The National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites (NCWHS) is a non-profit that supports and promotes the preservation and interpretation of sites and locales that bear witness to women’s participation in American life. The Collaborative makes women’s contributions to history visible so that all women’s experiences and potential are fully valued.
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News
The centennial of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution will be celebrated in 2020, and Kentucky’s suffragists are being recognized for the state and national work they did to…
Trail Highlights
Votes for Women National Trail In honor of the August 26, 2020 centennial celebration of women’s suffrage in the United States, NCWHS is leading the effort to develop a National…
Partner Profile
The National Trust for Historic Preservation has entered into a partnership with the National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites to identify, save, and educate the public about American women’s history through women’s sites. Our…
Suffrage Profile
Frances Willard (September 28, 1839 – February 17, 1898) was an American educator, temperance reformer, and women's suffragist. Willard became the national president of Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) in 1879, and remained president until her death in…
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Honoring Annie Dodge Wauneka and Mary E. Britton, and more April news from NCWHS - https://t.co/haOjFWQiYO
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William G. Pomeroy Foundation
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Congratulations to The Woman's Club of Louisville, the City of Louisville, and @ncwhs on the very 1st historic marker of the National Votes for Women Trail! Check out the @WHAS11 video recap of the dedication: https://t.co/36slTdVgU3 #historicmarker #womenshistory #history https://t.co/BlGLLXYAKN
Celebrate #WomensHistoryMonth with @KyWomanSuffrage at dedication of national historic marker honoring an 1887 suffrage speech delivered by Dr. Mary E. Britton. Part of the National Votes for Women Trail led by @ncwhs.
St. James AME Church, Danville
Sunday, March 24, 1:30 p.m. https://t.co/3cALj7sNxX
A new push for the Equal Rights Amendment
It comes more than three decades after a deadline to approve it
economist.com
Women Collections portal increases access to archives highlighting women
Resting under layers of dust in attics and basements across the country lie piles of unpublished letters, manuscripts and artifacts preserving significant moments and historical figures.
browndailyherald.com
Seven women pharmacists entered into the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Seven female pharmacists have been added to the latest update of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
pharmaceutical-journal.com
Capitol statue planned for early suffragist Frances Munds
Frances Willard Munds explained in a celebration speech in November 1912 how Arizona’s suffrage movement was “probably the most unique in history.”
azcapitoltimes.com
Capitol statue planned for early suffragist Frances Munds
Frances Willard Munds explained in a celebration speech in November 1912 how Arizona’s suffrage movement was “probably the most unique in history.”
azcapitoltimes.com
