While a number of high profile restoration projects and UNESCO sites have attracted the world's attention to Yemen's rich history and immense cultural heritage, individual roles in preserving and transmitting Yemeni culture, especially the roles of female participants, attract less notice. Conservative Yemeni society encourages veiled women to be seen but not often heard in public, especially on matters of national interest. Crucially, however, Yemeni women have taken an instrumental role in the preservation of Yemeni cultural heritage, especially intangible types: children's stories, recipes, sartorial styles, and oral traditions. These national legacies are not as noticeable or feted as the obvious natural and infrastructural sites which have been internationally recognized, but they are at least as integral to painting a complete picture of traditional Yemeni cultural practices. Yemeni women are uniquely suited to this task, as they generally are closer to certain sources for intangible heritage, and it is the growing initiative of these women who increasingly assume the burden themselves of researching and preserving these types of traditions which makes their role both essential and singular. This paper will incorporate interviews with Yemeni women in governmental positions, at local NGOs, as well as foreign female researchers focusing on this topic, who are actively engaged in the preservation of Yemeni cultural heritage. It will examine the challenges they face, the success of their efforts thus far, and their hopes, plans, and concerns about their future endeavors.