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Women’s Rights History Trail
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1
Yuri Kochiyama (1921-2014)
Residence
545 W 126th St, New York, NY 10027, USA
Kochiyama was deeply impacted by her childhood forced relocation to a Japanese internment camp and her adult friendship with Malcolm X. She…
2
Women's Rights Pioneers Monument (2020)
Statue
Women's Rights Pioneers Monument, New York, NY, USA
Central Park Literary Walk The all-volunteer, not-for-profit group Monumental Women, on August 26, 2020 (the 100th anniversary of the ratif…
3
Woodlawn Cemetery and its "Notable Residents"
Historical Landmarks
4199 Webster Ave, Bronx, NY 10470, USA
Established in 1863, Woodlawn is an active, 400-acre cemetery. More than 310,000 are interred there, attracting over 100,000 visitors from…
4
Women's Liberation Center (1972-1987)
Residence
243 W 20th St, New York, NY 10011, USA
Many a NYC feminist will recall attending meetings at the Old Firehouse located on 20th Street known as The Women's Liberation Center. In 2…
5
Women's Committee of the Gee How Oak Tin Association (2002)
TBD
62-64 Bayard St, New York, NY 10013, USA
The Women’s Committee of the Gee How Oak Tin Association was organized by Margaret Chin in Chinatown in March of 2002. While the Associatio…
6
Woman’s Rights Convention
Historical Landmarks
344 Broadway, New York, NY 10013, USA
Broadway Tabernacle (now demolished) On September 7, 1853, at a Woman’s Rights Convention at the now demolished Broadway Tabernacle (340-34…
7
Underground Railroad
Building
57 Orange St, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA
Plymouth Church - Underground Railroad Established in 1847, just fourteen years before the start of the Civil War, Plymouth Church became k…
8
Willa Cather (1873-1947)
Plaques
5 Bank St, New York, NY 10014, USA
Writer Willa Cather lived with Edith Lewis at several locations in the West Village over the years: 60 Washington Square South, 82 Washingt…
9
Victoria Earle Matthews (1861-1907)
Residence
33 Poplar Street, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Organizer, journalist, lecturer, suffragist and social worker, Matthews was a reporter for NY newspapers and author of novels and articles.…
10
Town Hall (1921)
Building
123 W 43rd St, New York, NY 10036, USA
Town Hall, at 123 West 43rd Street, was founded by members of the League for Political Education: Eleanor Butler Sanders, Lee Wood Haggin,…
11
Underground Railroad Station
Plaques
36 Lispenard St, New York, NY 10013, USA
The Underground Railroad Station at 36 Lispenard Street (plaque), one of the stops on the escape route to freedom, was where many found hel…
12
Toni Morrison (1931-2019)
Building
1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019, USA
Random House Publishing Morrison, the first Black woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (1993), author of 11 novels as well as childr…
13
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire (1911)
Historical Landmarks
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Memorial, Washington Place, New York, NY, USA
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire (plaque on Brown Building, 23-29 Washington Place at Greene Street) killed 146 people, almost all wome…
14
The New York City Chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis (1958)
Building
30 Charlton St, New York, NY 10014, USA
The New York City Chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis, a Lesbian Rights group, was organized in 1958 by Barbara Gittings (pictured here) an…
15
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020)
Building
210 Joralemon St, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA
Brooklyn Municipal Building Born and raised in Midwood, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg became a legendary champion of Women's Rights. She atte…
16
Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) and Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902)
Street Sign
41 Park Row, 37 Park Row, New York, NY 10038, USA
The Street Sign designating Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton Corner at City Hall Park on Park Row across from Beekman Street hon…
17
Sidewalk Markers on Lower Broadway: Ticker Tape Parades
Plaques
Gertrude Ederle was given a 1926 ticker tape parade as the first woman to swim the English Channel (marker on Broadway & Beaver St). Pilot…
18
The Black Angels
Building
460 Brielle Ave, Staten Island, NY 10314, USA
Sea View Hospital When tuberculosis rampaged New York in the 1930s, a band of Black nurses helped care for and save many of those infected.…
19
Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005)
Plaques
Shirley Chisholm Circle, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Shirley Chisholm Circle In 1968, Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to Congress; serving in the House of Representatives…
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Sarah J.S. Tompkins Garnet (1831-1911)
Residence
748 Hancock St, Brooklyn, NY 11233, USA
The last residence of education pioneer Sarah J.S. Tompkins Garnet, a Black suffragist and founder of the Equal Suffrage League, was 748 Ha…
21
Sandy Ground Historical Society (1800s-)
Building
1538 Woodrow Rd, Staten Island, NY 10309, USA
Mid-19th century settlers included local families and Black oystermen from areas south, attracted by the rich SI oyster beds. Sandy Ground…
22
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020)
Building
Columbia Law School, West 116th Street, New York, NY, USA
Columbia Law School Before her appointment to the United States Court of Appeals in 1980 and to the United States Supreme Court in 1993, Ju…
23
Mary Pickford (1892-1979)
Building
11 E 14th St, New York, NY 10003, USA
Mary Pickford became a movie star with the Biograph Film Company at 11 East 14th Street; she lived at 270 Riverside Drive at 99th Street. S…
24
Roberta Peters
Residence
Jerome Ave & E 170th St, Bronx, NY 10452, USA
Peters debuted at the Metropolitan Opera in 1950, singing as an emergency replacement. She achieved the longest tenure of any soprano in th…
