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  • Women's History in High School

    Women's History in High School provides students and educators with resources about the political, social and economic history of women in the United States Welcome to Women's History in High School & the WAPUSH Campaign! Kristen Kelly & Serene Williams are working to create the first national course on women's history in the U.S. Coverage of their campaign for an AP U.S. Women's History (WAPUSH) course has appeared in CNN , Nursing Clio , Ms. Magazine , 19th News and more. Kristen & Serene are working on an edited collection of essays about teaching women's suffrage in the K12 & collegiate classrooms. See the call for contributors here. Join our WAPUSH Facebook Group! Join our LinkedIn Group!

  • AP US Women's History Proposal (WAPUSH)

    Curriculum proposed for an AP U.S. Women's History course, also known as WAPUSH, written by Serene Williams and Kristen Kelly Email serene@teachwapush.org or woodsk01@yahoo.com if you want to get involved After successfully petitioning the College Board to work towards the creation of the first standalone AP course focusing on women (known as WAPUSH), Kristen Kelly and Serene Williams, alongside students across the U.S., are working towards a course pilot using benchmarks given by the College Board. Throughout the 2024-2025 school year, the WAPUSH team is collecting: 100 letters of support from universities willing to grant college credit for an AP U.S. Women’s History course (download a sample letter ) 250 letters of support from high schools willing to offer the course (sample here) High Schools Endorsing WAUPSH Universities Endorsing WAPUSH California High Schools San Mateo Union High School District Burlingame High School San Mateo High School Cappuccino High School Aragon High School Mills High School Jefferson Union High School June Jordan School for Equity Nevada County Superintendent of Schools (Grass Valley) Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton San Rafael High School Poway High School Terra Nova High School Oceana High School Westmoor High School South San Francisco High School Thornton High School Florida Canterbury School Hawaii Kailua High School Oregon Portland Public Schools (13 schools) Michigan Wayne RESA Organizations Endorsing WAUPSH National Women's Political Caucus California Commission on the Status of Women Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum National Women's History Museum National Women's History Alliance Alice Paul Institute for Gender Justice Women's Museum of California Oklahoma Historical Society Women's Bean Project Feminist Majority Foundation Rights for Girls EMC Communications Equal Rights Advocates Girls Learn International National Council on Public History She Should Run American Association of State and Local History Historical Research Associates, Inc. Rebel Girls National Women's Studies Association University of Michigan Yale University Harvard University Xavier Univ. of Louisiana Amherst College University of Colorado, Boulder University of Las Vegas, Nevada Columbia University Barnard College University of Maryland Vassar College Miami University (Ohio) University of Iowa University of Miami Anderson University University of South Carolina University of Richmond Cal State East Bay University of Central Missouri UC Davis Indiana University Univ. of Illinois, Chicago Univ. of Central Arkansas Mississippi University for Women Huntington College University of Maine, Augusta University of Central Florida George Washington Univ. Rowan University Drake University University of Alabama San Jose State University Jarvis Christian University Quinnipiac University Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas St. Louis University Albion College University of Lynchburg Stony Brook University University of Texas at Dallas University of North Alabama Wake Forest University Pennsylvania State University Morgan State University SUNY Brockport Michigan State University University of Puget Sound University of San Diego Mount Holyoke Boise State University Louisiana State University California State University-San Bernardino Arizona State University University of Hawaii, Mãnoa University of Tulsa New York University University of Washington Duke University University of California, Santa Cruz Auburn University Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Pittsburgh New York University University of Wisconsin, Madison University of Rhode Island Fayetteville State University Tufts University Binghamton University New Jersey Institute of Technology University of Montana University of New Mexico Rutgers University Georgia Tech College of Charleston University of Utah Loyola University, Chicago Oregon State University Rutgers University, New Brunswick Macalester College University of Buffalo University of Kentucky Southern Oregon University University of Providence (Montana) University of Scranton Washington & Jefferson College Bradley University Montana Tech University of Delaware Montana State University Northern Kentucky University Boston College Augsburg University Virginia Tech Union Commonwealth University University of the Pacific Southern University and Agriculture & Mechanical College Tuskegee University Youngstown State University

