Women's Rights

Biography

Florence Bascom

Florence Bascom was a barrier-breaking geologist who contributed to the field through her research and teaching.

Biography

Claire McCardell

Claire McCardell was an American designer who transformed women’s fashion, creating accessible and comfortable designs for the everyday woman.

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Blending Sounds, Breaking Barriers

Women who redefined American jazz and broke societal barriers.

Biography

Mary Cassatt

Mary Cassatt was an Impressionist artist known for her depictions of women’s domestic lives in the 19th century and her technical innovations to her artistic practice.

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Portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt with pearls wearing a fur coat.

From Letters to Laws: The Power of Friendship in Shaping America’s Legislation

Take a closer look at how intersectional identities and collaboration shape social justice movements.

Biography

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Author, lecturer, and chief philosopher of the woman’s rights and suffrage movements.

Biography

Alice Paul

A vocal leader of the 20th century women’s suffrage movement, Alice Paul advocated for and helped secure passage of the 19th Amendment.

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Vera Rubin

Dr. Vera Rubin was an astronomer whose research proved the existence of dark matter.

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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Alice Paul: Solidarity, Sisterhood, and Found Strength for Change

How can what we learn from the work of Alice Paul inspire individual activism and perspectives on positive social change?

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Mary Cassatt

How does art reflect society?

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Defiance and Dignity, Mary Church Terrell

Students will examine a timeline of the life of Mary Church Terrell and complete a close reading of her speech, “The Progress of Colored Women” (1898)

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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?

Biography

Ophelia Settle Egypt

Ophelia Settle Egypt was a medical social worker and women’s rights advocate who fought to make women’s and reproductive healthcare accessible to the Black communities in Southeast Washington, DC.

Biography

Bernice Johnson Reagon

Bernice Johnson Reagon is a renowned composer, historian, musician, and activist.

Biography

Loretta Ross

Loretta Ross is an academic and activist who has dedicated many years to advocating for women’s rights and reproductive justice.

Biography

Mary Treadwell

Mary Treadwell was a notable DC-based activist and community organizer, best known for co-creating Youth Pride, Inc., a job-training program helping inner-city youth, and her abortion decriminalization advocacy.

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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

This is a short thirty-minute lesson on Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.

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Janet Yellen: The Progress of Women and Minorities in the Field of Economics

The students will discuss diversity within the economics profession and in the federal government, and the functions of the Federal Reserve System and U. S. monetary policy, by reviewing a historic timeline and analyzing the acts of Janet Yellen.