This video explores the complex history of women in the Soviet Union, tracing their journey from early voting rights in the ...

A Russian feminist reflects on Julia Ioffe’s history of modern Russia. MOSCOW—Julia Ioffe’s new book, Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy (Ecco), immediately ...

Discover how Smithsonian educators are using oral histories to bring financial literacy to life in the classroom. At the 2025 National Education Summit, experts shared how We Do Declare: Women’s ...

Journalist Julia Ioffe didn’t think the long line of women doctors and scientists in her family was unusual. In Soviet Russia, educated, accomplished women were the norm. But also normal were the ...

Smithsonian intern shares her experience observing an oral history interview for We Do Declare, highlighting how women’s voices are preserved and amplified through storytelling. Maggie Tsai, a 2025 ...

The UC Santa Cruz Library’s Regional History Project has just announced the publication of two new oral histories featuring visionary professors who have helped shape the academic development of the ...

A stage adaptation of the Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich’s “The Unwomanly Face of War” gives Soviet women credit for their complex roles in World War II. By Laura Cappelle Reviewing from ...