The National Register of Historic Places lists many properties
significant for women's history. We take the opportunity of
Women's History Month to highlight just some of the properties
that exemplify the contributions of women to American history.
New Women's History properties featured National Park units
Featured Historic Properties for Women's History Month:
Elizabeth C. Quinlan House Photograph courtesy of the Minnesota
State Historic Preservation Office Elizabeth C. Quinlan House,
Minneapolis, Minnesota The house was created for Elizabeth C.
Quinlan, who was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Company,
which, in 1894, was the first woman’s ready-to-wear shop west of
the Mississippi River. Her highly successful department store,
innovative practices and entrepreneurial work led her to become
a leader of national recognition in the apparel industry and a
pioneering business woman. Mt. Airy (Grandma Moses House),
Augusta County, Virginia Grandma Moses was a prominent painter
who started creating pictures i