Monday, March 2, 2009

National Women's History Month

March is National Women's History Month. The history of women in America is a fascinating and valuable subject to explore. There are so many ways in which women contributed to American history that it can be hard to know where to start. Try some of the items below for an overview:


Books

33 Things Every Girl Should Know About Women's History edited by Tonya Bolden

A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx by Elaine Showalter

America's Women by Gail Collins

A History of the American Suffragist Movement by Doris Weatherford

I Dwell in Possibility: Women Build a Nation, 1600-1920 by Donna M. Lucey

Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation by Cokie Roberts

The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History edited by Wilma Mankiller

The Rise of the New Woman: The Women's Movement in America, 1875-1930 by Jean V. Matthews

DVD

Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony


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