Featured Stories

National parks across the country preserve the stories of visionary women, who dared to imagine a different future. Their stories of resilience, community, and influence are featured below.

Resilience

A view, from the sidewalk, of the striped awning hanging over the entrance to Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site

Geoff Livingston

Trailblazing Women and the Parks that Honor Them
A Beacon of Resilience and Love: Harriet Tubman
The Fight for a Self-Evident Truth
3 Women Who Blazed Their Own Trails
The Service, Sacrifices, and Bravery of Women in Wartime
Women of the 1900s You Need to Know
Every Park Has a Connection to Women

Community

4 female trail crew members looking at camera in Sequoia National Park

The Grit & Passion of National Park Service Trail Crews
Outdoor Afro’s Rue Mapp on Empowering the Next Generation of Outdoor Leaders
A Movement to Walk Toward a Better Life
Hooked on Fishing in National Parks: Q&A with Fly Fishing Instructor Sue Daignault
The Power of Place: Q&A with NPF's Kim Hirose Tobe
Trains of Thought: Q&A with Two Passionate Railroad Enthusiasts
Voyage to the Top: Q&A with Christina Hausman Rhode
Adaptive Adventuring Through National Parks

Influence

A group of young girls behind 4 elderly women, Rosie's of WWII, at Rosie the Riveter / WWII Home Front National Historical Park

Participants of Rosie's Girls camp

National Park Service

We Can Do It with the Trust
Women United! The Glue That Was Mary McLeod Bethune
More than the Stuff of History: Q&A with NPS's Megan Springate
America at Work: Labor History in Our National Parks
Uncovering the Untold Stories of Our National Parks

More Than a Moment

The National Park Foundation has launched a new fund to support projects and programs that help the National Park Service share a more comprehensive American narrative that includes the voices of women whose vision, tenacity, and resilience moved them to climb mountains, take down barriers, protect the environment, and lead social movements.

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