25
Ruby Dee (1922-2014)
Residence
Ranceley, Adam Clayton Powell Junior Boulevard, NYC, NY, USA
Civil rights activist, actor and poet Ruby Dee’s childhood home was the Ranceley Apartments. She originated the role of "Ruth Younger" in t…
26
Muriel Siebert (1928-2013)
Building
Lipstick Building, 885 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10022, USA
Muriel Siebert, who in 1967 became the first woman to have a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, founded the woman-owned brokerage firm, M…
27
Regina Resnik
Educational Sites
2300 Washington Ave, The Bronx, NY, USA
James Monroe High School Resnik, a world-famous opera singer and star in over 300 performances at the Metropolitan Opera, was born and rais…
28
Pura Belpré (1899-1982)
Educational Sites
695 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065, USA
Hunter College, Center for Puerto Rican Studies Pura Belpre, was the first Puerto Rican librarian in the New York Public Library system. Th…
29
Rosalyn Yalow (1921-2011)
Building
130 W Kingsbridge Rd, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
Bronx Veterans Administration Hospital In 1977, Rosalyn Sussman Yalow became the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Medicine.…
30
Municipal Slave Market
Historical Landmarks
Wall St, New York, NY 10005, USA
Dedicated in 2015, this marker reads in part: "...a market that auctioned enslaved people of African ancestry was established by a Common C…
31
Martha Graham (1894-1991)
Building
316 E 63rd St, New York, NY 10065, USA
Dancer and choreographer Martha Graham’s Studio and School of Contemporary Dance was located at 316 East 63rd Street and she lived nearby a…
32
Mary Lindley Murray (1726-1782)
Stone
16 Park Ave, New York, NY 10007, USA
In 1776, hostess Mary Lindley Murray entertained British officers at her home at 16 Park Avenue long enough for the American troops to esca…
33
Margaret Sanger (1879-1966)
Residence
17 W 16th St, New York, NY 10011, USA
In the early 1900s, family planning and women’s healthcare were not spoken about in public, Sanger founded the birth control movement and b…
34
Maxine Sullivan (1911-1987)
Residence
818 Ritter Pl, Bronx, NY 10459, USA
Maxine Sullivan, the famous jazz vocalist, lived in The Bronx for almost 30 years at 818 Ritter Place. She and her husband, jazz pianist Cl…
35
Mary Ewing Outerbridge (1852-1886)
TBD
Walker Park, Delafield Pl., Bard Ave., and Davis Ave, Bard Ave, Staten Island, NY 10310, USA
Walker Park (formerly Staten Island Cricket and Baseball Club) While on a vacation in Bermuda in 1874, Staten Island resident Mary Ewing Ou…
36
Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867-1934)
Plaques
Memorial Plaque Honoring the Birth of Marie Sklodowska Curie, Broadway, New York, NY, USA
Marie Sklodowska Curie, scientist and winner of two Nobel Prizes (Physics in 1903 and Chemistry in 1911), was honored by a stone in City Ha…
37
Marian Anderson (1897-1993)
Plaques
1200 5th Ave, New York, NY 10029, USA
Marian Anderson’s home, where she lived from 1958-1975, was at 1200 Fifth Avenue and 101st Street (plaque on building). On January 7, 1955,…
38
Margaret Corbin (1751-1800)
Plaques
The first American woman who is said to take a soldier’s part in the war for liberty in 1776, Margaret Corbin, is honored by a plaque on 19…
39
Maria Ward (1863-1941)
TBD
Richmond Ter & Wall St, Staten Island, NY 10301, USA
Staten Island Bicycle Club In 1896, The Common Sense of Bicycling: Bicycling for Ladies by Maria E. Ward, a dedicated bicyclist and member…
40
Maria Frances (Mother) Cabrini (1850-1917)
Building
227 E 19th St, New York, NY 10003, USA
Cabrini Medical Center St. Maria Frances Cabrini, who in 1946 became the first naturalized American to be canonized, relocated to New York…
41
Maria Tallchief (1925-2013)
Building
New York City Ballet, Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY, USA
Maria Tallchief, a Native American, became a prima ballerina with the New York City Ballet and performed on and off there from 1948 to 1965…
42
Margaret Mead (1901-1978)
Museum
American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West, New York, NY, USA
Margaret Mead Green in the northwestern section of Theodore Roosevelt Park and the Margaret Mead Hall of Pacific Peoples honor the anthropo…
43
Lt. Emily Lee Shek
TBD
34 Mott St, New York, NY 10013, USA
Born and raised in Chinatown, Shek moved to China in the late 1920s, married in Hong Kong, and returned to the US in the 1930s to regain he…
44
Mabel Hampton (1902-1989)
Residence
639 E 169th St, Bronx, NY 10456, USA
Mabel Hampton was a Harlem Renaissance dancer, domestic worker, archivist, and early lesbian activist. She was instrumental in the founding…
45
Lorraine Hansbury (1930-1965)
Building
243 W 47th St, New York, NY 10036, USA
Ethel Barrymore Theatre On March 11, 1959, “A Raisin in the Sun” by playwright Lorraine Hansberry opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre (24…
46
Lincoln Hospital School for Nurses (1898–1961)
Building
E 141st St, Bronx, NY, USA
Established in 1898 on the site of what would become Lincoln Hospital, the Lincoln School for Nurses was the first educational institution…
47
Madam C.J. Walker (1867-1919)
Residence
110 W 136th St, New York, NY 10030, USA
The original site of Madam C.J. Walker’s townhouse is now the Countee Cullen Library, 108-110 West 136th Street. In later years, her daught…
48
Lillian Wald (1867-1940)
Building
263 Henry St, New York, NY 10002, USA
In 1893, social reformer Lillian Wald pioneered the concept of public health nursing for the poor when she created the Visiting Nurses Serv…
49
Louisine Elder Havemeyer (1855-929)
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA
Metropolitan Museum of Art At her death in 1929, Suffragist and art collector Louisine Elder Havemeyer donated her vast collection of impre…
50
Lucy Burns (1879-1966)
Cemetery
3620 Tilden Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
Born and raised in Brooklyn, Lucy Burns was a scholar and teacher who became a leader of the non-violent militant Congressional Union for W…
