Biography
Florence Bascom
Florence Bascom was a barrier-breaking geologist who contributed to the field through her research and teaching.
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Stitched Stories: Women in History
Students will create textured portraits using simple materials to explore identity, emotion, and overlooked stories while connecting artistic practice with empathy and historical awareness.
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Augusta Savage: Shaping a Future for Black Artists
Students explore how Augusta Savage’s work reflects the culture and movements of the time while examining her lasting impact despite systemic inequality.
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Ojibwe (Anishinaabe) Beaded Design
Observe traditional Ojibwe beadwork designs and select one to use either by sewing beads or using construction paper.
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Alma Thomas: An Artist Out of this World
Students explore how the Space Race influenced Alma Thomas’s abstract art and then create their own work reflecting historical and contemporary perspectives on space exploration.
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Rock the Boat: Finding Your Voice in Poetry
Students analyze poems by Elizabeth Acevedo and Langston Hughes to learn how language and structure convey perspective, then reflect on their values and write their own poems about meaningful issues.
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POWER UP! Art, Text, Action!
Students will create a 3-dimensional artwork using words or phrases to communicate their thoughts, hopes and dreams for a future world based on the artwork and life of Sister Corita Kent.
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Reach for the Stars with Mae Jemison
Students will explore Mae Jemison’s perseverance and achievements to understand the importance of confidence, determination, and overcoming obstacles.
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Biography
Kelly Clark
Kelly Clark is a five-time Olympian, Olympic gold medalist, and X Games legend, who championed equality in winter sports through launching the Kelly Clark Foundation.
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Biography
Andrea Ghez
Andrea Ghez is one of the world’s leading experts in observational astrophysics and was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics for her discovery of a supermassive black hole in the Milky Way’s center. She is also a fierce advocate for women in STEM.
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Biography
Rosalyn Yalow
Yalow built her career as a physicist in mid-20th-century America, a time when women faced systemic barriers in science, and became the second woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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Biography
Virginia Apgar
Dr. Virginia Apgar persevered beyond early 20th-century barriers to women in medicine to become a leading anesthesiologist and the first female full professor at Columbia University.
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Helen Taussig
Dr. Helen Brooke Taussig was a pioneering American cardiologist best known for developing the first successful open-heart surgery to treat "blue baby syndrome."
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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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Biography
Susan G. Komen
Susan G. Komen's name became synonymous with breast cancer awareness throughout the 90s and early 2000s, but who was Susan G. Komen?
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Biography
Gerda Lerner
Gerda Lerner, the “godmother of women’s history,” fled Nazi-occupied Austria and became an accomplished historian and advocate for female scholars.
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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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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
Bernice Johnson Reagon
Bernice Johnson Reagon is a renowned composer, historian, musician, and activist.
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