On March 3, 1913 (100 years ago!), about 5,000 suffragettes descended on Washington D.C. in a march to advocate for women's rights.
Suffragette - a woman who advocates suffrage for women
Suffrage - the right of voting
Do you do any activities in the library for Women's History Month? Or do any of your classroom teachers do Women's History activities and use you and the library as an information resource for their activities?
I have a display of Amazing Women. I always try to mix non-fiction with picture books and fiction so there is a variety to choose from. Trying to help the kids realize content "interconnectedness". :)
ReplyDeleteI thought the other librarians would be all over this. I must admit, I don't do any special about this month. I try to ballance all gender, race, and religion issues all year - though I do tie things to spcific holidays such as MLK jr.'s Birthday, President's day, etc.. But when we do research on famous Americans, I have tried to include as many women as men on the topic list.I have had teachers come to me for resources about specific women during the month, but no more than for other months.
ReplyDeleteDo any of you have any recommendations of books, or activities?
We are adding to our book collection about amazing women. We highlight the fantastic contributions women make for a better world.
ReplyDeleteThe topic makes me want to do a display case. I have many books about women like Latino women in science, famous women writers, etc. I am on it. I have a little suffrage story that has nothing to do with voting. There is a Paul McCartney song, "Jet" that I was listening to one day. I didn't know the lyrics but i thought I heard women suffragette. I thought that makes no sense. Well, it was the word and it makes no sense. Here is a sample. "...And jet, I thought the major
ReplyDeleteWas a lady suffragette.
Jet! jet!"
Jill,
ReplyDeleteMaybe this will help explain the reference to "Suffagette"
"Jett" review by Stewart Mason
"Completing the one-two punch at the outset of Band on the Run, "Jet" is easily Paul McCartney's most effective rocker since "Helter Skelter." .... It even has a lyric that's nearly as obscure as some of Bolan's stream-of-consciousness babble; the knowledge that, like "Martha My Dear," "Jet" was named after one of Paul's beloved dogs doesn't come close to illuminating lines like "I thought that the major was a little lady suffragette." (Helpful hint: suffragettes tend not to like being called "little lady.") Regardless, "Jet" has a rock & roll kick that transcends such niceties as meaning and sense. Plus it's fun to sing along to in the car."
BUT -
from Wilipedia (Did I just say that?)...
"....Reviewers have reported that the subject of the song is McCartney's Labrador Retriever dog named "Jet".[1][7] However, in a 2010 interview on the UK television channel ITV1 for the program Wings: Band on the Run (to promote the November 2010 CD/DVD re-release of the album) McCartney explained that Jet was the name of a pony he had owned, although many of the lyrics bore little relation to the subject."
So it seems the meaning remains obscured.
I put together a powerpoint of about 50 pictures and blurbs about women who really made a difference in U.S. history, then I have all their biographies available, and share some of the fun ones, like the woman light-house keepers and Nellie Bly...
ReplyDeleteI guess I am a "loser" at this topic. I haven't ever done anything with promoting Women's History Month. Perhaps I should make note and do something next year. I think women are amazing every month, so there you go.
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