Women’s History Month: Rieko Homma True
What does good mental health mean to you? People from different cultural communities might have different ideas about mental health or hold negative opinions about […]
Women’s History Month
Women’s History Month: Women in the Cabinet
Women’s History Month is observed each March in the United States. It provides a time to honor the many historical contributions of women and girls. […]
Women’s History Month: Nellie Bly
In the late 1800s, women reporters were rare. Even if a newspaper had a female reporter on staff, she would often be given assignments labeled […]
Women’s History Month: Margaret Booth, Pioneering Film Editor
Women were firmly established in the film editing industry for more than a century before Jennifer Lame won the 2024 Academy Award for Film Editing […]
Women’s History Month: Women Airforce Service Pilots
At the height of World War II, more than 1,000 women volunteered for U.S. military jobs that women had never held. They were aviation pioneers […]
Women’s History Month: Misty Copeland
Every year since 1995, the sitting president of the United States has proclaimed the month of March as Women’s History Month. The National Women’s History […]
Eliza Jane Nicholson: First Woman to Publish a Major Newspaper
Eliza Jane Nicholson was the first woman in the United States to own a major newspaper. Born Eliza Jane Poitevent, she started working in 1870 […]
Women’s History Month: Celebrating American Quilters
Quilting is an art form that involves sewing together different pieces of fabric to create patterns. Throughout American history, women have used quilting to support […]
Women’s History Month: Carol Moseley Braun
Have you ever heard of Carol Moseley Braun? She served as a U.S. senator from 1993 to 1999. Braun was the first female African American […]
Women’s History Month: A Women’s Suffrage Memorial on the National Mall
In 1920, Congress passed the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which granted white women the right to vote in the United States. The journey to […]