Walking Tour: Women of Woodlawn Cemetery

In honor of Women’s History Month, enjoy a trolley ride while exploring the monuments and mausoleums of the notable women of Woodlawn, a National Historic Landmark and one of the most historically significant cemeteries in the country. Woodlawn is known as the final resting place for several leaders in the women’s suffrage movement, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Carrie Chapman Catt who were instrumental in the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment giving women the right to vote. Woodlawn is also the burial site for Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Celia Cruz (the "Queen of Salsa"), Madam C.J. Walker (America's first self-made female millionaire), and Elizabeth Jane Cochran, better known as Nellie Bly (America's first female investigative reporter). Celebrate the vital role of women in American history at this urban oasis.