51
Mabel Ping-Hua Lee (1896-1966)
Building
6 Doyers St, New York, NY 10013, USA
Dr. Mabel Ping Hua Lee (Barnard 1916) was remembered on December 3, 2018 in New York City when the Chinatown Post Office (6 Doyers Street)…
52
Lenape settlements (10,000 BC-)
TBD
Staten Island, NY, USA
Lenape are believed to have been living on the west shore of Staten Island beginning in about 10,000 BC, while much of the continent was st…
53
Julia De Burgos (1914-1953)
Public Art
Julia de Burgos Boulevard runs on East 106th Street from Fifth to First Avenues and a mosaic portrait of the poet is located at 106th Stree…
54
Josephine Shaw Lowell (1843-1905)
Monuments
Josephine Shaw Lowell Memorial Fountain, West 40th Street, New York, NY, USA
Bryant Park Fountain A Memorial Fountain honors social worker Josephine Shaw Lowell in Bryant Park on Avenue of the Americas between 40th a…
55
Lena Horne (1917-2010)
Residence
141 Prospect Park W, Brooklyn, NY 11215, USA
Civil rights activist, actress and singer Lena Horne was born in Bedford-Stuyvesant in 1917. Lena’s mother, Cora Calhoun Horne, was a polit…
56
Lady Deborah Moody (1586– circa 1659)
Cemetery
Lady Moody Triangle, Avenue U &, Village Rd N, Brooklyn, NY 11223, USA
In 1645, Moody, an Anabaptist, was the first female grantee for land ownership in the New World, among a group of English promised freedom…
57
Katherine Hepburn (1907-2003)
Residence
224 E 47th St, New York, NY 10017, USA
Katherine Hepburn Garden Film, stage and television icon Katharine Hepburn’s townhouse was at 244 East 49th Street and a garden named in he…
58
Joan of Arc
Statue
Joan of Arc Monument, NYC, NY, USA
The Joan of Arc statue by Anna Hyatt is on Riverside Drive and West 93rd Street. It was dedicated on December 6, 1915, and donated by the J…
59
Jeanne Manford (1920-2013)
Street Sign
33-23 171st St, Flushing, NY 11358, USA
After writing letters to newspapers and marching in support of her gay son Morty, extraordinary at a time when most people clung to negativ…
60
Jane Jacobs (1916-2006)
Residence
555 Hudson St, New York, NY 10014, USA
Author and activist Jane Jacobs lived at 555 Hudson Street. Her 1961 landmark book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, literally…
61
Jane Bolin (1908-2007)
Building
60 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10013, USA
Around Foley Square, several important "firsts" for women in law have occurred. Jane Bolin was the first Black woman in the United States t…
62
Jadin Wong (1913-2020)
TBD
442 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019, USA
Born in 1913, dancing at age 5, Wong ran away from home at 17 to pursue her dream of performing. Her wit, glamour and dancing landed her in…
63
Inez Milholland (1886-1916)
Residence
179 Bainbridge St., Brooklyn, NY 11233, USA
Born in Brooklyn to a wealthy but progressive family, Milholland was a woman suffrage icon. Lawyer, labor organizer and suffragist, she fou…
64
Jacqueline Klauber (1887-1948)
Museum
338 Lighthouse Ave, Staten Island, NY 10306, USA
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art: Designed to resemble a Tibetan monastery, the Museum holds one of the largest collections of Tibeta…
65
Ida B. Wells (1862-1931)
Building
230 W 136th St, New York, NY 10030, USA
In 1892, Ida B. Wells came to New York City and began a national anti-lynching crusade as a writer for the newspaper New York Age (last kno…
66
Helen Keller (1880-1968)
Residence
Forest Hills, Queens, NY, USA
One of the most admired women in the world, Helen Keller was a shining example of courage and determination. Despite being left blind and d…
67
Harriot Stanton Blatch (1856-1940)
Building
32 Union Sq E, New York, NY 10003, USA
Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s daughter, Blatch carried on her mother’s fight for equality. She became was one of the leaders of the woman suffra…
68
Grace Hoadley Dodge
Educational Sites
2474 Crotona Ave, Bronx, NY 10458, USA
Grace H. Dodge Career and Technical High School (now closed) Born in the Bronx into a wealthy family, Dodge became a social worker and teac…
69
Golda Meir (1898-1978)
Statue
1411 Broadway, New York, NY 10018, USA
Golda Meir, the former leader of Israel, was honored with a portrait bust at Golda Meir Square near the entrance to 1411 Broadway at 39th S…
70
Gloria Cordes Elliott (1931-2018)
Educational Sites
485 Clawson St, Staten Island, NY 10306, USA
Staten Island Technical High School: Gloria Cordes Elliott "Cordie" left Staten Island at 18 to play with the All-American Girls Profession…
71
Hall of Fame for Great Americans
Educational Sites
2155 University Ave, Bronx, NY 10453, USA
Bronx Community College’s Landmarked University Heights Campus Designed by architect Stanford White, the Hall of Fame was formally dedicate…
72
Great Hall at Cooper Union (located in the Foundation Building)
Building
7 East 7th Street, New York, NY, USA
The Cooper Union website describes the Great Hall: "It has stood for more than a century as a bastion of free speech and a witness to the f…
73
Grace Lee Boggs (1915-2015)
Residence
37-39 73rd St, Jackson Heights, NY 11372, USA
Chinese-American Grace Lee Boggs was a civil rights activist, author, philosopher, and feminist. Growing up in Jackson Heights, her family…
74
Girls’ High School (1886-)
Historical Landmarks
475 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11216, USA
Girls’ High School was Brooklyn’s first all-girls high school, opening in 1886 on Nostrand Avenue between Macon and Halsey Streets in Bedfo…
75
Harriet Tubman (1822-1913)
Statue
Frederick Douglass Blvd & W 122nd St, New York, NY 10027, USA
Harriet Tubman Square and a statue honoring the woman who led over 300 slaves to freedom are located at West 122nd Street and Frederick Dou…
76
Green-Wood Cemetery (1838-present)
Historical Landmarks
500 25th St, Brooklyn, NY 11232, USA
Founded in 1838, now a National Historic Landmark, Green-Wood was one of the first rural cemeteries in America. By the 1860s, it had earned…
77
Grace Yip Typond
TBD
251 7th Ave, New York, NY 10001, USA
