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Today's visitors know the Georgia-style home on Capitol Hill as the Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument. The National Woman's Party knew it as a symbol of their proximity to political power and their perseverance as an organization. The NWP spent 40 years fighting Congress to keep their headquarters. As fierce protectors of the Belmont House, the NWP carried on a tradition of women as historic preservationists.
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
The Enslaved Families of the McLean Household
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The events of April 9, 1865 made Appomattox Court House and Wilmer McLean, owner of the home where Generals Grant and Lee met to discuss Lee’s surrender, well known. Yet, the names of the enslaved men and women who swept that doorstep, tidied the parlor before the Generals were shown in, minded the house, the children and the affairs of the McLean family are mostly unknown.
Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail
Charles Hall Museum and Heritage Center
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This non-profit history museum features interpretive panels and maps that tell the story of over 3000 North Carolina Cherokee prisoners in several detachments who camped and walked through Tellico Plains on the first leg of their journey to live in Indian Territory (Oklahoma). Visitors can view display cabinets of stone and clay tools and relics the local Overhill Cherokee used for farming, cooking, hunting, weapons and games.
Yellowstone National Park
West Yellowstone VIC Backcountry Office
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Boston African American National Historic Site
William H. Jenkins
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An affluent landowner, William Jenkins provided shelter to freedom seekers heading north on the Underground Railroad on his estate north of Boston in Andover, Massachusetts.
Moores Creek National Battlefield
Women's Monument Exhibit
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Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
Mead Museum
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The Mead Cultural Education Center, located in Yankton, South Dakota, was constructed in 1909 by Dr. Leonard C. Mead. Originally serving as part of the women’s ward for the Dakota Hospital for the Insane, the building was in use until the 1980s. Today, however, it houses the Dakota Territorial Museum and is upkept by the Yankton County Historical Society.
Pullman National Historical Park
Rosina Corrothers Tucker
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A prominent advocate for labor and civil rights, Rosina Corrothers Tucker played an integral role in the creation of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and its International Ladies Auxiliary. She served as a leader in the Auxiliary for several decades and played a role in planning the March on Washington movement in the 1940s.
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
Winston Churchill
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His fame grew to the point that in 1899, the British Winston Churchill wrote to the American writer of the same name, praising his novel and promising to always use “Spencer” as his middle name to help prevent confusion going forward.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Oak Ridge Wayside: The Hutments
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A wayside exhibit in Oak Ridge, Tennessee describing hutments, an inferior form of housing used during the Manhattan Project.
Grand Teton National Park
Jenny Lake Climbing Exhibit
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Summit the Teton mountain peaks at this climbing exhibit. Learn about women alpinists, touch multiple elevation benchmarks, and scope out the different peaks.
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Imprisonment and Reconciliation: nimíipuu at Vancouver Barracks
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Every year, the imprisonment of Nez Perce men, women, and children at Vancouver Barracks is remembered at the Chief Redheart reconciliation ceremony. Learn the history behind this ceremony and how this important story is remembered today.
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This finding aid describes the National Park Service (NPS) Women's Organization Collection, part of the NPS History Collection
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Greenwich Village Historic District’s reputation for dynamism can be attributed to its history of emerging artists and writers as well as the political unrest and activism of its inhabitants. With the rise of the counterculture movement during the 1960s, Greenwich Village’s Washington Square Park became a hub for writers and musicians. In 1969, LGB residents of Greenwich Village pushed back against police harassment at the Stonewall Inn.
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
Unita Zelma Blackwell (1933-2019)
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Born to sharecroppers in the Mississippi Delta, Blackwell rose from humble beginnings to become one of many unsung Black female heroines of the modern Civil Rights Movement. Blackwell was an outspoken critic of racial and economic inequality and the first Black female mayor elected in the state of Mississippi. We honor her as an ancestor for reminding us of the power to change the circumstances we were born into.
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Mrs. Recy Taylor was just 24 years old when she was brutally raped by six white men in Alabama. Upholding the Black woman's tradition of testimony and protest, Taylor actively participated in the pursuit to bring her attackers to justice. Though the men were acquitted in two separate trials, Taylor's courage speaks to the resolve of Black women to channel their pain and anger into political anger. We honor Taylor as an ancestor for teaching us a lesson on courage.
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Before Shirley Graham married W.E.B. Du Bois in 1951, she had earned a national reputation as a playwright, composer, conductor, director, and author. Born to a A.M.E. minister and a European mother, Graham was raised to appreciate Black culture and music. From a young age, her parents instilled in her the importance of social justice and the uplift of the Black Community. For her lifelong dedication, we honor her as an ancestor.
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There are people who give great speeches, and they there are those who perform them. Hallie Quinn Brown was one of the few who perform speeches. In her era, she was recognized as one of the greatest elocutionists across two continents, Europe and America. Though she rarely appears in history books, Brown’s legacy can be found in today’s speech-language pathologists and spoken word artists. She lectured widely on the cause of temperance, women’s suffrage, and civil rights. We
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These often-overlooked women, who are associated with National Park sites across the country, made significant contributions to the Civil Rights Movement.
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Anna Hyatt Huntington was an artist who specialized in sculpting lifelike animals. She was one of the most commercially successful sculptors of her era.