Writing Women Back into History (NWHP)

The National Women's History Project has announced that "Writing Women Back into History" will be their theme for 2010. They'll officially launch this special campaign with the publication of their Writing Women Back into History Gazette this month.

When they began their work in the early eighties, less than 3% of the content of teacher training textbooks mentioned the contributions of women and when included, women were usually written in as mere footnotes. Women of color and women in fields such as math, science, and art were completely omitted. This limited inclusion of women's accomplishments deprived students of viable female role models. Today, when you search the Internet with the words "women's +history + month," you'll find more than 40,500,000 citations. These extraordinary numbers give testimony to the tireless work of thousands of individuals, organizations, and institutions to write women back into history.

Each new generation needs to draw information and inspiration from the last. If you plan to help write women back into history, send an an email to nwhp@aol.com and let them know what you are planning.

Source. The National Women's History Project, 3440 Airway Dr, Suite F, Santa Rosa, CA 95403 -- http://www.nwhp.org, (707) 636-2888 , nwhp@nwhp.org