Opening the Way: A Women's History Walk

Discover the rich history of women's influence in downtown Manhattan that traces the foundation of NYC on this 21-stop walking tour, developed by award-winning nonprofit news service Women's eNews, and celebrating women's contributions to our society. 

Researched and written by former New York Times editor Betsy Wade and historian James Boylan, the walk highlights pioneer writers, agitators, abolitionists, suffragists and those we now call activists, as well as three heroes who gave their lives on September 11, 2001. Feel the impact of their lives and absorb a sense of the world in which they worked and made themselves heard above the roar of the City.

Click here to view and listen to our entire audio tour slideshow

Click here to watch our entire video tour on YouTube

Click here to read biographies of the contemporary women leaders who participate in our audio and video tour

 

 

Seven Who Rebelled For All	Seven Who Led the Battles	Seven Who Insisted on Better Futures
Anna Zenger Sustainer of Freedom	Elizabeth Cady Stanton Unwavering Campaigner	Nellie Bly Recorder of Injustice
Barbara Ruckle Heck Demander for Reform	Susan B. Anthony Tireless Traveler	Ida B. Wells Documenter of Lynchings
Charlotte Temple Seizer of Imaginations	Maria (Midy) Morgan Reporter with Muddy Boots	Frances Perkins Protector of Workers
Sojourner Truth Orator for Abolition	Jenny June Hewer of New Paths	Emma Bugbee Walker with the Suffragists
Margaret Fuller Correspondent for Equality	Augusta Lewis Organizer of Working Women	Margaret Sanger Healer of Women's Bodies
Ernestine Rose Agitator for Property Rights	Victoria Woodhull Prophet of Women's Power	Louise Nevelson Sculptor of Ambition
Elizabeth Jennings Challenger of Racial Bias	Emily Warren Roebling Engineer of City's Growth	Brenda Berkman Survivor of the First Responders

 

View the historic spots from Opening the Way on our Maps:
http://www.womensenews.org/opening-the-way-maps