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Practical Preservation Podcast featuring Alison Hardy from Window Woman of New England

Leave a Comment / Historic Preservation, Historic Wood Windows, Maintaining Historic Buildings, Practical Preservation Podcast, Preservation Conversations & Controversies, Women in Preservation / By Danielle Keperling

Alison Hardy from Window Woman of New England joins me to discuss the state of window restoration. If you’d ever wondered what preservationist discuss this episode is for you. We discuss: Can your windows be saved or are they really beyond repair? Repair vs. Replacement mindset The education process to combat the replacement window marketing …

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Crisis at Fort Sumter, a Narrative from the Diary of Mary Boykin Miller

Feminist History, Other Stuff, Uncategorized, Women in Preservation, Women's History / By Danielle Keperling

Earlier this year we promised to provide you with regular posts on primary resources for the Civil War in honor of the sesquicentennial anniversary of the Civil War. But life happens, and we’ve had an awful lot of “life” happening here in the office lately, so we haven’t been very regular. We’re hoping to …

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Meet the Women of Historic Restorations

Women in Preservation / By Danielle Keperling

THE WOMEN OF HISTORIC RESTORATIONS, c. 2012 From the Left: Katie, Lois, Karri, and Danielle With all our posts, articles, education, and discussion on Women’s History month, would you have expected any less of us? Of course not! And we are always happy to meet (and then exceed!) expectations. So without further ado, let’s bring …

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Trekking through Women's History with Heritage Trails

Community Preservation, Federal Preservation, Feminist History, Historic Preservation, Local Preservation, State Preservation, Women in Preservation, Women's History / By Danielle Keperling

One of the more intriguing interpretative strategies we read about during our research into expanding historic preservation to include women’s history was the use of heritage trails. By now, we are all familiar with heritage trails – those walking and driving journeys around to different historic sites that historical commissions, museums, public agency, community organizations, …

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Liberating Women in the

Women in Preservation, Women's History / By Danielle Keperling

We may refer to the “Founding Fathers” of this country

Resources for Further Study into Preserving Women's History

Women in Preservation, Women's History / By Danielle Keperling

The following is an excellent list of resources for further reading and study into the effective inclusion of women’s history into historical preservation. It is by no means comprehensive, but we found great value in reading the following and hope you will too. Most of them require nothing more than a click (or a few) …

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Best Practices for Preserving Women's History

Women in Preservation, Women's History / By Danielle Keperling

Over 100 years ago, women in this country began working towards being recognized in the eyes of the law. They sought the right to vote, the right to own property, the right to fair and equal wages, among other rights. They fought hard and they won them all. Yet in the early 90’s out …

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The Women of the Ephrata Cloister

Historic Reconstruction, Historic Rehabilitation, Women in Preservation, Women's History / By Danielle Keperling

Ever wonder what the women of the Ephrata Cloister were like? What other local women of that era were like? The Ephrata Cloister can show you, with their program “Mothers, Sisters, Daughters” that explores the roles, duties, responsibilities, and influences of both the celibate women of the Cloister and married women of Colonial America. For …

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