In 1912, Typond, Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, and other Chinese women joined national and state suffrage leaders for a meeting in Manhattan. Althoug…
78
Gertrude Stein (1874-1946)
Statue
Bryant Park, New York, NY 10018, USA
Bryant Park Statue Gertrude Stein’s statue in Bryant Park behind the New York Public Library at West 42nd Street between 5th and 6th Avenue…
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Gertrude Whitney and Julianna Force (1930)
Museum
8 W 8th St, New York, NY 10011, USA
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and Julianna Force created the Whitney Museum of American Art with Whitney as the sculptor and art patron and F…
80
First Birth Control Clinic in the United States
Building
46 Amboy St, Brooklyn, NY 11212, USA
The first Birth Control Clinic in the United States was opened in October 1916 in Brownsville, Brooklyn by Margaret Sanger and her sister E…
81
Gertrude Ederle (1905-2003)
Residence
108 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10023, USA
Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel, lived with her family at 108 Amsterdam Avenue. It was only fitting that years…
82
Geraldine Ferraro (1935-2011)
Residence
22 Deepdene Rd, Flushing, NY 11375, USA
In 1984, Geraldine Ferraro made history as the first woman vice presidential candidate on a major party ticket. Before that, she had served…
83
Madison Square Garden (1997)
Stadium
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA
The first home game of the New York Liberty of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) was played at Madison Square Garden (7th…
84
Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986)
Residence
525 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10017, USA
Artist Georgia O’Keeffe lived in a 2-room suite on the 28th floor of the Shelton Hotel (now renamed) at 525 Lexington Avenue. O’Keefe paint…
85
Gerda Lerner (1920-2013)
Educational Sites
W 116th St, New York, NY 10025, USA
Dr. Gerda Lerner is one of the most important historians in the field of women's history. Her scholarship and leadership opened up new ways…
86
Fay Chew Matsuda (1949-2020)
Museum
215 Centre St, New York, NY 10013, USA
Museum of the Chinese in America Social worker, community activist, and preservationist, Matsuda was the child of immigrant parents. Realiz…
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Eva Le Gallienne (1899-1991)
Building
105 W 14th St, New York, NY 10011, USA
Civic Repertory Theatre In 1926, actor and director Eva Le Gallienne created the Civic Repertory Theatre at 105 West 14th Street and thereb…
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First FDNY Women Firefighters (1982)
Building
9 Reilly Blvd, New York, NY 10035, USA
Thanks to a successful lawsuit by Brenda Berkman initiated in 1978, the New York City Fire Department had to open its doors to women firefi…
89
Fifth Avenue: Women's Rights Parades
TBD
5th Ave, New York, NY, USA
New York City Woman Suffrage Parades occurred almost every year from 1911 on until women won the vote in 1920. The prime location was Fifth…
90
Eve Adams’ Tea Room (1925)
Building
129 MacDougal St, New York, NY 10012, USA
New York City’s first Lesbian bar was said to be Eve Adams’ Tea Room at 129 MacDougal Street. The date was 1925. "Eve Adams" was the name u…
91
Ethel Merman (1906-1984)
Educational Sites
48-10 31st Ave, Astoria, NY 11103, USA
William Cullen Bryant High School (Auditorium named the Ethel Merman Theatre, 1989) Born and raised in Astoria, Ethel Agnes Zimmermann grad…
92
Ella Boole (1858-1952)
Residence
682 Jewett Ave, Staten Island, NY 10314, USA
(now demolished) Boole moved to Staten Island in 1888 with her husband Rev. William Boole. They were among the founders of Prohibition Park…
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Elizabeth Neall Gay (1819-1907)
Residence
(Residence Demolished) A Quaker from Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Neall was dedicated to ending slavery and accustomed to women’s equal particip…
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Emilia Casanova de Villaverde (1832-1897)
Residence
Casanova St, Bronx, NY 10474, USA
Born in Cuba in 1832 into a Creole slaveholding family, when Casanova was 22 her family relocated from Cuba for Philadelphia, where she mar…
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Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890–1964)
Residence
969 Whitlock Ave, The Bronx, NY, USA
Born in New Hampshire, Gurley Flynn moved to The Bronx with her family in 1900, where she attended P.S. 9 and Morris High School. Throughou…
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Emma Goldman (1869-1940)
Residence
208-210 E 13th St, New York, NY 10003, USA
Anarchist Emma Goldman’s residence at 210 East 13th Street was where, starting in 1906, she published the magazine, Mother Earth (plaque on…
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Emma Stebbins (1815-1882)
Statue
Bethesda Terrace, New York, NY, USA
Angel of the Waters Statue Emma Stebbins’ allegorical sculpture, Angel of the Waters Statue, at Bethesda Fountain in Central Park was dedic…
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Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996)
Residence
179-07 Murdock Ave, Jamaica, NY 11433, USA
One of the greatest singers of all time, Ella Fitzgerald was known as "The First Lady of Song." She won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 m…
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Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton (1858-1934)
Historical Landmarks
2900 Southern Blvd, Bronx, NY 10458, USA
New York Botanical Garden (Native Plant Garden) Botanist Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton transformed the study of mosses into a professio…
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Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward (1847-1918)
Street Sign
Nostrand Ave & Prospect Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11216, USA
Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward was the first Black woman in NY State to earn a medical license and only the third in the nation. Dr. Smit…
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Eleanor Roosevelt (Statue)
Statue
Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial, West 72nd Street, NYC, NY, USA
Eleanor Roosevelt’s statue is in Riverside Park at West 72nd Street in the Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Plaza. It was dedicated on October 5,…
102
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)
Residence
75 1/2 Bedford St, New York, NY 10014, USA
In 1923, Edna St. Vincent Millay became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. Millay lived at 75 ½ Bedford Street, one of he…
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Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman ("Nellie Bly") (1864-1922)
Building
New York, NY 10044, USA
Roosevelt Island In 1887, the editor of the New York World challenged Cochrane aka "Nellie Bly" (her pen name) to investigate one of NY’s m…
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902)
Residence
250 W 94th St, New York, NY 10025, USA
The apartment site where women’s rights leader Elizabeth Cady Stanton died in 1902 was at 250 West 94th Street. The rebuilt Building was re…
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Elizabeth Burrill Curtis (1861-1914)
Residence
234 Bard Ave, Staten Island, NY 10310, USA
Elizabeth Burrill Curtis carried on the progressive legacy of the Shaw and Curtis families as a vocal advocate for voting rights and civic…
106
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)
Residence
20 E 11th St, New York, NY 10003, USA
Eleanor Roosevelt’s apartment at 20 East 11th Street was in a building owned by her friends Esther Lape and Elizabeth Read; a plaque is on…
107
Drusilla Poole (1921-1981)
Building
779 Henderson Ave, Staten Island, NY 10310, USA
Shiloh AME Zion Church On Staten Island, activist Black women like Drusilla Poole stepped in to fill the gap in voting resources for Black…
108
Dr. Joan Maynard (1928-2006)
TBD
158 Buffalo Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11213, USA
As the Weeksville website says, "In 1968, Joan became a founding member of the Society for the Preservation of Weeksville & Bedford-Stuyves…
109
Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910)
Building
64 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10012, USA
New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children In 1849, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in the United States to receive…
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Dr. Antonia Pantoja (1922-2002)
Educational Sites
Boricua College, Broadway, New York, NY, USA
Boricua College Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Pantoja came to NYC in 1944. As an educator, social worker, feminist, lesbian, civil rights…
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Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls (1892- )
Building
102 E 25th St, New York, NY 10010, USA
In 1892 and the years that followed, Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls worked at Tiffany Studios at 102 East 25th Street (as well as oth…
112
Constance Baker Motley (1921-2005)
Building
1 Centre St, New York, NY 10007, USA
Constance Baker Motley became the first woman Borough President of Manhattan in 1965; her office was in the Municipal Building at 1 Centre…
113
Claire Shulman (1926-2020)
Street Sign
120-55 Queens Blvd, Kew Gardens, NY 11424, USA
Queens Borough Hall (One Claire Shulman Way) Claire Shulman was the first woman Borough President in the history of Queens. She served four…
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Celebrity Path
TBD
Brooklyn, NY 11238, USA
Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Celebrity Path As the BBG website says: "The path meanders through Austrian pines, rhododendrons, and daffodils, j…
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Dorothy Maynor (1910-1996)
Educational Sites
Harlem School of the Arts, Saint Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY, USA
Dorothy Leigh Maynor founded the Harlem School of the Arts in 1964 so that the children of Harlem would have access to exceptional arts ins…
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Clara Lemlich Shavelson (1886-1982)
TBD
278 E 3rd St, New York, NY 10009, USA
In 1905, Lemlich arrived from Ukraine with her family and began working as a shirt-waist maker. Her 1909 speech at a Cooper Union rally spa…
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Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997)
Educational Sites
2960 Broadway, New York, NY 10027, USA
Chien-Shiung Wu was a pioneering physicist who, through her research and teaching, helped change the accepted view of the structure of the…
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Dorothy Day (1897-1980)
Building
7396 Amboy Rd, Staten Island, NY 10307, USA
Our Lady Help of Christians Parish Activist and suffragist Dorothy Day was jailed as one of the “Silent Sentinels” and beaten on the “Night…
119
Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947)
Building
171 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
The NY HQ of the National American Woman Suffrage Association The New York Headquarters of the National American Woman Suffrage Association…
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Barbara Ruckle Heck (1734-1804)
Plaques
44 John St, New York, NY 10038, USA
In 1766, Barbara Ruckle Heck founded what is now the oldest Methodist congregation in United States at the Old John Street United Methodist…
121
Bess Myerson (1924-2014)
Residence
3451 Giles Pl, Bronx, NY 10463, USA
Sholem Aleichem Houses Bess Myerson was born in The Bronx and grew up at the Sholem Aleichem Houses, located in the Van Cortlandt Village s…
122
Berenice Abbott (1898-1991)
Residence
50 Commerce St, New York, NY 10014, USA
Photographer Berenice Abbott lived at 50 Commerce Street, a home she shared with Elizabeth McCausland. Abbott’s landmark photo collection,…
