Virtual Workshop
Founders Not Footnotes
June 17, 2026 | 2–4 P.M.ET
Through a hands-on, primary source–driven experience, participants will explore the voices and actions of women like Abigail Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, and Phillis Wheatley alongside lesser-known figures whose stories live in letters, petitions, poems, and everyday objects. Educators will engage directly with curated sources, practicing the same inquiry-based strategies their students can use to analyze perspective, uncover agency, and challenge simplified historical accounts.
Discover & Learn
Resources for our educators.
Gain access to curriculum guides, lesson plans, and digital resources to bring women’s history into your classroom.
Explore history with our experts.
Book time to connect with our network of speakers or museum scholars. Learn more through the lens of women’s history.
Every woman has a story.
Read the in-depth stories of remarkable women who have made, and are still making, history.
This Month in Women’s History
Lilian St. Cyr
“Red Wing”
On February 23, 1914, Lilian St. Cyr, performing under the name “Princess Red Wing,” became the first Native American actress to appear in a silent film. During her 15-year acting career, she performed in more than 70 films—both shorts and Hollywood features.
Blending Sounds, Breaking Barriers
By Christine Persun
In this lesson plan students learn about how Toshiko Akiyoshi and Mary Lou Williams transformed jazz by exploring the barriers these women faced in their careers and how jazz reflected broader social and cultural changes in American history.
Founders Not Footnotes
June 17, 2026 | 2 P.M. ET
Are we telling the whole story of the American Revolution—or just half of it? This dynamic virtual workshop invites educators to reimagine how the nation’s founding is taught by bringing women out of the margins and into the center of the narrative where they belong.