These resources, designed for recognizing Women's History Week in Vermont elementary and secondary classrooms, are suitable for use nationwide. Oral history materials include recommended strategies for conducting oral history projects, a list of general interview questions, sample questionnaires for interviews concerning women's work and immigrant…

Intended for teachers, this guide is designed as an aid to mark Women's History Month with special thought and activity, and to offer suggestions for further information and resources. Noting that "history doesn't only happen to men," the document stresses that "history is made at home, in the community, in the factories, offices,…

This book, celebrating the 75th anniversary of the 19th Amendment as well as the 75th anniversary of the League of Women Voters, argues that U.S. women always have been political, even when they were excluded from party membership, voting and running for office. Political expression could be found in early temperance societies, antislavery…

This lesson is based on the National Register of Historic Places registration file "Women's Rights Historic Site Thematic Resources" and other sources on the M'Clintock House and women's rights. The lesson is about a house located at 14 East Williams Street in Waterloo, New York, where on July 16, 1848, five women, including Elizabeth…

This volume provides documentation on the origin of the women's rights movement placing the documents in a context that aims to show the rationale that blocked women from achieving full equality. The volume contains 127 fully annotated documents presented in chronological order (with a few exceptions) beginning in 1632 with colonial laws regarding…

Presents an interview with Rosalind Rosenberg, an historian who testified on behalf of Sears, Roebuck and Company in its defense against sex discrimination charges made by the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission. Focuses on the trial, affirmative action, women's studies, and feminism and scholarship. (KH)

Presents an interview with Alice Kessler-Harris, an historian who testified on behalf of the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission in its sex discrimination suit against Sears, Roebuck and Company. Focuses on Kessler-Harris's role in the trial, and the general themes of sex discrimination in employment, women and labor, and affirmative action.…

Notes the omission of historic sites celebrating African American women's contribution to the struggle for civil rights. Attempts some correction of this by profiling just a few of the more than 800 sites listed in "African American Historic Places." Discusses the "Sweet Auburn" African American neighborhood in Atlanta,…

The document, one in a series of four on women in American history, discusses women in the ages of expansion and reform (1820-1860). Designed to supplement U.S. history textbooks, the book is presented in six chapters. Chapter I describes the "true woman," an ideal cultivated by women writers, educators, and magazine editors. The four virtues were…

This curriculum guide is designed to facilitate teachers' first efforts to introduce information about women in U.S. history. The guide promotes a multicultural awareness of women's history beginning with the Native Americans and proceeding to current issues of diversity. Activities are divided for grades 1-6 and 7-12 but may be adapted as…

As a tribute to the Indiana University Women's Studies Program's first decade, this volume of essays was conceived by the Coordinating Committee. Most of the essays were commissioned by the Women's Studies Program, and some of them were also presented to the campus in a lecture series. Papers are as follows: "The Same or Different?"…

The document, one in a series of four on women in American history, discusses the role of women in the Progressive Era (1890-1920). Designed to supplement high school U.S. history textbooks, the book is comprised of five chapters. Chapter I describes reformers and radicals including Jane Addams and Lillian Wald who began the settlement house…

Examines the history of employed women from the Great Depression through World War II, highlighting efforts made in their behalf by people such as Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, Frances Perkins, Mary Dewson, and Mary Anderson. Provides a selected bibliography of books and U.S. Department of Labor documents. (GEA)

Presents an annotated bibliography of educational resources related to women's history and the historic Seneca Falls (New York) conference on women's rights. Materials selected include books, academic journals, theme issues, videos, workbooks, and curriculum guides. Includes information on locating, ordering, and reproduction of these resources.…

Asserts that the role of women, peace, and nonviolence have been ignored in U.S. history textbooks. Traces the history of the women's rights movement through U.S. history and emphasizes the links with the peace movement. Includes an annotated bibliography of 13 items for teachers and students. (CFR)