2012 National Women’s History Month Theme:
Women’s Education – Women’s Empowerment
The equal opportunity to learn, taken for grated by most young women today, owes much to Title IX of the Education Codes of the Higher Education Act Amendments.
This legislation, passed in 1972 and enacted in 1977, prohibited gender discrimination
by federally funded institutions. It has become the primary tool for women’s fuller
participation in all aspects of education from scholarships, to facilities, to classes
formerly closed to women. Indeed, it transformed the education landscape of the
United States within the span of a generation.
(Quote from the National Women's History Project. Read more at nwhp.org/2012theme.)
It is the 40th anniversary of the passage of Title IX. For more information on Title IX, read about its history here.
You can read a short biography of each of these outstanding women by picking up a brochure from the Women's History Month display on the table near the entrance to Fogelson Library. (You can also read about them at http://www.nwhp.org/whm/honorees2012.php). Browse our selection of library materials on the subject of women and education included in the display. Don't forget: all display items from the library's collection are available for checkout!
This March for Women's History Month, fogelsonblog will profile a series of women artists and teachers. Keep checking back this month to learn about a writer, a visual artist, a musician, an actor, and a photographer who have a strong commitment to education.
(Quote from the National Women's History Project. Read more at nwhp.org/2012theme.)
It is the 40th anniversary of the passage of Title IX. For more information on Title IX, read about its history here.
The National Women's History Project 2012 honorees are six women who are educational pioneers. They are:
Emma Hart Willard (1787-1870), Women Higher Education Pioneer;
Charlotte Forten Grimke (1837-1914), Freedman Bureau Educator;
Annie Sullivan (1866-1936, Disability Education Architect;
Gracia Molina de Pick (b. 1929), Feminist Educational Reformer;
Okolo Rashid (b.1949), Community Development Activist & Historical Preservation Advocate;
Brenda Flyswithhawks (b. 1950), American Indian Advocate and Educator.
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You can read a short biography of each of these outstanding women by picking up a brochure from the Women's History Month display on the table near the entrance to Fogelson Library. (You can also read about them at http://www.nwhp.org/whm/honorees2012.php). Browse our selection of library materials on the subject of women and education included in the display. Don't forget: all display items from the library's collection are available for checkout!
This March for Women's History Month, fogelsonblog will profile a series of women artists and teachers. Keep checking back this month to learn about a writer, a visual artist, a musician, an actor, and a photographer who have a strong commitment to education.
