A single senator dashes hopes for Latino and women s museums - for now
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), right, walks through the Senate Subway at the Capitol in Washington on Dec. 8, 2020. Lee blocked the creation of Smithsonian museums honoring women and Latinos, warning they would worsen societal divides. Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times.
by Nicholas Fandos
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- For more than two decades, Latinos and their allies in Congress have been fighting to approve the creation of a National Museum of the American Latino in Washington. The push to create a national womens history museum has taken about as long.
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