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Bella Abzug (1920-1998)
Residence
2 5th Ave, New York, NY 10011, USA
Congresswoman, civil rights attorney, anti-war activist, and global women’s environmental and development trailblazer Bella Abzug, whose le…
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Bronx Theatre
Building
567 Melrose Ave, Bronx, NY 10455, USA
This was a relatively short-lived theatre in The Bronx started in 1914. During the first few years of its existence, however, it caused qui…
125
Betty Friedan (1921-2006)
Residence
The Dakota, 1 W 72nd St, New York, NY 10023, USA
Journalist and activist Betty Friedan"s 1963 best-selling book, The Feminine Mystique, voiced women’s frustrations with gender roles and sp…
126
Betty Carter (1929-1998)
Residence
117 St Felix St, Brooklyn, NY 11217, USA
Legendary Jazz musician Betty Carter lived at 117 Saint Felix Street in Ft. Greene. Carter was a Grammy Award and National Medal of Arts wi…
127
Audley Moore (aka Queen Mother Moore) (1898-1997)
Residence
2700 Bronx Pk E, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
"The Coops" Born in New Iberia, LA, Moore settled in Harlem. Part of the United Negro Improvement Association, she organized tenants and wa…
128
Augusta Savage
Building
143 West 125th Street, New York, NY, USA
Known for her sculptures of powerful African American figures, Augusta Savage was not only a talented sculptor and teacher, she was also a…
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Anna C. Field (1822-1912)
Residence
158 Hicks St, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA
Brooklyn's first Woman Suffrage group was said to be the Brooklyn Equal Rights Association, with the first meeting held in 1868 at the home…
130
Anne Bancroft (1931-2005)
Educational Sites
925 Astor Avenue, Bronx, NY 10469, USA
Christopher Columbus High School One of the most versatile actors of her generation, Anne Bancroft could play any role from Annie Sullivan…
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Alice Guy-Blache (1873-1968)
Building
34th Ave, Queens, NY, USA
Gaumont/Solax Studios Some people say that from 1896 to 1906, Alice Guy was probably the only woman film director in the world. She directe…
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Annie Moore
Statue
Ellis Island, United States
The Annie Moore Statue on Ellis Island represents those who came to America looking for a better life. From 1892 to 1954, twelve million im…
133
Anne Hutchinson(1591-1643)
Residence
Hutchinson Riv Pkwy, New York, USA
Hutchinson and her husband immigrated from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1634. She organized meetings where women discussed re…
134
Elizabeth Jennings Graham (1827-1901)
Street Sign
41 Park Row, New York, NY 10038, USA
Elizabeth Jennings Place honors the woman who was forcibly ejected from a car on the Third Avenue Railway line at the corner of Pearl Stree…
135
Billie Jean King
Stadium
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing, NY, USA
**USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center** A fighter for women's rights both on the tennis court and in the world, in 2006, Billie Je…
136
Alice Austen (1866-1952)
Museum
2 Hylan Blvd, Staten Island, NY 10305, USA
Alice Austen House Museum In 1876, 10-year-old Alice Austen was introduced to photography. In her lifetime, she produced over 7,000 photogr…
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Clara Wu Tsai
Stadium
Barclays Center, Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USA
**Clara Wu Tsai and The New York Liberty:** Clara Wu Tsai is one of the most powerful women in sports as Governor/Co-owner of the WNBA's Ne…
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Mother Seton (1774-1821)
Shrine
7 State St, New York, NY 10004, USA
**St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine** Located at 7 State Street near Battery Park; she lived in “Watson House” there from 1801-1804. Mother Se…
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Equal Suffrage League Headquarters
Plaques
405 Carlton Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238, USA
In the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, is a historic suffrage site which served from 1908 as the headquarters of the Equal Suffrage L…
140
African Burial Ground National Monument
Monuments
290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007, USA
It is estimated that 15,000 – 20,000 enslaved Africans were buried in the area around where City Hall now stands. In 1991, that cemetery wa…
141
Edna Lewis
Restaurant
323 E 58th St, New York, NY 10022, USA
As an award-winning chef and cookbook author, Edna Lewis combined her love of food preparation and her vast knowledge of African American h…
142
Jane Addams
Stone
City Hall Park, Broadway &, Chambers Street, NYC, NY, USA
**City Hall Park (stone):** Jane Addams (1860-1935), leader of the settlement house movement and, in 1931, the first American woman to win…
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Rose Schneiderman (1882-1972)
Historical Landmarks
43 E 22nd St, New York, NY 10010, USA
**The Women’s Trade Union League office** Founded in 1903, the WTUL included women workers and their middle-class allies, investigating wom…
144
Emily Warren Roebling (1843-1903)
Historical Landmarks
Brooklyn Bridge, New York, NY 10038, USA
**Brooklyn Bridge:** Emily Warren Roebling, who led the completion of the work on the Brooklyn Bridge when her husband was injured, was hon…
145
Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927) & Tennessee Claflin (1844-1923)
Building
44 Broad St, New York, NY 10004, USA
Victoria Woodhull and her sister Tennessee Clafin became the first women stockbrokers when they opened Woodhull, Clafin and Company at 44 B…
146
Althea Gibson
Statue
Althea Gibson Statue, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing, NY, USA
Althea Gibson Statue At the 2019 US Open, in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center near the Arthur Ashe Stadium, a new statue wa…
