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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Saving America's Historic Sites How the Artistic Legacy of Dr. James and Janie Washington Continues to Inspire -
Preservation Leadership Forum Building Connections: Recommendations for Centering Women’s History at the National Park Service -
National Fund for Sacred Places Spotlighting Women’s History at Historic Houses of Worship -
Preservation Magazine A Careful Update of Nashville's Hermitage Hotel Keeps its Beaux-Arts Grandeur Intact -
Where Women Made History "Women's Work" at Lyndhurst -
Where Women Made History Victoria Kastner Explores the Inner World of Architect Julia Morgan -
Investing in Preservation’s Future Looking to the Future with Latinos in Heritage Conservation -
Where Women Made History People Saving Places at the National Trust -
Investing in Preservation’s Future The National Votes for Women Trail Leads To Success -
Investing in Preservation’s Future People Saving Places: Johanna A. Favrot and Cynthia Woods Mitchell -
Where Women Made History People Saving Places: Seven Women Advocating and Working for Historic Trades
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