60 Second Histories
Mrs Pankhurst – marriage
Emmeline discusses marriage and her early life in the suffragist movement
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Elected but Ignored
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. Despite winning a seat in parliament and at the parliament bar,...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Opposing Agendas - and Each Other - in Parliament
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. As more women were elected to parliament, they found themselves in...
Curated Video
Judith Slaying Holofernes, Artemisia Gentileschi: Great Art Explained
Women were excluded from almost all cultural and social resources in the centuries from 1400 to 1900 when so much of the world's great art was created. And visual art was almost entirely a male industry before modern times. Having an...
Curated Video
Marsha P. Johnson: Transgender Activist
The story of transgender activist, Marsha P. Johnson, who dedicated her life to LGBTQ+ rights.
Curated Video
Antonia Pantoja: Grassroots Organizer and Activist
The story of Latina activist Antonia Pantoja, who fought for bilingual education programs.
Curated Video
Fashionable Rebellion: Tignons: From Oppressive Attire to Creative Accoutrement
How free Black women in Spanish Louisiana turned an oppressive headscarf law into a celebration of individuality and culture.
Curated Video
Harriet Robinson Scott: A Personal Fight for Emancipation with National Ramifications
The story of the enslaved woman who challenged slavery in the highest court in the United States.
Curated Video
Mary Church Terrell: Championing Suffrage and Civil Rights
Mary Church Terrell was a lifelong activist who advocated for suffrage and equal rights.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Indigenous Australian Suffrage
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. Eight years after Australian women gained the right to vote and to...
Curated Video
Toypurina: Rebelling Against the Mission System
Toypurina, a Tongva woman who led a rebellion against a Spanish mission in Alta California.
60 Second Histories
Women’s Social and Political Union
Part of a series on women's suffrage, this video covers the WSPU; the Women’s Social and Political Union
Encyclopaedia Britannica
This Month in History. March: Women's History
This month in history. March: women's history. 1st woman U.S. presidential cabinet member; Women's History Week is celebrated; Chile's first female president; 1st observation of International Women's Day; Women's History Week becomes...
PBS
Mary Church Terrell | Unladylike2020
Catalytic events wake people up. For Mary Church Terrell the lynching of her friend Thomas Moss lead to her involvement in the catalytic events of suffrage, anti-lynching, and desegregation. Learn more about this amazing woman and her...
SciShow
Great Minds: Goodall, Fossey and Galdikas
How far would you go to defend another species? Would you give up your child or even fight to the death? The video focuses on the work of three women, Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birute Galdikas. All three worked with different...
SciShow
Great Minds: Rosalind Franklin
The first person to discover the structure of DNA is not the person who won the Nobel prize for the discovery. While we know Rosalind Franklin was the first to discover the structure of DNA, her work was shared with others who went on to...
TED-Ed
The Contributions of Female Explorers
Think of a few of the great explorers in world history. Are you thinking of any women? Chances are, probably not, and this will most likely be the case for many of your class members. But in many ways, female explorers may exemplify...
PBS
Belle Case La Follette: Ballots and Bloomers | Wisconsin Biographies
Belle Case La Follette is perhaps less well-known than other suffragists but an essential figure in the movement. A short video introduces this remarkable woman and shows how she could influence politics even though she did not have the...
PBS
Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman" Speech | Know Ohio
A short PBS video introduces viewers to Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman" speech.
TED-Ed
The Hidden Women of STEM
Despite the recent push to involve young women in STEM careers, the percentage of women in science, technology, engineering, and math is still low. In a short video, Alexis Scott, scientist, engineer, and mathematician offers advice on...
National Woman's History Museum
Women's History Minute: Progressive Era
A brief video offers an overview of the Progressive Era. With eye-catching media, a host describes how the women dedicated their time towards social change—how they spoke out about the need for new developments in all aspects of life.
National Woman's History Museum
Anna Maria Jarvis: The History of Mother's Day
Anna Maria Jarvis may be considered the mother of Mother's Day, but the history of the celebration goes all the way back to Ancient Greeks who honored Rhea, the mother of their gods. The narrator of a short video traces the history of...
National Woman's History Museum
Women's History Minute: Suffrage
The American West may have been a wild place in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, but they were far more progressive than eastern states in granting women the right to vote. A brief video outlines how Wyoming and other western...
National Woman's History Museum
Women's History Minute: Flight
You know Amelia Earhart and Sally Ride, but few recall the contributions of Harriet Quimby, Bessie Coleman, Florence Lowe Barnes, and Jacqueline Cochran to the history of flight. A short video introduces viewers to these high-flying women.