Learn about great women who shaped NYC identity and helped its growth. Hear the stories of female pioneers and their connections to the city’s buildings and monuments as well as crucial events throughout history. Starting with the original Native American inhabitants and continuing with the women who founded the first village, the women who fought in the Revolutionary war, the suffrage movement in the city, enslaved women, artists, writers, religious leaders, 9/11 heroes and more powerful and significant women who had pivotal in the development of the city. Read more...

Learn about the history of the LGBT community in Boston by following the footsteps of influential gay, lesbians and queers from the 1840s through 1980s. Hear tales from the community’s bars and baths during WW2 and discover the stories behind Henry David Thoreau ‘walks’, the transvestite roles of Charlotte Cushman as well as the AIDS memorial quilt project. Read more...

See the sites around downtown DC and US Capitol, where the women who lived and worked in Washington, DC made their marks. Learn about women like Clara Barton, Dorothy Height, and Frances Perkins, and follow the procession route of the first women suffrage parade of 1913. Hear stories about their ways to change America, the struggles they had while fighting for freedom and equality, the organizations they founded and the legislation they promoted. Read more...

Follow the steps of the suffragists from all over the nation who in 1913 marched to fight for the women’s right to vote. Hear the march story as well as the its leaders, brave women who fought for their rights. Follow the route of the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession through DC and gain an understanding of the suffragist struggle for equality and the right to vote. Read more...

Learn about the nation’s history theatrically, talk with important figures and hear the stories from their point of view, including personal details and inside scoops. You will discover much more than new information about significant events, but also different perspectives and anecdotes about the daily life at the White House. There are three kinds of tours (exterior only): The White House as a home, as an Office, and musing with a White House gardener. Read more...

Walk through Old Town Alexandria, 8 miles south of Washington, DC, to learn about a diverse group of women who lived in the city during the Civil War. For those women, the war was more than a remote battle, but a way of life. Hear their stories and explore the roles they played in a Southern sympathizers city occupied by the Union Army. Read more...

This guided tour is based on the self-guided tour created by the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail. The tour will focus on the historic Beacon Hill neighborhood and will present the stories of notable women who lived and worked there from different fields – academy, activism, abolition, art, and more. Some of the names will be familiar as, Abigail Adams, Phillis Wheatly, and Rose Kennedy, and some less, but their stories will inspire and reveal the full history of the neighborhood. Read more...

Rediscover San Francisco’s history through the eyes of 12 daring women who made their mark on the city. Hear their perspective on the city and how they faced and overcame social issues such as racism, sexism and class distinctions. Between theater district and North Beach, you’ll get to know some of San Francisco’s finest women, including Maya Angelou, Phyllis Diller, Lillie Coit, and Mary Ellen Pleasant. Read more...

Get a better understanding of women’s life in Chicago’s early days (late 19th and early 20th centuries), by hearing the stories of those who left a mark and shaped the city, from their role in the Underground Railroad to creating the Juvenile Justice System. Learn about women activists, artists, architects, detectives, social reformers, and even a potential assassinates. Discover the powerful women who changed Chicago’s history, and celebrates the achievements of inspirational ladies such as Mary Wilmarth, Marion Mahony Griffin, Mary Richardson Jones, and Nettie Fowler McCormick. Read more...

Walk the streets of Boston in related places to the women who took action. Hear the stories of women from different classes and origins who joined together for a mutual cause – women’s right to vote and to unionize. Learn about influential women such as Mary Kenney O’Sullivan who founded the Women’s Trade Union League, the women who founded the Women’s Education & Industrial Union, as well as the women who worked at the Denison House, among them are Amelia Earhart and Emily Greene Balch. This tour reviews the history of Boston’s women’s trade unionism & suffrage movement. Read more...