Why Women’s History Month?

Women make up about half the population, but only 1% of history is written about them. This month, SchoolTube will be highlighting women of history to help put a little more balance in that statistic.

Discussion Questions

• Why do you think we learn so little about women in history?
• Is it important to learn more? Why? Why Not?
• What can you do to learn more about women who did great things?

Women Civil Rights Leaders

We have already covered some civil rights leaders that were women. Check out:

• Sojourner Truth
• Claudette Colvin
• Fannie Lou Hamer
• Harriet Tubman
• Rosa Parks

Other Historical Women

We've also covered these awesome women:

• Madam CJ Walker - Inventor and entrepreneur
• Maya Angelou - Poet and author

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