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 [...]

The presidential candidates for the upcoming 2012 November election are scrambling to win the women’s vote. But relatively few  people nationwide actually know what it took to win the franchise. When the real story is told, women generally take voting much more seriously. And this perspective represents the thinking of New Mexico Women Who Rocked [...]

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 [...]

Though many feminists today turn to the State for solutions to the discrimination and oppression that women face, there is a long feminist tradition in America that is wary of government. Most notably, in the late 19th and early 20th century, anarchist feminists Voltairine de Cleyre and Emma Goldman spoke out against the strictures of [...]

Did you see the movie, “Cheaper by the Dozen”? Would it surprise you to learn it was based on real life? Two of Lillian Moller Gilbreth’s 12 children wrote the book, and a sequel, too, about growing up in her household. Lillian and Frank Gilbreth were internationally famous efficiency-management experts. Lillian is called the “Mother [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]