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The Third National Conference on Women and Historic Preservation will be
held on the campus of Mt. Vernon College in Washington, DC during the
weekend of May 19-21, 2000. The conference will promote the exchange of
knowledge related to the identification, documentation, interpretation, and
protection of places significant in the history of women. This meeting may
be of particular interest to those working in the fields of women's
history, public history, preservation,and American Studies, though the
presenters at this conference come from an even wider array of locations.
Detailed information on the conference and registration information is now
available at the conference website: www.caup.washington.edu/womenpres. Queries about the conference should be directed to the e-mail address provided below.
The conference program can be seen at the following link: www.caup.washington.edu/womenpres/program.html.
This conference is sponsored by the Preservation Planning and Design
Program, University of Washington; the Regional Director, Northeast
Region, National Park Service; the National Museum of American History.
Smithsonian Institution, George Washington University Joint Program in
American Studies; the Organization of American Historians; the National
Trust for Historic Preservation; and the National Building Museum.
Additional support has been provided by the Arizona State University,
Women's Studies Program. Hosted by the American Studies Department and
Historic Preservation Program, George Washington University and George
Washington University at Mount Vernon College, Women in Power Leadership
Program.
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