Talk about perseverance! Introduce young historians to Sojourner Truth with a richly detailed lesson plan that includes a video overview of Truth's life, background vocabulary, as well as before and after viewing discussion questions. A...

Meet Simone de Beauvoir, teacher, writer, feminist. Perhaps best known as an existential philosopher, her views on what it means to be a woman upended the post World War II intellectual theatre.

It wasn't easy being a woman, a nun, a poet, and an activist for women's rights in the mid-17th century, especially in Mexico. Juana Ramirez de Asbaje was all the above. Learn more about this amazing woman in a short video that details...

When Betty Friedan published The Feminine Mystique, it was considered a manifesto for women who suffered from the problem that has no name. Clips from authors and historians, as well as the writer herself, help class members consider the...

How does the Constitution protect someone from discrimination at the workplace, in school, or in a public setting? Scholars research United States government and politics to grasp how the law handled sexual discrimination over the...

Do traditional customs of Islam contradict western feminism? Explore this and more using a video summary of Saba Mahmood's Politics of Piety, part of an extensive playlist about the world's greatest ideas. It addresses a common...

Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, published in 1985, remains a timeless and cautionary tale. Naomi Mercer offers a cogent argument for why Atwood's speculative fiction should should be a part of the modern language arts canon.

If you've ever wondered why the majority of historical writers are male rather than female, Virginia Woolf may have an answer for you. A video analysis of A Room of One's Own details Woolf's argument about women's stifled role in...

Listen as Lilian Chen describes her experiences with sexism in the Super Smash Brothers gaming community, and explores topics like bullying, gender imbalance, social dynamics, and feminism.

"There's a special place in hell for women who don't help each other." Listen as former U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright discusses her position as United States ambassador to the United Nations in the Gulf War, and makes a...

What is feminism? Listen as renowned author and activist Isabel Allende champions the cause of passionate individuals, and in particular, women who have gone against the grain and challenged the status quo in order to make the world...

Crash Course Literature 207: Reader, It's Jane Eyre in this [13:12] video series of Crash Course Literature uses lively verbal explanations accompanied by entertaining visuals with a host who provides a multilayered insight into the...

'It's a truly participatory work,' says artist Suzanne Lacy of her performance Silver Action, in which hundreds of women over sixty gathered within the gallery, shared their stories of activism and protest, and drew the audience in. [3:55]

This lesson will discuss the basic feminist ideas, five general principles and distinguish between socialist, radical and liberal feminism. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Feminism."

This lesson will explain the various types of sexual harassment. Feminism will be explained in terms of its contributions to gender inequality and stratification. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Problems in Gender Inequality."

This lesson will explain the various types of sexual harassment. Feminism will be explained in terms of its contributions to gender inequality and stratification. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Problems in Gender Inequality."

This lesson will discuss the basic feminist ideas, five general principles and distinguish between socialist, radical and liberal feminism. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Feminism."