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 128 Years of Justice: Jane Addams and Chicago's Hull-House -
Where Women Made History Interpreting Women’s History at Historic Sites: An Introduction -
Latino & Hispanic American History Preserving Latina Women’s History in San Francisco’s Community Murals -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund It Started with a School: Mary McLeod Bethune and Her Enduring Legacy -
Where Women Made History Why Julia Morgan's YWCA Oahu Is More Than Just a Building -
Frank Lloyd Wright The Unorthodox Fight to Save a Frank Lloyd Wright Home -
Where Women Made History How A'Lelia Walker And The Dark Tower Shaped The Harlem Renaissance -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Maryland Site Asks Visitors To Reflect On Harriet Tubman's Journey -
Where Women Made History Minerva Parker Nichols: One Of Architecture's Unsung Pioneers -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund A Look at Langley Research Center, Where the Women of "Hidden Figures" Worked
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This May, celebrate the historic sites, neighborhoods, and landmarks that tell the full American story—places that remind us of how far we've come and how far we still have to go.
Celebrate!