Val-Kill, the only National Historic Site dedicated to a first lady, was purchased by Eleanor's husband, Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1911. The property, located across the street from FDR's Hyde Park home, was usedas a picnic site until 1924, when Eleanor—and her friends Nancy Cook and Marion Dickerman—built a cottage to share year-round. Following FDR’s death, Val-Kill became Eleanor's primary home. Today, the house is furnished with many of her personal possessions.

Wilderstein is the former home of three generations of the Suckley family including Margaret (Daisy) Suckley, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's cousin and confidante. Suckley died at the age of 100 at Wilderstein in 1991 and her diaries and letters revealed important insights into FDR's private life.

Poet and playwright Edna St. Vincent Millay lived and worked on this farm in the Berkshires from 1925 until her death in 1950. Named Steepletop after a wild flower, the 700-acre property near the New York-Massachusetts border includes a garden and farmhouse filled with Millay's books, furniture, and other possessions. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1972, the library at Steepletop contains more than 3,000 books.

Shaker Museum in Mount Lebanon moved from Old Chatham, New York, to the Mount Lebanon Shaker Village. The Shaker movement was founded by Ann Lee "as a religious community based on democratic principles and equality of work and duties regardless of gender." The museum's collection includes Shaker furniture, textiles, art, and manuscripts.

Five generations of Van Rensselaers left behind more than 70,000 items representing the daily domestic life of women here between 1787 and 1963. The historic house museum includes textiles, manuscripts, and thousands of other artifacts now housed in The Edward Frisbee Center for Collections & Research.

In 1864, Kate Mullany, a young Irish immigrant laundry worker, organized and led the all-female "Collar Laundry" labor union in Troy, New York. This three-story brick house is the last surviving structure with ties to Mullany, who eventually became the first woman appointed to a labor union's national office. The National Historic Site is currently closed while undergoing restoration but visitors wishing to pay their respects can do so at Mullany's gravesite at St. Peter’s Cemetery in Troy.

The Marcella Sembrich Memorial Association is housed in the Lake George teaching studio and woodland retreat of the former Metropolitan opera singer. Since 1940, the 4.5-acre estate known as Sembrich has operated as a museum, studio, and performance venue.

The 1763 Georgian-style Johnson Hall was the home of Sir William Johnson, Molly Brant, and their eight children. Johnson was the Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Six Nations and Brant, who was Mohawk, served as a highly influential diplomat and stateswoman. The home sits on 700 acres alongside gardens, barns, a blacksmith shop, and a mill.

Matilda Joslyn Gage was a women's suffragist in the last half of the 19th century, as well as an abolitionist, Native American rights activist, and author. Founded in 2000, the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation was established to celebrate Gage, who was seen as radical compared to more mainstream suffragists like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Harriet Tubman worked as a nurse in addition to personally leading family members and other enslaved people to freedom. After the Civil War, Tubman settled in Auburn, establishing the Home for the Aged and the John Brown Infirmary near her own home. Today, The Harriet Tubman National Historical Park includes the Home for the Aged, Tubman's personal residence, and the Thompson Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Tubman is buried nearby in Auburn's Fort Hill Cemetery.