Women's History Month

Events & Programs

The hard work, perseverance and contributions of women in North Carolina is being recognized all across the state during Women’s History Month. Exhibits, tours, and presentations will reveal the many ways women have helped shape this state.

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Travel and Tourism

Women of Somerset Place

Join Somerset Place State Historic Site for the Women of Somerset Place Tours every Wednesday and Saturday in March

Charlotte Hawkins Brown State Historic Site

Visit Charlotte Hawkins Brown for tours highlighting Dr. Brown and the women's suffrage movement every Saturday in March

Women's History Events

Resources

Harriet Jacobs

The Edenton Tea Party

An engraving of women doing domestic tasks. Several craftswomen used their skills to support the militia and earn money during the War of Regulation. Courtesy of the New York Public Library.

Women and the War of Regulation

Several old photos of women from the 1800s.

North Carolina's Widows of the American Revolution

Explore Women's History

Explore Women's History in North Carolina through NCpedia’s collection of resources, highlighting the contributions, stories, and impact of women across the state's history.

Women's History Month

Events & Programs

Travel and Tourism

Women of Somerset Place

Charlotte Hawkins Brown State Historic Site

Women's History Events

Resources

Harriet Jacobs

The Edenton Tea Party

Women and the War of Regulation

North Carolina's Widows of the American Revolution

Explore Women's History

North Carolina Women in Music

Featured Stories

Noted Photographer Bayard Wootten

Renowned Suffragette Gertrude Weil

Reconstructing Tryon Palace

Brother Exum—the First Female Legislator in the South

Dolley Madison was Born a Tar Heel

The Scottish Heroine That Called North Carolina Home

The Indefatigable Aunt Abby

Noted Confederate Spy Died in Wilmington