Women’s History Month: 5 Incredible Historic Sites Across America That Honor Trailblazing Women
For Women’s History Month in March 2026, we’re visiting some places in the U.S. that honor women who have made great contributions to our country. They blazed the trails ahead of us so that we could follow in their footsteps and have freedom and achievements of our own.
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
Nearly every American has heard of Harriet Tubman and her efforts with the Underground Railroad after she escaped to freedom herself. She’s an example of the courage and selflessness that we could certainly use more of in the world. It makes her an easy choice for this brief list of amazing women and the places we can honor them both during Women’s History Month and beyond.
In Auburn, New York, you can explore the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park, which includes five sites honoring the history of this important woman. A visit to her home, church, and the property she had hoped would become a facility to keep her work of caring for others. Even at 74, she still dedicated her life to the well-being of others.
- Equal Rights Heritage Center
- Harriet Tubman Home, Inc. Visitor Center
- Thompson Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
- Harriet Tubman Home
- Harriet Tubman Home for Aged & Indigent Negroes
Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park
Our Women’s History Month journey continues in Richmond, CA. This National Park has so many things to see, you might find yourself having to choose which ones to visit. You should begin your visit at the Visitor Center, which is housed in the “Oil House.” It’s a building that supported the Ford Assembly Plant (which you can also visit) and served as storage for automotive fuel. This was especially important during World War II when the plant had turned to assembling jeeps and tanks.
If you’re visiting the park to celebrate Women’s History Month, the Rosie the Riveter Memorial must be on your list. It’s located in Marina Bay Park and designed to resemble the structure of a ship under construction. The walkway is the length of a ship’s keel and has a timeline and quotes from women workers inscribed in it. A sculpture, made to look like the unfinished hull, stack, and stern, is adorned with panels displaying reproductions of letters, memorabilia, and photos from shipyard workers and other women who labored throughout the country.
Sacajawea Interpretive, Cultural, & Education Center
Though the Interpretive Center is closed this time of year, this site is still well worth adding to your list of places to visit. And, plan to visit in the summer so you can experience everything it has to offer. It’s a good way to carry Women’s History Month beyond March!
Salmon, ID, probably doesn’t come up when you search for hot vacation spots, but it’s home to a 71-acre park with hiking trails, summer events, and a beautiful landscape on public land, offering visitors a lot to see. And, it’s an important place in the history of the United States. Without Sacajawea and her people, the Agai’dika Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, the Lewis and Clark Expedition would surely have failed.
As we honor and remember women and their contributions to our lives and culture, the impact of indigenous women must not be forgotten.
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
Did you know there was a National Women’s Party that pushed for women’s suffrage and was instrumental in forging the Equal Rights Amendment? Of course, we know that the ERA never became law, but the women who made their headquarters in this house in Washington DC made their mark anyway.
The house itself is located on Capitol Hill, making it easy to find. And, it’s a rare free museum to visit. So, if you’re able to, this is one to see! And, even if you can’t, visit the website because it’s bursting with history and photos.
Rosa Parks Museum
There is one museum dedicated to the life of Rosa Parks. Made famous for the Montgomery Bus Boycott, there’s so much more to the life story of this well-known woman. The museum is run by Troy University in Montgomery, Alabama. In addition to artifacts that are relevant to her, the Bus Boycott, and the Civil Rights Movement, the museum is a center for education and awareness.
The museum website states that the museum even has a “Cleveland Avenue Time Machine,” which “takes visitors back in time to the 1800s and the onset of Jim Crow segregation. Guests will “meet” Dred Scott, Homer Plessy, Harriett Tubman, and Henry “Box” Brown fought against this oppressive system.” Now that’s an experience.
Where Else Can You Go to Celebrate Women’s History Month?
These are only a few of the many sites across the United States that are dedicated to the lives and legacies of women. Wherever your travels take you, it’s a simple thing to perform an internet search to find the fascinating places that celebrate women this Women’s History Month. And, you don’t have to limit it to March. There’s never a bad time to learn more about our history. Our true history.
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