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,…

Using the New York state social studies 11th grade syllabus as a guide, the developer of this guide has adapted statements of understandings and has added resources and research questions to give students a better perspective on the role of women in United States history. Five broad topics are explored: The American People (immigrants, culture…

Examines the historical characteristics of women in the United States. Discusses the conceptions of women's roles expressed by writers from Alexis de Tocqueville to Betty Friedan, specifically the notion of the woman's "sphere" in society. Concludes that the idea of "separate spheres" was used to characterize power…

Notes the decrease in programs and courses on women's studies at the high school level and attributes this decrease to the national drive for educational reform. Provides an overview of recent efforts to increase teaching about women's history, and includes an introduction to the theme articles in this issue of SOCIAL EDUCATION. (JDH)

The paper describes and evaluates the development of materials produced by the Organization of American Historians' (OAH) project entitled "Restoring Women to History." Contributors to the OAH project faced several choices in developing guidelines for incorporating women's history into the basic American survey at the college level. The guide's…

Presents information related to the attempts on discovering the true identity of Tituba. Focuses on theories presented about her identity and her role in the Salem (Massachusetts) witchcraft trials. Discusses the images of Tituba portrayed in literature and U.S. history. (CMK)

Explores the ideas of the nineteenth century female historian, Matilda Joslyn Gage, who authored the book, "Woman, Church, and State." Focuses on Gage's ideas about women's history, particularly related to the role of the church and women persecuted for witchcraft. (CMK)

The Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor was created by Congress in 1920, and given the mandate: "to formulate standards and policies which shall promote the welfare of wage-earning women, improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency, and advance their opportunities for profitable employment." Highlights from the…

Recent studies of the history of working-class leisure have rested on the conceptualization of leisure as both public and male. A study of the living conditions, recreational activities, and family budgets of white working-class New Yorkers between 1880 and 1920 suggests broad ways in which working women's leisure activities contributed to a…

Over 150 resources on women's history are arranged under the following headings: author/title, collective biographies, reference materials, and individual biographies. Within the biography categories, publications are arranged alphabetically by author (collective biographies) or subject (individual biographies). Within the remaining categories,…

This book profiles 66 women who made significant contributions to American education from the early 19th to the late 20th century. Profiles are arranged alphabetically and each opens with an introductory paragraph summarizing the subject's importance. This is followed by a 6- to 10-page profile written by a scholar with special expertise on the…

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…

Profiles Maria Israel who served as Assistant Keeper for the Point Loma Lighthouse at San Diego (California) harbor in the late 1800s. Maria's husband, Robert Decatur Israel, was the lighthouse keeper and wives often filled the position as assistant. Discusses the role of the United States Lighthouse Service and includes several photos. (MJP)

Suggestions are made for the successful incorporation of museum materials in instruction focusing on women's history in the United States. (JH)