NWHM Announces 2025 "For Educators, By Educators" Cohort
The National Women’s History Museum is delighted to announce the 2025 cohort of educators participating in the “For Educators, By Educators” classroom resource development initiative.
Each summer, the National Women's History Museum invites K-12 educators to participate in the Museum's unique "For Educators, By Educators" classroom resource development initiative. Educators collaborate with Museum staff to create K-12 lesson plans that help learners explore women's impacts on society. All resources developed through this initiative are included in the Museum's compendium of online Classroom Resources, which are available free of charge.
“The National Women’s History Museum is proud to support teachers with trusted, high-quality, educator-driven resources,” says Dr. Lori Ann Terjesen, vice president of education. “Our ‘For Educators, By Educators’ initiative ensures that K–12 teachers help shape dynamic, accurate lesson plans that inspire students to explore and celebrate women’s contributions throughout history.”
The National Women’s History Museum is pleased to announce the 2025 “For Educators, By Educators” cohort:
- Karissa Benjamin of Chicago IL - Women in Poetry
- Alex Bower of South Mountain High School in Phoenix, AZ - Women in Music
- Maggie Dillow of Roanoke, VA - Women in Advocacy
- Jael Goldstein of Washington, D.C. - Women & Astronomy
- Tiffany Hunsinger of Dayton, OH - Catholic American Women
- Stephanie Morse of Visual Arts Center of Richmond in Richmond, VA Latin American Women Artists
- Nicole Oberschmeid of Resurrection College Prep High School in Chicago, IL - Women in the Progressive Era
- Christine Persun of Mechanicsburg Middle School in Mechanicsburg, PA - Women in Jazz & Sports
- Olivia Tate of George C. Marshall High School in Falls Church, VA - American Indigenous Women & Advocacy
Each participant’s classroom resource will be published and made available free of charge on the NWHM’s website (www.WomensHistory.org) throughout the 2025-2026 school year. To stay apprised of when new resources are published, please sign up here for the Museum’s monthly newsletter.
About the National Women's History Museum
Founded in 1996, the National Women’s History Museum (NWHM) is an innovative museum dedicated to uncovering, interpreting, and celebrating women’s diverse contributions to society. A renowned leader in women’s history education, the Museum brings to life the countless untold stories of women throughout history, and serves as a space for all to inspire, experience, collaborate, and amplify women’s impact—past, present, and future. We strive to fundamentally change the way women and girls see their potential and power.
The NWHM fills in major omissions of women in history books and K-12 education, providing scholarly content and educational programming for teachers, students, and parents. We reach more than five million visitors each year through our online content and education programming and, in March 2023, mounted our first physical exhibit at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in downtown Washington, DC, We Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist DC. The Museum is a nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c)3. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and visit us at womenshistory.org.