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Women's History Month

Ideas for celebrations and commemorations of Womens History Month, including curriculum guides, activity suggestions, and web sites honoring the month.

About Women's History Month

The story of how Women's History Month came to be established in March in the United States, from Jone Johnson Lewis, About Women's History.

Celebrating Women's History Month

A baker's dozen ideas for celebrating women's history month, from the About Women's History Guide.

Women's History A-Z

This course will take you on a tour of women's history from A to Z -- from Australia, Bella Abzug, and Agnodice, to Zenobia and Babe Didrikson Zaharias. Each issue will introduce a variety of women's history topics. The course sends one issue per day during March or one issue per week for the rest of the year, until the alphabet is complete.

Women's History - Desktop Wallpaper

For Women's History Month or any time of the year, you can easily use one of many pictures on this site as your desktop wallpaper.

Women's History Month: Special

March (October in Canada) is the month for recognizing women throughout history, through conflicts, creation and contributions. About Guides look at where women started, where they are now and where they're going.

Activities for Women's History Month

From Celebrating Women's History: A Women's History Month Resource Book, these activities are suitable mostly for middle school and high school students in a classroom setting.

Women of the Century

A women's history month special from DiscoverySchool.com, featuring 50 women of the 20th century. Includes a timeline and an interactive trivia game "Note the Quote."

Explore Women's History

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