March is Women’s History Month! It is a time to celebrate the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society.
Women’s History Month has only been around since 1987 when Congress expanded the focus of Women’s History Week to a whole month. It began as a way to teach the topic of women’s history in the classroom, as it was a subject generally ignored; the event was a way to increase knowledge of the American population.
Women have made contributions in many areas including science, sports, art, politics, civil rights, and medicine, and they deserve to be recognized for their hard work. Take some time to pick up a book or do research on your own to learn more about these amazing people and their involvement in shaping the world we know today.
For more information on Women’s History Month take a look at these websites:
http://womenshistorymonth.gov/
http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/
http://www.nwhp.org/whm/history.php
Here are some great biographies on remarkable women:
Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie
Coco Chanel: An Intimate Life by Lisa Chaney
Amelia Earhart: the Turbulent Life of an American Icon by Kathleen C. Winters
The Curies: A Biography of the Most Controversial Family in Science by Denis Brian
Florence Nightingale: the Making of an Icon by Mark Bostridge
There Is No Alternative: Why Margaret Thatcher Matters by Claire Berlinski
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe by Randy J. Taraborrelli
Becoming Jane Austen: A Life by John Spence
The Beecher Sisters by Barbara Anne White
My Name is Anne, she said, Anne Frank by Jacqueline van Maarsen
Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman by Sam Wasson
Kate: the Woman Who Was Hepburn by William J. Mann
Rosa Parks by Douglas Brinkley
With Billie by Julia Blackburn
A Necessary Spectacle: Billie Jean King, Bobby Riggs, and the Tennis Match That Leveled the Game by Selena Roberts
Oprah: A Biography by Kitty Kelley
The Diana Chronicles by Tina Brown
The Bronte Myth by Lucasta Miller
Tete-a-Tete: Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre by Hazel Rowley
Virginia Woolf by Alexandra Harris
Jane Goodall: the Woman Who Redefined Man by Dale Peterson
Emma Goldman: Revolution as a Way of Life by Vivian Gornick
Georgia O’Keefe: 1887-1986: Flowers in the Desert by Britta Benke
Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits by Linda Gordon
Reading Jackie: Her Autobiography in Books by William M. Kuhn
Ball of Fire: the Tumultuous Life and Comic Art of Lucille Ball by Stefan Kanfer
For Kids:
Amelia Earhart: the Legend of the Lost Aviator by Shelley Tanaka
Marie Curie: Discoverer of Radium by Margaret Poynter
Susan B. Anthony by Martha E.H. Rustad
Eleanor, Quiet No More: the Life of Eleanor Roosevelt by Doreen Rappaport
Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Mia Hamm by Clay Latimer
Indira Nehru Gandhi, Ruler of India by Carol Greene
Eva Peron: First Lady of the People by Kremena Spengler
J.K. Rowling by William Compson
Clara Barton: Founder of the American Red Cross by Barbara A. Somervill
Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette and the French Revolution by Nancy Plain
Elizabeth Blackwell: the First Woman Doctor by Ira Peck
Jane Addams: Champion of Democracy by Judith Bloom Fradin
The True Story of Pocahontas by Colleen Adams
Sally Ride: Astronaut, Scientist, Teacher by Pamela Hill Nettleton
Sacagawea: A Photo-Illustrated Biography by Barbara Witteman
Harriet Tubman: Freedom Leader by Tanya Savory
Sojourner Truth: Speaking Up For Freedom by Geoffrey M. Horn
Dirt on Their Skirts: the Story of the Young Women Who Won The World Championship by Doreen Rappaport
Check out these films for entertainment pertaining to influential women:
Marie Antoinette
The Young Victoria
Pocahontas
Evita
Becoming Jane
Elizabeth, the Golden Age
My Week With Marilyn
A League of Their Own
Coco Before Chanel
Picture from http://www.apbspeakers.com/speaker-news/womens-history-month-profiles-courage
Women’s History Month has only been around since 1987 when Congress expanded the focus of Women’s History Week to a whole month. It began as a way to teach the topic of women’s history in the classroom, as it was a subject generally ignored; the event was a way to increase knowledge of the American population.
Women have made contributions in many areas including science, sports, art, politics, civil rights, and medicine, and they deserve to be recognized for their hard work. Take some time to pick up a book or do research on your own to learn more about these amazing people and their involvement in shaping the world we know today.
For more information on Women’s History Month take a look at these websites:
http://womenshistorymonth.gov/
http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/
http://www.nwhp.org/whm/history.php
Here are some great biographies on remarkable women:
Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie
Coco Chanel: An Intimate Life by Lisa Chaney
Amelia Earhart: the Turbulent Life of an American Icon by Kathleen C. Winters
The Curies: A Biography of the Most Controversial Family in Science by Denis Brian
Florence Nightingale: the Making of an Icon by Mark Bostridge
There Is No Alternative: Why Margaret Thatcher Matters by Claire Berlinski
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe by Randy J. Taraborrelli
Becoming Jane Austen: A Life by John Spence
The Beecher Sisters by Barbara Anne White
My Name is Anne, she said, Anne Frank by Jacqueline van Maarsen
Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman by Sam Wasson
Kate: the Woman Who Was Hepburn by William J. Mann
Rosa Parks by Douglas Brinkley
With Billie by Julia Blackburn
A Necessary Spectacle: Billie Jean King, Bobby Riggs, and the Tennis Match That Leveled the Game by Selena Roberts
Oprah: A Biography by Kitty Kelley
The Diana Chronicles by Tina Brown
The Bronte Myth by Lucasta Miller
Tete-a-Tete: Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre by Hazel Rowley
Virginia Woolf by Alexandra Harris
Jane Goodall: the Woman Who Redefined Man by Dale Peterson
Emma Goldman: Revolution as a Way of Life by Vivian Gornick
Georgia O’Keefe: 1887-1986: Flowers in the Desert by Britta Benke
Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits by Linda Gordon
Reading Jackie: Her Autobiography in Books by William M. Kuhn
Ball of Fire: the Tumultuous Life and Comic Art of Lucille Ball by Stefan Kanfer
For Kids:
Amelia Earhart: the Legend of the Lost Aviator by Shelley Tanaka
Marie Curie: Discoverer of Radium by Margaret Poynter
Susan B. Anthony by Martha E.H. Rustad
Eleanor, Quiet No More: the Life of Eleanor Roosevelt by Doreen Rappaport
Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Mia Hamm by Clay Latimer
Indira Nehru Gandhi, Ruler of India by Carol Greene
Eva Peron: First Lady of the People by Kremena Spengler
J.K. Rowling by William Compson
Clara Barton: Founder of the American Red Cross by Barbara A. Somervill
Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette and the French Revolution by Nancy Plain
Elizabeth Blackwell: the First Woman Doctor by Ira Peck
Jane Addams: Champion of Democracy by Judith Bloom Fradin
The True Story of Pocahontas by Colleen Adams
Sally Ride: Astronaut, Scientist, Teacher by Pamela Hill Nettleton
Sacagawea: A Photo-Illustrated Biography by Barbara Witteman
Harriet Tubman: Freedom Leader by Tanya Savory
Sojourner Truth: Speaking Up For Freedom by Geoffrey M. Horn
Dirt on Their Skirts: the Story of the Young Women Who Won The World Championship by Doreen Rappaport
Check out these films for entertainment pertaining to influential women:
Marie Antoinette
The Young Victoria
Pocahontas
Evita
Becoming Jane
Elizabeth, the Golden Age
My Week With Marilyn
A League of Their Own
Coco Before Chanel
Picture from http://www.apbspeakers.com/speaker-news/womens-history-month-profiles-courage
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