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Lesson Plans & Activity Ideas Ladies, Contraband, and Spies Learning from the Source: Chicago Meatpackers & the Unions Primary Source Investigation: Suffrage Primary Source Learning: Women in the White House Stand Up and Sing Suffragists and Their Tactics Voices for Votes: Suffrage Strategies Who's That Lady? Woman suffrage source set & teaching guide Women Struggle and Triumph Women, Their Rights, and Nothing Else Collection Connections: Miller … [Read more...]
Today in History–January 23–the Library of Congress features career pioneer Elizabeth Blackwell, who graduated from medical school on this date in 1849. She was the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States. Learn more about this trailblazing woman by visiting the Today in History section (scroll down) and clicking through to the links listed below. Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women by Elizabeth Blackwell, 1895 Letter, Elizabeth Blackwell … [Read more...]
Today in History–January 25–the Library of Congress features Nellie Bly, who completed her circumnavigation of the globe on this day in 1890. This intrepid female reporter made the journey in just 72 days, using many different forms of transportation, including ship, train, jinricksha, sampan, horse, and burro. Learn more about this globetrotter and turn of the century transportation by visiting the Today in History section and clicking the links below. "Nellie Bly Extra" The … [Read more...]
Today in History–January 11–the Library of Congress features suffragist leader Alice Paul, born on this date in 1885. Learn more about the National Woman's Party by visiting the Today in History section, then click the links below to access more resources about Alice Paul and the woman suffrage movement. Alice Paul images from American Memory More Alice Paul images Alice Paul books & articles Alice Paul correspondence & essay Alice Paul legislation Alice … [Read more...]
Walker, C. Howard. "YWCA division for foreign born women." 1919 Jan. Summary: Poster showing a female figure holding large standards bearing many shields emblazoned with national flags. Possibly part of an Americanization theme. … [Read more...]
Today in History–September 6–the Library of Congress features Jane Addams, born on this day in 1860. Addams went on to found Hull House, which provided welfare assistance to needy families and recreation facilities for poor children, and was awarded a Nobel peace prize in 1931. Find out more by visiting the Today in History section, then click the links below to access more primary sources about Jane Addams as well as other women's resources from the Barat TPS website. Jane Addams … [Read more...]
Today in History–August 8–the Library of Congress features journalist, short-story writer and novelist Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, born on this day in 1896. Rawlings received a Pulitzer prize for her novel The Yearling in 1938. Find out more by visiting the Today in History section, then click the links below to access resources related to more women writers. The Zora Neale Hurston Plays at the Library of Congress The Hannah Arendt Papers at the Library of Congress Women Come … [Read more...]
Library of Congress Magazine March/April 2013 Features Queen of the Movies Actress, producer, entrepreneur and superstar: Mary Pickford influenced the direction of American cinema from its early days. A Photo Dialogue A unique online partnership has brought historical photos to a broad audience, helped the Library solve curatorial mysteries and sparked thoughtful discussion. Supporting Congress [...]
Curator description: Bernard Brussel-Smith studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia and the New School for Social Research in New York. During the 1940s and 1950s, Brussel-Smith established himself as America’s foremost wood engraver. In this scene from Hamlet, Polonius, chief minister of the evil King Claudius, gives advice to his [...]
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