Celebrate Women’s History Month
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One of the leaders in the move
ment against child labor.
Harriet Tubman - A conduc
tor on the Underground
Railroad. She helped more than
300 slaves escape to freedom.
Chien-Shiung Wu - Received
the National Science Medal and
the Wolf prize for her research
in experimental physics.
Utako Shimodo - Pioneered
education for Japanese girls and
women.
Dr. Esther Afua Ocloo -
Founder and chair of the
Sustainable End of Hunger
Foundation in her native coun
try of Ghana. She was also the
first woman to receive the
Africa Prize for Leadership
because of her crusade to insure
fair distribution of wealth and
an end to poverty and hunger in
her country.
Chief Bisi Ogunleye - From
Nigeria, she is a leader in the
fight for political and economic
empowerment for women in her
homeland and across the conti
nent. She vs the founder of the
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Sakajawea - Shoshone Native
American woman who served as
guide and interpreter for the
Lewis and Clark expeditions in
1805-6.
Clara Barton - Founder of the
Red Cross.
Maria Montessori - Italian
physician who worked with
mentally disabled children and
adults. She developed a now
famous teaching method where
the instructor serves as a learn
ing guide, not a director.
Christa McAuliffe - Social
Studies teacher who would have
been the first civilian in space
aboard the 1984 Challenger mis
sion.
Elizabeth Blackwell
America’s first physician.
Margaret Sanger
Spearheaded birth control educa
tion for women in the United
States.
Eleanor Roosevelt - Served as
First Lady for 12 years and
played a leading role in securing
the passage of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights.
Mary Katherine Goddard -
Newspaper publisher who print
ed the first copy of the
Declaration of Independence.
Although celebrations of
women’s history often target
students in the public school
systems, the activities are not
limited to this group of learners.
Colleges across the country also
observe the third month of the
year in a variety of special ways,
and PSH is no exception.
On March 22, Patrice Gaines
will present a lecture titled
“Women in Politics” in the
Gallery Lounge. From now until
March 24, the Gallery Lounge
will also host an exhibit by
Martina Johnson-Alien entitled
“A Gathering of Women, A
Healing Place, 1,000
Expressions of Life,” to con
clude the observance of
Women’s History Month.
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