The National Womenıs
History Project (NWHP) sponsors National
Womenıs History Month every March. Their mission is to ³honor, recognize,
and celebrate the diverse historic accomplishments of women by providing
information and educational materials and programs. . . The 2009 theme is: Women
Taking the Lead to Save our Planet.² Resources are provided below for troops
interested in learning more about women in our history.
Celebrate!
NWHP
suggests ways for Promoting
Womenıs History Month. Download a pamphlet or order celebration
materials (30 bookmarks are $6.95). There are low-cost stickers, fun
tattoos, buttons, bookmarks, and pencils. Also available is the Heroes
In Our History: A Women's History Coloring Book, which includes a page on
Juliette Low. A wealth of educational activities to help write women back
into history
is available through the NWHP
Resource Center.
Successful Girl Scouts
³In
order to better understand what success means to the women of America and what
role Girl Scouting plays in their success, GSUSA commissioned a study, Defining
Success: American Women, Achievement, and the Girl Scouts. The study
conducted by Louis Harris & Associates, Inc., underscores just how strongly
Girl Scouting is linked to success in later life. ²GS of E Massachusetts provides
a listing of Famous
Girl Scout Alumnae in the USA and Founding
Women in Girl Scouting. Or, expand your search to Famous Former Girl
Guides and Girl Scouts.
The National Museum of Women in the Arts located
in Washington DC has developed a program called Discovering Art: A
Museum Guide for Girl Scouts. Designed for Brownie and Junior
levels, "these materials strengthen girlsı understanding of the art world
and encourage an appreciation of the important contributions that women have
made to the arts". Materials may be used in conjunction with a field trip
to your local art museum. A patch may be ordered upon completion of the
program.
Girls
could learn about women artists with activities suggested by Kinder Art
including: Georgia OıKeeffeıs
Abstract Flowers, Georgia OıKeeffeıs Flowers
Galore, and Emily Carr's Trees.
Punctuation
Education
(author unknown)
An
English professor wrote the words: ³Woman without her man is nothing" on
the blackboard and directed the students to punctuate it correctly. The men
wrote: "Woman, without her man, is nothing." The women wrote:
"Woman! Without her, man is nothing." See what your girls come up
with when asked to do this activity!
March 8 has been designated as International
Working Womenıs Day. ³This tradition began in 1857 with a demonstration in
New York by female garment workers. The holiday was first officially proclaimed
in Helsinki, Finland, in 1910, and celebrated its 50th anniversary in Peking,
China, in 1960. In Russia, gifts and flowers are given to women.²(crayola.com)
The United Nations has expanded upon this theme,
marking March 8 as a Day
for Womenıs Rights and International Peace. ³The theme for 2009 is: Women
and men united to end violence against women and girls.²
The following program links are some ways to tie this theme to Girl Scout awards that your girls may enjoy earning:
If interested in the below council-own programs, please contact the council first to request permission and obtain ordering information.
In addition, Patchwork Designs
has developed a number of patch programs, including Fabulous Fifties,
The 40ıs, Girls of the Past,
Victorian Days,
Colonial Days,
and Medieval
Merriment which offer activity suggestions to help bring your troop history
programs to life.
Updated
February 2009