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Brooklyn Library’s Adult Literacy Tutoring Program 

This is some of what I learned during last month in Adult Literacy Tutoring. I encourage you to learn more as well. 

Sooo I’m not exactly sure what I share on here anymore with my busy schedule. Since April 2022 I’ve been volunteering with my local library to help others with Adult Literacy. It didn’t always start out with them helping guide us with lesson plans for the month. In fact, it wasn’t until January this year that they helped out their tutors in this way. 


Obviously, March was Women’s History Month, and the lesson plans in the tutoring program reflected that, but unfortunately I wasn’t around in March to help my students due to a family emergency, and short staffing on one week. On the last full week of March, the tutoring program started their spring break that lasts two weeks. 


I did look up all that I could out of the lesson plans that were to be planned for the students as I’m a huge fan of Women’s History Month. During my private studying I found out, we had: 

  • a Women’s History week as far back as the late 70’s

  • Women’s History Month since the late 80’s 


I learned some women to look out for and why such as: 

  • Georgia Douglas Johnson 

  • Bessie Smith

  • Augusta Savage

  • and more


I learned more about the 19th Amendment that I previously knew, equality in schools from as early as the early 30’s to present-ish, and women’s health. There were things in both equality in schools and women’s health that I knew and things I enjoyed learning. 


Where I can’t share everything with you, I will share what I can. 


  1. Women’s History and Women in the Workforce

    1. Good Morning America: Women’s History Month (play at 0.75 speed; 2m 52sec)

      1.  https://youtu.be/gptL2xWTjwE?si=Ftr8_yakakSv42Q6

    2. Zora Neale Hurston And The Harlem Renaissance

      1. https://nysmusic.com/2023/08/20/zora-neale-hurston-and-the-harlem-renaissance/

    3. Who Were the 5 Most Famous Women of the Harlem Renaissance?

      1. https://www.thecollector.com/most-famous-women-of-the-harlem-renaissance/

  2. Women Trailblazers 

    1. “Women Who Spoke Up” (CommonLit)

      1. https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts/women-who-spoke-up

    2. Intro to WHM

      1. https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/womens-history-month

  3. Gender Pay Gap

    1. Why We Must Empower Women Around the World: Maria Bello at TEDxMidAtlantic

      1. https://youtu.be/dvrRfEuXCBw?si=yNnB8T5oaACTMJQo

    2. Gender Pay Gap Article:

      1. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/03/01/gender-pay-gap-facts/

  4. Women in STEM

    1. “The Women of Hidden Figures” (CommonLit)

      1.  https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts/the-women-of-hidden-figures

    2.  Women/Intersectionality in STEM article

      1. https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2021/04/01/stem-jobs-see-uneven-progress-in-increasing-gender-racial-and-ethnic-diversity/#:~:text=In%202019%2C%2019.1%20million%20workers%20age%2025%20and,than%20their%20share%20in%20the%20overall%20workforce%20%2847%25%29.

  5. Explore the 19th Amendment

    1. The 19th Amendment: An Explainer (Rock the Vote)

      1. https://rockthevote.org/explainers/the-19th-amendment/#:~:text=What%20is%20the%2019th%20Amendment,women%20the%20right%20to%20vote.

  6. Title IX Impact (Women’s Suffrage)

    1. Equality in schools: Title IX and the Fight for Women’s Rights (National Geographic Kids)

      1. https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/equality-in-schools-title-ix-and-the-fight-for-womens-rights

  7. Intersectional Feminist Literature (Intersectional Feminism)

    1. The urgency of Intersectionality | Kimberlé Crenshaw | TED

      1. https://youtu.be/akOe5-UsQ2o?si=iGbfZd_oN326lqWv

  8. Inclusive Change Agents (Intersectional Feminism)

    1. The Magic in Empowering Black Girls | Taria Pritchett | TEDxWilmingtonLive

      1. https://youtu.be/BVXgI2u7bv4?si=GmzdrnlLNVux5FWu

  9. Health Challenge Unique to Women (Womxn’ Health)

    1. Health Issues Specific to Women’s Health

      1. https://online.regiscollege.edu/online-masters-degrees/online-master-science-nursing/womens-health-nurse-practitioner/resources/health-issues-specific-womens-health/#:~:text=Even%20so%2C%20women%20bear%20exclusive,more%20frequently%20among%20female%20patients.

  10. Heart Health Awareness (Womxn’s Health)

    1. What women can do to Reduce Their Risk from Heart Disease (CNN)

      1. https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/07/health/women-improve-heart-health-wellness/index.html

  11. Women in Leadership

    1. Women and Leadership

      1. https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2015/01/14/women-and-leadership/



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