Center for Colorado Women's History

The Center for Colorado Women’s History focuses on scholarship, research, lectures, tours and exhibits that expand the understanding and collective memory of the history of women in Colorado. Most importantly, the Center is connecting local stories to the broader stories of women’s history worldwide.

The historic house has been the home to inspiring women since 1883. It has been beautifully restored to the era of 1912-1924 and is furnished with the family's original belongings. Guided house tours weave together the stories of the many women, such as Anne Evans, who lived and worked in the home and the impact of the families on early Denver.

Exhibits

The land now known as Colorado has been the traditional homeland of Indigenous peoples since time immemorial. Forty-eight contemporary tribes, including members of the Cheyenne, Ute and Arapaho tribes, and many others still live here today. Through Mexican Land Grants, the Homestead Act, and numerous treaties, boundaries were drawn, and land was distributed to women across Colorado. While land acquisition gave some women power over economic status and provided some degree of independence, it often came at a price for Indigenous populations. Colorado and the American West was not a “wide-open space ready for the taking.”

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