with envelope

Cicely Tyson

Photographic print of Eartha Kitt carrying a poodle

Portrait of Whitney Houston

Grace Jones

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