March 1 marks the beginning of Women's History Month. To learn more about the background of this celebration click here. After exploring the origins of this month, dive into the resources below.
Educational Resources
- Honoring Women's History (Teaching Tolerance)
- Women's History Month Collection (Facing History and Ourselves)
- K-12 curriculum and educational resources (ADL)
- Digital classroom resources (National Women's History Museum)
- Resources from the Library of Congress, National Archives, National Endowment for Humanities & More (Click Here)
- Booklists and digital collections (New York Public Library)
- Students and Teacher Resources: 6-12 Grade Level (PBS Newshour Extra)
- Women's History (Biography)
Documentaries, Interviews, Podcasts
- Not Done: Women Who Make America (PBS)
- Life's Work: An Interview with Maya Angelou (Harvard Business Review)
- Ida B. Wells, A.K.A Civil Rights Warrior (NPR)
- 13 Podcasts That'll Teach You the Women's History Your School Books Didn't (Bustle)
- An interview with the founders of Black Lives Matter (TED)
- U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo on opening a 'doorway of hope' for indigenous artists (PBS Newshour)
- Women's Voice Now Documentary Shorts
Photo: O'Halloran, T. J., photographer. (1972) Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm announcing her candidacy for the presidential nomination / TOH. New York, 1972. [1/25/72 25 January] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018650319/.
