100 Places in the USA Every Woman Should Go

Sophia Dembling is a writer based in Dallas, Texas. Her latest book is The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World published by Perigee Books. Sophia also is author of The Yankee Chick's Survival Guide to Texas and co-author of The Making of Dr. Phil: The Straight-Talking True Story of Everyone's Favorite Therapist. She has published hundreds of articles and essay in newspapers, magazines and websites, including The Dallas Morning News, American Way, World Hum, Texas Journey, Miami Herald, Southwest Spirit and many others. Sophia has had work included in several anthologies, including The Best Women's Travel Writing 2006, The Best Women's Travel Writing 2009, Cat Women: Female Writers on their Feline Friends, and P.S. What I Didn't Say: Unsent Letter to Our Female Friends.

• 100 Places in the USA Every Woman Should Go By Sophia Dembling Women Make History * Salem, Massachusets * Ellis Island, New York City * Galveston Island, Texas * Angel Island, California * Upstate New York * Statue of Liberty, New York City * Esther Hobart Morris statue, Cheyenne, Wyoming * Nashville site (Wyoming statue) * Statue of Liberty, New York City Tough Cookies * Harriet Tubman, Maryland, Delaware, New York State * Rosa Parks Museum, Montgomery, Alabama * National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis * Women in Flight, Atchison, Kansas; Oklahoma City * Annie Oakley (Cody, WY, Fort Worth, Ohio); * Nellie Bly, Newseum, Washington DC * Lizzie Borden Bed &Breakfast Fall River, Mass. * Brothel Museum, Skagway, Alaska * Texas (Hallie Stillwell, Cowgirl Hall of Fame, others) * Georgia Artists and Muses * Orchard House Louisa May Alcott, Concord, Massachusetts * Massachusetts (Emily Dickinson, Edith Wharton, Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum) * Zora Neale Hurston Museum, Eatonville, Florida * Georgia O'Keefe's Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, New Mexico * National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC * Little House on the Prairie, De Smet, South Dakota * Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Nashville, Tennessee * Willa Cather State Historic Site, Red Cloud, Nebraska * Nina Simone's hometown, Tryon, North Carolina * Christina's World house, Cushing, Maine * Dorothy Parker's stomping ground, New York City * Movie sites (Various) * Native American artists? * Stax Museum and Motown Museum, Memphis, Detroit * Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland Girls Will Be Girls * Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, * Tea with the girls Plaza Hotel, other cities? * Do lunch (Four Seasons NY, other citites?) * Plantation stays * Met costume collection, New York City * LA Fashion Institute * First Ladies Exhibit, First Ladies Library, Washington D.C. * Mall of America, Bloomington, Minn. * Tiffany's, New York City * Garden Club towns (Jefferson, Texas, others?) * Neiman Marcus, Dallas, Texas * Gardens * Shoe tree * Antiquing - Round Top and others * World's Longest Yard Sale * Rock star pilgrimages Retreat, tranquility and spiritual pursuits * Lily Dale, New York * Best Friends Animal Sanctuary Kanab, Utah * Miraval, Tucson, Arizona * Monument Valley, Four Corners * Northern California coast * Kripalu, Stockbridge, Mass. * Goddess sites * Maine coast * Cape Cod * The Cloisters * Hot springs * Labyrinths * Monroe Institute * Cat Yronwode's hoodoo shop and the world's smallest church Adventure * Grand Canyon Arizona * Becoming an Outdoorswoman * Iditarod, Alaska * National Parks - Yellowstone, Yosemite * Skiing Lake Tahoe, Jackson Hole * Rafting the Gauley West Virginia * Surfing * Boating Just Go * Santa Fe * Washington DC * New Orleans * New York City * Las Vegas * Savannah * Disney World * Drive cross-country Home & Hearth * Cooking schools * Bad Food museums * Canyon de Chelle, Arizona * Newport, Rhode Island * Pike's Place Market, Seattle, Washington * Agritourism * Tenement Museum, New York City * Hearst Castle, California * Architecture tours (Phoenix, Chicago, Savannah)