On International Women’s Day, we're taking a closer look at the women’s movement in Los Angeles and shining a light on the courageous women who fought for their rights and the spaces where they could thrive.
By the 1970s, second-wave feminism had firmly taken root across the country. The effects of women’s organizing and advocacy were felt at home, at school, and in the workplace, giving women firmer ground on which to assert control over their bodies, finances, and public spaces. They grew their own institutions and created physical spaces and places necessary to foster community, self-expression, as well as physical well-being.
Today, the places that were central to women's history in Los Angeles are increasingly at risk of demolition. The Conservancy has worked to raise awareness about some of these historic spaces and we’re honored to celebrate their stories.
We hope you join us in exploring the people and places important to women's heritage in Los Angeles, including the Alcoholism Center for Women, the Crenshaw Women's Center, The Woman's Building, and SurveyLA’s Women’s Rights in Los Angeles Historic Context.
PANELISTS
Kate Eggert
Co-founder
Gosney-Eggert Historic Preservation Consultants
Kate co-founded Gosney-Eggert Historic Preservation Consultants in 2016 where she researches and writes historic and cultural nominations on properties throughout Los Angeles with her wife Krisy Gosney. Kate loves deep-dive researching and compiling the stories of the history, people, and buildings she discovers. It’s the story that matters is Kate’s conviction. Kate double majored in Literature and Art History at Florida State University and she earned her Master’s in Fiction Writing from the University of Texas at Austin.
Lindsay Mulcahy
Neighborhood Outreach Coordinator
Los Angeles Conservancy
Lindsay Mulcahy holds a dual Master of Heritage Conservation and Urban Planning degree from the University of Southern California. Through storytelling and coalition work, she works to illuminate the deep relationships between land, cultural heritage, and community self-determination.
Evanne St. Charles, LEED AP O+M
Senior Associate | Architectural Historian & Preservation
Architectural Resources Group
Evanne is an Architectural Historian and Preservation Planner in ARG’s Los Angeles office with academic and professional training in historic preservation planning. Her experience includes historic structure reports, historic resource evaluations, landmark nominations, historic resources surveys, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance documentation, Mills Act Property Tax Abatement Program administration, and federal historic preservation tax credit applications. Evanne is also actively involved with the Association for Preservation Technology International (APT) Technical Committee on Sustainable Preservation.
Sian Winship
President
Society of Architectural Historians/Southern California Chapter
Sian Winship is President of the Society of Architectural Historians/Southern California Chapter. She works as an independent preservation consultant and has authored a number of historic contexts including the award-winning Japanese American Context and Women’s Rights Context for SurveyLA as well as nominations for architectural and cultural resources at the local, state and national level. She recently attained National Register designation for the Woman’s Club of Bakersfield. She was a contributing author to the book, William Krisel’s Palm Springs and received a Friends of Residential Treasures Fellowship in 2020.
MODERATOR
Adrian Scott Fine
Senior Director of Advocacy
Los Angeles Conservancy
This event is presented as part of the Conservancy's '70s Turn 50 initiative exploring the 1970s’ architecture and heritage sites in Los Angeles.
