Welcome to Women in History

1. Welcome to Women in History Revolutionary Heroines Room Westward Women Room Curator’s Office Civil War Room

2. Shae Freitas I have been teaching elementary school for 19 years. I have taught fifth grade for 17 years, fourth grade for 1 year and first grade for 1 year. I love teaching history throughout the curriculum Insert your picture here. Return to Museum Entrance

3. Revolutionary War Heroines Artifact 2.2 Artifact 2.3 Return to Entrance

4. Westward Women Return to Entrance

5. Civil War Heroines Return to Entrance

6. Civil War Doctor Mary Edwards was born into an abolitionist family. She graduated from Syracuse Medical College. She had to volunteer in the Civil War as a surgeon because they would not accept women doctors. Later in life she received the Congressional Medal of Honor. http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t45/maggie6138/maryedwardswalker.jpg Return to Room

7. A women Civil War drummer Most people accepted that the Civil War was a man’s fight. Images of women focused on nurses, spies, and maintaining the home front in the absence of their husband. But, women bore arms and charged into battle. They lived in camp, suffered in prisons, and died for their cause. http://americancivilwar.com/women/women.html Return to Room

8. Pioneer women Many women went out west with their families, as missionaries, and some women even went out on their own to homestead their own claim. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6651/1nhart.gif Return to Room

9. Revolutionary War Woman Many women worked as nurses, spies, messengers, and participated in actual combat during the Revolutionary War. http://www.vcsc.k12.in.us/tcr/liberty/molly.gif Return to Room

10. Sybil Ludington Sybil Ludington helped stop the advancement of the British and gave time for the American militia to organize and resist. She was recognized for her midnight ride as a messenger. Insert artifact here http://images-cdn01.associatedcontent.com/image/A1303/130370/300_130370.jpg Return to Room

11. Phillis Wheatley Phillis Wheatley was kidnapped and sold into slavery. As a companion to her masters wife, she became educated. After the death of her master, she was set free and continued her poetry. Her poetry gave her national acclaim in Europe. http://home.millsaps.edu/mcelvrs/Phyllis_Wheatley.jpg Return to Room

12. Abigail Adams Abigail Adams is known for her extensive letter writing to her husband, John Adams. It was her insightful and communicative nature that described in vivid detail the new nation. She was one of our nations’ first feminists. Insert artifact here http://quotationsbook.com/assets/shared/img/24/461px-Abigail_Adams.jpg Return to Room

13. Molly Pitcher Molly Pitcher first earned her name by bringing pitchers of water to the men on the war front. After her husband was killed in combat, she took his place at the cannon. Insert artifact here http://www.explorepahistory.com/images/ExplorePAHistory-a0a9w9-a_349.jpg Return to Room

14. Elinore Pruitt Stewart Elinore Pruitt Stewart came out west as a single mother and filed a claim to homestead in Wyoming. She began writing of her home-steading adventures and they were published in the Atlantic Monthly Magazine. Insert artifact here http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WWpruitt.jpg Return to Room

15. Elizabeth Blackwell Elizabeth Blackwell was the first women to receive a medical degree in America. She set-up an infirmary in New York for women facing problems who were rejected for internships. She also provided medical care for the poor. Insert artifact here http://library.utmem.edu/exhibits/stamps/StampsLarge/Blackwell.gif Return to Room

16. Sacajawea Sacajawea is a well-known Native American who led Lewis and Clark on their famous expedition to the Pacific Ocean. She was hired to help-in communicating with some of the local Native American Tribes. Insert artifact here http://www.windriverhistory.org/exhibits/sacajawea/images/sacajawea%20guide.jpg Return to Room

17. The Grimke Sisters The Grimke sisters were two early female abolitionists and women’s rights activists. Insert artifact here http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~ulrich/RHE309/vicfembios/sagrimke1.gif Return to Room

18. Harriet Beecher Stowe Harriet Beecher Stowe worked as a teacher and supported her family financially by writing for local religious periodicals. She is best known for her novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Insert artifact here http://www.bethelhistorical.org/H%20Stowe%20photo.jpg Return to Room

19. Elizabeth Cady Stanton Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an American social reformer who led the struggle for woman suffrage, as well as, antislavery rallies. Insert artifact here http://www.constitutioncenter.org/timeline/flash/assets/asset_upload_file556_11985.jpg Return to Room

20. Clara Barton Clara Barton was a Civil War nurse and was the founder of the American Red Cross. She was also the first women to work at the patent Office in Washington in 1854. Insert artifact here http://www.historyplace.com/specials/calendar/docs-pix/clara-barton.jpg Return to Room

21. Dorothea Dix Dorothea Dix became the Union’s Superintendent of Female Nurses during the Civil War. She was a crusader for the improvement for the treatment of metally ill patients and for better prison conditions. Insert artifact here http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~ulrich/femhist/dix.jpg Return to Room