Women & the American Story is a free curriculum guide from the New-York Historical Society. WAMS connects educators with classroom resources that illuminate the contributions of diverse women to the American past. We will launch two units per year until the project is complete in 2022.

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16TH C.

Malitzen

The enslaved Native woman who served as the primary interpreter for Hernan Cortés.

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19TH C.


Functional Fashion


As women engaged in new forms of recreation and exercise, dress adapted to fit their needs.

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18TH C.

COVERTURE

A common law practice where women fall under the legal and economic oversight of their male relatives.

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18TH C.


A female entomologist
sets sail for the
New World.

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20TH C.


Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

 

Madam C.J. Walker became America’s first self-made black female millionaire by building a beauty empire that celebrated and empowered black women.

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TEACHING WOMEN'S HISTORY


The history of sexual violence in the #MeToo era.

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16TH C.


A Nun Challenges the Patriarchy


Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz lays bare the hypocrisy of gender relations in Spanish colonial society.

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19TH C.


Fostering Cultural Understanding through Writing

 

Edith Maude Eaton used her talents as a writer to raise awareness about the unfair treatment of Chinese Americans in the era of Exclusion.

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20TH C.


The National American Woman Suffrage Association’s membership jumped from 13,000 in 1893 to nearly 75,000 in 1910.

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