SHP Educators Take Women’s History to the World

SHP Social Science teachers Serene Williams and Kristen Kelly have co-authored their first textbook along with Else Saoud: "Access to History for the IB Diploma: Protest and Change: Feminism in the USA (1960–1979) and Revolution in Tunisia (1989–2015)."

 

The book is designed for International Baccalaureate students and will be used internationally, with editors collaborating from the UK, Libya, and Patagonia.

 

Kelly and Williams are movers and shakers in the field of women’s history. They have co-authored numerous articles, contributed original feminist research and scholarship, and are nationally recognized for leading the campaign to establish the first-ever AP U.S. Women’s History (WAPUSH) course.

 

For these efforts, Kelly and Williams will receive the inaugural Meryl Streep Educator Award at the Women Making History Awards gala in Chicago this November.

 

Next month, a Harvard documentary about their scholarship is set to premiere.

 

And this spring, the University of Oklahoma Press is slated to publish their next book, a collection on teaching U.S. suffrage rights to high school students featuring chapters from leading suffrage scholars and accompanying lesson plans.

 

Founder of Sacred Heart schools Saint Madeleine Sophie—who strove to create free education for poor girls in 19th century France—would undoubtedly be incredibly proud of their accomplishments.

 

Curious to learn more about the educators behind the work? Watch the SHS Communications Office’s documentary featuring Kristen and Serene: https://vimeo.com/1117671782?share=copy&fl=cl&fe=ci