MAINE COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES

For women's history month the  featured lesson is about Jovita Idar,  a Mexican-American journalist, nurse, and civil rights activist. Growing up in Texas, Idar witnessed segregation, lynching, and various other injustices against Mexican-Americans and other people of color. Using journalism as a form of activism, she publicly tackled some of the toughest subjects such as racism, inequality, and educational deficits in schools such as the lack of bilingual education at this time. Resource: Jovita Idar's Fight for the Rights of Women and Mexican Immigrants | PBS News Hour for Grades 6-12  For additional lessons on powerful women in history see Girl Power: 5 Women in History

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