Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Girls built America. This video explores how girls' work gave other women leisure time, made industries more profitable, sparked a consumer revolution, and reshaped labor laws. Through their labor and activism, they made workplaces safer for everyone. Learn more in the Girlhood (It‘s complicated) online exhibition section on Work (Hey, Where’s My Girlhood?).

For more information check out the online exhibit: https://americanhistory.si.edu/girlhood