The Women of Courage biographies activity is a research-based project for students to learn about historic and contemporary women from countries beyond the United States. The ultimate intent is not to present a gallery of famous women, but to demonstrate a process in which social studies and art classes, and museums and schools, can work together to enhance awareness of our world's extraordinary women. It also has the potential of becoming a class web site or whole school exhibit.
As a member of the education committee of the San Francisco International Museum of Women (IMOW), I initiated this collaborative project with Sherry Keith, professor of a course called "Women in the …