  • Oral Interviews for the AP US Women's History (WAPUSH) Proposal

    A series of original interviews with scholars and historic figures to promote the need for an AP US Women's History (WAPUSH) course WAPUSH Oral Interviews: The WAPUSH team has been collecting original oral interviews with scholars and important women's rights activists to include in our proposed curriculum. Check out these interviews below: Photo courtesy of Dr. Ileana Jiménez Dr. Ileana Jiménez Interview by Shannon Bennett Dr. Ileana Jiménez is a recognized leader in the feminism-in-schools movement and creator of the hashtags, #HSfeminism and #K12feminism. She recently earned her PhD in English Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research focuses on Black and Latina feminisms, feminist and queer pedagogies, and digital feminist activism in the high school English classroom. She is @feministteacher on social media platforms. Gloria La Riva Interviewed by Madison Verner Karen Jolna Interviewed by Brooke Soderbery Karon Jolna, Ph.D., is a scholar-activist with two decades of experience in nonprofit feminist media and higher education. Currently she serves as program director and editor at Ms. magazine, leading its efforts to bring women’s, gender and sexuality studies analyses and voices to a broader national audience. Previously she served as a lecturer of gender studies at UCLA and research scholar at UCLA’s Center for the Study of Women. Jolna was among the first cohort to earn a Ph.D. in women’s studies at Emory University. Gloria La Riva is a former presidential candidate and an activist for immigrants, working class people and women. She is a national leader in the Socialism and Liberation Party Zoe Nicholson interview by Geneva Williams Zoe Nicholson is a long time member of the National Organization and a life long activist for numerous civil rights causes including advocating for the Equal Rights Amendment, protesting against the Vietnam War and working for the protection of LGBTQ+ rights. Zoe is the author of numerous books and currently works as a historian of Alice Paul Photos courtesy of Zoe Nicholson Mary Lee Sargent Interview by Shannon Bennitt and Serene Williams Mary Lee Sargent was a long time professor of women's studies and is an activist for women's rights. In the 1980s, Mary Lee Sargent was at the forefront of the struggle to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. Photo courtesy of Mary Lee Sargent Father Anne Interview by Geneva Williams Father Anne is a devout Roman Catholic who was trained as a theologian. She is one of the most prominent leaders of the women's ordination movement in the United States. Photo courtesy of Father Anne Photo courtesy of Dr. Wendy Rouse Dr. Wendy Rouse: On Suffrage History On the Women's Self Defense Movement Interviews by Shannon Bennitt Dr. Wendy Rouse is a progressive era historian and an expert on the women's suffrage movement. Her new book Public Faces, Secret Lives , traces the political work of queer suffragists Dr. Julie Dobrow Professor, Tufts University Interview by Madison Verner Julie Dobrow has an A.B. from Smith College in Anthropology and Sociology, and holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in media studies from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Much of her research centers on the content and effects of media on children; on issues of gender and ethnicity in media; and on how children make sense of these images in the world of animated programming. Dobrow's other main research interests are in the intersection of women's history and communication studies, and in biography.

