Women's History Month: USCIS 100:43. State Governor, Soledad Chávez Chacón, and Susana Martinez

 

Soledad Chávez Chacón of New Mexico was first woman to act as governor (1924). Susana Martinez is the current Governor of New Mexico (2011- ).

USCIS 100:43. Who is the Governor of your state now?

▪Answers will vary. [District of Columbia residents should answer that D.C. does not have a Governor.]

Women's History Month: USCIS 100:39. the Supreme Court and Sonia Sotomayor

Sonia Sotomayor is the Supreme Court's 111th justice, its first Hispanic-American justice, and its third female justice.

USCIS 100:39.  How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

▪ nine (9)

VOANews: Sotomayor Sworn in as First Hispanic Supreme Court Justice

Sonia Sotomayor is third woman justice, and first justice appointed by President Barack Obama (videos)

Women's History Month: USCIS 100:38. the Supreme Court and Sandra Day O'Connor

Sandra Day O'Connor was the first female member of the highest court in the United States. 

USCIS 100:38. What is the highest court in the United States?

▪ the Supreme Court

Women's History Month: Pat Eng and MAKERS

Pat Eng: Immigrant Women and the Difficulty of Seeking Help (watch more from Pat Eng)

Watch more MAKERS stories...

MAKERS: The Largest Collection of Women's Stories Ever Assemebled

MAKERS is a multi-platform video experience from AOL and PBS, showcasing hundreds of compelling stories from the Women Who Make America. https://www.youtube.com/user/MAKERSWomen/

Women's History Month: USCIS 100:29 the Vice-Presidency and Geraldine Ferraro

Geraldine Ferraro was the first female Vice Presidential candidate representing a major American political party (1984). 

USCIS 100:29. What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now? 

▪ Joseph R. Biden, Jr. 
▪ Joe Biden 
▪ Biden

UPDATED 3/26/2011: VOANews: Geraldine Ferraro, US Political Pioneer, Dies at 75

Women's History Month: Press Coverage- 1913 Suffrage Parade in Washington, DC

Women's History Museum: Press Coverage- 1913 Suffrage Parade in Washington, DC

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Women's History Month: Key Figures in the 1913 Suffrage March on Washington, DC

Women's History Museum: Key Figures in the 1913 Suffrage March on Washington, DC

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Women's History Month: USCIS 100:48. Voting Amendments and Alice Paul

Alice Paul led the final campaign to pass the Nineteenth Amendment (1920). 

USCIS 100:48. There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.

▪ Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote).
▪ You don’t have to pay (a poll tax) to vote.
▪ Any citizen can vote. (Women and men can vote.)
▪ A male citizen of any race (can vote).

Women's History Month: Suffrage-Background

Women's History Museum: Suffrage-Background

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ELCivics.com Women's History Month Lessons

ELCivics.com Women's History Month Lessons

• Nancy Pelosi - First female Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
• Rosa Parks - Rosa Parks was an African American woman who refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus to a white man. Her act of defiance led to the year-long Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• Sacajawea - Young Indian woman who served as a guide and interpreter for Lewis and Clark.
• Sojourner Truth - African American woman who gave numerous speeches about ending slavery and giving women the right to vote.
• Susan B. Anthony - Co-founder of the National Woman Suffrage Association. Was arrested and fined for voting in a presidential election.

Women's History Month: Biography - JJ - Jane Jacobs - Guru of Urban Planning - Inner City defender

LearnAndReadAlong: Biography - JJ - Jane Jacobs - Guru of Urban Planning - Inner City defender

Today we tell about Jane Jacobs. She was an activist for improving cities. (read more)

USCIS 100: 55. What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?

▪ vote
▪ join a political party
▪ help with a campaign
▪ join a civic group
▪ join a community group
▪ give an elected official your opinion on an issue
▪ call Senators and Representatives
▪ publicly support or oppose an issue or policy
▪ run for office
▪ write to a newspaper

Lady Liberty: A Century Later, Statue of Liberty Still Attracts Millions

USCIS 100:95. Where is the Statue of Liberty?*

VOA Learning English: A Century Later, Statue of Liberty Still Attracts Millions

Today we tell about the Statue of Liberty. The huge, green statue celebrates American freedom. It has served as the guardian of New York Harbor for more than a century. Come along with us, as we visit “Lady Liberty.” (read more)

• download pdf
• download mp3
• online quiz

USCIS 100:95. Where is the Statue of Liberty?*

• New York (Harbor)
• Liberty Island
• [Also acceptable are New Jersey, near New York City, and on the Hudson (River).]

Women's History Month: Biography - PR - Rosa Parks - Mother of American Civil Rights

USCIS 100:84. What movement tried to end racial discrimination?

ListenAndReadAlong: Biography - PR - Rosa Parks - Mother of American Civil Rights

Until the nineteen sixties, black people in many parts of the United States did not have the same civil rights as white people. Laws in the American South kept the two races separate. These laws forced black people to attend separate schools, live in separate areas of a city and sit in separate areas on a bus.

On December first, nineteen fifty-five, in the southern city of Montgomery, Alabama, a forty-two year old black woman got on a city bus. The law at that time required black people seated in one area of the bus to give up their seats to white people who wanted them.

The woman refused to do this and was arrested.
This act of peaceful disobedience started protests in Montgomery that led to legal changes in minority rights in the United States. The woman who started it was Rosa Parks (read more)


USCIS 100:84. What movement tried to end racial discrimination?