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Audre Lorde (1934-1992)
Building
356 W 18th St, New York, NY 10011, USA
**Callen-Lorde Community Health Center** Poet Audre Lorde, the daughter of Grenadian immigrants, was born in New York City in 1934. Her wri…
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Angelica Schuyler Church And Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton
Cemetery
89 Broadway, New York, NY 10006, USA
Trinity Churchyard at 89 Broadway is the final resting place for two of the three Schuyler Sisters now more widely known thanks to recent P…
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Lydia Fowler Wadleigh
Educational Sites
34 1/2 E 12th St, New York, NY 10003, USA
The building at 34 1/2 East 12th Street has an important history regarding the education of women and girls in New York City. It first serv…
150
Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960)
Educational Sites
Barnard College, Broadway, NYC, NY, USA
In 1928, writer, folklorist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston became the first Black woman to graduate from Barnard College located at…
151
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Building
780 3rd Avenue suite 2601, New York, NY, USA
Hillary Rodham Clinton was elected as New York's first woman United States Senator on November 7, 2000. She was re-elected in 2006. Senator…
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Kathy Hochul
Building
919 3rd Avenue 35th floor, New York, NY, USA
Governor's New York City Office It took New York State a long time to have a woman as Governor. But Kathy Hochul made New York State histor…
153
Greta Garbo
Residence
450 East 52nd Street 5th floor, New York, NY, USA
Screen legend Greta Garbo made New York City her home after retiring from the movies. She tried to live a quiet life but, despite her best…
154
Apollo Theater
Historical Landmarks
253 West 125th Street, New York, NY, USA
Harlem's world-renowned Apollo Theater has been the site of many historical music performances and cultural events since it started the fir…
155
Seneca Village
TBD
Seneca Village Site, Central Park, Central Park West, New York, NY, USA
Landscape along what is now Central Park from West 82nd to West 89th Streets Seneca Village was created in 1825 when landowners John and El…
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Barbara Walters
Building
7 West 66th Street, New York, NY, USA
**ABC News Original Studio** Barbara Walters joined ABC News in 1976 as the first woman to co-host the network news. ABC News' original stu…
157
Dorothy Parker
Building
59 West 44th Street, New York, NY, USA
**Algonquin Hotel** Author and poet Dorothy Parker became famous for her wit in discussions at the Algonquin Round Table (Algonquin Hotel,…
158
Shaina Taub (and SUFFS)
Building
239 West 45th Street, New York, NY, USA
**Music Box Theatre** Tony winner Shaina Taub and SUFFS brought the history of the Woman Suffrage Movement to Broadway audiences when it op…
159
Gloria Steinem
Building
370 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY, USA
**Ms. Magazine** Gloria Steinem and co-workers created *Ms.* Magazine in 1971 when it first appeared as an insert in the December issue of…
160
Diane Arbus
Residence
55 Bethune St, New York, NY 10014, USA
The work of photographer Diane Arbus has often been more controversial than complemented. Her ability to capture compelling, if somewhat di…
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Louise Nevelson
Street Sign
Louise Nevelson Plaza, New York, NY, USA
Louise Nevelson Plaza Intersection of Maiden Lane, William Street, and Liberty Street Renowned artist Louise Nevelson was honored by the na…
162
Carol Bellaamy
Building
City Hall, New York, NY, USA
**City Hall** Carol Bellamy was the first woman elected to citywide office in New York City when she became City Council President in 1977;…
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Elizabeth Holtzman
Building
1 Centre Street, New York, NY, USA
**Municipal Building** Elizabeth Holtzman became the first woman elected as Comptroller of New York City in 1990; her office was in the Mun…
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Maya Lin
Building
Worth Street & Foley Square, New York, NY, USA
**United States Courthouse Entrances** Worth and Pearl Streets | Foley Square In 1996, architect and sculptor Maya Lin created “Sounding St…
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Elizabeth Phelps
Building
49 West 23rd Street, New York, NY, USA
**Women's Bureau** A house at 49 East 23rd Street, purchased by Elizabeth Phelps, became known as the “Women’s Bureau” because so many wome…
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Edith Wharton
Residence
14 West 23rd Street, New York, NY, USA
Author Edith Wharton’s childhood home was at 14 West 23rd Street. Wharton knew exactly the world described in her books because she lived i…
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Historical Landmarks
Reservoir, Central Park, New York, NY, USA
**Central Park Reservoir** In 1994, the Central Park Reservoir was renamed in honor of former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Signs…
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Emma Lazarus (1849-1887)
Plaques
Statue of Liberty National Monument, New York, NY, USA
Statue of Liberty Emma Lazarus’ poem “The New Colossus,” which is on a plaque inside the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, includes the fa…
169
Edie Windsor (1929-2017)
Residence
2 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, USA
LGBT rights activist Edith “Edie” Windsor and Thea Spyer moved into their apartment at 2 Fifth Ave. in the mid-1970s. Windsor was the lead…
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Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Lillie P. Bliss and Mary Quinn Sullivan.
Historical Landmarks
Museum of Modern Art, West 53rd Street, New York, NY, USA
The Museum of Modern Art was founded in 1929 by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Lillie P. Bliss and Mary Quinn Sullivan.
