Participant Info
- First Name
- Heather
- Last Name
- Huyck
- Country
- United States
- State
- MD Maryland
- huyckclapper@earthlink.net
- Affiliation
- National Collaborative Women’s History Sites, National Park Service emerita
- Website URL
- Keywords
- Public historian, tangible resources, National Parks, Preservation, Interpretation
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
As a long time public historian, I have particular expertise in how to research preserve, and interpret the history of American women in an effort to tell the whole story. Have taught, written and organized in women’s history. My book Doing Women’s History in Public: A Handbook for Interpretation at Museums and Historic Sites has been published by Rowman and Littlefield. It provides the rationale for women’s history and how to use traditional written, oral, and visual sources as well as architecture, landscapes, and object resources to understand and communicate women’s history. Have visited 324 national park units and dozens of museums and historic sites. Am part of the Maggie Walker Community which processed a collection of that amazing Black woman’s documents, and am an OAH Distinguished Lecturer.
- Recent Publications
Doing Women’s History in Public: A Handbook for Interpretation at Museums and Historic Sites.
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- Country Focus
- US
- Expertise by Geography
- United States
- Expertise by Chronology
- 17th century, 18th century, 19th century, 20th century
- Expertise by Topic
- Gender, Material Culture, Museums, Public History, Women
