Video Archives

International women’s day and women’s history month

Yesterday we celebrated international women’s day and women’s history month at the U.S. Consulate General. Let’s keep pushing so that future girls think “what’s the big deal” with a woman astronaut, a woman president, a woman CEO, a woman dean, whatever.

By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 10 March, 2017 | Topics: Amsterdam, Featured Event, Gender Issues, History, Human Rights, News, Public Affairs, Video

Cultural Corner – Sojourner Truth: the woman, the abolitionist, the Dutch speaker

As February draws to a close, Black History Month also ends. March is when Women’s History Month is celebrated in the United States. This video on the life of Sojourner Truth highlights her contributions as a woman and as an African-American to U.S. history. As a young girl, Truth was known as Isabella “Baumfree”, after …

By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 28 February, 2017 | Topics: Culture, Featured Event, History, Video | Tags: Cultural Corner