Opinion: How the institutions that preserve our past erased women from the historical record

Prominent institutions, such as the Smithsonian, have historically erased or omitted US women from archival records. While new technologies are emerging to recover these women’s names, such as Hearst-syndicated columnist Elsie Robinson, there is still much to be done, writes Allison Gilbert.

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