“Using the Past to Give Girls a Voice Today at Girl Museum“

with Ashley E. Remer

Thursday,  October 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM Eastern Time  

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Girls are “the most marginalized group of people throughout time and space,” says Girl Museum founder Ashley Remer.  While there have been many individual girls who have achieved a level of notoriety and achievement, they are still not seen as serious contributors to history and culture. Giving girls space to speak, to create, to simply grow up at all is not a guarantee in any society even today. To address this gap, the Girl Museum (founded in 2009) gives girls a platform to raise their voices.

As a museum, we have scope to elevate girls of the past to provide inspiration and precedent for girls of today. We use many creative pathways to share knowledge, ideas, thoughts, and actions of girls in history to ensure our audiences understand that girls have always been present and a part of making our world. These include exhibitions, podcasts, educational activities, and other collaborative projects. We work with students, teachers, NGOs, scholars, volunteers, activists, and refugees to showcase the significance and power of girls in the world. In my talk, I will discuss Girl Museum and how offering opportunities and a place for girls to connect to each other and the past, we are building a better future.

Ashley E Remer is the founder and Head Girl of Girl Museum, the first museum in the world dedicated to celebrating girlhood and advocating for girls’ rights. She recently completed her PhD at the Australian National University on girls’ representations in fine art and how they are interpreted in public museums. Ashley is an interdisciplinarian working over 30 years across many artistic fields, including museums, art galleries, and theatres, in exhibition content production, non-profit management, and creative entrepreneurship with scholars, artists, NGOs, educators, and youth globally. She co-authored the book, Exploring American Girls’ History through 50 Historic Treasures. Currently based in New Zealand, Ashley is a lecturer in Museums Studies at Massey University.

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Upcoming Scholar Salon (3pm Eastern Time):

October 30, 2025:  From the Heart: the Human Animal Connection with Susan Moulton

This Salon recording will also be available to members when processed after the event.