Honor women who helped to shape our world. Create a place for great leaders at history’s table.
Why were the Western states the first in the nation to grant full voting rights for women?
What attitudes and beliefs obstructed the progress of the Women’s Rights Movement in its formative years? What primary sources can help reveal these attitudes and beliefs?
In this lesson, students explore the role and impact of recent First Ladies through research and family interviews, then work in groups to present a documentary portrait to the class.
At the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
* Explain the contributions of WASPs to the war effort.
* Show how women were portrayed in World War II posters (and newsreels).
* Compare and contrast those portrayals with personal recollections of the