Women's History Stories
It's time to celebrate fascinating American women—many of whom have not gotten the attention they deserve. Women such as Reverend Dr. Anna Pauline “Pauli” Murray, the brilliant legal mind who co-founded the National Organization of Women and became an Episcopal saint. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, the heiress who rebelled against her high-society upbringing to open a studio and encourage American artists. Jane Jacobs, the urban activist whose work presaged so many of our recent findings about the benefits of older buildings for cities. Madam C.J. Walker, a self-made millionaire who broke gender and racial barriers with her pioneering business models. Ann Pamela Cunningham, who brought Northern and Southern women together after the Civil War to save Mount Vernon, and who is effectively the American founder of the preservation movement. These are just a few of the remarkable women whose stories we at the National Trust strive to tell in recognition of women's role in American history. Explore their stories—and many more connected to women's history in the United States—through the stories and places below.
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Where Women Made History Women’s Historians Honor Clara Barton at the Nation’s First Women’s History Site -
Where Women Made History 9 Places Where Women Made History -
Where Women Made History Bring Questions, Not Answers: A New Approach for the Future of Stone Quarry Art Park -
Where Women Made History Five Women, Five Approaches to Saving Places -
Preservation Magazine The Revival of a Nebraska Hospital Founded by a Groundbreaking Native American Woman -
11 Most Endangered Historic Places More Than a Midwife: The Future of the Georgia B. Williams Nursing Home -
Saving America's Historic Sites Adelia Armstrong Lutz's Westwood: "There is No Other Such Room In or About Knoxville" -
Saving America's Historic Sites How the Artistic Legacy of Dr. James and Janie Washington Continues to Inspire -
National Fund for Sacred Places Spotlighting Women’s History at Historic Houses of Worship -
Preservation Magazine A Careful Update of Nashville's Hermitage Hotel Keeps its Beaux-Arts Grandeur Intact -
Where Women Made History "Women's Work" at Lyndhurst
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