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Posted by: Danna Bell
In the United States, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May, this year, May 10th. But it is not just a day to celebrate our mothers, but also a time to think about all women who care for, support, and strengthen us. Below are a few suggestions for engaging students with primary sources related to Mother's Day from the collections of the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Holidays, Women's History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
To make Women's History Month come alive, consider focusing on the life and works of individual women from United States history.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Women's History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
In honor of the 102nd birthday of civil rights legend Rosa Parks, the Library's director of Educational Outreach, Lee Ann Potter, wrote the following post for the main Library of Congress blog about the many cards and letters students wrote for Ms. Parks over the years.
Posted in: African American History, Contemporary United States (1945-present), News and Events, Women's History
Posted by: Danna Bell
My curiosity is always sparked by an item in the collections, a question from a researcher, or the knowledge researchers bring while doing their research.
Posted in: Government and Law, Interviews with Experts, Women's History
Posted by: Danna Bell
We engage our students in learning, and then we hope that their learning continues to spread, influencing others around them. Many times, we don’t see the effect of our influence until years later. In my role as a literacy coach, staff developer, and writing project teacher consultant, and because I don’t have students of my own, I always feel that my job is to drop pebbles and stand back as the professionals I work with create unpredictable and beautiful ripples.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies, Women's History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
This summer, attending the Library of Congress Summer Teacher Institute took me back to the “awe” of history. Seeing the diary entry from the night President Lincoln was shot, and being able to see the emotion in the writing…You don’t get that in a transcript or in a modified document.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts, Women's History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
May is Bike Month, a time to celebrate the many reasons that people around the world ride bicycles. In the United States, bicycles exploded in popularity in the 1890s. Although at first limited to the wealthy, bicycle use quickly became widespread.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Women's History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
At least 400 women served as soldiers on both sides of the Civil War and explored why they joined and how they managed to pass as men. Primary sources from the Library of Congress chronicle the experiences of some of those women, and allow us to examine how they were remembered after their service.
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Veterans and Military History, Women's History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Women filled a variety of roles in the Civil War. In addition to women who served as spies, daughters of regiments, cooks, laundresses, and nurses, approximately 400 posed as male soldiers. So, who were these hundreds of women soldiers? Why did they join? And how did they manage to do it?
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Veterans and Military History, Women's History