Women’s History Month, K-12

National Women’s History Month ensures that the history of American women will be recognized and celebrated in schools, workplaces, and communities. Listed below are some online resources to help those educators interested in learning more about the contributions women have made throughout history.

Women’s History
http://www.free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=26&res_feature_request=0

National Women’s History Project
http://www.nwhp.org/

Smithsonian Education: Women’s History Teaching Resources
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/resource_library/women_resources.html

Women’s History
http://womenshistory.about.com/

Women’s History Mini Unit (Grades 4 – 5)
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-celebrations/womnweek.html

Historical Female Figures
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-celebrations/womnweek.html

Women of NASA
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/intro.html

4000 Years of Women in Science
http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/

A Sampling of Women Inventors
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/women.shtml

Female Inventors
http://inventors.about.com/library/blwomeninventors.htm

Women Who Changed History
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/women/index.htm

Timeline of Famous Women
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/womenenc/timeline.htm

Biographies of Women Mathematicians
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm

Women Who Left Their Stamps on History
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0768442.html

Women in Congress
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0801429.html

Women Nobel Prize Winners
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0801697.html

Notable Female Athletes
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/whmbios7.html

Women’s History Month
http://www.history.com/minisites/womenhist/