Women Who Changed America

Meet the trailblazing women of Washington D.C. who changed America

They founded organizations, they sponsored legislation, they blazed trails and suffered trials. For generations, women living and working in Washington, D.C. have defied expectations and surmounted discrimination to increase equality, freedom, and prosperity for their fellow citizens.

Women who left a mark

• “Angel of the Battlefield” Clara Barton inspired a world-wide humanitarian movement
• Dorothy Height devoted forty years to supporting African-American women and girls
• Frances Perkins not only became the first woman to serve as a cabinet secretary, she was the principal architect of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal

See the sites downtown and around the U.S. Capitol where they and others made their marks and follow history along Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, where thousands of suffragists first marched for equality on March 3, 1913.

Reviews of our Women Who Changed America walking tour

"My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed it and recommend the tour to anyone interested in the many contributions women have made to equality and progress in this country."—Goldstar reviewer

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