Bill of Rights Institute
Freedom for All?
What did abolitionists have in common with those working for women's rights? How has the Native American struggle for voting rights differed from the struggles of other groups? Class members examine the 15th, 19th, 23rd, 24th, and 26th...
Federal Reserve Bank
Barbie in the Labor Force
How have the women's share of the labor force and chosen occupations evolved in the United States over the last century? Using census reports, graphs detailing the gender makeup of the labor force, and analysis of the careers of...
Mythology Teacher
Eros and Psyche: Part 1
With Eros and Psyche, your learners will have the opportunity to combine the art of reader's theater with a study of the ancient Greek gods! This engaging reader's theater script will also serve as a fantastic way for your...
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Gender and Sport
Serena Williams, Mia Hamm, and Danica Patrick are living proof that women enjoy sports just as much as men. Sports enthusiasts read about the importance of gender equality on the playing field. They discover barriers to participation and...
Shakespeare Globe Trust
Fact Sheet: Costumes and Cosmetics
Theatre producers in Shakespeare's time didn't have the special effects that are common today, so they had to get creative. Using the handout, pupils explore the topic of costume design. Additionally, readers learn about the stage makeup...
Ungei
Girls’ Success: Mentoring Guide For Life Skills
Provide girls with the developmental skills they need with a booklet designed by the non-profit AED Center for Gender Equity. Each section of the mentoring guide includes discussion questions and activities as well as...
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Pearl S. Buck
Pearl S. Buck produced works of fiction and non-fiction throughout her lifetime, many of which focused on her experiences in China.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: American Women and World War Ii
Read about the opportunities that women had during World War II to work in jobs that had previously been unimaginable. To assist working mothers, the first childcare programs were begun, and efforts were made to make jobs in the defense...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Health Topic: Women's Health
From assisted reproductive technology to women's safety and health issues at work, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention covers many women's health issues.
Scholastic
Scholastic: A Brief History of Women's Rights Movements
Find a history of the several movements that advocated for women's rights in voting, politics, and at work.
National Women's Hall of Fame
National Women's Hall of Fame: Patsy Takemoto Mink
A biography and tribute to Patsy Mink (1927-2002 CE) from the Women's Hall of Fame. Article describes her work for women of all color during the turbulent Women's Rights Movement years.
Chicago History Museum
Encyclopedia of Chicago: Women's Trade Union League
Read about the Chicago branch of the Women's Trade Union League and its alliance between women workers and upper-class women who supported their cause.
Other
Webguild Sentinel: Women at Work: The Fight for Children
A discussion of women's advocacy throughout history, a large part is devoted to the discussion of the Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921.
Other
National Organization for Women Foundation
The National Organization for Women Foundation is an organization "devoted to furthering women's rights through education and litigation." Check out information on upcoming and past conferences, special events, and political activism....
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Helen Keller
Undeterred by deafness and blindness, Helen Keller rose to become a major 20th century humanitarian, educator and writer.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Florence Kelley
Florence Kelley dedicated her life to social reform. She worked to end many social problems, including labor and racial discrimination.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Clara Barton
Clara Barton was an educator, humanitarian, and founder of the American Red Cross.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Women in the 1950s
Looks at what life was like for women in 1950s America. Examines the tension between the expectations of conformity and domesticity and an emerging discontent as many women chose to continue working after World War II. Meanwhile, African...
Library of Congress
Loc: American Memory: American Women
For students doing research work in Women's Studies, this site from the Library of Congress provides excellent resources. Students can search through the exhibits, collections, government publications, photographs, recorded sound, moving...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Women and Minorities
Although the colonial period produced several women writers of note, the revolutionary era did not further the work of women and minorities, despite the many schools, magazines, newspapers, and literary clubs that were springing up....
Agnes Scott College
Agnes Scott College: Biographies of Women Mathematicians: Helena Rasiowa
Article highlights the accomplishments of Polish mathematician Helena Rasiowa who worked in algebraic logic and the mathematical foundations of computer science.
Agnes Scott College
Agnes Scott College: Biographies of Women Mathematicians: Mary Ross
This Native-American engineer used her talents in mathematics to teach mathematics, work as a statistical clerk, and develop fighter planes. Read more about her contributions in this biography.
Agnes Scott College
Agnes Scott College: Biographies of Women Mathematicians: Dusa Mc Duff
Article highlights the accomplishments of Dusa McDuff, an award winning mathematician who works on symplectic geometry.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Susan B. Anthony
Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a biography of Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906 CE), the reformer and political writer who, with the help of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, founded the National Woman Suffrage Association.