▪ civil rights (movement)

Stitching WWII Home Front History into Quilts

USCIS 100:81. Who did the United States fight in World War II?

MercuryNews: Stitching WWII Home Front History into Quilts (slide show)

Designs commemorating Rosie the Riveter and the rest of the Home Front movement during World War II are featured in the exhibition, “Voices in Cloth: Extraordinary Quilts by the Bay,” at Richmond’s Craneway Pavilion March 22-23. (read more)

USCIS 100: 81. Who did the United States fight in World War II?

▪ Japan, Germany, and Italy

Women's History Month: Biography - BC - Clara Barton - Founder - American Red Cross

USCIS 100: 55. What are two ways that Americans
can participate in their democracy?

ListenAndReadAlong: Biography - BC - Clara Barton - Founder - American Red Cross

Today we tell about a woman who spent her life caring for others. (read more)

USCIS 100: 55. What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?

▪ vote
▪ join a political party
▪ help with a campaign
▪ join a civic group
▪ join a community group
▪ give an elected official your opinion on an issue
▪ call Senators and Representatives
▪ publicly support or oppose an issue or policy
▪ run for office
▪ write to a newspaper

Hillary Clinton for President? (VOA On Assignment)

VOAVideo: Hillary Clinton for President? (VOA On Assignment)

Will she, or won't she? VOA National Correspondent Jim Malone joins On Assignment's Alex Villarreal to discuss the possibility of a 2016 presidential run by former U.S. Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

President Obama Meets with Women Members of Congress

USCIS 100:17. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?*

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wh.gov: President Obama Meets with Women Members of Congress 03/12/2014

President Obama drops by a meeting with women Members of Congress to discuss the administration's economic agenda and minimum wage efforts.

USCIS 100: 17. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?*

▪ the Senate and House (of Representatives)

USCIS 100:18. How many U.S. Senators are there?

▪ one hundred (100)

USCIS 100:21. The House of Representatives has how many voting members?

▪ four hundred thirty-five (435)

Women's History Month: US Congresswoman Patsy Matsu Takemoto Mink and Title IX

USCIS 100:22. We elect a U.S. Representative

for how many years?

PATSY MINK: Ahead of the Majority

Patsy Matsu Takemoto Mink (Japanese: パッツィー・T・ミンク; December 6, 1927–September 28, 2002) was the first woman of color and the first Asian American woman elected to Congress.

Mink served in the U.S. House of Representatives for a total of 12 terms, representing Hawaii's first and second congressional districts. She also was the Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.

In 1972, Congresswoman Mink wrote the Title IX Amendment of the Higher Education Act, which guaranteed equal opportunity for both men and women in education and school sports.
For more info about influence of Patsy Mink and Title IX, see

• VOANews: Studies Link Girls' Sports to Gains in Life

USCIS 100:22. We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?

• two (2)

LISTEN to US Citizenship Podcast

• US Congresswoman Patsy Matsu Takemoto Mink and Title IX

Women's History Month: US Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm and Minimum Wage

USCIS 100:21. The House of Representatives

has how many voting members?

Congresswoman Shirley Chihsolm: UNBOUGHT AND UNBOSSED!

Shirley Chisholm (November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005) was US a Congresswoman, representing New York's 12th Congressional District from 1969 to 1983.

In 1968, she became the first African-American woman elected to Congress. She supported education, health care, social services, and reductions in military spending.

Shirley Chisholm hired only women for her office staff. Chisholm said that during her political career, she faced much more discrimination because she was a woman.

Shirley Chisholm created controversy when she visited George Wallace, the Governor of Alabama, in the hospital soon after his shooting in May 1972. Although they had opposite political views, Wallace deeply appreciated her kindness.

Several years later, when Congresswoman Chisholm worked on a bill to give domestic workers the right to a minimum wage, Governor Wallace helped get the votes of enough Southern congressmen to pass Chisholm's bill.

Shirley Chishom will always be remembered as "Unbought and Unbossed."


21. The House of Representatives has how many voting members?

• four hundred thirty-five (435)

LISTEN to US Citizenship Podcast

• US Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm and Minimum Wage

*NEW* VOA Learning English: Shirley Chisholm, 1924-2005: The First Black Woman Elected to the U.S. Congress (03/20/11)

She was an activist who worked to improve the lives of others PEOPLE IN AMERICA (download mp3)

Women's History Month: US Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin and Finding Your US Rep with ZIP+4

USCIS 100:23. Name your U.S. Representative.

Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin speaks out for women's right to vote.

On March 3, 1917, Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman to be elected to the United States House of Representatives and the first female member of the Congress. Because she loved peace and hated war, she voted against the entry of the United States into both World War I and World War II.

On Feb. 23, 2009 Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) introduced H. R. 1124: Honoring Female Pioneers Act that creates a U.S. postage stamp honoring four female Congressional pioneers: Jeannette Rankin (R-MT), Mary Teresa Norton (D-NJ), Patsy Mink (D-HI), and Shirley Chisholm (D-NY). The bill is awaiting a commitee vote. Thanks to Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur for honoring out political foremothers!

USCIS 100:23. Name your U.S. Representative.

• Answers will vary. [Residents of territories with nonvoting Delegates or Resident Commissioners may provide the name of that Delegate or Commissioner. Also acceptable is any statement that the territory has no (voting) Representatives in Congress.]
• Check www.house.gov/ for the name of your US Representative.
• Also see USPS Zip+4.

LISTEN to US Citizenship Podcast

• US Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin and Finding Your US Rep with ZIP+4