Please note that advance registration is required for this free online program. Scroll down or click here to register.
The women buried at Houston’s historic Glenwood Cemetery made their marks in fields ranging from business and civic leadership to the military and the movies. Learn about their lives, careers and impacts on the Bayou City — and beyond — during an online program at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 17, featuring Preservation Houston Programs Director Jim Parsons, historian Betty Chapman and Glenwood Cemetery Executive Director Richard Ambrus.
Parsons’ illustrated talk will include the stories of fascinating Glenwood women such as publisher and military leader Oveta Culp Hobby, businesswoman and women’s rights advocate Florence Sterling, publisher and social activist Frankie Carter Randolph and film star Gene Tierney. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A with Parsons and Chapman, the author of Houston Women: Invisible Threads in the Tapestry. Attendees will also learn about plans for the future of Glenwood, one of the nation’s outstanding garden cemeteries, which is celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2021.
Event format
This program will be presented via Zoom. Registrants will receive additional information, including a link to join the program, no later than the afternoon of July 16.
Registration and pricing
Access to this program is free of charge. Advance registration is required. Sign up by noon Friday, July 16.
Can’t join us live? No problem
We will make a recording of the full program available to all registrants, so you can watch at a time that’s most convenient for you.
This event is presented as part of the Bart Truxillo Program Series, which honors the memory of pioneer preservationist and Preservation Houston co-founder Bart Truxillo. The Truxillo Program Series is made possible by the generous contributions of Preservation Houston's members and friends. If you would like to support future programming, please consider making a donation in support of the series or becoming a PH member.