  • AP US Government/Women in Politics by Women's History in High School

    Resources to support the teaching of women in politics in the AP U.S. Government & Politics course AP U.S. Government/ Women in Politics The purpose of this page is to support teachers who would like to supplement teaching women's political issues in the AP U.S. Government & Politics course. Since all of the required documents are written by men, we are working on compiling political work about women for each course unit. Unit 1: Foundations of American Democracy Women & the Constitution The entire Constitution was written by men Timeline of Women's Activism Coverture, Comstock & Penumbras (power point) Native women influence on the Constitution (power point) Founding Mothers Public Universal Friend Maria Stewart Abigail Adams Letter to John Adams Alice Paul Unit 2: Institutions of Government Legislative Branch Discharge Petitions about the ERA 1970s: Martha Griffiths 2024: Ayanna Pressley Executive Branch Women who ran for president & VP (handout) Gracie Allen & the Surprise Party Judicial Branch SCOTUS cases about women (power point) SCOTUS cases that expanded women's rights (handout) Unit 3: Civil Rights & Civil Liberties 14th Amendment For almost 100 years, SCOTUS allowed discrimination against women Since the 1970s, sex has intermediate scrutiny Waves of Feminism Proposed state legislation against LGBTQ+ rights Timeline of the Equal Rights Amendment Right to Privacy (power point) Romantic paternalism Frontier v. Richardson (1973) Speeches from civil liberty activists Crystal Eastman "Now We Can Begin" Emma Goldman Madame Restell Ida Craddock "Suicide Note" Rose Schneiderman 1911 Speech Ida B. Wells "Lynching, Our National Crime" (1909) Victoria Woodhull Address to Congress, 1871 Unit 4: American Political Ideologies & Beliefs Feminist Jurisprudence Feminist Theories Ecofeminism Essentialism Liberal feminism Matricentric feminism Radical feminism Socialist feminism Womanism Theorists Kimberle Crenshaw Andrea Dworkin Catherine MacKinnon PEW Study: Women & Political Leadership Unit 5: Political Participation Women Who Ran for President (power point) Women Who Ran for President & VP (handout) Sharing Stories (1977 Houston Women's Conference) Interest Groups Concerned Women of America Beverly LaHaye Eagle Forum Feminist Majority Foundation Independent Women's Forum Barbara Leaden NARAL NOW Elizabeth Farians Pauli Murray Planned Parenthood Foundational Women Anne Hutchinson & Anti-nomianism Bella Abzug at 1977 Houston Women's Conference Barbara Gittings Flo Kennedy Teaching Pauli Murray in AP U.S. Government & Politics 1940: arrested for refusing to move to the back of a segregated bus 1948: Candidate for New York City Council 1954: Brown v. Board of Education 1961: Appointed by JFK to Presidential Commission on the Status of Women 1964: Helped write Title VII of the Civil Rights Act 1966: Co-founded National Organization for Women (NOW) 1970s: Campaigns/marches for the Equal Rights Amendment 1971: Ruth Bader Ginsburg credits Murray with legal analysis critical to establishing the equal protection clause applies to women in Reed v. Reed 2020: SCOTUS ruled in Bostock v. Clayton County that "sex" mentioned in Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects from discrimination at work on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity Quotes "Given the tendency of privileged groups to retain their power and privilege and to play one disadvantaged group off against another, and given the accelerating militancy of Women's Liberation, there is a grave danger of a head on collision of this movement with the movement for black liberation unless our decision makers recognize and implement the rights of all." Testimony, House Committee on Education and Labor, 1970 Pauli Murray House, North Carolina

  • WAPUSH Leadership Team | Women's History in High School

    A list of leaders working to create an AP Women's History course WAPUSH Leadership Team Director of University Outreach Allison Tyra is the founder and manager of Infinite Women, and host of the weekly podcast. Any biographies on the site not attributed to other sources were written by Allison. Infinite Women is a reflection of both her background in journalism and her career in non-profit marketing. Allison is also the author of Uncredited (Rising Action, 2025), which explores the ways women go unacknowledged for their work and achievements, both historically and today. Co-Director of Oral History Projects Geneva Williams is an undergraduate studying Political Science and Women's & Gender Studies at the University of Michigan. She is passionate about social justice advocacy, civic action, and K-16 education, and is interested in pursuing fields of higher education and public service. University Outreach Hannah Cevasco studied Computational Biology and Global Health at Yale and is now a PhD student at MIT. She loves women's history and reading historical fiction books. Annabelle Williams, high school student Digital Curriculum Design coined the term "WAPUSH" Co-Director of Oral History Projects Madison Verner is majoring in Political Science, Mathematics, and Psychology with a minor in Child Studies and Human Development at Tufts University. She loves theater, women’s political history, Chinese foreign policy, and tutoring women and people of color in mathematics to increase diversity in STEM fields.

