{"id":22213,"date":"2017-10-23T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bykoket.com\/blog\/?p=22213"},"modified":"2020-04-20T18:59:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T18:59:35","slug":"famous-women-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lovehappensmag.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/23\/famous-women-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Things To Do in NYC: Finding New York City&#039;s Famous Women in History"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Things To Do in NYC: Finding New York City&#8217;s Famous Women in History<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>At Love Happens we LOVE to honor <em><strong>powerful women<\/strong><\/em>. Today we are stopping in New York City to pay tribute to some of the City&#8217;s most <em><strong>famous women in history<\/strong><\/em>. Looking for <em><strong>things to do in NYC<\/strong><\/em>? Read on to find out more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycgo.com\/articles\/womens-history-nyc\">these prominent women<\/a> who have risen to national and international renown and learn where you can go in the City to celebrate their notable achievements in the arts, politics and urban planning!<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875-1942)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bykoket.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22214\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bykoket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Gertrude-Vanderbilt-Whitney-at-Her-Greenwich-Village-Studio.jpg\" alt=\"Famous Women in History - Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney at Her Greenwich Village Studio - important women in nyc history\" width=\"710\" height=\"463\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSculptor, art patron, collector, prominent society figure, and founder of the Whitney Museum of American Art, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney was\u00a0born into the wealthy\u00a0Vanderbilt family\u00a0and married into the\u00a0Whitney family.<br \/>\nCelebrate Gertrude at the fabulous <a href=\"https:\/\/whitney.org\">Whitney Museum<\/a> building designed by architect Renzo Piano and her restored landmark Greenwich Village Studio.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bykoket.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22226\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bykoket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Gertrude-Vanderbilt-Whitey-at-Whitney-Museum-of-American-Art.jpg\" alt=\"Famous Women in History - Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitey at Whitney Museum of American Art - Architect Renzo Piano\" width=\"710\" height=\"473\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Peggy Guggenheim (1898 &#8211; 1979)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22234\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bykoket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Peggy-Guggenheim.jpg\" alt=\"Famous Women in History - Peggy Guggenheim - Guggenheim museum\" width=\"710\" height=\"492\" \/><br \/>\nBorn to the wealthy New York City Guggenheim family, <em><strong>Peggy Guggenheim<\/strong><\/em> was the niece of Solomon R. Guggenheim, founder of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, a leading institution for the collection, preservation, and research of\u00a0modern\u00a0and\u00a0contemporary art and operator of museums around the world including New York&#8217;s Guggenheim Museum. Peggy has been credited with launching the career of Jackson Pollock and supported many other young artists while amassing and exhibiting a collection of noted art at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection where she lived in Venice.<br \/>\nCelebrate Peggy at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycgo.com\/museums-galleries\/solomon-r-guggenheim-museum\" target=\"_self\">Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum<\/a>!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bykoket.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22227\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bykoket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Guggenheim-Museum_Tagger-Yancey-IV.jpg\" alt=\"Famous Women in History - Peggy Guggenheim at the Guggenheim Museum - Photo by Tagger Yancey IV - Important women in nyc history\" width=\"710\" height=\"473\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"section-header\"><strong>Edith Wharton (1862-1937)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bykoket.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22224\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bykoket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Edith-Wharton.jpg\" alt=\"Famous Women in History - Edith Wharton - important women in nyc history\" width=\"710\" height=\"355\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1921 for her novel <em>The Age of Innocence<\/em>, Edith Wharton was a novelist, short story writer and designer. The focus of much of her work was on aristocracy in New York City from her insider&#8217;s perspective.<br \/>\nCelebrate Edith by visiting prominent locations from her books &#8211; Grand Central Terminal, Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bykoket.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22223\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bykoket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Edith-Wharton-at-Grand-Central-Terminal-NYC_TaggerYancey.jpg\" alt=\"Famous Women in History - Edith Wharton at Grand Central Terminal NYC - Photo by Tagger Yancey\" width=\"710\" height=\"473\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (1874-1948)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bykoket.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22215\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bykoket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Abby-Aldrich-Rockefeller.png\" alt=\"Famous Women in History - Abby Aldrich Rockefeller - important women in nyc history\" width=\"710\" height=\"473\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWife of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller Jr., Abby was an art collector, socialite and philanthropist. Her love of art and philanthropic work played a large role in the creation of the Museum of Modern Art in 1929.<br \/>\nCelebrate Abby by visiting the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.moma.org\/\">Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden<\/a>, an outdoor courtyard at the Museum of Modern Art designed by Philip Johnson and James Fanning in 1953.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bykoket.