University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons Theses (Historic Preservation) Graduate Program in Historic Preservation 2010 Commemoration and Protest: The Use of Heritage Trails to Connect Women's History with Historic Sites Marissa J. Moshier University of Pennsylvania,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.upenn.edu/hp_theses Part of the Historic Preservation and Conservation Commons, and the Women's History Commons Moshier, Marissa J., "Commemoration and Protest: The Use of Heritage Trails to Connect Women's History with Historic Sites" (2010). Theses (Historic Preservation). 149. https://repository.upenn.edu/hp_theses/149 Suggested Citation: Moshier, Marissa J. (2010). "Commemoration and Protest: The Use of Heritage Trails to Connect Women's History with Historic Sites." (Masters Thesis). University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. https://repository.upenn.edu/hp_theses/149 For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Commemoration and Protest: The Use of Heritage Trails to Connect Women's History with Historic Sites Abstract Women's heritage trails employ the theme of women’s history to link historic sites across cities or entire states. As shifts in preservation practice have begun to promote greater diversity in the interpretation of historic sites, these trails serve as educational tools and initiatives for heritage tourism that create networks of women’s history sites. The trails also serve as public commemorations of women’s roles in American history and as protests against the absence of women in the interpretation at historic sites. Through case studies in Boston, New Jersey, Maryland, and upstate New York, this thesis considers the motives and goals of women’s heritage trails within a broader movement to include the histories of diverse populations at heritage sites.