A local nonprofit, is giving visitors a chance to get聽fresh perspectives on Women’s History Month with guided tours at the Smithsonian National聽Portrait Gallery.
“A lot of times people just don’t have an understanding or appreciation for聽the contributions women have made to our history, both in terms of art or聽political history, ” said Robert Kelleman, founder of the nonprofit.
The two-hour tour teaches visitors about the lives of women like Henrietta Lacks,聽Pocahontas and Martha Washington. Many of the women featured along the聽tour, Kelleman says, were artists, the subjects of art or patrons of art who were many times left behind in the shadows of their husbands.
“We just want them to learn more about these women 鈥� and learn about the聽challenges that they faced,” said Kelleman.
Tickets for the tour are $7.00 and can be . The聽next tour will be held at the end of March.
