Women’s History Month

We Can Do It! A World War II poster depicting ‘Rosie the Riveter’. Poster by J. Howard Miller. ca 1942. Office for Emergency Management. War Production Board. (01/1942 - 11/03/1945). Series: War Production Board, compiled 1942 - 1943. Record group: Record Group 179: Records of the War Production Board, 1918 - 1947

Welcome to the In the Know March topic, Women’s History Month. You may wish to take a look at other grade spans and recommend articles to students that are below or above their grade’s reading level.

Grades K-1  will look at important women in United States History.

Grades 2-3  look at the story behind the iconic image of Rosie the Riveter.

Grades 4-5  examine what happened to the Equal Rights Amendment and ask whether one is needed today.

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Photo Credit: (l)National Archives and Records Administration (NWDNS-179-WP-1563), (r)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection, [LC-DIG-fsac-1a35371]