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 Printmaking, Beading, and Weaving: A New Program Celebrates Women Artists of East Hampton -
Preservation Magazine Howard University Rehabs the Home of Civil Rights Activist Mary Church Terrell -
Preserve Route 66 Route 66 Drives Through Classrooms -
Where Women Made History Saving the Marilyn Monroe House in Los Angeles -
Where Women Made History The Art of Influence at Lyndhurst -
Preservation Magazine Author Willa Cather's Childhood Home Is Restored and Open for Tours -
Where Women Made History Hearing the Life, Artwork, and Environment of Artist Helen Torr -
Where Women Made History Women Deserve More Than Three Percent -
Backing Historic Small Restaurants The Mitla Cafe: Serving the San Bernardino Community for Generations -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Threatt Filling Station: “Grandpa Would Be Proud … Because We Didn’t Give Up” -
Preservation Magazine An Ode to Home: Historic House and Garden Museum Honors Poet Anne Spencer -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Baltimore Law Offices of Juanita Jackson Mitchell to Be Restored
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