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
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
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