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Dr. Angie Dickerson (née Taylor) (1910-1981)
Residence
2700 Bronx Park East, The Bronx, NY, USA
**"The Coops"** Born in Abbeville, SC, at age six, Taylor witnessed the lynching of a family friend. Her family moved to Long Island, and s…
172
Maritcha Remond Lyons (1848-1929)
Educational Sites
Myrtle Av/Saint Edwards St, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA
**Colored School Number 1** Education activist Lyons became the first Black woman assistant principal in Brooklyn's first school for Blacks…
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Weeksville Heritage Center
Building
158 Buffalo Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Weeksville Heritage Center is an historic site and cultural center in Central Brooklyn that, as its website says, "uses education, arts and…
174
Pauli Murray (1910-1985)
Building
388 Chauncey Street, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Murray was a major strategist in the struggle for Black and women’s rights, whose legal scholarship underpinned such cases as Brown v. Bd.…
175
Mary Otis Willcox (1862-1933)
Residence
Davis Avenue & Davis Court, Staten Island, NY, USA
**(residence demolished)** Daughter of anti-slavery and suffrage activist Elizabeth Neall Gay, Willcox was described as “indefatigable” by…
176
Audre Lorde (1934-1992)
Street Sign
Victory Boulevard & St Pauls Ave, Staten Island, NY, USA
**Audre Lorde Way (street sign)** As a self-proclaimed “black, lesbian, feminist, mother, poet warrior,” Lorde dedicated her life to sharin…
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Gertrude Amelia Tate (1872-1962)
Museum
2 Hylan Boulevard, Staten Island, NY, USA
**Alice Austen House Museum** Born in Brooklyn in 1871, Gertrude Amelia Tate worked two jobs to support her family after her father passed…
178
Home of Interurban Political Equality Council (IPEC)
Building
29 E 29th St, New York, NY 10016, USA
National suffrage leader Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947) helped unite New York City women’s suffrage clubs through the establishment of the…
179
Irene L. Moorman Blackstone (1872 – 1944)
Building
83 W 134th St, NYC, NY, USA
(Not the original building) *From the African American Historical Society of Rockland County:* Blackstone is remembered for her role in int…
180
Claudette Colvin Way
Street Sign
Unionport Rd & E Tremont Ave, Bronx, NY 10462, USA
**Claudette Colvin Way** Claudette Colvin was a civil rights activist and Parkchester resident. In 1955, at the age of 15, Colvin was arres…
181
Frances Perkins (1880–1965)
Plaques
121 West Washington Place, New York, NY 10014, USA
**Former Frances Perkins Residence Plaque** Frances Perkins was a tireless advocate for working people. She served as Secretary of Labor un…
182
Amelia Earhart (1897–1937)
Plaques
27 Barrow St, New York, NY 10014, USA
**Greenwich House Plaque** Amelia Earhart was a pioneering aviator. In 1932, Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic…
183
Marie Maynard Daly (1921–2003)
Educational Sites
199-10 112th Ave, St. Albans, NY 11412, USA
**Dr. Marie M. Daly Academy of Excellence (P.S. 360Q)** Marie Maynard Daly, born in Queens, New York, became the first African American wom…
184
Betty Friedan (1921–2006)
Residence
81-26 150th St, Parkway Village, Jamaica, NY 11435, USA
**Parkway Village** Betty Friedan was a writer, activist, and co-founder of the National Organization for Women (NOW). In 1963, she authore…
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Mrs. Frank Leslie
Building
42/44 Bond Street, New York, New York, USA
Mrs. Frank Leslie (Miriam Leslie) took over her husband, Frank Leslie's, publishing business upon his death. He left her with a host of pub…
186
The Crisis (Magazine)
Building
70 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, USA
The Crisis magazine was founded in 1910 by W.E.B. Du Bois as the official publication of the National Association for the Advancement of Co…
187
The New York City Suffrage League
Monuments
10 East 14th Street, New York, New York, USA
In 1894, the headquarters for the New York City Woman's Suffrage League was established at 10 E. 14th Street in Manhattan. This location wa…
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Faith Ringgold
Public Art
West 125th Street & Lenox Avenue, New York, NY, USA
The great artist Faith Ringgold was also a wonderful storyteller. A beautiful example of both art and history is represented by her Mosaics…
189
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Building
515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY, USA
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture was founded in 1925 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 2017. As the Center's…
190
Minerva Bernardino
Street Sign
Minerva Bernardino Greenstreet, Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY, USA
Minerva Bernardino (1907-1998) was one of only four women to sign the United Nations Charter in 1945. She represented the Dominican Republi…
191
Sophie Irene Loeb (1876-1929)
Monuments
James Michael Levin Playground, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA
This Central Park memorial fountain commemorates newspaper reporter and social worker Sophie Irene Loeb (1876-1929), who was the founder an…
192
Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924)
Monuments
Conservatory Garden, Central Park, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA
**The Frances Hodgson Burnett Memorial Fountain** honors the children's book author known for her novels *The Secret Garden, Little Lord Fa…
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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Building
Union Square West & East 15th Street, New York, NY, USA
**Previous site of the Church of the Puritans, east side of Union Square** On May 10, 1866, black abolitionist, writer and poet Frances Ell…
194
Rose Schneiderman
Residence
1940 Andrews Avenue South, The Bronx, NY, USA
This was Rose’s home from 1925-1937. During this time, she was elected president of the Women’s Trade Union League and appointed by Preside…
195
Gertrude Bustill Mossell
Monuments
70 Pine Street, New York, NY, USA
**4 Cedar Street (now considered 70 Pine Street)** “One of the leading black writers of the late 19th century, Gertrude Mossell used her co…
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Ida Craft
Residence
294 Stuyvesant Ave, Brooklyn, NY, USA
“The daughter of John Craft (1821-1898) and Eleanor Voorhies Perlee (1824-1913), Ida Craft was born into a relatively well-to-do family: Jo…
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Margaret Fuller
Building
30 Ann Street, New York, NY, USA
30 Ann Street (2nd floor rear) (site, not original building) Margaret Fuller was the first woman reporter for *The New York Tribune.* She w…
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