Women's History Month

When is Women's History Month celebrated in the United States?

• March

• April

• May

• June

Why is it important to learn about women's history?

• To pass time

• To understand the contributions of women

• To improve our knowledge of cooking

• Because it's easier than learning about men's history

Who initiated the celebration of Women's History Month?

• International Women's Organization

• A group of women in New York

• The President of the United States

• A group of educators in Santa Rosa, California

What did President Jimmy Carter do for Women's History Month?

• Created a new law

• Wrote a book about it

• Proclaimed a week in March as National Women's History Week

• Ignored it

TRUE or FALSE: Women's History Month began with some California teachers who created Women's History Week.

• True

• False

Her arrest that launched the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

• Amelia Earhart

• Sally Ride

• Julia Child

• Rosa Parks

Match the following women

• fought for better working conditions for farm workers along with Cesar Chavez

• Sonya Montemayor

• Secretary of State during Obama's presidency

• Dolores Huerta

• First Hispanic Supreme Court Justice

• Sandra Day O'Conner

• Created the "Just Say No' campaign aimed to prevent drug abuse among children

• Hillary Clinton

• First Female Supreme Court Justice

• Nancy Regan

What did women fight for?

• equal rights

• women don't fight

• segregation

• boycott

Women's suffrage means that women...

• have the right to vote

• have the right to go to law school

• have the right to own land

The women's rights movement began when women

• began to believe they were more religious than men.

• learned to read and write.

• joined the Whig Party.

• were frustrated by the limits on their roles in social reform movements.