  • Support for AP US Women's History (WAPUSH)

    A list of public support for the creation of an AP US Women's History course Support for AP U.S. Women's History “Providing high school students across the country with more opportunities to learn about the critical contributions and historical impact of women is inspiring, and the commitment shown by Serene Williams, Kristen Kelly, and their team of students to raise support for the development of an AP course in the field of Women’s Studies is exciting." --The College Board, March 2024 "At the Alice Paul Institute, we know that recognizing women’s contributions is not only a matter of historical accuracy, but also an imperative step towards fostering inclusivity, equality, and empowering future generations. We overwhelmingly support the work of Kristen Kelly and Serene Williams in their fight for the creation of an AP U.S. Women’s History course which would effectively validate women’s experiences and accomplishments in helping to shape this nation." --Alice Paul Institute "Taking an A.P. history course in high school put me on a path to becoming a historian, even though there was no women's history for me to study in the 1960s. Now that women's history is flourishing, I strongly support the creation of an A.P. history course in that field so that students will have the chance to learn first hand about this vitally important topic." --Historian Susan Ware "The consideration of a proposal for an advanced placement text in U.S. Women’s History is a wonderful development. It is important to realize that women’s history is not separate but an avenue into U.S. history in all its variety and change. This was the principle with which myself and my co-authors have written Through Women’s Eyes , which is subtitled An American History with Documents. As this suggests it is also designed to give students hands-on experience with doing history, by reading, interpreting and contextualizing visual and literary documents coming directly from the past. Stimulating young students’ interest in our nation’s past is crucial to the development of their citizenship." --Historian Ellen DuBois "Learning about Women's History is empowering for both young women and boys. I have taught a women's History course, and the students were inspired and thrilled to be learning whose shoulders they stand on!" --Filmmaker Martha Wheelock "On behalf of the National Women’s History Alliance, I am writing to express our enthusiastic support for your campaign to establish an Advanced Placement U.S. Women’s History course. Your initiative to broaden the scope of historical education in high schools is both commendable and essential...This initiative aligns perfectly with the mission of the National Women’s History Alliance to recognize and celebrate the diverse and profound achievements of women throughout history. The momentum you have gained, including media attention and encouragement from the College Board, speaks volumes about the importance and timeliness of this course. By incorporating U.S. Women’s History into the AP curriculum, you are not only fostering historical accuracy but also promoting inclusivity and equality, which are critical for empowering future generations." --National Women's History Alliance In addition to support above, this campaign is supported by thousands of people including historians Dr. Wendy Rouse , Dr. Bonnie Morris, Dr. Lillian Faderman and Dr. Estelle Freedman

  • Teacher Mentorship

    An essay by Kristen Kelly and Serene Williams about the importance of teacher mentors Intergenerational Mentorship Among Educators As high school teachers with extensive experience teaching a wide variety of social science and religious studies courses, we know how essential it is to good teaching that one finds inspiring mentors. We have been co-teaching about women’s history for nearly a decade and have created a campaign to petition the College Board for an advanced placement (AP) U.S. Women’s History course. The success of this campaign has been directly influenced by colleagues we have worked with to improve our craft and nurture our scholarly interests outside of the classroom. We have been fortunate to have been mentored by two extraordinary women educators, Sr. Fran Tobin and Sue Beltramo, and would like to acknowledge their enormous impact on our growing campaign for a college level women’s history course in high school. We have both been deeply inspired by the work of Sr. Fran Tobin, RSCJ. A courageous advocate for women’s rights, Sr. Tobin worked as an immigration lawyer, educator, and social justice advocate for trafficked women throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Our partnership with Sr. Tobin to co-host women’s group conversations for students, teachers and retired educators taught us how secular and lay women can work together to further knowledge about women’s history. Sr. Tobin’s lifelong love of learning has been a constant source of inspiration. Kristen & Serene with Sr. Fran Tobin, RSCJ Kristen Kelly, Sue Beltramo and Serene Williams celebrating Sue’s retirement Another teacher hero of ours is Sue Beltramo, a beloved high school English teacher who consistently and fearlessly challenged students to do their best work in her classroom. Throughout her incredible teaching career, Sue mentored countless students and colleagues and for two decades was a widely respected leader of our inclusive multigenerational Women’s Group. As Sue Beltramo and Sr. Fran Tobin so brilliantly taught us, opportunities for intergenerational partnership in education abound. They have modeled for us the importance of ensuring that high school students learn a complete history of the women’s rights movement throughout all time periods in American history. Teacher mentorship that nurtures one's knowledge and love of women’s history is essential to educating the next generation. At a time where accessing inclusive education is more important than ever, we encourage educators from diverse generational backgrounds to partner together to make sure students can analyze accurate historical evidence and study women's political activism seriously. Students are the ones who will take this inclusive knowledge with them to college and the workforce where we know it will help them work towards a more equitable world.

