Office of State History

The following are some examples of Women's History Month Events taking place at museums and historical societies across New York State.  Check back often for updates.

Adirondacks
Fort Fever Series: Remembering the Ladies: Anglo-American Women in the Lake Champlain Valley, 1759-1781
March 17 at 2:00pm
Fort Ticonderoga
For More Information: https://www.fortticonderoga.org/events/fort-events/fort-fever-series-3/detail

Capital-Saratoga
Women of Science at the New York State Museum
March 9 from 11am–3:30pm
New York State Museum
For More Information: http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/programs/women-of-science

A Portrayal of Clara Barton
March 21 at 2:00pm
Town of Bethlehem Historical Association
Delmar Reformed Church
For More Information: https://bha1965.webs.com/eventsactivities.htm

Catskills
The Women of Cedar Grove Tour and The Art of Emily Cole Exhibition
Tour offered Weekends through March
Exhibition: March 2 – July 7
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
For More Information: http://thomascole.org/events/

Central
Live at OHA: The Grounded Goodwife presents The Not-So-Golden Life of the Gilded Age Wife
March 30 at 1:00pm
Onondaga Historical Museum
For More Information: https://www.cnyhistory.org/

Curator Spotlight: Diamond Dreams Exhibit
March 15 at 11:30am
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
For More Information: https://baseballhall.org/events/diamond-dreams-19?date=0

Chautauqua-Allegheny
Women’s History Tour
March 23 from 1:00pm-2:00pm
Fenton History Center
For More Information: https://fentonhistorycenter.org/upcoming-events/

Finger Lakes
Women's Rights National Historical Park
Seneca Falls
For More Information: https://www.nps.gov/wori/index.htm

"The Role of Black Women in Reconstruction Era Political Campaigns"
March 18 from 12:00pm-3:00pm
National Susan B. Anthony Museum and House
For More Information: http://susanbanthonyhouse.org/index.php

Women's History Month Program at Historic Palmyra
March 21 from 7:00pm-9:00pm
Historic Palmyra
For More Information: http://historicpalmyrany.com/events.htm

Greater Niagara
Women Running for Elected Office: On the Campaign Trail Then and Now
March 22 at 11:30am
The Buffalo History Museum
For More Information: http://buffalohistory.org/Visit/Event-Details.aspx?id=1879&type=events

Hudson Valley
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
Hyde Park, NY
For More Information: https://www.nps.gov/elro/index.htm

Thematic Tour: Women of the Jay Family
March 1- March 30 at 2:00pm
John Jay Homestead State Historic Site
For More Information: http://johnjayhomestead.org/events/events-calendar/

Cindy Gueli:  Lipstick Brigade: The Untold True Story of Washnigton’s World War Two Government Girls
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
March 13
Hyde Park
For More Information: https://fdrlibrary.org/events-calendar

Women's Sailing Conference
March 20 from 9:00am-5:00pm
Hudson River Maritime Museum
Form More Information: http://www.hrmm.org/events.html

Long Island
Heroines at the Helm Exhibit
Pay-As-You- Wish: March 5 to March 8 from 12-4pm
Tour and Crafts: March 10 from 11:00am-2:00pm
The Whaling Museum & Education Center
For More Information: http://www.cshwhalingmuseum.org/

Real Housewives of Cold Spring Harbor Historic Walking Tour
March 23 and March 24 from 12:00pm-1:00pm
The Whaling Museum & Education Center
For More Information: http://www.cshwhalingmuseum.org/

Antonia Petrash: Long Island Women Fight to Win the Vote
March 13 at 7:00pm
The North Shore Historical Museum
For More Information: https://northshorehistoricalmuseum.org/

Ken Mensing: Marjorie Merriwether Post, Feminist
March 24 at 2:00pm
The North Shore Historical Museum
For More Information: https://northshorehistoricalmuseum.org/

Margaret Fuller: America's First Feminist
March 7 at 6:00pm
The Suffolk County Historical Society Museum
For More Information: http://suffolkcountyhistoricalsociety.org/

New York City
Installation: Signs of Progress
From March 1-March 31
New-York Historical Society
For More Information: https://www.nyhistory.org/womenshistorymonth

Betye Saar: Keepin’ It Clean
March 13 from 3:00pm-4:00pm
New-York Historical Society
For More Information: https://www.nyhistory.org/womenshistorymonth

All the Single Ladies: "Women's Only" Buildings in Early 20th c. New York
March 13 at 5:30 pm
Skylight Gallery at the New-York Historical Society
For More Information: https://www.nyhistory.org/womenshistorymonth

Labor and the Black Body: The Slave Ship Icon in the Work of Betye Saar
March 15 at 6:30pm
The Skylight Gallery at the New-York Historical Society
For More Information: https://www.nyhistory.org/womenshistorymonth

First: Sandra Day O’Connor
March 18 at 6:30pm
The Robert H. Smith Auditorium at the New-York Historical Society
For More Information: https://www.nyhistory.org/womenshistorymonth

What the History?!: Deviant Female Dining
March 28 from 7:00pm-8:30pm
The New-York Historical Society
For More Information: https://www.nyhistory.org/womenshistorymonth

Ladies' Garments, Women's Work, Women's Activism: Garment Work and Women's Organizing in New York City
March 29 at 6:30 pm
Skylight Gallery at the New-York Historical Society
For More Information: https://www.nyhistory.org/womenshistorymonth

Living History Events
New-York Historical Society
For More Information: https://www.nyhistory.org/womenshistorymonth
Meet Harriet Tubman- March 9-March10 from 12:00pm-4:00pm
Votes for Women!-March 16 from 12:00pm-4:00pm
Meet Madam C.J. Walker-March 23- March 24 from 12:00mp-4:00pm
Women, the Extraordinary Soldiers of the Civil War-March 30 from 11:00am-4:00pm
Deborah Sampson-March 31 from 11:00am-4:00pm

Back in Class-Women You Wish You'd Heard About
New-York Historical Society
For More Information: https://www.nyhistory.org/womenshistorymonth
Native Responses to Colonization, 1492-1700 - March 4 from 6:30pm-8:30pm
Picturing Women in the Early Colonial Era - March 11 from 6:3 pm-8:30pm
Suffrage and Fighting for (and Against) the Vote, 1889-1920 – March 18 from 6:30pm-8:30pm