!!WAMS is a free curriculum project providing primary sources, life stories, essays, and learning activities about the myriad and often critical roles women played in shaping United States history.
The story of a writer and newspaper editor who fought for women’s suffrage in the Pacific Northwest.
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These two clay pots illustrate how Zuni women participated in the cultural revival that accompanied the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.
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Jeannette Rankin was the first female member of Congress. She refused to let politics influence her personal beliefs, particularly in regards to peace.
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Stories of the leaders, creators, and changemakers redefining our world, spotlighting how women continue to drive culture, politics, and progress.
Protests Sweep the Nation on No Kings Day
On August 26, 1970, the women of America went on strike. The National Organization for Women (NOW) organized the nationwide event in honor of the 50th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. The group invited women from across a range of activist organizations to overlook their differences and unite for womankind.
Discover Equality Strike →Unions are being Dismantled
For Black women hoping to break out of low-paying jobs like domestic and food services, industrial war work was very attractive. Industry jobs paid higher wages, taught new skills, and offered more regulated hours. However, most factories only hired Black women when white workers were unavailable. Although white women far outnumbered Black women in factory work, many Black women were successful in obtaining these jobs. Training programs through organizations like the National Youth Administration helped open some doors. And many women relocated to cities like Detroit, Seattle, and Baltimore, where demand for workers was higher. Before the war, 9 percent of Black women workers held jobs in industry. By the end of the war, that number had doubled to 18 percent.
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On August 26, 1970, the women of America went on strike. The National Organization for Women (NOW) organized the nationwide event in honor of the 50th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. The group invited women from across a range of activist organizations to overlook their differences and unite for womankind.
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Writer, Editor, Activist. The story of a writer and newspaper editor who fought for women’s suffrage in the Pacific Northwest.
Business owner in New France. The story of a French colonist who established a successful weaving business in New France.
Outspoken congresswoman and women’s rights leader.. This resource is adapted from the New-York Historical Society’s The Vietnam War: 1945-1975 curriculum.
Behind every date, artifact, and decision is a person. A life shaped by circumstance, choice, and courage–contextualizing the past through lives and legacies of women within the social, political, legal, and cultural systems of their times.
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The National Humanities Center advances rigorous scholarship and teacher development, empowering educators to approach American history with depth, context, and inclusivity.
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History.org supports dynamic, evidence-based learning experiences that deepen students’ understanding of early America and the women who shaped it.
