Resources for Women’s History Month

List Compiled by Christie Love

March is women’s history month. Here is a great list of resources to explore and to share to help you grow in your understanding of women in our world, our nation, and in faith spaces.

Books to Read

The Hidden History of Women’s Ordination

The Making of Biblical Womanhood by Beth Allison Barr

Fearless Daughters of the Bible by J. Lee Grady

10 Lies the Church Tells Women by J. Lee Grady

Malestrom by Carolyn Custis James

Hall the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall

Founding Mothers by Cokie Roberts

Women in the Civil Rights Movement ​​

Extraordinary Women of Christian History: What We Can Learn from Their Struggles and Triumphs by Ruth Tucker

Movies to Watch

Check out this list of movies that are recommended by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences https://aframe.oscars.org/what-to-watch/post/50-films-to-watch-during-womens-history-month 

Netflix has a list of documentaries that are streaming about Women’s History that you might want to explore in March: https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/womens-history-month-documentaries 

PBS has some interesting short films, articles, and links to documentaries about women who made history: https://www.pbs.org/articles/what-to-watch-womens-history-month

Podcasts to Listen To

NPR has a playlist on Spotify with more than 11 hours of stories of women throughout history. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2oTAX0rOtqGiJsDjOr4Vfu?si=Xm77O-qyTrGHLz-4FRawuA

Resources on the history of women’s ordination/roles in the church in various denominations

Episcopalians 

Jewish Faith 

Presbyterians 

Lutherans

Methodists

Assembly of God

Southern Baptists

Pew Research on the opinion of ordination of women

Profiles on Women in church history

Judith, Thecla, and Catherine of Alexandria

10 should be famous women in the early church article

Antoinette Brown Blackwell- The first woman ordained in the United States

Catherine Booth

Dorothy Day

10 Awesome Women Pastors in History Article

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