Status of Women in State Social Studies Standards
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Where are the Wo men? www.WomensHistory.org A Report on the Status of Women in the United States Social Studies Standards Report By: Elizabeth L. Maurer, Director of Program Jeanette Patrick, Project Director Liesle M. Britto, Editorial Assistant Henry Millar, Editorial Assistant Museum Advisory Council Dr. Catherine Allgor, Chair Nancy Hayward Massachusetts Historical Society Former Director of School Programs George Washington’s Mount Vernon Dr. Franky Abbott The Digital Public Library Fath Davis Ruffin Smithsonian National Museum of American Dr. Carol Berkin History Baruch College, The City University of New York Dr. Katrin Schultheiss Audrey Davis George Washington University Alexandria Black History Museum Dr. Marjorie Spruill Dr. Julie Des Jardins University of South Carolina Independent Scholar Jennifer Thomas Dr. Laura Edwards Virginia Association of Museums Duke University Jill Tietjen Dr. Cathy Gorn Former Director National History Day National Women’s Hall of Fame Kristina Graves Dr. William White Clayton County Public Schools Retired Director of Educational Program Development Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Where are the Women? A Report on the Status of Women in the United States Curricula. Copyright © 2017 by National Women’s History Museum. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this report may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission by the copyright owner. The National Women’s History Museum would like to give special thanks to all the Charter Members whose generous tax-deductible gifts made the research for this report possible and enable the organization to continue its important work bringing women’s history into the light of day. Ms. Lela Wagner The Carl M. Freeman Foundation Dorothy Baldwin Wicker, Ph.D. Ms. Sonia T. Marschak Ms. Eileen M. LeFort Ms. Nina J. Shuman Ms. Cynthia J. Schumacher Ms. Kathryn Dodds Ms. Nina Dodge Abrams Ms. Velaine V. Carnall Ms. Esther Munshine Ms. Karen Ramsey Dr. Patricia Fisher Morton Ms. Gale Hurd Ms. Deena McInnis Dr. Lettie Lee Ms. Marcia Wragge Ms. Marsha Paller Ms. Dorothy Wooldridge Gram Ms. Elizabeth A. Schraft Mr. Richard Andrus, for Jane Stuart- Andrus Ms. Ellen Hohbach Scheetz Ms. Carey C. Shuart Mrs. Yvonne Lowrie Ms. Jocelyn G. Shannon Adrea D. Heebe Ms. Maria Rubin Ms. Mary Lou Laprade Ms. Ellen Stack Kristie Miller Table of Contents A Report on the Status of Women in the United States Social Studies Standards ...................................... 1 Project Background ....................................................................................................................................... 1 Setting Standards for US History Education ................................................................................................. 2 Methodology ................................................................................................................................................. 3 What We Learned from State Standards ...................................................................................................... 6 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................... 19 ALABAMA .................................................................................................................................................... 21 ALASKA ........................................................................................................................................................ 30 ARIZONA ...................................................................................................................................................... 32 ARKANSAS ................................................................................................................................................... 36 CALIFORNIA ................................................................................................................................................. 39 COLORADO .................................................................................................................................................. 46 CONNECTICUT ............................................................................................................................................. 48 DELAWARE .................................................................................................................................................. 54 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA .............................................................................................................................. 60 FLORIDA ...................................................................................................................................................... 74 GEORGIA ..................................................................................................................................................... 80 HAWAII ........................................................................................................................................................ 86 IDAHO .......................................................................................................................................................... 89 ILLINOIS ....................................................................................................................................................... 90 INDIANA ...................................................................................................................................................... 91 IOWA ........................................................................................................................................................... 94 KANSAS........................................................................................................................................................ 99 KENTUCKY ................................................................................................................................................. 111 LOUISIANA................................................................................................................................................. 117 MAINE ....................................................................................................................................................... 118 MARYLAND ................................................................................................................................................ 119 MASSACHUSETTS ...................................................................................................................................... 129 MICHIGAN ................................................................................................................................................. 133 MINNESOTA .............................................................................................................................................. 136 MISSISSIPPI ................................................................................................................................................ 144 MISSOURI .................................................................................................................................................. 150 MONTANA ................................................................................................................................................. 151 NEBRASKA ................................................................................................................................................. 152 NEVADA ..................................................................................................................................................... 154 NEW HAMPSHIRE ...................................................................................................................................... 156 NEW JERSEY .............................................................................................................................................. 158 NEW MEXICO ............................................................................................................................................ 161 NEW YORK ................................................................................................................................................. 163 NORTH CAROLINA ..................................................................................................................................... 172 NORTH DAKOTA ........................................................................................................................................ 174 OHIO .......................................................................................................................................................... 176 OKLAHOMA ............................................................................................................................................... 177 OREGON .................................................................................................................................................... 181 Pennsylvania ............................................................................................................................................. 182 RHODE ISLAND .........................................................................................................................................