Before the right to vote came to all women, social groups like garden clubs were one of the few ways women could band together and influence the political world. Learn about how garden clubs could be more than just a social club for plant lovers one hundred years ago. Learn more about women's garden history at https://gardens.si.edu/learn/for-educators/womens-history-in-the-garden/ This video received support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative. Images provided by the Smithsonian Archives of American Gardens. Additional images courtesy of Austin History Center; National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (N53580); National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution (Dorothy Swygert Family Home Movies. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Supported by the Center for the Digitization and Curation of African American History); Oakland Public Library; and Pine Mountain Regional Library, Manchester, Georgia. #Garden #Documentary #History #SmithsonianGardens #MiniDocumentary #WomensHistory #HorticultureHERstory #BecauseOfHerStory
