I’ve been blessed to have grown up surrounded by an amazing group of women! All, who in their own little way, paved the future for me…sometimes unbeknownst to them. Women, like my mother, my sisters, my cousins and my aunts. I shared with you a few weeks ago about my lovely mother, who was one [...]

[ March 6, 2013; 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ] Celebrate Women’s History Month on March 6, 1-2 p.m., with our free webcast, Founding Mothers: Remembering the Ladies, for students in grades 9-12.

Cokie Roberts hosts this fascinating discussion of the struggles to establish a nation as seen through the eyes of our nation’s first First Ladies: Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, and Dolley Madison.

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New York Battles for Equal Suffrage 95 Years Ago
Part 2
 

2012 marks the 95th anniversary of New York women winning the right to vote on November 6, 1917. Here is the second part of a brief summary of what New York suffragists actually did to win in 1917, adapted from the text of “Winning the Vote: [...]

New York Battles for Equal Suffrage 95 Years Ago, Part 1
2012 marks the 95th anniversary of New York women winning the right to vote on November 6, 1917.  The suffragists’ spectacular electoral campaign, waged during the trials of World War I, changed American history and led directly to passage of the 19th amendment and the [...]

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You Can’t Do That
Written by: Kathy L. Baumgarten
 “Again? Tell you what, don’t bother,” we heard, followed by the slamming of a telephone. The young supervisor was having a bad day.  To some mumbling from the others, she advised, “Don’t you start! I already fired one guy today, I can do another! And I’d be outta [...]

A Women’s History Month Lesson Plan

Here at Flocabulary, we use hip-hop music to make learning exciting and accessible to students. We recently created a song all about the history of women’s rights, and we couldn’t wait to share it with the NWHP community. Using our Women’s Rights Song as a jumping off point, this lesson [...]

Equality in all areas of education, equality in the workplace, equal pay, equal representation, and equal opportunity for all women, since the beginning of the Women’s Right Movement and Feminist Movement, the role of women in society has expanded. As a result, women’s role in society is no longer a one sided view or a [...]

The 2012 Women’s History Month Proclamation given by President Barak Obama addressed women’s continual fight for equality, fairness, and justice.  Acknowledging that generations of women pioneers challenged injustices and shattered ceilings to further women’s education—there is still work to be done.

“As Americans, ours is a legacy of bold independence and passionate belief in fairness and [...]

Today in History: Birth of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Second woman to serve as Associate Justice on the Supreme Court
Ginsburg was born March 15th, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York. After receiving her BA at Cornell University, she attended Harvard Law School receiving her LL.B. from Columbia Law School.  She began her career serving as a law [...]