Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Chapter 1 : Restoring Women's History through Historic Preservation: Recent Developments in Scholarship and Public Historical Practice
Gail Lee Dubrow 1
Part I
Documenting the History of Women in Preservation
Chapter : 2 Women in the Nineteenth-Century Preservation Movement
Barbara J. Howe 17
Chapter 3 : Special Places Saved: The Role of Women in Preserving
the American Landscape Shaun Eyring 37
Chapter 4
Four African American Women on the National Landscape
Fath Davis Ruffins 58
Part II : Revisiting Women's Lives at Historic Houses and Museums
Chapter 5 : Uncovering and Interpreting Women's History at Historic House Museums Patricia West 83
Chapter 6 : Domestic Work Portrayed: Philadelphia's Restored
Bishop William White House-A Case Study Karie Diethorn with John Bacon 96
Chapter 7 : Putting Women in Their Place: Methods and Sources for Including Women's History in Museums and Historic Sites Edith Mayo 111
Part III : Claiming New Space for Women in the Built Environment and Cultural Landscape
Chapter 8 : Rooms of Their Own: The Nurses' Residences
at Montreal's Royal Victoria Hospital
Annmarie Adams 131
Chapter 9 : On the Inside: Preserving Women's History in American Libraries
Abigail A. Van Slyck 145
Chapter 10 : Women in the Southern West Virginia Coalfields
Susan M. Pierce 161
Chapter 11 : "A Night with Venus, a Moon with Mercm:y": The Archaeology of Prostitution in Historic Los Angeles
Julia G. Costello 177
Part IV : Exemplary Projects
Chapter 12 : The Power of Place Project: Claiming Women's History
in the Urban Landscape
Dolores Hayden 199
Chapter 13 : Best Practices for Saving Women's Heritage Sites:
Nonprofit Case Studies
Jennifer B. Goodman 214
Chapter 14 : "It's a Wide Community Indeed": Alliances and Issues in Creating Women's Rights National Historical Park, Seneca Falls, New York
Judith Wellman 230
Chapter 15 : "Raising Our Sites": A Pilot Project for Integrating Women's
History into Museums
Kim Moon 248
Chapter 16 : Finding Her Place: Integrating Women's History
into Historic Preservation in Georgia
Leslie N. Sharp 263
Chapter 17 : Blazing Trails with Pink Triangles and Rainbow Flags: Improving the Preservation and Interpretation of Gay and Lesbian Heritage
Gail Lee Dubrow 281
Part V : Toward an Inclusive Agenda for Preservation Policy and Practice
Chapter 18 : Searching for Women in the National Register of Historic Places
Carol D. Shull 303
Chapter 19 : Reflections on Federal Policy and Its Impact on Understanding Women's Past at Historic Sites
Page Putnam Miller 318
Chapter 20 : Parks Canada and Women's History
Alan B. McCullough 337
Afterword
Proceeding from Here
Heather A. Huyck 355
Appendix A: Participants in the Pilot of "Raising Our Sites: Women's History in Pennsylvania" 365
Appendix B: Women, Women's Organizations, and Buildings Related
to Women Which Have Been Commemorated by the Canadian Minister Responsible for National Historic Sites 367
Notes 371
List of Contributors 42 9
Index 435