Biography
Recy Taylor
Although it was very dangerous for African Americans to speak out against white people during the Jim Crow era, Recy Taylor refused to remain silent about sexual violence.
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Biography
Tarana Burke
As an activist, community organizer, and executive, Tarana Burke has made quite an impact.
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Video
Video
Lesson Plan
Create Your Own Women’s History Museum
Students will work as a group to create their own women's history museum exhibit.
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Biography
Bessie Coleman
Bessie Coleman soared across the sky as the first African American, and the first Native American woman pilot.
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Biography
Biography
Biography
Elizabeth Ann Seton
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton was the first American to be canonized as a saint.
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Lesson Plan
Susan B. Anthony
After learning about Susan B. Anthony, students will create a coin mobile. On the back of each coin, they will write the actions that identify her as an agent for change, as well as a word to describes her.
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General
Brief Overview of Protest Songs
In the United States, the tradition of protest songs dates to pre-Revolutionary War and flourished during the war.
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General
Chester Comix: The Seneca Falls Convention
Check out these Seneca Falls Comics created by Chester Comix!
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General
Chester Comix: The Seneca Falls Convention
Check out these Seneca Falls Convention comics from Chester Comics! This version is not colored and has words blanked out.
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Biography
Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-American actress and inventor who pioneered the technology that would one day form the basis for today’s WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth communication systems
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Biography
Lesson Plan
Wilma Mankiller: Cherokee Leader
Students will use the information they learned from reading the short biography of Wilma Mankiller, watching the video, Bell Water Project, to brainstorm community based self-help projects that the class could organize at their school.
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Lesson Plan
Songs of Protest
In this lesson, students will explore how or if music reflects society and furthers the goals of activism and protest.
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Lesson Plan
Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr was far more than the “Most Beautiful Woman in the World” and a Hollywood starlet—she was a brilliant, scientific mind that gave way for inventions that still have an impact on today.
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Lesson Plan
Introduction to Activism
This lesson takes a closer look at one of key activists in the women’s’, workers’ and immigrants’ rights movement in the 20th century.
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Lesson Plan
African American Activists
Students will learn about Ida B Wells, Rosa Parks, and Fannie Lou Hammer; all female African American activists who fought for justice and equality.
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