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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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 -
Preservation Magazine Q&A: Angela Lee on Durham's Enduring Arts Center in a Former AME Church -
Preservation Magazine A Julia Morgan-Designed Pool in Santa Monica, California, Shines Again -
LGBTQ+ History Take a Virtual Tour Through The Lyon-Martin House -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund An Afrofuturist Journey Through History -
Where Women Made History Building a Legacy: The Story of Mother Joseph and the Providence Academy -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund People Saving Places: Ujijji Davis Williams and Sharing Black History Through Public Spaces -
Where Women Made History People Saving Places: Kelley Uyeoka and Protecting Cultural Heritage in Hawaiʻi -
Where Women Made History People Saving Places: Sara Bronin and an Interdisciplinary Approach to Preservation
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