Showing posts with label Random. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Random. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Yahoo!'s Top 10 Women of 2008
Yahoo! Buzz highlighted 10 women for their 2008 Year in Review section. Check it out! http://buzz.yahoo.com/yearinreview2008/women/
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Women of the Year from Glamour Magazine
Check out Glamour Magazine's 2008 Women of the Year Awards!: http://www.glamour.com/women-of-the-year.
Blog News!
Dear readers,
Seasons greetings! Our apologies for the lack of posts for the past 2 months; autumn has been incredibly busy for us.
A few blog updates: Along with our "Picture This" photo of the month piece, we will also spotlight a famous woman in history each month and post fun facts, links, and more pertaining to the historical woman throughout the month, starting in January.
And although we have discontinued our regular posting of famous birthdays and events in women's history (since our blog has been running for about a year now and hey, who wants to keep repeating themself?), we'll continue to post items about women's rights activism, women's history resources, women in politics, USWHP news, etcetera.
Best wishes,
The United States Women's History Project
Seasons greetings! Our apologies for the lack of posts for the past 2 months; autumn has been incredibly busy for us.
A few blog updates: Along with our "Picture This" photo of the month piece, we will also spotlight a famous woman in history each month and post fun facts, links, and more pertaining to the historical woman throughout the month, starting in January.
And although we have discontinued our regular posting of famous birthdays and events in women's history (since our blog has been running for about a year now and hey, who wants to keep repeating themself?), we'll continue to post items about women's rights activism, women's history resources, women in politics, USWHP news, etcetera.
Best wishes,
The United States Women's History Project
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Tuesday--Women's Equality Day
Celebrate equal rights! Get ready for Women's Equality Day, which is right around the corner on Tuesday, August 26. Check out http://womenshistory.about.com/od/wed/Womens_Equality_Day_August_26.htm and http://www.nwhp.org/resourcecenter/equalityday.php for more information.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Birthdays and more
Today is both Amelia Earheart's and Bella Abzug's birthdays!
Again, our apologies for not regularly posting; we have been incredibly busy! You can catch up on any women's history tidbits from July that we neglected at http://www.nwhp.org/news/july.php.
The Women's History Project
Again, our apologies for not regularly posting; we have been incredibly busy! You can catch up on any women's history tidbits from July that we neglected at http://www.nwhp.org/news/july.php.
The Women's History Project
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Update
We apologize on the lack of posts lately! Summer activities have got us quite busy, and we've also been busy working on our website. The website now has 8 downloadable units of women's history curriculum; an event reports page, where we'll post summaries and reviews of women's history-related events that WHP members attend; information on the Equal Right's Ammendment, plus a form letter you can send to your officials; more biographies; and a page about holidays and celebrations like Women's History Month and Equal Pay Day! Check out the additions at www.freewebs.com/uswhp.
The Women's History Project
The Women's History Project
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
One Is Greater Than None
Check out this organization called One is Greater than None, a project started by eight 14-year-old girls to raise money for kids in Africa through bracelet-making: http://www.oneisgreaterthannone.org/.
The Women's History Project
The Women's History Project
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Play Pumps
In rural Africa, clean water is hard to come by, and most people don't have plumbing installed in their homes. Instead, they are forced to walk for miles to a well and back. The grueling task of hauling water is usually held by women and girls, and sometimes this chore prevents girls from going to school.
The invention of Play Pumps is helping to solve this problem! Here's how it works: merry-go-rounds are installed, and when kids give it a push and spin around, it pumps clean water underground and into a big tank where people can access the water. The tank's sides have educational messages about healthy living, and ads to help pay for upkeep. The PlayPump not only provides water, it also provides matinence jobs and fun for the kids.
And as the website says, "Women benefit too, as they no longer risk injury from transporting heavy containers of water over great distances, and they can use the time saved to better care for their children and start small enterprises that bring additional food and income to their families."
To learn more, visit PlayPumps International, or check out National Geographic Kid's article about the program here.
The invention of Play Pumps is helping to solve this problem! Here's how it works: merry-go-rounds are installed, and when kids give it a push and spin around, it pumps clean water underground and into a big tank where people can access the water. The tank's sides have educational messages about healthy living, and ads to help pay for upkeep. The PlayPump not only provides water, it also provides matinence jobs and fun for the kids.
And as the website says, "Women benefit too, as they no longer risk injury from transporting heavy containers of water over great distances, and they can use the time saved to better care for their children and start small enterprises that bring additional food and income to their families."
To learn more, visit PlayPumps International, or check out National Geographic Kid's article about the program here.
Scout Bassett
National Geographic Kids has a wealth of cool articles. Check out this inspiring story about physically disabled athlete Scout Bassett, a teenager who show people that anything is possible.
The Women's History Project
The Women's History Project
Saturday, March 8, 2008
International Women's Day!
Happy International Women's Day! You can check out these links:
http://www.internationalwomensday.com/
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/womensday1.html
http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/womensday/index.asp
http://www.123greetings.com/events/womens_day/
http://www.bluemountain.com/category.pd?path=34945
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2008/s04/en/index.html
http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/women/womday97.htm
The Women's History Project
http://www.internationalwomensday.com/
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/womensday1.html
http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/womensday/index.asp
http://www.123greetings.com/events/womens_day/
http://www.bluemountain.com/category.pd?path=34945
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2008/s04/en/index.html
http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/women/womday97.htm
The Women's History Project
Monday, March 3, 2008
Free Ways To Help
The United States Women's History Project not only focuses on history, but on advocacy. Here are some free ways you can support worthwhile causes online! First off, check out FreeRice. It's a vocabulary quiz site that donates 20 grains of rice through the UN World Food Program each time you get a word right. The rice is paid for by the advertisers, who have small, on-screen pop-ups at the bottom of the page. It's a way to test your knowledge and help end world hunger at the same time.
