You pick up a New York City travel guide, and they're usually about famous landmarks, and the men who built them. But what about women like Emily Roebling, who supervised the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge after her husband fell ill? Or Elizabeth Gloucester, one of the wealthiest Black woman in America, who contributed to the financing of the Underground Railroad?
Walking Herstory: New York City is a guide to the rich tapestry of women's history in New York City. Organized by neighborhood, this beautifully illustrated travel book takes you on inspiring walking journey through the often overlooked herstory of New York. During your strolls, you will experience a city where Billie Holiday sang about racism,
Muriel Miguel staged plays about misogyny, and Audre Lorde wrote about the
right to love. A city where women fought on the ground for green spaces like
Central Park, for better working conditions in New York’s garment factories,
and for the lives of children on the Lower East Side.
From Brooklyn Heights & Dumbo to Central Park, Chelsea, Greenwich Village, Harlem and many other neighborhoods, Walking Herstory reveals the many women, both famous and forgotten, who shaped,
influenced, built and took care of New York.
