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Each time a girl opens a book and reads a womanless history, she learns she is worth less.
Myra Pollack SadkerProfessor, Author, Researcher, and Activist
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In this virtual workshop, educators will learn strategies for reading primary sources to help students understand those silences and make inquiries and analysis based on them. Using Library of Congress primary sources and Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) strategies, this 1-hour virtual workshop will use example primary sources to model classroom activities. This workshop will be co-facilitated by NWHM museum educators and Dr. Katherine Perrotta, Assistant Professor of Middle Grades and Secondary Education at Mercer University Tift College of Education.
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Featured Biographies for April
As a congresswoman, Patsy Takemoto Mink fought for gender and racial equality, affordable childcare, bilingual education, andTitle IX. She was one of the authors and sponsors of the Title IX law that states, “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” After her death, the Title IX law was renamed the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act.
Learn more about women in politics featured on US Quarters as part of the American Women Quarters Program™ in this month’s featured biographies.
Use the NWHM’s compendium of online biographies to spark curiosity and dig deeper into women’s impact throughout our shared national history. Explore more here.
If we want our girls to benefit from the courage and wisdom of the women before them, we have to share the stories.
Shireen Dodson
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Discover our educational resources. Find lesson plans, biographies, posters, timelines, videos, and more on a wide variety of women's history topics.