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TEDed

Watch beautiful cartoon lessons

• Cleopatra
• Hatshepsut 
• Sacajawea ​
• Harriet Tubman 
• Frida Kahlo
• Ida B. Wells
• Marie Curie 
• Title IX
• Suffragette Movement 
• Female Explorers 
• The Murder of Alexandria's Greatest Scholar 
• Most Successful Pirate of all Time 
• A Day in the Life of a Mongolian Queen 
• Where does the word 'lady" come from? 
• WWII's Surprising Secret Agent 

History Chicks 

Listen to a Podcast dedicated to "herstory"

• Episode 16: Mary Wollstonecraft
• Episode 16A: Mary Shelley 
• Episode 18: Ella Fitzgerald 
• Episode 26: Rosa Parks 
• Episode 34: Josephine Baker P1
• Episode 34: Josephine Baker P2
• Episode 35: Elizabeth Cady Stanton 
• Episode 41: Bessie Coleman 
• Episode 89: Marie Laveau 
• Episode 96: Sojourner Truth
• Episode 97: Queen Lili'uokalani 
• Episode 98: Coco Chanel 
• Episode 103: Ada Lovelace 
• Episode 105: Dowager Empress Cixi of China
• Episode 108: The Statue of Liberty 

StoryCorps

Listen to real stories from regular people ​

• The Icing on the Cake 
• ​Stacy Thedans Lost Her Sister on 9-11
• Sister Vincent Cecire Loves the Dodgers 
• Pilot, Wally Funk
• A Family of Female Doctors 
• Olivia J. Hooker, the First Black Woman in the Coast Guard 
• Teenage Romance Rekindled 
• Michelle Obama Portraitist Artist Amy Sherald 
• Mi Abuela Panchita 
• Alicia Beltran-Castaneda and Serena Castaneda 
• Oldest Female BMX Rider
• Silvia's Legacy 
• The Bookmobile
• Chloe Longfellow 
• A Certain Kind of Love 

SmartHistory: Norman Rockwell's Rosie the Riveter 

Smarthistory is the most visited art history resource in the world. They are the official provider of art history for khanacademy.org, and support AP art history and A-level curriculum. Smarthistory supports students, instructors, and lifelong learners everywhere.

More Resources 

Useful resources for further research

• National Women's History Alliance​
• MAKERS ​
• Digital Public Library of America
• Digital Scholarship Initiative: Discovery Women's History Online 
• Infoplease: Notable Speeches and Addresses by US Women 1949 to Present ​
• Smithsonian Education: Women's History Month 
• Teacher Vision: Women's History Month Resources
• Zinn Education Project: Women's History Month Resources

Lessons and articles for active participants in a diverse democracy

• Celebrating Women's History Month
• The Trouble with Women's History Month 
• Susan B. Anthony Lesson
• Audre Lorde Poster 
• Frida Kahlo Poster
• Teach About Native American Women Leaders 
• Hidden Figures in Women's History: Cathay Williams, Buffalo Soldier
• Transgender Youth Activist Hazel Edwards
• "Ain't I a Woman" by Sojourner Truth
• Poem: Raised by Women

Story Corps Oral History Project 

StoryCorps is an American non-profit organization whose mission is to record, preserve, and share the stories of Americans from all backgrounds and beliefs.