Women's History Sites (National Park Service)

Congress Introduces Legislation to Place American Women's Suffrage Monument on the National Mall

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Wednesday, December 7, 2022
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Women's Suffrage National Monument Foundation announced a historic bipartisan and bicameral partnership with leaders in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives to bring the congressionally authorized Women's Suffrage National Monument to the National Mall through the "Women's Suffrage National Monument Location Act."

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  • WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Women's Suffrage National Monument Foundation announced a historic bipartisan and bicameral partnership with leaders in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives to bring the congressionally authorized Women's Suffrage National Monument to the National Mall through the "Women's Suffrage National Monument Location Act."
  • It is the land that holds our national memory," said Anna Laymon, Executive Director of the Women's Suffrage National Monument Foundation.
  • The "Women's Suffrage National Monument Location Act," originally sponsored by Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Congressman Joe Neguse (D-CO), and Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), will authorize the Women's Suffrage National Monument to be placed within the National Mall, thereby ensuring that the 36 million annual visitors to our Nation's Capital experience a deeper and more inclusive American history.
  • Like most monuments and memorials in Washington, D.C., the Women's Suffrage National Monument will be funded in its entirety through private donations.

Historic African American Church Awarded Grants

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022
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$548,000 in grants from the African American Civil Rights grant program of the Historic Preservation Fund administered by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

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  • $548,000 in grants from the African American Civil Rights grant program of the Historic Preservation Fund administered by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
  • The Collins Chapel Church building is one of Memphis most historically, culturally and architecturally significant structures built by and for Black people.
  • The Collins Chapel Church has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1991.
  • Memphis-based Self + Tucker Architects is the architectural firm of record for these grants and has a close working relationship with Collins Chapel CME Church spanning over three decades.

Andalusia Farm is America’s newest National Historic Landmark

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Thursday, February 24, 2022
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Milledgeville, Ga, Feb. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Georgia College celebrates its second National Historic Landmark (NHL)Andalusia Farm in Milledgeville, Georgiahome of American famed Author Mary Flannery OConnor, 45, a designation just announced this week by the National Park Service.

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  • Milledgeville, Ga, Feb. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Georgia College celebrates its second National Historic Landmark (NHL)Andalusia Farm in Milledgeville, Georgiahome of American famed Author Mary Flannery OConnor, 45, a designation just announced this week by the National Park Service.
  • Andalusia is open for public tours and became listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
  • After more than 12 years of preparation work, the initial step toward Andalusia becoming a National Historic Landmark took place Sept. 2, 2020, when Georgia College addressed the National Historic Landmark Advisory Committee.
  • Following the National Historic Landmarks Committees approval, the consideration of Andalusia Farm as a National Historic Landmark (NHL) went before the National Park System Advisory Board on Sept. 17, 2020, for consideration and approval.

First-Ever Wreath-Laying in Honor of Eleanor Roosevelt's Human Rights Legacy and Birthday

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Tuesday, October 12, 2021
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The wreath-laying coincides with the 75th anniversary of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt becoming chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights and drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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  • The wreath-laying coincides with the 75th anniversary of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt becoming chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights and drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
  • Featured guests included Dr. Kirk Adams, President and CEO of the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), U.S.
  • Eleanor Roosevelt was a friend of Helen Keller's and an ally of disability rights.
  • Barbie honors longest-serving First Lady of the United States and human rights activist Anna Eleanor Roosevelt as a champion of civil and economic rights policies.

NEW Episode: The 1600 Sessions Podcast "A Discussion with the Voices of Lafayette Park"

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Thursday, October 7, 2021
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The White House Historical Association released a new episode of the 1600 Sessions podcast today, "A Discussion with the Voices of Lafayette Park."

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  • WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The White House Historical Association released a new episode of the 1600 Sessions podcast today, "A Discussion with the Voices of Lafayette Park."
  • Dickerson remarked on the impact of the historical markers, saying, "It's not D.C. history, it's not White House history, it's American history.
  • In this podcast series, White House Historical Association President Stewart McLaurin interviews luminaries, historians, and eyewitnesses to history about America's most famous residence and officethe White House.
  • Since its founding,the White House Historical Association has contributed more than $50 million in fulfillment of its mission.

White House Historical Association Unveils Accessible, Audio Component of Historic Markers in Front of the White House

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Wednesday, September 22, 2021
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The White House Historical Association in partnership with the National Park Service, today unveiled the addition of a recorded audio component to the historic Wayside Exhibit installed earlier this summer in Lafayette Square in front of the White House.

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  • WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The White House Historical Association in partnership with the National Park Service, today unveiled the addition of a recorded audio component to the historic Wayside Exhibit installed earlier this summer in Lafayette Square in front of the White House.
  • First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy envisioned a restored White House that conveyed a sense of history through its decorative and fine arts.
  • In 1961, the White House Historical Association was established to support her vision to preserve and share the Executive Mansion's legacy for generations to come.
  • Since its founding,the White House Historical Association has contributed more than $50 million in fulfillment of its mission.

White House Historical Association Unveils Accessible, Audio Component of Historic Markers in Front of the White House

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Wednesday, September 22, 2021
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The White House Historical Association in partnership with the National Park Service, today unveiled the addition of a recorded audio component to the historic Wayside Exhibit installed earlier this summer in Lafayette Square in front of the White House.

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  • WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The White House Historical Association in partnership with the National Park Service, today unveiled the addition of a recorded audio component to the historic Wayside Exhibit installed earlier this summer in Lafayette Square in front of the White House.
  • First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy envisioned a restored White House that conveyed a sense of history through its decorative and fine arts.
  • In 1961, the White House Historical Association was established to support her vision to preserve and share the Executive Mansion's legacy for generations to come.
  • Since its founding,the White House Historical Association has contributed more than $50 million in fulfillment of its mission.

"The Third Mrs. Galway" Chronicles the Anti-Slavery Movement in Upstate New York in Riveting Detail

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Tuesday, August 10, 2021
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The novel is the culmination of twelve years of research by first-time author Deirdre Sinnott, a native of Utica where the novel is set.

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  • The novel is the culmination of twelve years of research by first-time author Deirdre Sinnott, a native of Utica where the novel is set.
  • Set in 1835, the novel traces pivotal true events including the anti-abolition riot that sought to thwart the founding of the New York State Anti-Slavery Society.
  • Deirdre Sinnott, a native of Utica, NY and a lifelong civil rights activist, has dedicated her life to fighting institutionalized racism.
  • Sinnott has been a historical consultant for the National Parks Service's survey of Oneida County New York's Underground Railroad sites.