The Mercer University Libraries (MUL) is proud to celebrate Women’s History Month on behalf of our students, faculty, and staff. During the month of March, we are acknowledging women in education, such as teachers, professors, deans, principals, etc. We also want to give a special thank you to all of the women, both past and present, at Mercer University, who have furthered Mercer’s mission “to teach, to learn, to create, to discover, to inspire, to empower, and to serve.” Visit our Instagram page to learn more about the women who have contributed to Mercer University. Lastly, check out the list of films, books, and web resources about women in education.

Films

• Women are the Change: Overcoming Barriers to Education in Africa
• When We Fight: The 30,000-Strong Los Angeles Teachers Strike
• Maria Montessori: The Visionary Educator
• Mary McLeod Bethune: Champion for Education

Books

• A Forgotten Sisterhood: Pioneering Black Women Educators and Activists in the Jim Crow South by Audrey McCluskey
• Voices of Resistance and Renewal: Indigenous Leadership in Education by Dorothy Aguilera-Black Bear and John Tippeconnic
• The Transformation of Women’s Collegiate Education: The Legacy of Virginia Gildersleeve by Patrick Dilley
• Women Educators in the United States, 1820-1993: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook by Maxine Seller
• Women in the Higher Education C-Suite: Diverse Executive Profiles by Lisa Takami and Barbara Gellman-Danley

Web Resources

• American Women’s History Museum (Smithsonian)
• Higher Education Resource Services (HERS Network)
• National Center for Education Statistics Blog
• National Women’s History Museum
• Google Arts & Culture: Women in Culture