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 [Q&A] Meet Frances Aulston, the Woman Behind Philly's Paul Robeson House -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund “A Sort of Monument”: Why Villa Lewaro Is More Than a Building -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund “Do Big Things”: Madam C.J. Walker’s Great-Great-Granddaughter on History, Ancestors, and Villa Lewaro -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund “Be Relentless in Your Dreams”: DooBop Founder Jodie Patterson on Madam C.J. Walker -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund My Full Circle Moment with Madam C.J. Walker’s Legacy -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund The Next Chapter for Villa Lewaro, Madam C.J. Walker’s “Dream of Dreams” -
Where Women Made History Whitney Studio: Haven and Legacy for Early 20th-Century American Art -
Where Women Made History Mildred Bennett: The Unlikely Preserver of Willa Cather's Hometown
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