Tag Archives: Women’s history

“All Men and Women Are Created Equal”: The Declaration of Sentiments from the Seneca Falls Convention (1848)

By Anne Continetti  

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Note: This lesson should be used after “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: A Lesson on the Declaration of Independence.”

Course | US History, US Government (AP or non-AP), Civics, Women’s History, Grades 11–12

Length | This lesson is designed for a 45-minute class period. Extension activities are included at the end of the lesson.

Objective | Students will … Read more »

Poems for Spring

Spring is around the corner! At WSPWH, we’re celebrating the season—and Women’s History Month—with a poem by WSPWH author Marge Piercy. In “More Than Enough,” Piercy vividly captures the first signs of spring:

Teaching resources for Women’s History Month

Today, March 8, is International Women’s Day. The first such day was held on March 18, 1911, two years after the Socialist Party of America observed a women’s day in the United States. Though the day has its origins in the socialist and communist parties—it was first made an official holiday, for example, in the Soviet Union—by 1977, when the United Nations General Assembly invited nations to observe the … Read more »

Women’s History Month

March is Women’s History Month, which has its origins in the first national Women’s Day in 1909. Four years after the first Women’s Day, on March 3, 1913—the day before Woodrow Wilson’s presidential inauguration—5,000 women marched up Pennsylvania Avenue to the US Capitol demanding the right to vote. It was the first civil rights parade to use the Capitol as a backdrop, and it kept the issue of women’s … Read more »