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Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Learn about work of cartoonist Nina Allender and how it helped to highlight the work of members of the suffrage movement.
Posted in: Government and Law, Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Women's History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Learn about the citizenship schools created to help women learn about voting after the passage of the 19th Amendment.
Posted in: Constitution, Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), 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 …
Posted in: News and Events, Women's History
Posted by: Danna Bell
How do we explore the experiences of women in STEM fields? One way is through the use of primary sources.
Posted in: African American History, Science Technology and Math, Women's History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
The Library of Congress and HISTORY are pleased to announce the publication of a special Idea Book for Educators. It is a companion to the Library of Congress exhibition Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote, and features ideas for teaching with primary sources in a variety of media.
Posted in: News and Events, Women's History
Posted by: Danna Bell
Start off 2020 by exploring some of the new online collections from the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), News and Events, Women's History