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22233\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bykoket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MoMAs-Abby-Aldrich-Rockefeller-Sculpture-Garden.jpg\" alt=\"Famous Women in History - MoMA's Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden - Museum of Modern Art Sculpture Garden - Important women in nyc history\" width=\"710\" height=\"459\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"section-header\"><strong>Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>An avid human rights activist and wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt was best known for her support of racial and gender equality and was the longest serving First Lady (1933-1945).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bykoket.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bykoket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Eleanor-Roosevelt.jpg\" alt=\"Famous Women in History - Eleanor Roosevelt - important women in nyc history\" width=\"710\" height=\"399\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nCelebrate Eleanor by visiting her former home, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roosevelthouse.hunter.cuny.edu\/house-history\/\">Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/riversideparknyc.org\/places\/eleanor-roosevelt-monument\/\">Eleanor Roosevelt Monument in Riverside Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"section-header\"><strong>Margaret Sanger (1879-1966)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bykoket.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22232\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bykoket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Margaret-Sanger.jpg\" alt=\"Famous Women in History - Margaret Sanger - Important women in nyc history - birth control founder - planned parenthood\" width=\"710\" height=\"369\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBirth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse, Margaret Sanger popularized the term &#8220;birth control&#8221; and opened the first birth control clinic in the United States in Brooklyn in 1916. Her support of women&#8217;s health issues led to the formation of\u00a0Planned Parenthood.<br \/>\nCelebrate Margaret by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/health-center\/new-york\/new-york\/10012\/margaret-sanger-center-3325-91110\">Planned\u00a0Parenthood&#8217;s Margaret Sanger Center<\/a>. Her original clinic is landmarked, but it is now a private home and is not open to the public.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"section-header\"><strong>Dorothy Parker (1893-1967)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bykoket.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22221\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bykoket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Dorothy-Parker.jpg\" alt=\"Famous Women in History - Dorothy Parker - Important women in nyc history - famous women writers nyc\" width=\"710\" height=\"473\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBest known for her wit and wisecracks, <a href=\"https:\/\/mypoeticside.com\/poets\/dorothy-parker-poems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dorothy Parker was a poet<\/a>, writer, critic and satirist. Early in her career her work was dismissed as frivolous, but later she contributed works to publications like <em>Vogue<\/em>, <em>Vanity Fair<\/em> and <em>The New Yorker<\/em>. When Dorothy died in 1967 she left her literary estate to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr who was killed just months later.<br \/>\nCelebrate Dorothy by visiting the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.algonquinhotel.com\/\">Algonquin Hotel Times Square<\/a>, where she met with the Algonquin Round Table, an unofficial group of acclaimed writers of which she was the first and only female member until a few others became regulars.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bykoket.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22222\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bykoket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Dorothy-Parker_The-Algonquin-Hotel-Times-Square.jpg\" alt=\"Famous Women in History - Dorothy Parker at The Algonquin Hotel Times Square - Important women in nyc history - algonquin round table\" width=\"710\" height=\"325\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"section-header\"><strong>Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929-1994)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bykoket.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22229\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bykoket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Jacqueline-Kennedy-Onassis.jpg\" alt=\"Famous Women in History - Jacqueline Kennedy - Jackie O - In this photo provided by the White House, first lady Jacqueline Kennedy is pictured in the first family's White House living quarters, June 19, 1961. (AP Photo\/White House\/Mark Shaw) - Important women in NYC history\" width=\"710\" height=\"355\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nNoted for her style and elegance,\u00a0Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis &#8220;Jackie O.&#8221; was the wife of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. An advocate of historic preservation, Jackie O. worked to restore DC&#8217;s Lafayette Square during her husband&#8217;s presidency, has been credited with helping to save Grand Central Terminal and numerous other landmark buildings while raising public awareness about landmarks throughout NYC.<br \/>\nCelebrate Jackie O. by visiting the main entrance to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycgo.com\/attractions\/grand-central-terminal\" target=\"_self\">Grand Central Terminal<\/a>\u00a0which is dedicated to her, and the permanent exhibit inside the station that\u2019s focused on the preservation of Grand Central and her work. Or visit Central Park\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycgo.com\/venues\/jacqueline-kennedy-onassis-reservoir\" target=\"_self\">Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir<\/a>\u00a0which was renamed in her honor after her death.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bykoket.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22228\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bykoket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Jacqueline-Kennedy-Onassis-at-Grand-Central-Terminal-NYC.jpg\" alt=\"Famous Women in History - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis at Grand Central Terminal NYC - NYC landmark preservation - historic preservation - important women in nyc history\" width=\"710\" height=\"355\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Jane Jacobs (1916-2006)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bykoket.