Though Wiawaka is on Lake George, it was principally founded by women of Troy. To further explore contributions made by Trojan women, consider the accomplishments of:

Kate Mullaney - a textile worker who organized the first strike by women. Read A fitting tribute for Mullany, excerpted from the Troy Record's Sunday February 26, 2006 edition.

Or the fact that the first corporation in NY State founded by women was a Troy-based corporation. It was The Troy Day Home (1858)- the oldest day nursery in the country

That Troy's Emma Willard was the first school in the country to offer the same curriculum for girls as for boys. The school was founded in 1814. www.emmawillard.org

That one of the first factories owned and operated by a woman is the Troy-based Powers Oil Cloth and Linoleum Company.

The first old age home for women was established in 1883 by the same Deborah Powers, a banker as well as an entrepreneur who founded Powers Oil Cloth.

One of the country's first schools dedicated to educating economically deprived girls was established in Troy in 1839. It was known as the Mary Warren Free Institute.

The records of these and many other female-based institutions are housed at the library of The Rensselaer County Historical Society.