It is no longer enough to have a token ‘women’ question (many exam papers have none!), a couple of pages in a textbook dedicated to women, or just a single female case study in a six-week module to ‘balance’ a topic. Girls in every classroom today will face a variety of challenges based on historic ideas about gender, compounded by factors like race, class and disability, as they grow into the women of the future.
Natasha Hodgson, Teaching Diversity in Women’s History
TMW’s very own Natasha Hodgson recently wrote a blog post for End Sexism in Schools entitled ‘Teaching diversity in women’s history’.
End Sexism in Schools is an organisation campaigning for a gender-balanced curriculum within schools, free from gendered stereotypes and expectations, and ensuring schools are free from sexual harassment and violence.
In her post, Natasha emphasises the importance of providing students (especially at KS3 – ‘the last chance for some students to engage with History before selecting their GCSEs’) with a range of historical examples of women from different cultures, backgrounds and experiences.
Read the full blog post here.
