Washington, DC, USA
During the Cold War and the Kennedy era, the men made the policy, and their wives made history.
While strolling through Georgetown, you will hear the HerStories of the women who were part of the most exclusive club of power-players in Cold War DC and many more who learned how to make their mark in a man’s world. Stories of an ill-fated artist, an Ambassador’s wife, a Baroness, and the most powerful woman in journalism.
Tour begins at Thomas Sweet Shop, 3214 P Street NW DC, and ends at Oak Hill Cemetery, 3001 R Street NW. There is a halfway stop at the famous Martin’s Tavern, where JFK proposed to Jackie, for a bathroom break and refreshments.
Your tour guide is Katie Kirkpatrick, who always loved history, storytelling, and costuming. When she discovered her passion for sharing the unknown stories about her beloved city, she founded Off the Mall Tours. Read more...
Washington, DC, USA
Washington, DC, experienced an unprecedented rise in prostitution during and after the Civil War. This tour takes back to the dark history of our national capital, down Pennsylvania Avenue, which had been DC’s most notorious red-light district of that era.
You will learn about the ramshackle “boarding houses” of Murder Bay to the chic pleasure houses of Marble Alley that lay right in the shadow of Capitol Hill.
Your tour guide is Katie Kirkpatrick, who always loved history, storytelling, and costuming. When she discovered her passion for sharing the unknown stories about her beloved city, she founded Off the Mall Tours. Read more...
Washington, DC, USA
A Tour of Her Own (TOHO) is a tourism company of professional tour guides in Washington, DC, that focuses exclusively on women’s history. Their mission is to “elevate women’s stories into a more prominent place in American history and culture.”
TOHO was founded in 2018 by Kaitlin Calogera, and all her guides are women and historians who have years of experience in guiding groups.
TOHO offers special themed guided tours in the WDC metro area such as HERSTORICAL PORTRAITS – Women’s History at the National Portrait Gallery, The First Ladies in Washington, DC, US Suffrage Landmarks, and many more.
TOHO tours will upgrade your visit with important stories of American women, introduce you to pioneer women, and take you to visit places related to them in Washington, DC.
Tours are offered several times a year or via a private tour. They also organize virtual and in-person lectures and women’s gatherings. Read more...
Alexandria, VA, USA
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...
Washington, DC, USA
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...
Washington, DC, USA
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...
Washington, DC, USA
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...
Washington, DC, USA
View artworks made by women from different traditions, and explore womanhood and feminism as reflected in the art that is represented in this museum.
Hear stories and facts about female artists and their works, get a new appreciation for their contributions to the world, and discover artists you haven’t heard about before. Read more...
