Lesson Plan
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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Biography
Zitkála-Šá ("Red Bird"/Gertrude Simmons Bonnin)
Zitkála-Šá (“Red Bird”), also known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, was a Native American musician, writer and activist who fought for women's suffrage and Indigenous voting rights in the early 20th century.
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Lesson Plan
Stacey Abrams: Changing the Trajectory of Protecting People’s Voices and Votes
Students will analyze different perspectives of Stacey Abrams’s candidacy for Georgia’s Governor to learn about civic responsibility.
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Exhibit
Las Mujeres Corren / Las Mujeres Ganan: Latinas en el Congreso
Explora esta exhibición para conocer las historias y el importante impacto de las Latinas en el Congreso.
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Exhibit
Women Run, Women Win: Latinas in Congress
Explore the stories and important impact of Latinas in Congress in this exhibit.
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Biography
Sarah B. Cochran
Once called America's only Coal Queen, Sarah B. Cochran was a coal industry leader and philanthropist in an era when American women could not universally vote or serve on juries.
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Lesson Plan
Dolores Huerta and the Delano Grape Strike
The Delano Grape Strike represents one of the most important labor movements in American history and demonstrates an intersection between the Civil Rights Movement and the movement initiated by the Mexican-American and Filipino-American communities.
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Lesson Plan
How do we remember and honor the contributions of women in public space?
The objective of this lesson is to help students thinking critically about public history and the decision-making that goes into designing and advocating for public memorials to commemorate women in American history.
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Lesson Plan
Ida B. Wells: Suffragist and Anti-Lynching Activist
This mini lesson will introduce students to Ida B. Wells through a primary source and invite students to explore the geography of American lynchings through an interactive map.
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Lesson Plan
Shirley Chisholm, Unbossed and Unbought
Students will use the words of Rep. Shirley Chisholm to better understand her experience, and the experience of women everywhere in America.
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Biography
Sonia Sotomayor
As the first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the Supreme Court, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor has made an impact in and out of the courtroom.
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Exhibit
Feminismo: La Segunda Ola
Al igual que la primera ola, que se desarrolló durante un período de reformas sociales, la segunda ola también tuvo lugar en medio de otros movimientos sociales y políticos.
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Exhibit
Feminism: The First Wave
While many date the “first wave” of feminism to the Women’s Rights Convention held in 1848 in Seneca Falls, the origins of the feminism movement lay much earlier.
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Exhibit
Feminismo: La Primera Ola
Durante generaciones, el movimiento feminista ha avanzado notablemente en la defensa de los derechos de las mujeres.
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Biography
Anna Arnold Hedgeman
Throughout her long life, Hedgeman advocated for civil rights, education, social justice, poverty relief, and women.
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Biography
Stacey Abrams
Abrams is now one of the most prominent African American female politicians in the United States.
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Lesson Plan
Fannie Lou Hamer and Social Activism
This lesson provides an insight into the rhetoric and social action of Fannie Lou Hamer. By focusing on three speeches through her career, students will better be able to understand how Hamer was an agent of change.
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Biography
Audrey Faye Hendricks
On May 2, 1963, 9 year old Audrey Faye Hendricks became the youngest known person arrested during the Civil Rights Movement.
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Biography
Joyce Parrish O'Neal
Joyce Parrish O'Neal is a Civil Rights activist, social worker, and the first African American elected to the Alabama State Personnel Board.
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Exhibit
Representación con Guión: Latinas en la Lucha por el Sufragio Femenino
Una historia del compromiso y la experiencia política bicultural de las latinas en los Estados Unidos
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