Women’s history is everywhere in Washington, if curious locals and adventurous tourists know where to look. As the District of Columbia evolved into one of the world’s top tourist destinations, women emerged as pioneers and a town created to house the federal government matured into a gilded city affluent in feminist culture. Historic houses, hidden alleyways, and neighborhood parks stand as memorials to America’s founding mothers who built the nation’s capital. This book records the legacies of these women and encourages readers to explore their names on headstones, street signs, and buildings, while also discovering where hidden history is unmarked. Rising from a strong foundation, modern DC women have continued to nurture the legacy of their foremothers as chefs, artists, athletes, philanthropists, politicians, and entrepreneurs. Most notable are the stories of collaboration in which these women flout the myth that nothing gets accomplished in Washington.
\nFeminism in the city is fueled by the creativity, leadership, and fortitude of local women, each with a personal experience that is uniquely special. While no story is the same, the themes of preservation and progress are weaved throughout this book as a reminder; her story is history and it is still being written.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This guidebook reveals the history of our founding mothers, recognizes modern women shaping the city, and celebrates a rich culture of feminism in Washington, DC.
AKA Sisterhood Mural
\nKamala Harris, Madam Vice President | 10
\nAlethia Tanner Park
\nA self-emancipated woman | 12
\nAlice Roosevelt’s House
\nThe other Washington Monument | 14
\nAlice’s Artistic Retreat
\nAlice Pike Barney, a creative New Woman | 16
\nAlma Thomas House
\nWhite House art inspired by a tree in Logan Circle | 18
\nAmerican Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial
\nShe served and sacrificed | 20
\nAnderson House
\nIsabel Weld Perkins, a jet-setting art patron | 22
\nAnna J. Cooper House
\nThe only woman quoted in the US passport | 24
\nAnne Royall’s Grave
\nThe first female congressional correspondent | 26
\nAsbury UMC DC
\nEmily and Mary Edmonson’s faith and freedom | 28
\nBeau Thai
\nAschara Vigsittaboot’s mom inspires a curry | 30
\nBelmont-Paul National Monument
\nWhere women first fought | 32
\nBené Millinery
\nVanilla Beane, maker of crowns | 34
\nBlack Lives Matter Plaza
\n#BreonnaTaylor: Say her name | 36
\nCafé Mozart
\nHildegard Fehr becomes an entrepreneur for $1.76 | 38
\nCherry Trees of DC
\nEliza Scidmore, the woman behind the blossoms | 40
\nContemplative Court
\nFrances Ellen Watkins Harper represents women | 42
\nThe Decatur House
\nCharlotte Dupuy sued for her freedom | 44
\nDolley Madison House
\nThe second-most-visited residence in Washington | 46
\nDorothy Height Post Office
\nGodmother of Civil Rights | 48
\nDumbarton House
\nNational Society of The Colonial Dames of America | 50
\nDumbarton Oaks Park
\nBeatrix Jones Farrand designed gardens for Bliss | 52
\nEleanor Roosevelt Statue
\nA syndicated newspaper columnist | 54
\nEllen Wilson Place
\nFrom alley to activism, from displacement to home | 56
\nEnid A. Haupt Garden
\nA special Eden gifted by a publishing heiress | 58
\nThe Extra Mile
\nJuliette “Daisy” Gordon, the Girl Scouts’ founder | 60
\nFarragut Square
\nThe teenage artist behind the masculine statues | 62
\nFederal District Markers
\nThe Garden Club of America welcomes you to DC | 64
\nFemale Union Band Society
\nBurial ground for a band of sisters | 66
\nFirst Ladies Water Garden
\nA hidden oasis to honor women in the spotlight | 68
\nThe First Woman Marine
\nOpha May Jacob Johnson served her country | 70
\nFlora Molton Call Box
\nA street corner tribute for a street corner icon | 72
\nFolger Shakespeare Library
\nEmily Folger’s quest to preserve literary history | 74
\nFord’s Theatre
\nFrankie Childers Hewitt preserved Lincoln’s legacy | 76
\nThe Four Founders
\nFounding the Daughters of the American Revolution | 78
\nFREED Ladies
\nAfrican American Civil War Museum comes to life | 80
\nThe Furies Collective
\nThe L words: Lesbians, Literature, and Liberation | 82
\nGALA Hispanic Theatre
\nRebecca Read tells the story of Latino culture | 84
\nGallaudet Memorial
\nAlice Cogswell, inspiration to Thomas Gallaudet | 86
\nGrave of Alice Birney
\nFounder of the PTA rests at Oak Hill Cemetery | 88
\nHidden Figures Way
\nBlack women’s contributions to space exploration | 90
\nHillwood Estate
\nMarjorie Merriweather Post’s lost Smithsonian | 92
\nHotel Zena
\nA mindfully curated feminine space | 94
\nThe Howard Theatre
\nLadies sing the blues | 96
\nHuman Rights Porch
\nSocial justice at Washington National Cathedral | 98
\nInternational Spy Museum
\nVirginia Hall, an unlikely spy with only one leg | 100
\nJeanne d’Arc
\nTo the women of America from the women of France | 102
\nJuanita Thornton Library
\nHer community needed books, not burgers | 104
\nJulia Child House
\nThe celebrity chef ’s butter-yellow home | 106
