Happy International Women's Day

3/7/2024 4:40 pm

International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women's equality.

IWD has occurred for well over a century, with the first IWD gathering in 1911 supported by over a million people. Today, IWD belongs to all groups collectively everywhere. IWD is not country, group or organization specific.

How can our bluebirds celebrate International Women's Day? How about completing a Rosie the Riveter coloring page?

Or complete a Historical Women Word Search?

Read a book or story online about a famous woman in history or learn about three famous women below:

Who was the first U.S. teacher assigned by NASA to travel into space?

Answer: Christa McAuliffe. She had planned to teach lessons from space to children across America, but she was not able to complete the mission. Only 73 seconds after liftoff, Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart due to a faulty O-ring.

What did Mary Anderson invent that helps motorists when driving in rain and snow? Answer: Windshield wipers. On a trip to New York, she rode on a streetcar during freezing rain. She noticed the driver lowered his window so he could see to drive. She received a patent in 1903 and a second patent in 1917, but she made no money from her inventions.

In 1911, who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering radium and polonium? Answer: Madame Marie Curie. She shared the prize with her husband and Henri Becquerel. She had previously won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1903. Her daughter was the second woman to win a Nobel Prize—for discovering artificial radioactivity.