Honor Women’s History With Infobase

Every year, the month of March is dedicated to the celebration and study of the vital roles that women have played in American history. We at Infobase are celebrating, too, by highlighting some of the women’s history content in our database, streaming video, and eBook products that you, staff, and students can use in your classes and libraries.

Watch Videos about Empowered Women of the Past and Present

Each of Infobase’s streaming video collections—Films On Demand for colleges and universities, Access Video On Demand for public libraries, Classroom Video On Demand for secondary schools, and Learn360 for K–12 schools and districts—contains a wide range of videos designed to educate, inform, and inspire viewers with stories of the women past and present who are making a difference in this world. Here are just some of the videos you’ll find on these platforms that can help. (We have included searchable item numbers for each title for your convenience.)

Learn360’s Influential Women Topic Center

The award-winning Learn360 has an entire Topic Center about influential women. Found in the Social Studies category, the Learn360 Influential Women Topic Center features editorially selected videos, printables, and interactive content on remarkable women in history and today for grades 3–12. Learn about Amelia Earhardt, Rosa Parks, Barbara Jordan, Antonia Pantoja, Greta Thunberg, Malala Yousafzai, Abigail Adams, Susan B. Anthony, Maya Lin, and more. Learn360 subscribers: Log in today to check it out!

Women’s History Titles You’ll Find on Our Streaming Video Platforms

(Not all titles are available on all platforms or in all countries; some of these titles contain mature themes or content—viewer discretion is advised.)

Story of Her (2022, Filmhub, Item #291213)
First Ladies (Untold: The White House Historical Association) (2024, Makematic, Item #294662)
The Vote series (2020, PBS, Item #215269)
IMPACT with Gal Gadot Series (2021, National Geographic, Item #283882)
Untold: Women and the American Story series (2021, Makematic, Item #274367)
History Shorts: Women’s History Month and the Russian Revolution (2020, A+E, Item #281206)
Fly with Me (2024, PBS, Item #292648)
Black Women & WWII: The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion (Women in the Military) (2023, El Dorado Films, LLC, Item #296330)
Rebel Girls series (2024, Makematic, Item #294753)
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg in Conversation with Bill Moyers (2020, Doctoroff Media Group, Item #283736)
Eleanor Roosevelt (DK – 100 People Who Made History) (2024, Makematic, Item #295263)
Donyale Luna: Supermodel (2023, HBO®, Item #292026)
Groundbreakers (2023, PBS, Item #293015)
From Women’s Suffrage to the ERA, a Century-Long Push for Equality (2020, Retro Report, Item #281626)
The Janes (2022, HBO, Item #283436)
And more!

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Celebrate Great Women with the Best in Reference

Representation matters, and a key way to inspire women to tackle previously male-dominated roles and careers is to introduce them to the trailblazers that preceded them, whether in politics, science and medicine, or any other area. Infobase’s databases feature a remarkable number of biographies and biographical articles that are guaranteed to give your female students someone to look up to. Check out the following:

Infobase’s History Resources

American History has an entire Topic Center covering American women’s history, bringing together articles, shareable slideshows, videos, primary sources, and more—an ideal starting point for research.

In addition, all five of Infobase’s history resources, including American History, African-American History, and American Indian History, have a Featured People slider on the homepage that includes helpful lists of award-winning writers, First Ladies, Supreme Court justices, civil rights activists, political leaders, Harlem Renaissance figures, major musicians, and more! Each list includes dates of birth and death, a brief descriptor of the person’s achievements, and a link to relevant search results.

Bloom’s Literature

Bloom’s Literature features a wealth of content on the finest contemporary and classic women storytellers, including reference essays, scholarly criticism, overviews of their works, essay topics, images, and videos. Many Author pages also feature links to the full text of the author’s major works, as well as How to Write About articles that include specific, student-friendly guidance on how to write good essays on these authors.

Some of the authors featured include:

Maya Angelou
Kate Chopin
Emily Dickinson
Zora Neale Hurston
Harper Lee
Toni Morrison
Sylvia Plath
Amy Tan
And more.

In addition, Bloom’s Literature features interviews and profiles from Publishers Weekly on contemporary female authors including N.K. Jemisin, Ann Patchett, Jacqueline Woodson, and many others.

Science Online

Looking for information on female scientists in history and other notable women in STEM? The award-winning Science Online includes a helpful list of women scientists with a brief descriptor of the person’s achievements and a link to relevant search results. The scientists covered include:

Virginia Apgar
Cynthia Breazeal
Annie Jump Cannon
Rachel Carson
Dian Fossey
Andrea Ghez
Grace Murray Hopper
Lynn Margulis
Barbara McClintock
Margaret Mead
Ellen Ochoa
And more!

The World Almanac® for Kids

Middle school students can find many biographies of notable women in The World Almanac® for Kids. These biographies include hundreds of book-length biographies plus short bullet biographies that present up-to-date facts about notable people in a format that is easy for young researchers to follow and entertaining for them to read. The biographies are organized by profession, including:

Artists, Architects & Designers: including Coco Chanel, Maya Lin, Dorothea Lange, Frida Kahlo, and Stella McCartney
Athletes: including Laila Ali, Danica Patrick, Venus and Serena Williams, Simone Biles, Marta Vieira da Silva, Coco Gauff, and Katie Ledecky
Entertainers: including Marian Anderson, Janelle Monáe, Sandra Oh, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Billie Eilish, Selena Gomez, Alicia Keys, and Zendaya
Explorers, Astronauts & Adventurers: including Nellie Bly, Amelia Earhart, Mae Jemison, Sacagawea, and Bessie Coleman
Leaders of America: including Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Helen Keller, Michelle Obama, Harriet Tubman, Eleanor Holmes Norton, and Kamala Harris
Scientists, Inventors & Mathematicians: including Eugenie Clark, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Chien-Shiung Wu
Writers, Poets & Journalists: including Maya Angelou, Judy Blume, Zora Neale Hurston, Ursula K. Le Guin, Amanda Gorman, and Shonda Rhimes
And more!

Students looking specifically for biographies of notable multicultural figures can also find them under “Multicultural” as well as under their professions.

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Acclaimed Reference Content on Gender and Women’s Studies

For students at the university level, Credo Essentials Collections offer access to award-winning, notable, and peer-acclaimed reference content. The titles found in the Gender and Women’s Studies Essentials Collection will help shape users’ understanding of the evolution of gender roles and expressions of identity over time and in recent years, with notable and award-winning content from Rutgers University Press, Hodder & Stoughton, SAGE Publications, and more.

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Honor Women’s History with Infobase