Notable Women: A collection of resources

March 12, 2001
Web posted at: 7:21 PM EST (0021 GMT)

In celebration of Women's History Month, CNNfyi.com offers this collection of educational partner resources:

From Highwired:

Learn more about Emily Dickinson and differing viewpoints about her life.

African-American writer Lorraine Hansberry penned "A Raisin in the Sun," a play of profound effects when it first appeared and with audiences today.

Decide how Phillis Wheatley should be studied -- as a voice of protest or a voice of acceptance.

In Gender, Body Image and Self-Esteem: The Impact of Science, learn how research that is meant to expose problems for women can also help create problems.

In Gender, Body Image and Self-Esteem: The Impact of School, learn why confident girls often become anxious young women -- and suffer academically in the process.

Using Gender, Body Image and Self-Esteem: The Impact of the Media, explore ways in which negative media representations of women hurt men, too.

From Riverdeep:

Women of Note will inform students about women composers.

Learn about Sacagawea, a remarkable native American woman.

Jane Goodall, widely considered the world's foremost expert on animal behavior, has studied primates for 40 years.

Sylvia Earle, marine biologist and underwater explorer, dedicates herself to protecting the world under water.

Poets and scholars gather to pay tribute to African-American poet, Gwendolyn Brooks.

A New League of their Own profiles Missi Korpacz, the owner/starting fullback of the New England Storm, one of the teams in the Women's Professional Football League.

Happy Mother's Day looks at the history of this day and the women behind it.

From Harcourt:

Profiles of women from the series, Remarkable Women: Past and Present, published by Raintree/Steck-Vaughn:

Mathematician and educator, Etta Zuber Falconer (1931 - )

Engineer Beatrice Fu (1958 - )

Electrical engineer and astronaut, Ellen Ochoa (1958 - )

Photographer Annie Leibovitz (1949 - )

From CNN NEWSROOM:

Programming schedule for CNN NEWSROOM:

March 8, 2001 Marion Wright Edelman. For educational materials, use the NEWSROOM Guide.

March 23, 2001 Shirley Chisholm

March 30: Condeleeza Rice

From CNNfyi.com:

Delores Aldridge, African-American Studies professor at Emory University discusses her work, her latest publication and the importance of black studies.

Learn more about Marian Wright Edelman and her important contributions to the welfare of children.

Dr. Joan Steitz, a professor at Yale University School of Medicine, is the only woman in the United States to win the "For Women in Science" award. UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and partner L'Oreal (the world's largest beauty company) honored Dr. Steitz the at the third annual awards ceremony in Paris on February 28. CNNfyi.com education writer Paige Lefont interviewed Dr. Steitz to learn how she entered the field and to gain insights on encouraging girls in math and science.