The Women's Progress Commemorative Commission is a U.S. bipartisan commission established pursuant to the Women's Progress Commemoration Act (Public Law 105-341, 1998-10-31) under President Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...

. The bill was introduced by Congresswoman Louise Slaughter and Senator Chris Dodd. The commission was tasked with identifying and preserving websites significant to American women's history. It was established in honor of the 150 year anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention. The commission's first meeting was held 2000-07-12 in Seneca Falls, New York

Seneca Falls (village), New York

Seneca Falls is a village in Seneca County, New York, United States. The population was 6,861 at the 2000 census. The village is in the Town of Seneca Falls, east of Geneva, New York. On March 16, 2010, village residents voted to dissolve the village, a move that would take effect at the end of 2011...

 to develop a scope. Subsequent meetings, some sponsored by the National Park Service

National Park Service

The National Park Service is the U.S. federal agency that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations...

, included discussions regarding assistance from United State governors as well as problems with data collection.

Recommendations

• Create and maintain a national database of women’s history sites
• Create a data field on the National and State Registers of Historic Places that identifies women’s history sites
• Support a public-private partnership network to provide technical assistance for preservation and interpretation of women’s historic sites
• Establish an incentive program for State Historic Preservation Offices to encourage them to identify and preserve women’s history sites
• Create Statewide, Regional or Community Women’s History Trails
• Encourage owners of women’s history sites to document, highlight and seek opportunities for preservation and maintenance of their property at time of sale
• Include young people in women’s history site activities