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Women Who Walked Ahead

Trolley Tour Celebrates the Pioneering Women of Green-Wood

Explore the fascinating lives of the pioneering women of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries who are now interred at Green-Wood, from the first black female doctor in New York State, Susan Smith McKinney Steward, to the first woman to sing on live radio, Eugenia Farrar. Additional remarkable and inspiring stories include Caroline Weldon, a widowed Brooklyn artist who traveled to the Dakota Territory to become an assistant and liaison to Sitting Bull; Camilla Urso, the first woman violinist to perform solo in the United States; Isabella Goodwin, the first female detective in, among others.

Reservations are recommended. If the event is not sold out, walk-ups will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis.











When: Sat., Mar. 30, 2019 at 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Where: Green-Wood Cemetery
500 25th St., Brooklyn
718-210-3080
Price: $25; $20 for members of the Green-Wood Historic Fund and members of the Brooklyn Historical Society.
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Trolley Tour Celebrates the Pioneering Women of Green-Wood

Explore the fascinating lives of the pioneering women of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries who are now interred at Green-Wood, from the first black female doctor in New York State, Susan Smith McKinney Steward, to the first woman to sing on live radio, Eugenia Farrar. Additional remarkable and inspiring stories include Caroline Weldon, a widowed Brooklyn artist who traveled to the Dakota Territory to become an assistant and liaison to Sitting Bull; Camilla Urso, the first woman violinist to perform solo in the United States; Isabella Goodwin, the first female detective in, among others.

Reservations are recommended. If the event is not sold out, walk-ups will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Buy tickets/get more info now