Modesta Echols Interview-Part 2

An interview with Modesta Echols, as part of the American Rosie Movement.

Courtesy of https://www.thanksplainandsimple.org/.

Lesson Plan

Frances Perkins and the New Deal

Students will use primary and secondary resources to introduce themselves to the life and works of Frances Perkins, the first female cabinet member who served as the Secretary of Labor.

General

In Their Own Words:

Rosie the Riveter Oral Histories

Lesson Plan

This lesson features a series of student-centered grouping strategies and discussion forums that utilize primary and secondary sources accounts regarding real-life ‘Rosie the Riveters’ and their contributions to America’s victory in the Second World War.

Exhibit

"Be a Marine, Free a Marine to Fight": The United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve

On 30 July 1942, the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve was established as part of the Marine Corps Reserve. The mission of the USMCWR was to provide qualified women for duty at shore establishments of the Marine Corps, releasing men for combat duty.