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Posted by: Danna Bell
Amelia Earhart would have turned 121 years old on July 24, 2018--that is, if you go by the date that she was formally declared dead, after her disappearance while attempting to fly around the world.
Posted in: Science Technology and Math, Women's History, Young Learners
Posted by: Danna Bell
Learn more about the work of women photographers in World War I.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Veterans and Military History, Women's History
Posted by: Danna Bell
Sending and cracking secret messages dates back to the foundation and exploration of the country. But did you know that much of the cryptographic work that helped the United States win World War II was accomplished by female codebreakers?
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Science Technology and Math, Veterans and Military History, Women's History
Posted by: Danna Bell
Most primary sources that reflect the women's suffrage movement are from speeches, protest marches, or publications. It was an unexpected pleasure to find correspondence on the topic between a couple in a romantic relationship.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Women's History
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
A photograph of the abolitionist and suffrage activist Sojourner Truth that appears in the Library's newest Primary Source Set for educators, "Civil War Images: Depictions of African Americans in the War Effort," provides an opportunity to discover the questions that the objects in a portrait can raise about the message that image might have been meant to convey.
Posted in: African American History, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Women's History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Primary sources such as the letters and diaries of Civil War Nurse Mary Ann Bickerdyke offer rich insights into the lives of real people. The fragmented, personal nature of these sources requires careful reading in context and comparison across multiple accounts to glean information and construct understanding.
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Veterans and Military History, Women's History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Comparing the narratives in secondary sources to primary sources from the Rosa Parks Papers can foster student inquiry to develop a more complex understanding of her role in the Civil Rights Movement as a life-long activist.
Posted in: African American History, Contemporary United States (1945-present), Teaching Strategies, Women's History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
The Rosa Parks Papers at the Library of Congress can promote student inquiry into the complexities of Parks’ life and activism and engage students in analysis about her life and civil rights activism to support or refute popular depictions of Parks in civil rights narratives.
Posted in: African American History, Contemporary United States (1945-present), Teaching Strategies, Women's History
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Helen Keller had been eagerly writing since she had first gained the ability to do so several years before. Although an illness in her infancy had left her unable to see or hear, an inventive teacher, Annie Sullivan, introduced her to language, and soon she was reading and writing using braille and the assistance of interpreters.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Poetry and Literature, Women's History