The Feminist Institute
LibrariesNew York, United States2-10 Employees
The Feminist Institute documents feminist contributions to culture by preserving and digitizing archival materials for public access, aiming to address gaps in the cultural record and advance information activism and gender equity. Through its partnership program, it collaborates with institutions, feminist creators, and organizations on archival projects and provides access to digitized materials via the TFI Digital Archive, supporting digital exhibitions, events, and the Alive in the Archive video series. Based in New York City, New York, the organization is a small team within the libraries sector, aiming to ensure that gender-marginalized contributions are known and rights protected. Notable recent developments include the February 2024 launch of Dindga McCannon's capsule collection and the second annual Pop-Up Memory Lab in New York City, along with a 2022 partnership with the New York Public Library to surface feminist stories online. It has also run campaigns such as Adopt a Box in late 2022 and has pursued ongoing digital archiving education, including a 2020 series on personal digital archiving.