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.
-
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund The Fight to Save the National Negro Opera Company House -
Preservation Magazine An Essential Piece of the Edith Farnsworth House is Now Restored -
Historic Sites The Doctor Is: Renaming the Edith Farnsworth House -
Saving America's Historic Sites Space Through Time at Woodlawn and Pope-Leighey House -
Where Women Made History Ana Roqué: Dynamic Founding Figure of the University of Puerto Rico -
Where Women Made History Weaving a New Story: Cranbrook Centers Loja Saarinen -
Where Women Made History A Fresh Coat of Paint Brightens a Vital Piece of Women’s History in San Francisco -
Where Women Made History What’s in a Name? Becoming the Edith Farnsworth House -
Where Women Made History Four Women Who Built Illinois -
Where Women Made History Reclaiming a Space to Reclaim a Place: San Francisco’s Japanese YWCA
49 - 60 of 204 stories
Speak Up for the Historic Preservation Fund! Urge your members of Congress to do their part to preserve the full history of our nation and the many important stories that contribute to the American experience.
Take Action