
Inventors and Inventions: Lessons in Chemistry
Posted by: Danna Bell
Learn about the work of Ellen Swallow Richards, who applied Chemistry to cooking methods.
Posted in: Science Technology and Math, Women's History
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Posted by: Danna Bell
Learn about the work of Ellen Swallow Richards, who applied Chemistry to cooking methods.
Posted in: Science Technology and Math, Women's History
Posted by: Danna Bell
Uncovering a lesser-known female scientist and historic animal classification through primary sources.
Posted in: Science Technology and Math, Women's History
Posted by: Danna Bell
Explore ways to help younger students learn more about women in United States history.
Posted in: Women's History, Young Learners
Posted by: Danna Bell
Learn more about the creation of fire escapes and the woman who created the external ladders used in many early 20th century buildings.
Posted in: Science Technology and Math, Women's History
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
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
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
Posted by: Danna Bell
The Red Cross posters of nurses from WWI are complex images rife with gendered implications and imagery. These images contrast not only against the social movement of feminism happening at the time, but also each other.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Women's History
Posted by: Danna Bell
Register now for this webinar! The exhibition “Shall Not Be Denied” tells the story of the largest reform movement in American history with documents, photographs and scrapbooks from a diverse group of women who changed political history 100 years ago. Many suffragists donated their personal collections to the national library so that their stories would …
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