For Women’s History Month, we offer a women’s history booklist and our Women Make History lesson from Putting the Movement Back Into Civil Rights Teaching, which is full of lessons that challenge assumptions and inspire young people to action.
We must counter the Executive Orders which are designed to deny the human rights of women and people of color and erase them from history.
Books about Women’s History and Women’s Lives
In honor of Women’s History Month, each day Social Justice Books features a children’s book we recommend to highlight grassroots women’s history in the United States: Women’s History Month: A Book Every Day. Follow along on our Instagram @sojustbooks.
One of many under-recognized stories of the Civil Rights Movement is the role of women, despite the fact that they were as active and influential as men — if not more so. Women developed strategies, marched in demonstrations, attended mass meetings, registered voters, taught in freedom schools, wrote searing critiques of societal structures, organized boycotts, and risked their lives. What’s more, the participation of women crossed racial and ethnic lines.
Teachers may use this lesson from Putting the Movement Back Into Civil Rights Teaching to introduce students to many women involved in the Civil Rights Movement and other movements for social justice (including five women from outside the United States) — women whose lives and legacies can transform student understanding of leadership and democracy.
Teach Women’s History
For Women’s History Month, we offer a women’s history booklist and our Women Make History lesson from Putting the Movement Back Into Civil Rights Teaching, which is full of lessons that challenge assumptions and inspire young people to action.
We must counter the Executive Orders which are designed to deny the human rights of women and people of color and erase them from history.
Books about Women’s History and Women’s Lives
In honor of Women’s History Month, each day Social Justice Books features a children’s book we recommend to highlight grassroots women’s history in the United States: Women’s History Month: A Book Every Day. Follow along on our Instagram @sojustbooks.
Lesson: Women Make History
One of many under-recognized stories of the Civil Rights Movement is the role of women, despite the fact that they were as active and influential as men — if not more so. Women developed strategies, marched in demonstrations, attended mass meetings, registered voters, taught in freedom schools, wrote searing critiques of societal structures, organized boycotts, and risked their lives. What’s more, the participation of women crossed racial and ethnic lines.
Teachers may use this lesson from Putting the Movement Back Into Civil Rights Teaching to introduce students to many women involved in the Civil Rights Movement and other movements for social justice (including five women from outside the United States) — women whose lives and legacies can transform student understanding of leadership and democracy.
Posted: March 4, 2025