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Iolani Palace

Iolani Palace Honolulu, Hawaii The only royal palace in the United States, Iolani was the official residence of the Hawaiian monarchy from 1882 until foreign merchants overthrew Queen…

The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum

The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum Chicago, Illinois The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum Chicago, Illinois Founded by Jane Addams in 1889, Chicago's Hull House may be the most famous of the “…

Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged

Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged Auburn, New York For more than a decade the legendary Harriet Tubman (1820-1913) risked her life to lead hundreds of enslaved people out of the South to…

Emily Dickinson House

Emily Dickinson House Amherst, Massachusetts Poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) was born in this house and lived most of her life there, rarely leaving its beautiful grounds. After Dickinson's…

Seneca Falls: The Birthplace of Women's Rights

Seneca Falls: The Birthplace of Women's Rights Some people consider the single most important place in U.S. women's history to be Seneca Falls, New York, where on July 19, 1848, the first…

Women's Suffrage

Saudi women vote for the first time Source: AP When and where did women earn the right to vote? Learn the year in which women's suffrage was granted, organized by year. New Zealand was the…

Calamity Jane

Calamity Jane Deadwood, South Dakota Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok rode into the wild gold-mining town of Deadwood, S.D., in June 1876. Hickok's residence was of short duration as he was…

Woodlawn Cemetery

Woodlawn Cemetery Bronx, New York Although the distinguished women who are buried in Woodlawn Cemetery didn't make their mark there while living, visiting this 400-acre cemetery can be a…

Madame C. J. Walker Building

Madame C. J. Walker Building Indianapolis, Indiana After moving from Denver and then to Pittsburgh, African-American hair-care mogul Madame C. J. Walker ultimately based her operations in…