Launching Student Learning About Women’s Suffrage with a Suffragist’s Poetry
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Explore how poetry was used to advocate for women's suffrage.
Posted in: Poetry and Literature, Women's History
Category: Women’s History
The Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition: A New Primary Source Set from the Library of Congress
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Learn about our new Louisiana Purchase primary source set.
Posted in: Geography and Maps, Revolution and the New Nation (1764-1815), Women's History
Civil Rights and African American Women Changemakers
Posted by: Danna Bell
Explore the role of women in the Civil Rights movement with the Free to Use and Reuse African-American Women Changemakers set.
Posted in: African American History, Contemporary United States (1945-present), Women's History
Remember the Ladies: African-American Women and the Fight for Rights
Posted by: Danna Bell
Explore our Free to Use and Reuse set on African American women changemakers and consider how you might use this resource in your classroom.
Posted in: African American History, Women's History
Patsy Takemoto Mink’s Title IX Legacy
Posted by: Danna Bell
Congresswoman Patsy Mink's resolve to defeat gender-based discrimination and fight for women's educational equality encouraged the success of Title IX, which was passed fifty years ago today.
Posted in: Asian American History, Government and Law, Women's History
Women’s History Month: Occupations and Contributions
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Celebrate Women's History month with this collection of new resources from the Library of Congress website.
Posted in: Women's History
New Primary Source Set on Women in Science and Technology
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Learn about the new primary source set featuring women in science, technology and medicine.
Posted in: News and Events, Science Technology and Math, Women's History
Teaching about Women’s Involvement in the History of Computer Science
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
This post by Sam Correia, a 2021 Library of Congress Junior Fellow explore the role of women in the history of modern day computers and computer programming.
Posted in: Science Technology and Math, Women's History
Following the Trail of a Mysterious Circus
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
What is the "Vacation Circus"? See how one of the Education Specialists at the Library of Congress found the answer to that question.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Women's History