Celebrate Women's History Month with a Greenwich Village Walking Tour!

Women's History Month Kickoff Tour!

Note this tour is being repeated on Saturday, March 28th.

RSVPs open on Sunday, February 15th at 8:30pm. Space is set aside for new members, first and 2nd timers who land on the waiting list. Email me at hankorenstein@gmail.com to request a spot. Please do not repeat if you have been on this tour in prior years.

This tour is free with a voluntary contribution to your organizer/guide by cash, Venmo or Zelle at the end of the tour.

Restrooms: Please take care of business before the tour! Barnes & Noble at Union Square opens at 9am and has restrooms on floors 2 and 3 (also a cafe).

Other restroom options can be found at Pret a Manger near our meeting place at Broadway and 17th Street, the Union Square Whole Foods on 14th Street, Nordstrom Rack at 60 East 14th Street and Trader Joes at 142 East 14th Street. There's also a restroom in Union Square Park - on the East Side between 16th and 17th Streets and several local Starbucks.

Tour ends by Washington Square Park, convenient to the R, N, 6, A, C, D, E and F subways. Estimated Distance: 3.5-4 miles of walking, level terrain.

To Bring: Snacks if you like, water to drink.

OVERVIEW
The focus of this tour is on Greenwich Village, historically a place of innovation and the birthplace of counterculture and progressive education, saw the flourishing of women’s drive for greater autonomy in America, including the struggle for the right to vote, worker's rights, access to birth control and creative expression. Join us for a fun and educational tour of sites in the West Village and Central Village honoring the women who made their mark on history, including the suffragists who held marches and rallies in Union Square and surrounding streets.

The many stops include New York Studio School (honoring visionary champions of American art Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and Julianna Force); authors and dramatists Lorraine Hansberry, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Eva La Gallienne, and Willa Cather; the former homes of Eleanor Roosevelt, Emma Lazarus, Bella Abzug; and activists Jane Jacobs and Harriot Stanton Blatch. We’ll see where Barbra Streisand launched her singing career and where Billie Holiday first performed “Strange Fruit” as we mix in the fascinating history of the village.

Cheers,

Your organizer and guide,

Hank
hankorenstein@gmail.com
646-596-3005