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The Struggle for Women's Rights in 2008+
March is Women's History Month, with March 8th designated International Women's Day. March 22, 1972 is the date of
the failed Women's Equal Rights Amendment. Although Congress approved the amendment, it failed to receive the
approval of the 38 required states necessary to add it to the Constitution.
The new millennium has witnessed a significant change and attitudinal shift in both women's and society's thoughts
about women's equality and emancipation. Many from a younger generation feel that 'all the battles have been won for
women' while many feminists from the 1970's know only too well the longevity and ingrained complexity of patriarchy.
With more women in the boardroom, greater equality in legislative rights, and an increased critical mass of women's
visibility as impressive role models in every aspect of life, one could think that women have gained true equality.
The unfortunate fact is that women still don't receive pay that is equal to their male counterparts, and are still not
present in equal numbers in business or politics. Globally speaking, women's opportunities in the areas of education,
health, justice, and career choice are woefully lacking in underdeveloped countries.
However, substantial progress has occurred since the Women's Suffrage Amendment in 1920 and the civil rights
movement of the '60s and '70s. Today, we have women as CEOs of major corporations, female astronauts, presidents
of major universities, governors, and Congressional leaders. And for the first time in history, a woman, Hillary Clinton,
has a great chance to become the next president of the United States.
Activity
Students can learn more about the struggle for women's rights, both in America and the rest of the world,
using a special model BookCart created by ProQuest: "Women's History
--Struggle for Rights."
The BookCart includes examples of essential questions for critical thinking that motivate and guide students to do more
than find and regurgitate facts. You can create additional questions when appropriate. You can also add student
directions, correlated print resources, and a QuizCart to make each of these BookCarts a complete lesson plan.
To learn more about lesson planning with BookCarts, click here.
Pathfinder:
- Open the eLibrary Teacher Edition.
- Click BookCart Admin link at the top right, then click the ProQuest Carts tab.
- Click the folder "SS--U.S. History."
- Type "women" in the Search box.
- Click the Copy icon to the right of "Women's History--Struggle for Rights."
- Click Return to My Local Carts.
This BookCart can be easily edited for the most effective use in your collection:
- Click the BookCart Title that will have "Copy of" as its prefix to open BookCart Editor.
- Delete "Copy of" in the Title.
- Type your name in the Author boxes.
- Scroll down and click the Save button at bottom, then return to My Local Carts.
Assign students a report of 150-200 words that cites at least three resources. Alternatively, assign a two to three
minute PowerPoint report.
Students can address essential questions directly using our new ProQuest models for reports and presentations (see Curriculum Builders and Learning with PowerPoint.)
Read more about how Carolyn built easy curriculum resources with eLibrary BookCarts...
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