Spring 2000                                         Volume 4, Issue 1

Try to identify the 15 women by their achievements .  Good luck!

1.  Which mother led a 125-mile march of children workers all the way from the mills of Pennsylvania to President Theodore Roosevelt's vacation home on Long Island? 

2.  One of the most important Union spies and scouts during the Civil War was a Black woman who had escaped from slavery.  Can you name her? 

3.  Before the 1960s, farm workers in the U.S. were not paid even the minimum wage, and had no influential representatives to fight for their rights.  What part did Dolores Huerta play in changing this situation? 

4.  The line of beauty products she created for African-American people made her the first Black woman millionaire in the United States.  Who was she, and when did she do this? 

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pring is here and the air is filled with the scent of sweet freesias and the sounds of singing birds.  What else does the month of March bring? 

On March 22, 2000, the National Women's History Project was honored in Statuary Hall in  Washington DC.  This project was honored for initiating the month of March as National Women's History Month, for 20 years of pioneering work in the filed of Women's History, mobilizing the country to recognize and celebrate the lives of women, and for providing educational materials on Women's History.

The theme for this year is, "An Extraordinary Century for Women- Now, Imagine the Future".

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