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Dear Friend,

Although women represent half the population, countless stories of women leaders
are going untold.

Without them, we cannot truly know our history. And we lose a singularly
powerful opportunity to inspire the women and young girls who are the
innovators, artists, activists, entrepreneurs, and everyday heroes of today, and
who will shape our future.

During this centennial year of women’s suffrage and the passage of the 19th
Amendment, the National Trust is committed to spotlighting places—well-known,
lesser-known, and especially un -known—where women’s history happened…uncovering their stories, uplifting their
lessons, and unlocking their potential to spark courage and insight for this
generation and those to come.


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For instance, have you heard the story of Justina Ford, Colorado’s first female
African American doctor, who fought the odds to get her medical license, only to
be barred from practicing in a hospital because she was Black? Resolute, she set
up a clinic in her two-story house and brought healing to thousands of Denver’s
poor and immigrant population who were locked out of the medical system due to
poverty, citizenship, language barriers, and skin color. They paid her in food,
household items, whatever they could offer, and she delivered, by her own count,
some 7,000 babies over her 50-year career. The Colorado and American Medical
Associations finally bestowed the long-overdue professional recognition she
deserved in 1950.

Dr. Ford’s story lives on in the Black American West Museum & Heritage Center,
which last year was one of 13 sites to share $2 million in grant funding and a
national media spotlight thanks to the National Trust’s Partners in Preservation
grant program with American Express.

Now more than ever, the thousands of places like this one nationwide are
essential reminders of the moving legacy of bravery and vision you help to
elevate and preserve through your support.


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From Dr. Ford’s home to the stunning Women's Building in San Francisco's Mission District
providing critical services to women and childre n to the studio of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney—sculptor and patron of women in the arts—your
support is raising up the voices, places, stories, and contributions of all
women, creating a more just and equitable America.

Is there any more meaningful way to celebrate women’s history in this pivotal
moment and to ensure that women’s stories remain at the forefront of history for
decades to come?

Please join the National Trust today.
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Your partnership will help us continue providing honest appraisals of our past
and telling the full American story…one that does greater justice to the
essential role of women in shaping our nation and moving us all closer to
America’s highest ideals and aspirations.



Christina Morris
Campaign Manager, Where Women Made History

P.S. Give today, in honor of women’s history, to help preserve the places where
women raised their voices, took their stands, and found the courage to make a
difference.
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