Restoring women's history through historic preservation
By: Gail Lee Dubrow and Jennifer B. Goodman, editors.
Contributors: Dubrow, Gail Lee.; Goodman, Jennifer B., 1964-
Series: Center books on contemporary landscape design
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 451
Copyright date: 2003
Subjects: Women -- United States -- History.; Historic preservation -- United States.; Historic sites -- United States.; Landscape architecture -- Conservation and restoration -- United States.; Women historians -- United States.; Women conservationists -- United States.; Women museum curators -- United States.
First sentence: On the eve of the American bicentennial the cartographic company Rand McNally published a guide to the nation's landmarks titled <i>Discover Historic America</i>.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-433) and index.
This essay collection draws upon work presented at three national conferences on women and historic preservation: the first held at Bryn Mawr College in 1994, the second held at Arizona State University in 1997, and the third held at Mount Vernon College in Washington, D.C. in 2000.