Another website is Search Kindly. As their webpage states, "Search Kindly lets you donate money for free just by using Google from this page instead of any other. All of the money that we make through advertising is donated to charities that you select. Search Kindly is a non-profit organization dedicated to the idea of micro-volunteerism and micro-philanthropy A lot of people doing a little is better than a few people doing a lot. 100% of the advertising revenue generated from this website is donated to charitable organizations that our volunteers select every month." Every search you do raises 1/3 of a cent; it sounds like a only a little bit, but it all adds up!
Also, check out these click-a-day sites that also donate their advertising money: The Hunger Site, which delivers cups of staple food to people in "over 74 countries" through Mercy Corps and America's Second Harvest; The Breast Cancer Site, which provides mammograms to women in need through the National Breast Cancer Foundation; The Child Health Site, which gives various health care through charitable partners like Helen Keller International and Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation ; The Literacy Site, which gives books to kids; The Animal Rescue Site, which provides an animal food and care at a shelter; and The Rainforest Site, which focuses on land preservation with The Nature Conservancy, The Rainforest Conservation Fund, The World Parks Endowment, and Rainforest2Reef. To read more about each site's sponsors and partners, check out the "About This Site" page on each one.
The Women's History Project
Another website is Search Kindly. As their webpage states, "Search Kindly lets you donate money for free just by using Google from this page instead of any other. All of the money that we make through advertising is donated to charities that you select. Search Kindly is a non-profit organization dedicated to the idea of micro-volunteerism and micro-philanthropy A lot of people doing a little is better than a few people doing a lot. 100% of the advertising revenue generated from this website is donated to charitable organizations that our volunteers select every month." Every search you do raises 1/3 of a cent; it sounds like a only a little bit, but it all adds up!
Also, check out these click-a-day sites that also donate their advertising money: The Hunger Site, which delivers cups of staple food to people in "over 74 countries" through Mercy Corps and America's Second Harvest; The Breast Cancer Site, which provides mammograms to women in need through the National Breast Cancer Foundation; The Child Health Site, which gives various health care through charitable partners like Helen Keller International and Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation ; The Literacy Site, which gives books to kids; The Animal Rescue Site, which provides an animal food and care at a shelter; and The Rainforest Site, which focuses on land preservation with The Nature Conservancy, The Rainforest Conservation Fund, The World Parks Endowment, and Rainforest2Reef. To read more about each site's sponsors and partners, check out the "About This Site" page on each one.
The Women's History Project
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Get ready...get set...go!
Best birthday wishes to Olympic swimmer Jenny Thompson (1973-)!
Also, get ready for March's National Women's History Month next month. The celebrations started when, in 1978, the Education Task Force of the Sonoma County (California) Commission on the Status of Women created Women's History Week on the week of March 8th (which is International Women's Day). The National Women's History Project has done lots of work since; they succeded in securing a Congressional Resolution declaring a National Women's History Week in 1981, and, in 1987, NWHP "petitioned Congress to expand the national celebration to the entire month of March. Since then, the National Women's History Month Resolution has been approved with bipartisan support in both the House and Senate." You can start planning at their link here.
The Women's History Project
Also, get ready for March's National Women's History Month next month. The celebrations started when, in 1978, the Education Task Force of the Sonoma County (California) Commission on the Status of Women created Women's History Week on the week of March 8th (which is International Women's Day). The National Women's History Project has done lots of work since; they succeded in securing a Congressional Resolution declaring a National Women's History Week in 1981, and, in 1987, NWHP "petitioned Congress to expand the national celebration to the entire month of March. Since then, the National Women's History Month Resolution has been approved with bipartisan support in both the House and Senate." You can start planning at their link here.
The Women's History Project
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Girl Power!
Take a look at the Girl Power! Campaign website! It is "the national public education campaign sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help encourage and motivate 9- to 13- year-old girls to make the most of their lives. Girls at 8 or 9 typically have very strong attitudes about their health, so Girl Power! seeks to reinforce and sustain these positive values among girls ages 9-13 by targeting health messages to the unique needs, interests, and challenges of girls."
The Women's History Project
The Women's History Project
Friday, February 1, 2008
Youth Leadership and Black History Month
February 1st marks the beginning of Youth Leadership Month and Black History Month! (Check out these links: http://www.factmonster.com/spot/bhm1.html and http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/black_history/index.htm.)
The Women's History Project
P.S. Take a look at this website: The Political Voices of Women: Opinion and Commentary of Over 200 Women Political Bloggers .
The Women's History Project
P.S. Take a look at this website: The Political Voices of Women: Opinion and Commentary of Over 200 Women Political Bloggers .
Sunday, January 27, 2008
The Little Mermaid on B'way
Disney's "The Little Mermaid" is now on Broadway! The show opened on January 10th, 2008. Meet the leading ladies at these links! Sierra Boggess stars as Ariel: see a fun feature here and a video interview here. Plus, meet Sherie Rene Scott, who plays the evil sea witch Ursula--check out an interview with her here or a video interview here. Find out more about the show here: http://disney.go.com/theatre/thelittlemermaid/index.html.
The Women's History Project
The Women's History Project
Monday, December 31, 2007
Happy New Year!
The U.S. WHP wishes everyone a healthy and prosperous new year! Happy 2008!
The Women's History Project
For more information, see our website at www.freewebs.com/uswhp.
The Women's History Project
For more information, see our website at www.freewebs.com/uswhp.
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