Womens History

Meryl Streep to Raise Money for Embattled National Women's History Museum

Actress Meryl Streep -- who has played such strong females as culinary pioneer Julia Child and nuclear plant whistleblower Karen Silkwood -- will headline a Sept. 21 benefit in Washington for the National Museum of Women's History. Although no taxpayer money will be spent on the museum that organizers hope to build near the Smithsonian-dominated National Mall, its congressional champions have spent 12 years vainly trying to pass a bill allowing museum officials to buy federal land for the project. Two earlier Washington sites -- the Post Office Pavilion and the Smithsonian Arts and Industries ...

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