A&E Television
History.com: The Abolitionist Movement
A detailed account of the Abolitionist Movement, and the roles certain men and women took to ensure the liberation of all slaves. Hear of Reverend John Rankin's freedom lantern, William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator and John Brown's...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Us History: The Quakers, the Dutch, and the Ladies
John Green teaches you about some of the colonies that were not in Virginia or Massachusetts. Old New York was once New Amsterdam. Before the English got there though, the colony was full of Dutch people who treated women pretty fairly,...
Crash Course
Crash Course Us History: #16: Women in the 19th Century
In this Crash Course video, John Green finally gets around to talking about some women's history. In the 19th Century, the United States was changing rapidly, as we noted in the recent Market Revolution and Reform Movements episodes....
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1800 1844: Market Revolution Impact and Significance
So what's the big deal about the Market Revolution, anyway? Kim describes how it changed the nature of American labor, markets, and culture. [11:55]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Women and Education in the Progressive Era: Becoming Helen Keller
Examine the history of women in college during the Progressive Era through the lens of Helen Keller's experience in this video from the AMERICAN MASTERS film Becoming Helen Keller. Using video, discussion questions, teaching tips, and a...
Other
Reading Through History: History Brief: Women in the American Revolution
In this video, the roles several women played in the American Revolution are discussed. Abigail Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Judith Sargent Murray, Mary Ludwig Hayes, Margaret Corbin, and Deborah Sampson are discussed. [4:27]
Crash Course
Crash Course Us History #40: The 1960s in America
In which John Green teaches you about a time of relative tumult in the United States, the 1960s. America was changing rapidly in the 1960s, and rights movements were at the forefront of those changes. Civil Rights were dominant, but the...
Crash Course
Crash Course Us History #4: The Quakers, the Dutch, and the Ladies
In this Crash Course video, John Green teaches you about some of the colonies that were not in Virginia or Massachussetts. Old New York was once New Amsterdam. Before the English got there, the colony was full of Dutch people who treated...
Crash Course
Crash Course Us History #36: World War Ii Part Ii the Homefront
Second of two parts on WWII. Crash Course video presents a lively discussion on the changes brought about by WWII, both home and abroad. John Green teaches about expanding economy and government, greater opportunity for women and...
Crash Course
Crash Course Us History #7: Who Won the American Revolution?
In this Crash Course video, John Green teaches you about the American Revolution and the Revolutionary War. I know we've labored the point here, but they weren't the same thing. In any case, John will teach you about the major battles of...
Other
Reading Through History: History Brief: Dorothea Lange
This video provides a brief biography of Dorothea Lange and her contributions to history and the world of photography. Lange took some of the most memorable images of both the Great Depression in the 1930s and the internment of Japanese...
A&E Television
History.com: Virginia Hall: The Most Feared Allied Spy of Wwii
Learn how Virginia Hall, woman with a prosthetic leg, became the most feared allied spy in WWII. See how she eluded Nazi capture and aided in a victory at D-Day. [2:11]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Cost of Human Rights: Women, War, & Peace
Follow Clemencia Carabali, a community activist from Cauca, as she travels to Washington, D.C to share with congressional staffers the perspective of Cauca's residents- while the Colombian government has one story to tell, many of its...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Digital Activism: shayfeen.com Film Module
This module examines the use of digital technology to further civic engagement in the face of repression. Shayfeen.com activists support the brave judges who step forward and ask for an investigation of election abuses. The women of...
PBS
Pbs: Nellie Bly: Pioneering Investigative Journalist: Joseph Pulitzer
Discover how Nellie Bly went undercover to expose patient abuse in Bellevue Hospital in this video [2:29] from the American Masters film Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People. Learn about the birth of investigative journalism and Joseph...