History Colorado is taking applications for its third Women’s History Fall Fellowship, in which scholars, activists, writers and artists to promote a greater understanding of women’s contributions to Colorado.

“Our past Women’s History Fellows have been instrumental in shaping how we tell the diverse stories of women in Colorado and the West,” said Jillian Allison, director of the Center for Colorado Women’s History. “They have helped us reach new audiences by expanding the media through which we make women’s history available.”

The center, located at the Byers-Evans House Museum in Denver, is the first state museum centered on the achievements of women. The fellowship, which is accepting three individuals, requires a proposed study or project that can be shared with the public within 60 days of completing the program.

One of the first people to participate in the program, Kelly Rogers Denzler, is a teacher in Denver. She created a history unit for a fourth grade curriculum, and told History Colorado that she would be more intentional about teaching the contributions of women.

“It’s mostly women authors who are putting in a tremendous amount of work and time to make sure that these stories are told,” she said.

Instructions to apply are available here.

Colorado, which has had high representation of women in the state government, was the first state to pass women’s suffrage by popular referendum in 1893.