Curated OER
The Defeat of the ERA
Eleventh graders take a closer look at the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). In this women's rights lesson, 11th graders read the Equal Rights Amendment as well as the "Feminine Mystique" and selections by Gloria Steinam and Phyllis...
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Betty Friedan
Journalist, activist, and co-founder of the National Organization for Women, Betty Friedan was one of the early leaders of the women's rights movement of the 1960s and 70s.
Digital History
Digital History: Feminism Reborn
This comprehensive survey of the women's movement during the 1960s and 1970s documents women and politics, women's wages, legal discrimination against women, stereotypes of women, women's rights legislation, and women's rights...
National Women's Hall of Fame
National Women's Hall of Fame: Betty Friedan
The National Women's Hall of Fame offers an outline of the life and accomplishnments of women's rights activist Betty Friedan, author of "The Feminine Mystique."
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Classroom: Women's Rights
This website contains an interactive timeline about the history of women's rights in the United States.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: The Role of Women in the 1950s
[Free Registration/Login Required] Use this lesson plan to explore the roles of women in the 1950s. After working men's jobs during World War II, women went back into the home when the men returned. Examine how well this worked out.
Digital History
Digital History: University of Houston: Women's Liberation
The women's movement was launched with the publication of the book "The Feminine Mystique" by Betty Friedan in 1963. After years of interviewing women, Friedan concluded that many were unhappy in their lives and unhappy with their...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: The Women's Rights Movement
Internet based lesson for high school students about the women's rights movement. Connected with a textbook series but could be used by anyone. Nice, self-contained activity.