Women Who Changed History

Amelia Earhart

Florence Nightingale

Grace Hopper

Harriet Tubman

Maya Angelou

Queen Elizabeth

Rosa Parks

Susan B. Anthony

Important Events and Places in Women's History

Anne Frank House

The home where Anne Frank and her family hid from Nazi persecution during World War II.

Betsy Ross House

The celebrated location where the first American flag was sewn by Betsy Ross.

Bletchley Park

The location where women codebreakers worked to decipher German communications during World War II.

Buckingham Palace

The London residence of Queen Elizabeth, the longest-reigning British monarch.

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad 

Explore the life of abolitionist and political activist Harriet Tubman.

Juliette Gordon Low House

The childhood home of Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts.

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Visit These Museums to Learn More About Women's History

• Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
  Atchison, Kansas
  
• Florence Nightingale Museum
  London, England
• Harriet Tubman Museum and Education Center
  Cambridge, Maryland
  
• International Women's Air & Space Museum
  Cleveland, Ohio
• National Museum of Women in the Arts
  ​Washington, D.C.​
• National Women's Hall of Fame
  Seneca Falls, New York

• National Women's History Museum
  Alexander, Virginia
• Susan B. Anthony Museum & House
  Rochester, New York
• The Colored Girls Museum
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• US Army Womens Museum
  Fort Lee, Virginia
• Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
  Knoxville, Tennessee
• Women's Civil War Museum
  Bardstown, Kentucky

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