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22231\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bykoket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Jane-Jacobs.jpg\" alt=\"Famous Women in History - Jane Jacobs - important women in nyc history\" width=\"710\" height=\"505\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAn American-Canadian journalist, author and activist who championed a community-based approach to city building and went head to head with city planner Robert Moses in opposition to his ideas for developing New York City. Along with others, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bykoket.com\/blog\/architecture-and-design-film-festival\/\">Jane Jacobs<\/a> successfully prevented Robert Moses from building a highway that would have wrecked Washington Square Park!<br \/>\nCelebrate Jane by visiting\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/janeswalk.org\/united-states\/new-york-city-ny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jane\u2019s Walks<\/a>, which occur on the first weekend in May;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/07\/13\/jane-jacobs-way-comes-to-the-village\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jane Jacobs Way<\/a>\u00a0(Hudson Street, between West 11th and Perry Streets) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycgo.com\/arts-culture\/washington-square-park\" target=\"_self\">Washington Square Park<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bykoket.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22230\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bykoket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Jane-Jacobs-at-Washington-Square-Park.jpg\" alt=\"Famous Women in History - Jane Jacobs at Washington Square Park - Important women in nyc history\" width=\"710\" height=\"473\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"section-header\"><strong>Billie Holiday (1915-1959)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bykoket.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22219\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bykoket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Billie_Holiday_Downbeat_New_York_N.Y._ca._Feb._1947_William_P._Gottlieb_04251.jpg\" alt=\"Famous Women in History - Billie Holiday Downbeat New York NY ca. Feb. 1947 - Photo by William P. Gottlieb - important women in nyc history - most influential jazz musician\" width=\"710\" height=\"710\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOne of the most influential singers of her time, Eleanora Fagan, known as Billie Holiday, was a jazz musician and singer-songwriter who had a seminal influence on jazz music and pop singing. She began singing in jazz nightclubs in Harlem around 1930 where she was eventually discovered landing her a record deal in 1935. During her 30+ year career she performed all over New York City until she lost her battle with addiction.<br \/>\nCelebrate Billie by visiting the<strong>\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycgo.com\/arts-culture\/apollo-theater\" target=\"_self\">Apollo Theater<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0where she performed over 30 times!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bykoket.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22218\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bykoket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Billie-Holiday-at-the-Apollo-Theater.jpg\" alt=\"Famous Women in History - Billie Holiday at the Apollo Theater - important women in nyc history\" width=\"710\" height=\"473\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"section-header\"><strong>Alice Austen (1866-1952)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bykoket\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22217\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bykoket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Alice-Austen.jpg\" alt=\"Famous Women in History - Alice Austen - important women in nyc history\" width=\"710\" height=\"926\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nA journalistic photographer who created close to 8,000 images over her career documenting daily life of the people of New York. She focused on upper middle-class society on Staten Island and lower-class people living in New York&#8217;s Lower East Side.<br \/>\nCelebrate Alice by visiting the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycgo.com\/museums-galleries\/alice-austen-house-museum\" target=\"_self\">Alice Austen House Museum<\/a>, her former home, where she developed her images.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bykoket.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22216\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bykoket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Alice-Austen-House-Museum_Kate-Glicksberg.jpg\" alt=\"Famous Women in History - Alice Austen House Museum_Kate Glicksberg - important women in nyc history\" width=\"710\" height=\"473\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"section-header\"><strong>Caroline Schermerhorn Astor (1830-1908)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bykoket.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22235\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bykoket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Caroline-Schermerhorn-Astor.jpg\" alt=\"Famous Women in History - Caroline Schermerhorn Astor - important women in nyc history\" width=\"710\" height=\"1411\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nA prominent socialite during the last quarter of the 19th century,\u00a0Caroline Webster &#8220;Lina&#8221; Schermerhorn created the famous List of 400, which included the top high-society families in New York.\u00a0Famous for being called &#8220;<i>the<\/i>\u00a0Mrs. Astor&#8221; or simply &#8220;Mrs. Astor&#8221;, she was the wife of businessman\u00a0William Backhouse Astor Jr.\u00a0and mother of John Jacob Astor IV.<br \/>\nCelebrate Lina by visiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trinitywallstreet.org\/content\/cemetery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum<\/a>,\u00a0where the Astor family is entombed, or the 39-foot tall cenotaph honoring her in the yard of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycgo.com\/arts-culture\/trinity-wall-street\" target=\"_self\">Trinity Church<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bykoket.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22220\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bykoket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Caroline-Schermerhorn-Astor-at-Trinity-Church.jpg\" alt=\"Famous Women in History - 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