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 How Melrose Plantation's Most Underestimated Artist Became Its Most Famous -
Modern Architecture Paul Schweikher’s Pre-Midcentury Modern Chicago Home -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Women Who Work to Tell the Full History -
Historic Hotels of America Celebrate Women's History at These Four Historic Hotels -
Where Women Made History Preserving This Asymmetrical Home Will Help Commemorate an Activist’s Full Life -
Where Women Made History Where Does Frank Lloyd Wright’s Genius Come From? -
Where Women Made History A Female Architect's "Post War Miracle" No Match for New Zoning -
Where Women Made History 12 Gifts for Lovers of Women's History -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund How Women Shaped the Sanitation Workers' Strike in Memphis, Tennessee -
Where Women Made History 10 Women Who Influenced Historic Artists' Homes -
Latino & Hispanic American History From Artwork to Farm Work: Historic Latinx Sites in California -
Preservation Leadership Forum The Ghost of Kit Carson: Women’s History Along the Santa Fe Trail
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