Women’s History Month: Get Involved!

“There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.”
— Michelle Obama

“Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.”
Maya Angelou

“As women achieve power, the barriers will fall. As society sees what women can do, as women see what women can do, there will be more women out there doing things, and we’ll all be better off for it.”
Ruth Bader Ginsburg


Upcoming Events 

Black Women Lead: March to Dedication Celebration

Museum of Science Boston: Women's History Month Celebration Weekend

The House of the Seven Gables: Women's History Tour

The Freedom Trail: Revolutionary Women

Kendall Square Orchestra: Discovery and Breakthrough

The West End Museum: West End Women: A Walk Through History

The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts: Black Box Jazz| SHEGROOVES: Using Our Voices for Positive Change

Northeastern University: Feminist Foundations, Feminist Futures: Celebrating Signs at Fifty


Read: Articles of Influential Women of Massachusetts

Women of the Century
10 Massachusetts women through history who broke the glass ceiling

15 Trailblazing Women Who Changed Massachusetts


Read: Novels 

My Own Words’ by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Pride and Prejudice’ by Jane Austen
Hidden Figures’ by Margot Lee Shetterly
Little Women’ by Louisa May Alcott
Becoming’ by Michelle Obama

Beloved’ by Toni Morrison

I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World’ by Malala Yousafzai

Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts’ by Rebecca Hall

Boston University: 11 Books to Read in Celebration of Women's History Month

Penguin Random House: Books for Women's History Month


To Watch

50 Films to Watch During Women's History Month

Add These 20 Shows and Movies to Your Queue for Women's History Month

13 Films Full of Female Empowerment to Watch for Women’s History Month

On Netflix:

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Michelle Obama: Becoming
The Crown
What Happened Miss Simone?
Ladies First
Million Yen Women
The Life and Death of Marsha P. Johnson

Lady King

Self Made: Inspired by the Life Madam C.J

On Hulu:

the Help
I am Greta

On Amazon:

She's Beautiful When She's Angry

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise