Women's History Month, National Park Service

Historic images of women in parade and picket line outside Whitehouse

1948 U.S. postage stamp with famous women featured

See For Yourself
Visit a national park - like Women's Rights in New York- that honors women in history or use National Park Service's online travel itineraries series - Our Shared Heritage - to find places to visit, where women made history.

Women's History Month 2009
Meet some of the women who made history and shaped our nation

For Teachers
Lesson plans and other resources to enliven classroom discussions of women in history

Inside Story
Rosie the Riveter...is a Ranger! Betty Soskin shares her memories

Image of Betty Soskin with a youngster outside the White House

People
Narcissa Whitman (1808-1847) One of the first two white women to cross the continent overland, Whitman's journey proved that it was possible for women to cross the country on foot, opening the way generations of emigrants who journeyed down the Oregon Trail. Her letters were published and widely read, influencing an entire generation of girls. More people...

Places
Amelia Earhart's Birthplace, Atchison, Kansas Her 1932 solo flight across the Atlantic was the first by a woman. Visit the house where she was born and raised, now in the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places. More places...

historic image of female park rangers with unique women's only uniforms

Stories
The Way We Were: Women and the National Park Service The fight for equal treatment in hiring...and uniforms. More stories...

image of ceramic cup with Mamie Eisenhower's face

Collections
Mamie Eisenhower
During her 53-year marriage to Dwight D. Eisenhower Mamie lived in 37 different places, but she only called one home. Now a national park, their Pennsylvania farm is full of their prized possessions. More collections...

Learn More

image of restoration of the fan window above the front door of the Sewall-Belmont House

Preservation
Ongoing restoration efforts of the Sewall-Belmont House, seen here, are funded in part by a National Park Service Save America's Treasures grant. The work in addition to general maintenance includes care for the collection of artifacts and photographs of the women's suffrage movement, and increasing handicap accessibility. More preservation...

image of Rose O'Neill with a Kewpie doll

Kewpie Creator
Rose O'Neill (1874-1944) creator of the much-loved 19th century Kewpie dolls, had a home in Capri, Italy, and a castle in Connecticut, but her Missouri mansion was her "favorite place on earth."