Women's Exhibit at Columbia Exposition
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PrintUnited States Congress resolves that "the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution be ... authorized to prepare and send, for exhibition in the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition, any article now in his custody, or on exhibition in the National Museum, illustrative of the life and development of the industries of women." This resolution was introduced 11 March 1892 by James B. Reilly and was subsequently referred to the Select Committee on the Columbian Exposition.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, volume 43, p. 1584
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
March 3, 1893