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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African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Fact or Fiction: Netflix’s “Self Made” and the Real Story of Madam C.J. Walker -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Maggie L. Walker’s Home Preserves African American Entrepreneurship -
Travel to Historic Places Tough Break: The Structural Mystery of the Frelinghuysen Morris House & Studio -
Where Women Made History The Surprising Women's History Behind the National Mall Tidal Basin -
Preservation Magazine The Journeys and Experiences of Eight Women in Hands-On Preservation Careers -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Take a Virtual Tour of Nina Simone's Childhood Home -
Where Women Made History Two 19th-Century Artists’ Homes Shed Light on the Women Who Shaped Them -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund 4 African American Women's Clubs That Helped Write History -
Where Women Made History Belated Recognition for Anti-Lynching Journalist Ida B. Wells -
Where Women Made History Hatchet-Wielding Activist Carry A. Nation Knew to Pick Her Battles -
Explore Where Women Made History How Wild West Sharpshooter Annie Oakley Made It in a Man’s World -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Hair Care Helped a Community: Black Entrepreneur Annie Malone and Poro College
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