10/30/2026
Let’s Hear It for the Ladies: Elizabeth Barnhart
Again and again, my Georgetown research reveals another significant lady who shaped the Georgetown we see today. I have done reels on Caroline Van Hook Bean and Carolyn Grey Townsend, and today I bring you Elizabeth Barnhart. In the Roaring ’20s, you might have caught her speeding around town in a stylish coupe with her terrier, but after her husband died, she seemed to settle into real estate development and helped shape a section of the East Village and Rose Park.