  • Women & the U.S. Constitution by Women's History in High School

    Resources for teaching about women and the U.S. Constitution from Women's History in High School Preamble “We the people” Women are recognized as “persons” based on the interpretations of the 14th Amendment Article I Section 8 (enumerated powers) Congressional authority to regulate abortion based on commerce clause and the spending clause Article II Article II uses “he/his” pronouns to refer to the president in the following sections Section I: “He shall hold Office during the Term of four years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows…” “The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.” “Before he shall enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:--I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Section II: “The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the MIlitia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.” Section III: “He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.” Article IV: Full Faith and Credit Clause: Relevant to marriage and divorce state laws Privileges and Immunities Clause: Article IV, Section 2 4th Amendment: Relevant to women’s physical safety “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated…” 14th Amendment: Section 1: Clause: Privileges & Immunities Equal Protection Clause: Most important constitutional clause to protect women’s rights & LGBTQ+ rights. Source of intermediate scrutiny for sex discrimination Due Process: right to privacy established in Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) Cases: Roe v. Wade (1973) (abortion rights), Maher v. Roe (1977) (no public funding for abortions not medically necessary), Harris v. McRae (1980) (upheld the Hyde Amendment) Section 5: Clause: Congressional enforcement Could be used to uphold congressional power to regulate abortion Supreme Court Cases: Minor v. Happersett (1875) : The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the privileges & immunities clause did not protect women’s right to vote Slaughterhouse Cases (1873) : Privileges & immunities clause is limited to federal citizenship and does not protect individual or state level rights 19th Amendment: Cases: Adkins v. Children's Hospital (1923) : Minimum wage laws for working women are unconstitutional Clauses: “...as the twentieth century unfolded, federal courts expanded women’s political and civil rights, but they did so on the basis of the Fourteenth Amendment, rather than the Nineteenth Amendment. The Nineteenth Amendment became somewhat of a constitutional orphan in American jurisprudence, rarely interpreted or cited as foundational to the court’s analysis of underlying constitutional doctrine.” (Paula A. Monopoli, Constitutional Orphan: Gender Equality and the Nineteenth Amendment, page. 146) Legal interpretations “Thin and Thick Conceptions of the Nineteenth Amendment Right to Vote and Congress’s Power to Enforce It” by Richard L. Hasen and Leah M. Litman “She The People: The Nineteenth Amendment, Sex Equality, Federalism, and The Family” by Reva B. Siegel Legal Concepts: Substantive due process: Lochner v. New York (1905) : Struck down a law in New York that limited the hours bakery employees could work Books by Women About the U.S. Constitution Becker, Mary, Cynthia Grant Bowman, and Morrison Torrey. Cases and Materials on Feminist Jurisprudence: Taking Women Seriously. West Pub., 1994. Bridges, Khiara M. The Poverty of Privacy Rights. Stanford, CA: Stanford Law Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2017. DeWolf, Rebecca. Gendered Citizenship: The Original Conflict over the Equal Rights Amendment, 1920-1963. University of Nebraska Press, 2021. Monopoli., Paula A. Constitutional Orphan: Gender Equality and the Nineteenth Amendment: Oxford University Press, 2020. Paul, Alice. "Conversations with Alice Paul: Woman Suffrage and the Equal Rights Amendment." Interview by Amelia Frye. Suffragists Oral History Project. Last modified 1976. Accessed April 15, 2022. https://oac.cdlib.org/view?docId=kt6f59n89c&doc.view=entire_text. Roberts, Dorothy E. Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty. 2nd ed. New York: Vintage, 1999. Sneider, Allison L. Suffragists in an Imperial Age: U.S. Expansion and the Woman Question : 1870-1929. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2008. Suk, Julie Chi-hye. After Misogyny: How the Law Fails Women and What to Do about It. University of California Press, 2023. Women are not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution which means it can take additional work to explain to students how they are constitutionally protected and how the Constitution is gendered. Below is a list of constitutional clauses and Supreme Court cases that have a direct impact on women & constitutionalism.

