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 classrooms 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 the award-winning 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, Antonia Pantoja, Greta Thunberg, Barbara Jordan, Malala Yousafzai, Abigail Adams, Susan B. Anthony, Maya Lin, and more. Learn360 subscribers: Log in today to check it out!
Other titles you’ll find (titles appear on all platforms unless otherwise noted; some of these titles contain mature themes or content—viewer discretion is advised):
- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg in Conversation with Bill Moyers (2020, Doctoroff Media Group, Item #283736; available in the United States and Canada on Films On Demand, Access Video On Demand, and Classroom Video On Demand)
- The Vote series (2020, PBS, Item #215269; available on Films On Demand, Access Video, and Classroom Video)
- IMPACT with Gal Gadot Series (2021, National Geographic, Item #283882; available in the United States and Canada)
- The Janes (2022, HBO®, Item #283436; available in the United States and Canada on Films On Demand and Access Video)
- Untold: Women and the American Story series (2021, Makematic, Item #274367)
- From Women’s Suffrage to the ERA, a Century-Long Push for Equality (2020, Retro Report, Item #281626; available on Films On Demand, Access Video, and Classroom Video)
- Donyale Luna: Supermodel (2023, HBO, Item #292026; available in the United States and Canada on Films On Demand and Access Video)
- History Shorts: Women’s History Month and the Russian Revolution (2020, A+E, Item #281206; available on Films On Demand and Access Video)
- Sandra Day O’Connor: The First (2021, PBS, Item #274563; available on Films On Demand and Access Video)
- How Black Women Fought Racism and Sexism for the Right to Vote (2020, Retro Report, Item #281625; available on Films On Demand, Access Video, and Classroom Video)
- Daring Women Doctors (2020, PBS, Item #273551; available in the United States and Canada on Films On Demand, Access Video, and Learn360)
- Not Done: Women Remaking America (2020, PBS, Item #280733; available on Films On Demand)
- TEDTalks: Cecile Richards—The Political Progress Women Have Made, and What’s Next (2019, TED Talks, Item #209606; available in the United States and Canada on Films On Demand and Access Video)
- The Woman Suffrage Procession (2021, Makematic, Item #277173; available on Learn360)
- International Women’s Day (2020, ClickView Pty Limited, Item #238638; available on Learn360 worldwide except the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand)
- 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
All five of Infobase’s history resources, including American History, African-American History, and American Indian History, have a Featured People slider on the home page 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.
In addition, 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.
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.
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 dates of birth and death, 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
- Grace Murray Hopper
- Lynn Margulis
- Barbara McClintock
- Margaret Mead
- Ellen Ochoa
- And more!
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 Mary Cassatt, Coco Chanel, Maya Lin, and Dorothea Lange
- Athletes: including Florence Griffith-Joyner, Laila Ali, Danica Patrick, and Venus and Serena Williams
- Entertainers: including Marian Anderson, Jennifer Lawrence, Janelle Monáe, and Sandra Oh
- Explorers, Astronauts & Adventurers: including Nellie Bly, Amelia Earhart, Mae Jemison, and Sacagawea
- Leaders of America: including Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Helen Keller, Michelle Obama, and Harriet Tubman
- 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, and Ursula K. Le Guin
- 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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