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USA Today

Usa Today: Wnba

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides extensive coverage of women's professional basketball. Content includes top stories, scores, standings, schedules, rosters, and much more.
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Other

Pregnancy and Prenatal Care

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information on the signs of pregnancy, prenatal care objectives, and pregnancy associated discomforts.
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WebMD

Web Md: Goiter

For Students 9th - 10th
This website from WebMD Health provides helpful information on goiters. Tells what they are, what causes them, how to detect them, and how they can be treated. A picture/chart is provided along with links to additional information.
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WebMD

Web Md: Graves' Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from WebMD Health provides great information about Graves' Disease, the leading cause of hyperthyroidism. Its symptoms, causes, and treatment is discussed. Pictures and links are provided for additional information.
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National Institutes of Health

Nhlbi: Your Guide to Lowering High Blood Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed guide to lowering high blood pressure. Content includes a focus on what normal blood pressure is vs. high blood pressure, detection measures, treatment, issues for women, and much more.
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Other

Story md.com: Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Ldl/hdl Ratio

For Students 9th - 10th
Under certain conditions, the risk of developing coronary heart disease (strokes, heart attack) cannot be properly assessed only by looking at a person's lipids test results. In these cases, the LDL "bad cholesterol" to HDL "good...
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Modern World History: Effects of the Industrial Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
In this textbook unit, students learn about working and living conditions during the Industrial Revolution, the growth of cities, public health issues that emerged, child labor, the impact of factory work on families and on women, the...
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Curated OER

Smithsonian Institution Archives: Pearl Mc Iver (1893 1976)

For Students 9th - 10th
Pearl McIver (1893-1976) was the first United States Public Health Service consultant on nursing administration and served as chief of public health nursing services at the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. She received...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Mary Elizabeth Switzer (1900 1971)

For Students 9th - 10th
Mary Elizabeth Switzer (1900-1971) was Director of the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation in the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and co-winner of the Lasker Award in 1960 with Paul Wilson Brand (1914-2003), a...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Alice Hamilton (1869 1970)

For Students 9th - 10th
An expert in occupational health issues, Dr. Alice Hamilton (1869-1970) was Assistant Professor of Industrial Medicine, Harvard Medical School. After graduating from the University of Michigan, Hamilton did additional research in Germany...
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Anna Hall, c.p. Li, Mrs. Auborn Hall, Morris Schaeffer, Mrs. Johnnie Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientists at the U.S. Public Health Service's Communicable Disease Center in Montgomery, Alabama, had just discovered that the Brunhilde type of polio virus could be grown in mice. Shown, left to right, are: Mrs. Anna Hall, C.P. Li,...
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Elizabeth Lee Hazen (1888 1975) and Rachel Brown (1898 1980)

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1950, microbiologist Elizabeth Lee Hazen (1888-1975) and chemist Rachel Brown (1898-1980), Division of Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health, Albany, developed an effective antifungal agent (nystatin) for...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Winifred May De Kok (1893 1969) & Her Children

For Students 9th - 10th
South African born writer and broadcaster Winifred May de Kok (1893-1969) had attended medical school in England during the 1920s and was in medical practice until 1953, when she became a television broadcaster, engaging in discussions...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Winifred Phillips Hathaway (1870? 1954)

For Students 9th - 10th
Winifred Phillips Hathaway (1870-1954), Associate Director, National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, had just received the Leslie Dana Gold Medal at the June 1937 Association for Research in 'phthalmology meeting when this...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Lillian Josephine Hawes (B. 1905)

For Students 9th - 10th
Lillian Josephine Hawes (b. 1905) graduated from Stanford University in 1928 and first served as a public health nurse in Los Angeles. This photograph was distributed when she won a National Tuberculosis Association scholarship award in...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Helen Margaret Wallace (B. 1913)

For Students 9th - 10th
Helen Margaret Wallace (b. 1913), Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at New York Medical College, was chair of the Medical Advisory Board to the New York chapter of the National Foundation for Muscular Dystrophy and director of...
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Curated OER

Smithsonian Institution Archives: Mary Greig

For Students 9th - 10th
Mary Greig was an assistant in the department of public health, American Museum of Natural History, New York
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National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: Literature of Prescription: Charlotte Gilman

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhibition of the life and career of writer and early feminist Charlotte Gilman, with details of the publication and impact of the often-anthologized "The Yellow Wall-Paper."
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century Teaching Resources: Sylvia Plath's the Bell Jar

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
These activities will provide students with an introduction to Plath that will inform their study of "The Bell Jar". They will examine the perspectives offered by two of Plath's short autobiographical prose pieces, and will also explore...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Innovative Approaches to Healthcare in Mozambique and Beyond

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn about limited health resources in Mozambique and innovative approaches taken there and in other countries to combat public health problems. They will learn about the importance of healthcare for women and children. The...
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US Department of Agriculture

Vegetarians Can Get Enough Zinc and Other Minerals From Food Alone

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses research study which showed that a group of women on a vegetarian diet which included eggs and milk absorbed enough zinc and iron to maintain good health.
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Website
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: America's History in the Making: The Progressives

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive teaching unit that explores the Progressive period in America and the reform movements that accompanied it. Contains video and text materials, web interactives, student oriented activities, and a timeline of key events from...
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Other

Cnn Sports Illustrated: Wnba

For Students 9th - 10th
CNN and Sports Illustrated combine online to present the best WNBA news and information available. Content includes headline news, scores, a television schedule, standings, statistics, matchups, player profiles, and more.
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Georgetown University

Georgetown University: Anne Sexton (1928 1974)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Offers classroom issues and strategies for teaching Anne Sexton's writings.

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