Dr. Turkiya Lowe: "Commemorating Women During the Age of Woodrow Wilson"

On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the act creating the National Park Service, a new federal bureau in the Department of the Interior responsible for protecting the 35 national parks and monuments then managed by the department and those yet to be established.

Join us on November 19 as the Wilson House welcomes the National Park Service Supervisory Historian and Deputy Federal Preservation Officer, Dr. Turkiya Lowe. Her presentation will discuss how the National Park Service preserves, interprets, and educates the public about U.S. women’s history during the Wilsonian Era through national parks, preservation programs, and collaborative partnerships. The talk will discuss various women’s accomplishments, their historical impacts and the enduring legacies that we grapple with today.

Dr. Lowe manages the NPS Park History Program in Washington, D.C. She holds a doctorate and master’s degree in 20th century U.S. and African American history from the University of Washington as well as a Bachelor's degree in history from Howard University.

National preservation programs under her administration include: the African American Civil Rights Network, the American World War II Heritage Cities program, the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act program, and the Maritime Heritage Grant program as well as the NPS’s administrative and oral history programs.

Dr. Lowe served as NPS Southeast Regional (SER) Historian and manager for the SER Cultural Resource Research and Science Branch, and also had the privilege to serve as Acting Superintendent of Cane River Creole National Historical Park. She also worked in the Region’s Office of Interpretation and Education, where she was the Regional Program Manager for the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom program.

Dr. Lowe also has worked as national Program Manager for the Cultural Resources Diversity Internship Program and a staff reviewer for the National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks programs.