Women's Heritage 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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We're Saving Places Thank You for Caring About America’s Historic Places! -
Saving America's Historic Sites Brucemore's Lost Living Landscape -
Where Women Made History How Three Women “Computers” Made History at the Harvard Observatory -
Preservation Magazine President's Note: Uncovering Forgotten History -
Where Women Made History The St. Augustine Lighthouse Was Home to the First Latina Member of the Coast Guard -
11 Most Endangered Historic Places Discover America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places for 2020 -
Where Women Made History Suffrage Outside: President Woodrow Wilson House Marks the 19th Amendment at 100 -
Where Women Made History Understanding Jane Jacobs: Q&A with Roberta Brandes Gratz -
Preservation Magazine The Capital's Gain: Inside the High-Profile Work of Architect Constance Lai -
Preservation Magazine At a Lush Florida Site, an Artist's Grand Vision Comes Together -
Preservation Magazine A Closer Look at an Intriguing Sculpture by Margaret French Cresson -
Explore Where Women Made History Anna Head School for Girls Influenced Generations of Women—and American Architecture
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