Friday, February 27, 2026

Women's History Project

 ESL 5 Women's History Folder

ESL 4 presentations

ESL 3 my class's presentations.

Women Leaders in U.S. History

Choose one woman leader from 1800s on 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version)

Susan B. Anthony • Elizabeth Cady Stanton • Sojourner Truth • Harriet Tubman • Lucretia Mott • Lucy Stone

Or Women leaders on U.S. Currency (search https://www.usmint.gov/)

  • Martha Washington (Loc--ESL 5)

  • Sacagawea

  • Helen Keller

  • Septima Clark

  • Susan B. Anthony

  • Harriet Tubman

  • Rosa Parks 

Or  the American Women Quarters Program 

https://womenshistory.si.edu/american-women-quarters-program

2022 Honorees

  1. Maya Angelou – Poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist

  2. **Dr. Sally Ride – Physicist and first American woman in space (Ngoc Anh, ESL 5)

  3. Wilma Mankiller – First woman elected chief of the Cherokee Nation (Omar, ESL 5)

  4. **Nina Otero-Warren – Suffrage activist and public official (Fumei, ESL 5)

  5. **Anna May Wong – First Chinese American Hollywood movie star (Trinh, ESL 5)

2023 Honorees

  1. Bessie Coleman – First African American and Native American woman pilot

  2. Edith Kanaka‘ole – Indigenous Hawaiian composer, chanter, and cultural practitioner

  3. **Eleanor Roosevelt – First Lady, diplomat, and human rights advocate (Ginny, ESL 5)

  4. **Jovita Idár – Journalist and activist for civil rights and women’s suffrage (Helena, ESL 5)

  5. **Maria Tallchief – Prima ballerina and cultural figure in American dance (YuHui ESL 5)

2024 Honorees

  1. Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray – Civil rights activist, lawyer, and author

  2. Patsy Takemoto Mink – Lawmaker and champion of gender equity in education (Ezzy, ESL 5)

  3. **Dr. Mary Edwards Walker – Surgeon and women’s rights pioneer (Jin, ESL 5)

  4. Celia Cruz – Influential Afro-Cuban singer and cultural icon (ESL 5 Rocio)

  5. Zitkala-Ša – Writer, composer, and Native American rights advocate 

2025 Honorees

  1. Ida B. Wells – Investigative journalist and civil rights leader

  2. **Juliette Gordon Low – Founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA (Han, ESL 5)

  3. Dr. Vera Rubin – Astronomer whose work provided evidence of dark matter

  4. **Stacey Park Milbern – Disability justice activist (Joomee, ESL 5)

  5. **Althea Gibson – Pioneering athlete and first Black competitor to break tennis’s color barrier-(ESL 5--Althea Gibson)