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WAPUSH: Period 1: Indigenous Societies, Origins-1491

Resources for students and teachers interested in the creation of an AP Women's U.S. History course

1.1: Contextualizing Period 1

Christine de Pizan, Professional Writer and Voice for Women in the Middle Ages
Library of Congress
Ms. Magazine: "Lost from the Official Record" by Gerda Lerner
A reflection on the importance of women's history by noted historian Gerda Lerner. This was published in Ms. Magazine in December 1979
WAPUSH Interview with Dr. Bonnie Morris
Dr. Bonnie Morris is a professor at UC Berkeley and a widely regarded scholar of women's history

1.2: Indigenous societies in the Americas in the pre-Columbian Era

Early Encounters: 1492-1732
Women and the American Story, New York Historical Society
The Haudenosaunee Creation Story
Ms. Magazine: "Sky Woman and Her Sisters"
A 1992 essay about Indigenous women in the Americas

1.3: Political authority of Indigenous women

We Want Equal Rights!: The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Influence on the Women's Rights Movement
By Sally Roesch Wagner

1.4: Gender and social authority in regional tribes

1.5: Cultural interactions among Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans

1.6: Women in the early slave trade

1.7: Women healers and religious innovation

Warts and All: Learn the Fascinating History of Witchcraft and Reproductive Health
New York Historical Society

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Subjects: Social Sciences

Tags: American studies, gender studies, history, U.S. history, Women, Women's Studies