Biography
Vera Rubin
Dr. Vera Rubin was an astronomer whose research proved the existence of dark matter.
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Biography
Stacey Park Milbern
Stacey Milbern made waves in the disability justice movement through her organizing and activist efforts.
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Biography
Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson was a star tennis player and the first Black woman to win the U.S. Nationals, French Championship, and Wimbledon.
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Biography
Anna Julia Cooper
Anna Julia Cooper was a groundbreaking educator, activist, and author who changed the trajectories of many young Black women .
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Biography
Lucy Diggs Slowe
Lucy Diggs Slowe was an educator and administrator who paved the way for many African American women in education.
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Lesson Plan
Native Women and Anti-Colonialism in the Arc of US History
How has the nature of native women’s anticolonial resistance changed over time?
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Lesson Plan
Mary Church Terrell
This 3-part lesson will give the students a basic understanding of Mary Church Terrell and prepare them for future studies on the early 20th century Women’s Suffrage Movement in the United States.
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Belva Lockwood and the Precedents She Set for Women’s Rights
This lesson examines the life and career of Belva Lockwood, 19th century lawyer and women’s right advocate whose achievements opened the door for others to follow.
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Women’s Rights LAB: Black Women’s Clubs
In this lesson, students will examine the history of Black Women’s Clubs through the lenses of leadership, action, and bravery along with analyzing the role Black Women’s Clubs played in the Women’s Suffrage movement.
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Exhibit
Educational Equality & Title IX:
Is Education Truly Equal? Explore NWHM’s new online exhibition that provides an overview of the history of women's access to higher education.
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Biography
Anne Crawford “Nancy” Allen Holst
The first woman to join the International Association of Fire Chiefs, “Chief Nancy” led Rode Island’s Cedar Hill Volunteer Fire Department beginning in 1931.
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Lesson Plan
Defiance and Dignity, Mary Church Terrell
Students will examine a timeline of the life of Mary Church Terrell and complete a close reading of her speech, “The Progress of Colored Women” (1898)
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Lesson Plan
The Legacy of Historical Sites featured in Black Feminist DC
In Spring 2023, the National Women's History Museum partnered with a class at Miss Hall's School, an independent high school for girls in Massachusetts, to create a discussion guide for select sites featured in "We Who Believe in Freedom."
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Biography
Nkenge Touré
Nkenge Touré is an activist whose expansive collection of speeches and written works confront issues around reproductive justice, Black feminism, and women’s rights.
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Biography
Sister Margaret Traxler
Sister Margaret Traxler was a Catholic feminist nun and a civil rights activist who marched alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the famous march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965.
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Lesson Plan
Women, Education, Sports, and Title IX
How has Title IX impacted women in education and sports over the last 5 decades?
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Biography
Loretta Ross
Loretta Ross is an academic and activist who has dedicated many years to advocating for women’s rights and reproductive justice.
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Biography
Barbara R. Johns
As a teenager, Barbara Johns helped organize a strike that eventually led to the desegregation of schools in the United States.
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Lesson Plan
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
This is a short thirty-minute lesson on Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.
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Lesson Plan
Janet Yellen: The Progress of Women and Minorities in the Field of Economics
The students will discuss diversity within the economics profession and in the federal government, and the functions of the Federal Reserve System and U. S. monetary policy, by reviewing a historic timeline and analyzing the acts of Janet Yellen.
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