Cow Hampshire

Photograph of the Mount Washington Hotel, Bretton Woods NH taken by Bryant F Tolles Jr. or Douglas B. Grundy between 1900-1987. New Hampshire Historical Society. Used with permission.

From July 1 to July 22, 1944 representatives of forty-five nations gathered in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire for an International Monetary Conference.  Their work to stabilize international currency changed the course of history.

Several American women, notably Alice Bourneuf, Eleanor Lansing Dulles, and Mabel Newcomer, played important roles at the Conference. Continue reading →