Women's History in the United States: (School) • ABC-CLIO

From early trailblazers to suffragists, civil rights activists, political leaders, and cultural icons, women have made a remarkable impact on the course of U.S. history.

Introducing Women’s History in the United States: a digital resource dedicated to helping students examine women’s contributions, perspectives, and challenges from precontact times to the present. With thousands of primary sources, hundreds of biographies, and student activities and research tools to put it all in context, this database offers a unique lens on U.S. history that gives a fuller view of subjects covered in traditional history curriculum. The inclusion of lesson plans and other educator resources make this database an invaluable asset for social studies classrooms.

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Comprehensive coverage of key figures, social and political movements, pivotal events, organizations, and other crucial topics that shape the diverse narratives of women in America
More than 1,500 primary sources including letters, photographs, documents, newspaper clippings, archival video footage, and influential quotes and speeches
Over 700 biographies of women from a wide range of backgrounds and spanning from indigenous "pre-contact" times to present day
Student inquiry activities centering enduring historical questions, each with a related Bell Ringer, full Educator Guide, and correlations to state social studies standards

Exploration and Indigenous North American Cultures, Precontact-1607 • Creation and Cultures: Indigenous North America, Precontact-1607 • Exploration and Early Colonization, 1492-1607	Colonial North America, 1607-1775 • A New Place: Women in the European Colonies, 1607-1732 • Under the Law, 1607-1775 • Colonial Women’s Lives: Making a Home, 1680s-1775	Revolution and Early Republic, 1776-1830 • The American Revolution, 1760s-1781 • Life for Women, 1770s-1830s
Pre-Civil War Era, 1830-1860 • Life during the Pre-Civil War Era, 1830-1860 • The Fight against Slavery, 1830-1860 • Labor and Industrialization, 1830s-1860	Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877 • The Civil War, 1861-1865 • Life after the War, 1865-1877	Westward Expansion, 1804-1912 • Exploring New Frontiers, 1804-1893 • Native Americans in the West, 1804-1912 •Industrialization, Progress, and Mythmaking, 1870-1912
The Road to Suffrage, 1848-1920 • First Wave Feminism, 1830s-1920	Gilded Age to World War I, 1878-1919 • Women and Reform, 1880s-1919 • New Age for Women, 1880s-1919	From the Roaring Twenties to Rosie the Riveter, 1920-1945 • Breaking New Ground, 1920s-1940s • Women in Politics, 1920-1945 • Economic Struggles, 1929-1941 • World War II, 1941-1945
Shifting Roles in the Early Cold War Era, 1946-1965 • Challenging the Status Quo, 1946-1962 • Postwar Baby Boom and the Ideal Housewife, 1946-1962	Second-wave Feminism, 1963-1989 • Women’s Liberation, 1963-1977 • Progress and Backlash, 1977-1989	Journeying into the 21st Century, 1990s to Present • Shaping “Herstory,” 1990s to 2010s • The Fourth Wave, 2010s to Present

ABC-CLIO Solutions School Editions

Offering effective technology for your library and created specifically for middle and high school students, ABC-CLIO Solutions Schools Edition provides authoritative coverage of essential topics in U.S. history and government, world history, geography, and a range of multicultural and popular culture subjects.

Each online ABC-CLIO Solution includes four innovative components:

A COMPREHENSIVE REFERENCE LIBRARY with content from more than 230,000 primary sources and entries encompassing audio, video, photographs, illustrations, maps, and rich media.

A STANDARDS-BASED CURRICULUM updated daily by a team of subject-specific editorial experts and supported by an extensive range of instructional material.

A DEEP COLLECTION OF MODEL COMMENTARIES from noted scholars that have been specially commissioned to foster critical thinking stimulated by exposure to varying points of view.

AN EDUCATOR SUPPORT CENTER containing valuable professional development tools as well as relevant resources such as discussion points, activities, lesson plans, and research lists.

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