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LANDMARKS OF AMERICAN WOMEN'S HISTORY American Landmarks JAMES OLIVER HORTON General Editor LANDMARKS OF AMERICAN WOMEN’S HISTORY Page Putnam Miller OXTORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Published in consultation with the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, the National Park Foundation and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History In memory of my mother, Dorothy Page Putnam OXPORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Oxford New York Auckland Bangkok Buenos Aires Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kolkata Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi Sao Paulo Shanghai Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto Copyright © 2003 by Page Putnam Miller Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, 10016 http://www.oup-usa.org Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Miller, Page Putnam Landmarks of American women's history / Page Putnam Miller. p. cm. — (American landmarks) "Published in association with the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, and the National Parks Foundation." Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-19-514501-1 (alk. paper) 1. Historic sites—United States. 2. Historic buildings—United States. 3. Women—United States—History. 4. Women—Monuments—United States. 5. United States—History, Local. 6. United States—Antiquities. I. Title. II. American landmarks (Oxford University Press) E159.M557 2003 973'.082—dc22 2003015341 Printing number: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in Hong Kong on acid-free paper Cover: As dean and president of Bryn Mawr College, M. Carey Thomas (inset) built a library as grand as at any men's school of the time. Frontispiece: Mary Chase Perry sits at a potter's wheel in her studio at Pewabic Pottery in Detroit, Michigan. Title page: The first International Convention of Women, organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in 1888. American Landmarks JAMES OLIVER HORTON General Editor Landmarks of African-American History Landmarks of American Immigration Landmarks of American Indian History Landmarks of American Literature Landmarks of the American Presidents Landmarks of American Religion Landmarks of the American Revolution Landmarks of American Science & Technology Landmarks of American Sports Landmarks of American Women's History Landmarks of the Civil War Landmarks of Liberty Landmarks of the Old South LANDMARKS OF American Women's History Contents INTRODUCTION 8 How TO USE THIS BOOK 10 PREFACE 12 1 TAOS PUEBLO Native American Women Building Community 2 ST. JOHN'S FREEHOLD, HISTORIC ST. MARY'S CITY Settling the New World 3 WATERVLIET SHAKER HISTORIC DISTRICT Leading Religious Communities 14 24 36 4 BOARDINGHOUSE AT BOOTT COTTON MlLL, LOWELL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK Working in the Mills 48 5 WESLEYAN CHAPEL, WOMEN'S RIGHTS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK Seeking Equal Rights 58 6 UNITED CHARITIES BUILDING Women Advocating Reform 7 M. CAREY THOMAS LIBRARY Striving for Equal Educational Opportunities 8 ASILOMAR CONFERENCE CENTER Breaking Professional Barriers 9 MADAM C. J. WALKER BUILDING Succeeding as an Entrepreneur 10 PEWABIC POTTERY Experimenting with Art Forms 11 54 TRADD STREET, CHAR