Lesson Plans: Women in Congress
Fast Facts
Test your knowledge of women who served in Congress with this fact sheet. Jeannette Rankin, Mary Norton, and Shirley Chisholm are a few of the women Members who made history in the House.
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![Jeannette Rankin of Montana, a suffragist and peace activist, was the first woman to serve in Congress.](https://webharvest.gov/congress114th/20161108205940im_/http://historycms.house.gov/assets/41343.jpeg?wd=190)
About this object Jeannette Rankin of Montana, a suffragist and peace activist, was the first woman to serve in Congress.
Lesson Plans
Lesson Plan One: “I'm No Lady, I’m a Member of Congress,” Women Pioneers on Capitol Hill, 1917-1934 - Lesson Plan (PDF) / Essay
Lesson Plan Two: Onto the National Stage: Congresswomen in an Age of National Crisis, 1935-1954 - Lesson Plan (PDF) / Essay
Lesson Plan Three: A Changing of the Guard: Traditionalists, Feminists, and the New Face of Women in Congress, 1955-1976 - Lesson Plan (PDF) / Essay
Lesson Plan Four: Assembling, Amplifying, and Ascending: Recent Trends Among Women in Congress, 1977-2006 - Lesson Plan (PDF) / Essay
Lesson Plan Five: Objects in Time - Lesson Plan (PDF) / House Collections Search
Lesson Plan Six: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words - Lesson Plan (PDF)
Lesson Plan Seven: The Women of Congress Speak Their Mind - Lesson Plan (PDF) / Quotations (PDF)