Colorado Women's History
Resources on women's history in the state of Colorado. Famous women, museums, events in history, etc. If you've got a suggestion for additional listings, please send an email to womenshistory.guide@about.com
About Katharine Lee Bates
She wrote her poem "America the Beautiful" after a visit to Colorado and Pikes Peak in 1893.
She wrote her poem "America the Beautiful" after a visit to Colorado and Pikes Peak in 1893.
Margaret Tobin Brown - Mrs. J.J. - "Molly" Brown
Made famous by the 1960s musical play and film, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, the real Margaret Tobin Brown was not known as Molly in her lifetime. After rising from a working life to wealth, and after her fame as a Titanic survivor, she studied drama and acting and performed as an actress.
Made famous by the 1960s musical play and film, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, the real Margaret Tobin Brown was not known as Molly in her lifetime. After rising from a working life to wealth, and after her fame as a Titanic survivor, she studied drama and acting and performed as an actress.
Colorado Campaign, 1893
Report on the suffrage campaign of 1893, including the appeal of the campaigners to the women attending the Woman's Congress at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
Report on the suffrage campaign of 1893, including the appeal of the campaigners to the women attending the Woman's Congress at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
Colorado: More Testimony
Prof. Kelly presents the case for the legislature: why woman suffrage is important.
Prof. Kelly presents the case for the legislature: why woman suffrage is important.
Colorado Women's Hall of Fame
The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Owl Woman, Helen Hunt Jackson are among the inductees.
The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Owl Woman, Helen Hunt Jackson are among the inductees.
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
Elinore Pruitt Stewart, a young widow with a 2-year-old daughter, went to Denver and then Colorado as a housekeeper in the early 19th century.
Elinore Pruitt Stewart, a young widow with a 2-year-old daughter, went to Denver and then Colorado as a housekeeper in the early 19th century.
Florence Rena Sabin
Denver's Dr. Sabin was a pioneer in medicine, coming to Denver after her retirement and then making significant contributions as a public health researcher and lobbyist. Her statue is one of two that Colorado has in Statuary Hall at the National Capital.
Denver's Dr. Sabin was a pioneer in medicine, coming to Denver after her retirement and then making significant contributions as a public health researcher and lobbyist. Her statue is one of two that Colorado has in Statuary Hall at the National Capital.
Waxham, Ethel
From Colorado to Wellesley College to Wyoming, this young teacher is the subject of a middle school curriculum unit (good general use, too).
From Colorado to Wellesley College to Wyoming, this young teacher is the subject of a middle school curriculum unit (good general use, too).