\nJustice O’Connor Portrait
\nPaving the way for women on the Supreme Court | 108
\nLa Cosecha
\nA market for Latin American women innovators | 110
\nLady Bird Johnson Park
\n“Where flowers bloom, so does hope” | 112
\nLetelier-Moffitt Memorial
\nA political assassination, a personal tragedy | 114
\nLetena Restaurant
\nYamrot Ezineh serves authentic Ethiopian cuisine | 116
\nLibrarian of Congress
\nCarla Hayden, the people’s librarian | 118
\nLincoln Park
\nMemorial to Mary McLeod Bethune | 120
\nThe Lockwood DC
\nBelva Lockwood, a woman of historic firsts | 122
\nLouise Slaughter Tree
\nAn arboreal tribute to a legislative lioness | 124
\nLucretia Mott Portrait
\nA Quaker activist at the National Portrait Gallery | 126
\nMartin’s Tavern Booth 3
\nWhere Jacqueline went from Bouvier to Kennedy | 128
\nMary Ann Shadd Cary
\nFirst Black female publisher in North America | 130
\nMary Livingston Ripley Garden
\nMary Livingston Ripley’s fragrant oasis | 132
\nMaya Angelou Stairs
\n“When I decided to speak, I had a lot to say.” | 134
\nMaydān
\nRose Previte creates a gathering place | 136
\nMiss Pixie’s
\nPixie Windsor stacks it deep and sells it cheap | 138
\nMissing Soldiers Office
\nClara Barton, angel of the battlefield | 140
\nMyrtilla Miner’s Legacy
\nThe education pioneer who founded UDC | 142
\nNational Capitol Columns
\nRemembering two pillars of preservation | 144
\nNGA Impressionists
\nMary Cassatt makes a strong impression | 146
\nNuns of the Battlefield
\nA monument to Civil War angels of mercy | 148
\nOctagon House
\nThe haunted house that helped build a capital | 150
\nOlive Seward Statue
\nThe strange story of a mysterious statue | 152
\nThe Outrage
\nRebecca Lee Funk creates a hub for activism | 154
\nPatterson Mansion
\nJournalist, publisher, and ultimate insider | 156
\nPennsylvania Avenue
\nRemember the ladies in the blueprint of America | 158
\nPhyllis Wheatley YWCA
\nThe hill she climbed, a revolutionary journey | 160
\nPhoebe Waterman Haas Public Observatory
\nAn astronomy star | 162
\nPuddin’
\nToyin Alli serves up divine comfort food | 164
\nThe REACH
\nReimagining a historic performing arts venue | 166
\nRepublic Restoratives
\nPia Carusone & Rachel Gardner, founding mothers | 168
\nRed Door Salon
\nElizabeth Arden builds a beauty empire | 170
\nRosa Parks SafeHouse
\nHealing and friendship at the Mansion on O Street | 172
\nRosedale Community Center
\nMamie “Peanut” Johnson, a field of her own | 174
\nRuth Bader Ginsburg Mural
\nA significant gesture by a woman-owned company | 176
\nSakakawea Statue
\nA courageous young woman led the way | 178
\nSara Andrews Spencer Grave
\nA resting place for a women’s rights fighter | 180
\nSaturday Night Salons
\nGeorgia Douglas Johnson’s cultural renaissance | 182
\nSheep by the Sea
\nWilhelmina Cole Holladay created the NMWA | 184
\nSlowe-Burrill House
\nThe secret herstory of a Brookland home | 186
\nThe Spirit of Nursing
\nMemorializing Jane Delano, nursing revolutionary | 188
\nThe Star-Spangled Banner
\nMary Pickersgill’s handiwork is American history | 190
\nStudents Aspire Sculpture
\nTruth and justice at Howard University | 192
\nSurratt Boarding House
\nOnce the home of a convicted conspirator | 194
\nThe Tabard Inn
\nMatriarchs, movements, and military officers | 196
\nTeaism
\nMichelle, Linda, and Lela share the integrity of tea | 198
\nThe Temperance Fountain
\nA maligned monument to a misunderstood movement | 200
\nTerrell Place
\nMary Church Terrell, lifting as she climbed | 202
\nThe Titanic Memorial
\nGertrude Vanderbilt Whitney’s haunting tribute | 204
\nTudor Place
\nWashington women preserve America’s story | 206
\nVietnam Women’s Memorial
\nWelcome home, daughters of America | 208
\nVladka Meed’s Story
\nA Holocaust story of courage and resistance | 210
\nWalsh-McLean Mansion
\nA doomed marriage and a cursed diamond | 212
\nWangari Gardens
\nDr. Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate | 214
\nWarner Theatre
\nTake a stroll among the sidewalk stars | 216
\nWashington Mystics
\nWatch women win at basketball | 218
\nWashington Spirit
\nProfessional soccer scores in the nation’s capital | 220
\nThe Whittemore House
\nShe was a secretary… in the Presidential Cabinet | 222
\nThe Willard Hotel
\nHome to peacocks, poets, and first ladies | 224
\nWomen in Politics Mural
\nEquality is on the ballot | 226
\nWoodrow Wilson House
\nHome to America’s first female president | 228
\nZitkala-Ša, aka Red Bird
\nWomen’s Suffrage Mural: Zitkala-Ša, a Native voice | 230<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":32820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5508],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-32819","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-travel","7":"author-by-author-kaitlin-calogera","8":"author-by-author-rebecca-grawl","9":"author-photographs-by-cynthia-schiavetto-staliunas","10":"publisher-emons-verlag-gmbh","11":"series-111-places","13":"first","14":"instock","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n