It’s April 12, 2016 – Equal Pay Day, the symbolic date that women need to work until to catch up with what men had earned by last Dec. 31. The fact is that women who work full t…
What the Women’s March Teaches Us about Intersectionality
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On Saturday, January 21, 2017, the day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, 500,000 people gathered in Washington, DC for theWomen’s March–to express their…
This week marks the 100th anniversary of the U.S. Congress passing and the states ratifying the 19th Amendment, officially giving the right to vote to all citizens of the United States regardless of gender.
In this multi-grade unit, students exploregender stereotypical beliefs, assumptions about job roles, gender segregation and pay inequality in the workplace.
Could there really be a “gender gap” between what boys and girls earn for allowance? Elementary students explore the reasons for the gap and conduct their own survey.
This high school lesson gives students the opportunity to analyze gender bias in presidential elections andexplore how sexism surfaces during campaigns, past and present.
White Supremacists’ Mixed Reactions to Alabama Abortion Law Reflect Divide on Issue
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Historically, white supremacists have embraced the idea of white women being forced to have more babies but have opposed non-white women bearing more children.
Women’s March Votes Out Board Member Accused of Anti-Semitism; Anti-Semitic Snapchat Post Shakes School
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After an outcry from ADL, the Women’s March voted to remove a board member with a long history of deeply offensive and anti-Semitic statements. ADL sent two senior leaders to Capitol Hill this week to testify in front of Congress about the global threat of white supremacy and the proliferation of hate online. Police in Colorado investigate a Snapchat image picturing high school students with violent, anti-Semitic caption.
We can bring women’s history to the forefront by conveying to students that the study of any subject is incomplete if it does not include women’s perspectives, representation and voice.