Women's History Gifts - for Yourself, for Others
Women's History Gifts
More ideas for gifts related to women's history. Whether you're making or buying a gift for someone else, or hinting to someone about what you'd like, here are some creative and unusual gift and project ideas for the person interested in women's history.
Before You Buy Women's History Gifts for Girls
You're interested in women's history? Here are some considerations to help you select a gift to pique the interest of a friend, daughter, niece or granddaughter, or to feed her on-going interest in women's lives and women's history.
American First Ladies - Audiobooks - Biographies and Autobiographies
Take women's history for a walk, to the gym, or for a drive: download audiobooks and take women's history with you. These books are all biographies or autobiographies of American First Ladies. An update on the books on tape concept, these books can be downloaded to your computer, then played as you work or uploaded to an MP3 player or burned to a CD.
Audiobooks - Women in Medieval and Renaissance History
Take medieval and Renaissance women's history for a walk, to the gym, or for a drive: download audiobooks and take women's history with you. These books are about key women in medieval and Renaissance history. An update on the books on tape concept, these books can be downloaded to your computer, then played as you work or uploaded to an MP3...
Books - History Mysteries
These excellent books for girls 8-13 each feature a resourceful and courageous heroine facing both everyday problems and issues related to the history of her time. I recommend these as a great way to introduce young readers to women's history. Hardcover or paperback.
Books for Girls 5-9
Girls in this age range are beginning readers, but usually still love a story read to them sometimes too. They're exploring their place in the world, so books that provide role models - real and fantasy - are good choices. Girls at these ages usually like colorful illustrations, touches of humor or surprise, and a mixture of courage and compassion in the heroines.
Books for Girls 8-12
Girls in the preteen years are at an important transition point: they need strong female role models before they enter the years when they question whether girls can be both intelligent and popular. I've listed here some of my favorite women's history books for this age group. Some are collections of short sketches, perfect for the active or...
Books: The Worlds of the American Girls
A summary of the series of books introducing seven time periods in American history. The target age group is 8-12, and each book focuses on the life of girls growing up in that time. Available for Felicity (1774), Josefina (1824), Kirsten (1854), Addy (1864), Samantha (1904) and Molly (1944). Kit (1934) new in 2002.
Cleopatra Gifts
A diverse selection of gifts for someone interested in Cleopatra, the last Pharaoh of Egypt: a recent book, three movies and two documentaries, costumes, posters, the classic Shakespeare drama in book or audio and a collectible doll.
Collectible Barbies
Barbie Dolls are not a politically-correct toy -- her body is like no real woman's and these are more stereotypes than accurate history. You won't find Eleanor Roosevelt Barbie, though you will find Marilyn and Cher. But these may be a young Barbie fan's pathway to an interest in history, or an adult's light-hearted reminder of period fashions...
History Mysteries Boxed Sets
These excellent books for girls 8-13 each feature a resourceful and courageous heroine facing both everyday problems and issues related to the history of her time. I recommend these as a great way to introduce young readers to women's history.
Posters of Goddesses
Choose from among these posters of goddesses, some from Renaissance art, or art deco, or more modern images.
Posters of Women in Jazz
Women's contribution to jazz has been mostly as singers, though a few have also been instrumentalists. If you'd like to give some of the ladies of jazz a place in your home, office or classroom, here are some posters and art prints featuring Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Josephine Baker and -- in a rare treat -- Lil Armstrong, appearing with King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band.
Quotations by Women
General purpose quotation books still leave out most women's voices. Fortunately, if you want to hear women's voices, there are some great quotations books for your bookshelf. Just don't put them too far out of reach -- you'll want them handy when you want to hear a voice of wisdom or just need a few choice words on a topic.
Women Artists: Posters & Prints
Great artists include a number of women, many of whom should be better known than they are. Madonna decorates her home with art by female art deco artist Tamara De Lempicka -- you can find prints and posters of this and many other artists online.
Women's History Audiobooks
Take women's history for a walk, to the gym, or for a drive: download audiobooks and take women's history with you.
Women's History Gifts Beyond Books
More ideas for gifts related to women's history. Whether you're making or buying a gift for someone else, or hinting to someone about what you'd like, here are some creative and unusual gift and project ideas for the person interested in women's history. Quilt pattern, posters, mugs, tote bags, collectibles and more.