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- Womenthe American Story STAGINGNYHISTORY.ORG Email Facebook Twitter YouTube About WAMS in Your Classroom Resources for Difficult Topics Upcoming Workshops Our Partners Center for Women's History Contact Acknowledgments Curriculum 1492-1734 Early Encounters Nicolás Enríquez de Vargas (artist), Portrait of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, ca. 1750. Oil on canvas. Chapultepec Castle, Mexico City. Overview Key Ideas Introduction Unit Essential Questions Explore By Section Explore By Theme View All Resources Dutch Colonies Key Ideas Introduction Section Essential Questions Resources Life Stories English Colonies Key Ideas Introduction Section Essential Questions Resources Life Stories Spanish Colonies Key Ideas Introduction Section Essential Questions Resources Life Stories French Colonies Key Ideas Introduction Section Essential Questions Resources Life Stories Supplemental Materials Art Activities Source Notes Suggested Reading 1692-1783 Settler Colonialism and the Revolution François (Franz) Fleischbein (artist), Portrait of Betsy, 1837. The Historic New Orleans Collection, acc. no. 1985.212. Overview Key Ideas Introduction Unit Essential Questions Explore By Section Explore By Theme View All Resources Settler Colonialism Key Ideas Introduction Section Essential Questions Resources Life Stories The American Revolution Key Ideas Introduction Section Essential Questions Resources Life Stories Supplemental Materials Art Activities Source Notes Suggested Reading 1776-1831 Building a New Nation Jarena Lee, 1849. Religious Experience and Journal of Mrs. Jarena Lee: giving an account of her call to preach the gospel, frontispiece. Engraving. New-York Historical Society Library. Overview Key Ideas Introduction Unit Essential Questions Explore By Section Explore By Theme View All Resources Navigating the New Government Key Ideas Introduction Section Essential Questions Resources Life Stories American Woman Key Ideas Introduction Section Essential Questions Resources Life Stories Early Expansion Key Ideas Introduction Section Essential Questions Resources Life Stories Supplemental Materials Art Activities Source Notes Suggested Reading 1820-1869 Expansions and Inequalities Unknown photographer, A Typical Boomer Family, ca. 1890. New-York Historical Society. Overview Key Ideas Introduction Unit Essential Questions Explore By Section Explore By Theme View All Resources Westward Expansion Key Ideas Introduction Section Essential Questions Resources Life Stories Industry and Immigration Key Ideas Introduction Section Essential Questions Resources Life Stories Politics and Society Key Ideas Introduction Section Essential Questions Resources Life Stories Supplemental Materials Art Activities Source Notes Suggested Reading 1832-1877 A Nation Divided Unidentified African American woman in uniform, 1861. New-York Historical Society Library. Overview Key Ideas Introduction Unit Essential Questions Explore By Section Explore By Theme View All Resources Antebellum Key Ideas Introduction Unit Essential Questions Resources Life Stories Civil War Key Ideas Introduction Unit Essential Questions Resources Life Stories Reconstruction Key Ideas Introduction Unit Essential Questions Resources Life Stories Supplemental Materials Art Activities Source Notes Suggested Reading 1866-1904 Industry and Empire Cihak and Zima (photographer), Ida B. Wells-Barnett, ca. 1893-1894. University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center. Overview Key Ideas Introduction Unit Essential Questions Explore By Section Explore By Theme View All Resources Labor and Industry Key Ideas Introduction Section Essential Questions Resources Life Stories Fighting for Equality Key Ideas Introduction Section Essential Questions Resources Life Stories Expansion and Empire Key Ideas Introduction Section Essential Questions Resources Life Stories Supplemental Materials Art Activities Source Notes Suggested Reading 1889–1920 Modernizing America Gertrude Kasebier (photographer), Zitkala Sa, Sioux Indian and activist, c. 1898. Gertrude Kasebier, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Overview Key Ideas Introduction Unit Essential Questions Explore By Section Explore By Theme View All Resources Modern Womanhood Key Ideas Introduction Section Essential Questions Resources Life Stories Fighting For Social Reform Key Ideas Introduction Section Essential Questions Resources Life Stories Woman Suffrage Key Ideas Introduction Section Essential Questions Resources Life Stories Xenophobia and Racism Key Ideas Introduction Section Essential Questions Resources Life Stories Supplemental Materials Art Activities Source Notes Suggested Reading 1920–1948 Confidence and Crises Chien-shiung Wu (1912-1997), professor of physics at Columbia University, 1963. Smithsonian Institute Archives Image # SIA 2010-1509. Overview Key Ideas Introduction Unit Essential Questions Explore By Section Explore By Theme View All Resources Jazz Age Key Ideas Introduction Section Essential Questions Resources Life Stories Great Depression Key Ideas Introduction Section Essential Questions Resources Life Stories World War II Key Ideas Introduction Section Essential Questions Resources Life Stories Post-War Key Ideas Introduction Section Essential Questions Resources Life Stories Supplemental Materials Art Activities Source Notes Suggested Reading 1948–1977 Growth and Turmoil Oportunidades Iguales Para Las Mujeres En El Trabajo y La Educaccion”, Women’s Strike for Equality, New York, Fifth Avenue, 1970, Eugene Gordon photograph collection, 1970-1990. New-York Historical Society Library. Overview Key Ideas Introduction Unit Essential Questions Explore By Section Explore By Theme View All Resources Cold War Beginnings Key Ideas Introduction Section Essential Questions Resources Life Stories Growing Tensions Key Ideas Introduction Section Essential Questions Resources Life Stories Feminism and the Backlash Key Ideas Introduction Section Essential Questions Resources Life Stories Supplemental Materials Art Activities Source Notes Suggested Reading 1977-2001 End of the Twentieth Century Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, mission specialist, carries her son Wilson Miles-Ochoa following the STS-96 crew return at Ellington Field. June 7, 1999. NASA on The Commons, via flickr Overview Key Ideas Introduction Unit Essential Questions Explore By Section Explore By Theme View All Resources A Conservative Turn Key Ideas Introduction Section Essential Questions Resources Life Stories The Information Age Key Ideas Introduction Section Essential Questions Resources Life Stories Supplemental Materials Art Activities Source Notes Suggested Reading Discover More Art Activities Lesson Plans Open Educator Resource Video Library WAMS Ambassadors Columbia University MOOC Lectures Go Now Discover Womenthe American Story Women's History is American History. How did women participate in the new nation? Go Now Building a New Nation, 1776-1831 An expanding United States. Go Now Industry and Empire, 1866-1904 Explore hands-on arts integration activities. Go Now Home Daniel Martin 2022-10-25T10:33:08-04:00 About About WAMS Acknowledgments Contact WAMS in Your Classroom Curriculum Introduction Units 1492–1734 Early Encounters 1692-1783 Settler Colonialism and the Revolution 1783-1828 Building a New Nation 1828-1869 Expansions and Inequalities 1832-1877 A Nation Divided 1866-1898 Industry and Empire 1889-1920 Modernizing America 1920–1948 Confidence and Crises 1948-1977 Growth and Turmoil 1977-2001 End of the Twentieth Century Discover Additional Resources Art Activities Upcoming Workshops Center for Women's History Video Library Search Womenthe American Story ( WAMS ) is a free curriculum website from the New-York Historical Society. WAMS connects educators with classroom resources that illuminate diverse women’s contributions to the American past. Explore the Units 1492–1734 Early Encounters 1692-1783 Settler...