Women

An interpreter walks up the steps to the second floor of the Governor's Palace on a late winter afternoon.

An interpreter stands in the doorway of the Millinery Shop during the Christmas season.

In the Peyton Randolph Kitchen, a Foodways Journeywoman cuts a lemon on a work table filled with a cooked ham and a variety of side dishes.

Production still from the Electronic Field Trip (EFT), "A Publick Education". Two young girls portray Bray School students. -- Media Collections. For more information about this field trip please see: https://www.history.org/history/teaching/resourcelibrary/index.cfm.

Production still from the Electronic Field Trip (EFT), "A Publick Education". Two young girls portray Bray School students. -- Media Collections. For more information about this field trip please see: https://www.history.org/history/teaching/resourcelibrary/index.cfm.

Two interpreters prepare root vegetables for soup and serve up pieces of a fresh baked pumpkin pie in the Great Hopes Plantation Kitchen.

An interpreter guides rams through a winter pasture behind the Gaol.

Production still from the Electronic Field Trip (EFT), "Women of the Revolution". Interpreters portray a woman (left) collecting money from another woman in the parlor of the George Wythe House. --Media Collections. For more information about this field trip please see : https://www.history.org/history/teaching/resourcelibrary/index.cfm.

Production still from the Electronic Field Trip (EFT), "Women of the Revolution". An interpreter portrays an enslaved woman holding her baby boy at Great Hopes Plantation. --Media Collections. For more information about this field trip please see : https://www.history.org/history/teaching/resourcelibrary/index.cfm.

A character interpreter portrays Nation Builder Ann Wager. Colonial Williamsburg's Nation Builders portray real historical figures associated with 18th century Williamsburg who made significant contributions to the American story.

An interpreter washes dishes in a wooden tub in front of an open window in the Governor's Palace Kitchen.

Character interpreters portray Nation Builder Martha Washington (r) and Sally Fairfax (l) in the Apollo Room of the Raleigh Tavern during a performance of the program "First Impressions".

A musician plays a guitar in the gardens behind the Governor's Palace.

A character interpreter portrays Nation Builder Martha Washington, the wife of George Washington. Colonial Williamsburg's Nation Builders portray real historical figures associated with 18th century Williamsburg who made signifcant contributions to the American story. [Please note: the couch is modern, not 18th century]

An interpreter enjoys a hearty bowl of root vegetable soup that she helped prepare in the kitchen at Great Hopes Plantation.

Interpreters make root vegetable soup in the kitchen at Great Hopes Plantation.

An interpreter slices a turnip to make root vegetable soup in the kitchen at Great Hopes Plantation.

Detail of an interpreter's hands using a knife to peel a turnip in the kitchen at Great Hopes Plantation.

A musician plays the flute by candlelight in the Capitol for an evening dance program.

A junior interpreter stands at a fence at the Benjamin Powell House.

An interpreter sits on a garden bench with a basket of yarn and two young girls behind the James Geddy House.

Two young girls admire black-eyed susan flowers in the James Geddy House garden.

A junior interpreter carries a basket through a gate in the James Geddy House garden.

An interpreter uses a yoke to carry buckets of milk as she greets a friend sitting on a fence in the Historic Area.

In Historic Trades: An Apprentice Wigmaker at her work table in the Wigmaker's Shop.