  • Women's Liberation Second Wave of Feminism | Women's History in High School

    A list of resources for learning about the women's liberation movement and the second wave of feminism in world history Women's Liberation Movement & the Second Wave of Feminism 1960s Annie Jiagge (Ghana) 1970s Movimiento Nacional de Mujeres (National Women’s Movement-Mexico) Magaly Pineda (Dominican Republic) Fatima Mernissi , a founder of Islamic feminism (Morocco) Elizabeth Reid (Australia) State feminism (Arab world) 1975 International Women’s Year Conference (Mexico City) World Plan of Action Domitila and the Housewives Committee Attendees included Betty Friedan, Jehan Sadat (Egypt), Germaine Greer (Australia), Valentina Tereshkova (USSR), Leah Rabin (Israel) and Bella Abzug Women’s Ordination Conference founded

  • WAPUSH Wednesday Project

    A series of biographies of women from the AP U.S. Women's History (WAPUSH) course proposal WAPUSH Wednesday The WAPUSH Wednesday Series seeks to showcase the work of notable women, both past and present. Each week we will publish a biography or transcribed interview on these women and their contributions to politics, science, and more. This page is maintained by Clara Robinson Alice Paul Maria Stewart Katherine Morey Agnes Morey Mary Lee Sargent Zoe Nicholson

  • NWP Biographies | Teach WAPUSH

    Short biographies of important members of the National Woman's Party Researching the National Woman's Party Resources for K-12 students to learn more about members of the National Woman's Party. This page is a work in progress and more biographies are coming soon. Get to know... Agnes Morey Agnes Morey was a suffragist and leading member of the National Woman’s Party from Massachusetts. In 1919, she protested in Boston when Woodrow Wilson came to visit her hometown. After the ratification of the 19th Amendment, Morey participated in a “prison special” campaign where she toured different parts of the United States wearing the clothes she wore in prison. In 1923, Morey presided over the introduction of the Equal Rights Amendment presented in Seneca Falls. Get to know... Katherine Morey Katherine Morey was a founding member of the Congressional Union for Women’s Suffrage and an early member of the National Woman’s Party. She played an important role in securing the right to vote with the 19th Amendment and was sent to prison for protesting during World War I. Morey was a leader of the NWP in the state of Massachusetts and remained active in fighting for women’s right to vote after the passage of the 19th Amendment. She was a supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment and equal pay for women. Get to know... Crystal Eastman Bio coming soon! Get to know... Vida Milholland Bio coming soon!

  • Women in World History Research Topics | Women's History in High School

    A list of topics for high school students to research women in world history World History Research Topics Looking for a lesser known story about women in world history to research? Check out the list below... Ancient World Pre-500 BCE Read More > Classical & Postclassical Eras 500 BCE-1500 CE Read More > Early Modern ERA 1500s-1700s Read More > Atlantic Revolutions 1700s-1800s Read More > Long 19th Century 1800-1914 Read More > Transnational Suffrage 20th century Read More > World Wars & Decolonization Read More > Women's Liberation/ 2nd Wave Feminism Read More > Modern Women's Issues Read More > Want to learn more? Check out these books: Eltahawy, Mona. Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2016. Marino, Katherine M. Feminism for the Americas: The Making of an International Human Rights Movement. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2019. Morgan, Robin. Sisterhood Is Global: The International Women's Movement Anthology. New York: Feminist Press, 1996. Moynagh, Maureen and Nancy Forestell, Documenting First Wave Feminisms, Volume 1 & 2. University of Toronto Press, 2015 Smith, Bonnie G. Women's History in Global Perspective: Vol. 1, 2 & 3. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 2004-2005. Sneider, Allison L. Suffragists in an Imperial Age: U.S. Expansion and the Woman Question : 1870-1929. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2008. Weiss, Penny A., and Megan Brueske. Feminist Manifestos: A Global Documentary Reader. New York: New York University Press, 2018.

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