Women in Congress have not only changed the course of history but also the physical blueprint of the Capitol. Learn about the Lindy Claiborne Boggs Congressional Women’s Reading Room, established in 1962.

In an age when women across America served in wartime industries and took on new responsibilities, women were also elected to Congress. This program will highlight the women who served in Congress in the World War II era and their impact on history.

One of the most recognizable sculptures in the Rotunda today, the Portrait Monument celebrates three of the founding figures of the women’s suffrage movement: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Lucretia Mott. But what about the artist who made it? Adelaide Johnson was, like her subjects, larger than life—a woman who devoted her career to memorializing the fight for equality. 

The Curator of the Architect of the Capitol joins Capitol Conversations to discuss the bronze doors on the East Front of the Capitol.

Learn about some of the African Americans who served in Congress.

Learn about Horatio Stone's Federal Vases, sculpted in the 1870s and placed outside the East Door of the Capitol Rotunda.

Learn about the life and legacy of civil rights activist Frederick Douglass and his statue here in the Capitol.

Learn about the life and legacy of one of our newest statues in the Capitol, singer, songwriter, and activist Johnny Cash from Arkansas.