March is Women's History Month – commemorating and encouraging the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history and throughout the world. Read more about Women's History Month and its origins in the U.S.
Suffragists picket in front of the White House. Washington, D.C., February 1917. Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote. (PHOTO: Library of Congress)
Enjoy a special collection of stories, programs and educational resources that highlight the historical, societal, and cultural accomplishments of women throughout the decades.
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Women's History Monthwomenshistorymonth.gov
Resources from The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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Arizona and the 19th AmendmentNPS.gov
Women first organized and collectively fought for suffrage at the national level in July of 1848. Arizona ratified the 19th Amendment on February 12, 1920, one of the original 36 states to do so.
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American Women: A Guide to Women's History ResourcesThe Library of Congress
The Library's unique and diverse collections are rich with resources for the study of women's history. This research guide gathers together a collection of topical guides and essays that tell the stories of women in America.
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American Experience: The Cancer Detectives
The untold story of the coalition of people who fought tirelessly to save women from cervical cancer. Premieres March 26.
America Reframed: A Woman on the Outside
After watching nearly every man in her life disappear into prison, Kristal Bush channels her struggle into reuniting other Philadelphia families divided by incarceration. Premieres March 28.
Voces: Sentir el Sol
A poetic documentary short about an Afro-Mexican woman in search of her ethnic and gender identity through the West African and Afro-Mexican practices in music and dance.
American Experience: Fly With Me
The lively but neglected history of the women who changed the world while flying it.
Funny Woman
Barbara Parker heads to London to take on the male-dominated world of comedy by storm.
Beyond the Powder
The history of the first women’s cross-country air race and the legacy today.
PBS LearningMedia: Teaching Women's Suffrage
This collection of video clips, lesson plans, and primary sources details key figures, events, and regional movements of the decades-long fight to win the right to vote for women in the United States.
Celebrate Women's History: Rebel Girls
Rebel Girls from History celebrates Women's History Month by focusing on the amazing, mostly forgotten women from the late 19th and early 20th century whose lives, actions, and sacrifices helped shape today’s America.
15 Children's Books to Celebrate Women's History Month
In honor of Women’s History Month, here are 15 such books about impactful and inspirational historic and modern-day women.
Girl Talk
Set in the cutthroat, boy-dominated world of high school debate, GIRL TALK tells the timely story of five girls on a diverse, top-ranked Massachusetts high school debate team.
Independent Lens: Storming Caesars Palace
After losing her job as a hotel worker in Las Vegas, Ruby Duncan joined a welfare rights group of mothers who defied notions of the “welfare queen.”
Independent Lens: Hidden Letters
The bonds of sisterhood, and the parallels of struggles among generations of women in China, are drawn together by the once-secret written language of Nüshu, the only script designed and used exclusively by women.
Secrets of the Dead: Woman in the Iron Coffin
Uncover the story of early America’s free Black communities via 150-year-old human remains.
Southland Sessions: A Tribute to Linda Ronstadt at The Soraya
Aida Cuevas, La Marisoul, Mariachi Garibaldi de Jaime Cuéllar and special guest David Hidalgo from Los Lobos pay tribute to the legend Linda Ronstadt.
Secrets of the Dead: Lady Sapiens
Incredible scientific investigations from across the globe are helping piece together the untold story of prehistoric women shedding new light on our ancient foremothers.
Call the Midwife
Now in its 13th season, Call the Midwife is a moving and intimate insight into the colorful world of midwifery in 1960s London.
American Experience: The Vote
One hundred years after the passage of the 19th Amendment, The Vote tells the dramatic culmination story of the hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote.
Betty White: First Lady of Television
A warm look at the life and career of the beloved television and film legend.
Joni Mitchell: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize
After getting her start in coffee shops Joni Mitchell went on to set a new standard for music. She became a household name with music that defies categorization.
Independent Lens: Dolores
Co-founder of the first farmworkers union with Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice, becoming one of the most defiant feminists of the 20th century.
Sanditon
Jane Austen’s final and incomplete novel Sanditon tells the story of the joyously impulsive, spirited and unconventional Charlotte Heywood.
American Experience: Zora Neale Hurston, Claiming A Space
Meet the influential author, anthropologist, and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance whose work reclaimed and honored Black life.
American Experience: The Codebreaker
The Codebreaker reveals the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst whose painstaking work to decode thousands of messages for the U.S. government.
Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan
Hosted by four-time New York Times bestselling author Kelly Corrigan, the show features insightful conversations with notable guests, reflecting on their lives and the impact they can have on their worlds.
Miss Scarlet & The Duke
Kate Phillips stars in a six-part mystery as the headstrong, first-ever female detective in Victorian London.
NOVA Determined: Fighting Alzheimer's
Follow three women at risk of developing Alzheimer’s as they join a groundbreaking study to try to prevent the disease.
Wild Rivers with Tillie
Conservationist Tillie Walton explores wild rivers and their surrounding cultures and ecosystems.
AMERICAN MASTERS: Searching for Augusta Savage
Augusta Savage was the first person in the U.S. to open a gallery dedicated to African American art.
FRONTLINE: Afghanistan Undercover
Correspondent Ramita Navai's undercover investigation into the Taliban’s crackdown on women in Afghanistan.
La Otra Mirada
Set in 1920s Seville, this series portrays the journey of brave women finding their own voice. From Walter Presents, in Spanish with English subtitles.
Inside the Mind of Agatha Christie
Combining rare access to Agatha’s family, her personal archive and speaking to those who know her work best, discover what made the world’s most successful crime writer tick.
FRONTLINE: Pelosi's Power
An examination of former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi's life and legacy, how she has gained and wielded power across three decades, and how she has faced grave challenges to her leadership and to American democracy.
9 to 5: The Story of a Movement
When Dolly Parton sang “9 to 5,” she was singing about a real movement that started with a group of secretaries in the early 1970s seeking better pay, more advancement opportunities and an end to sexual harassment.
Eight decades after their wartime efforts, real-life 'Rosie the Riveters' reunite in D.C. to win the nation's top civilian honor
Twenty seven "Rosies" traveled from across the country to attend Wednesday's award ceremony
First Lady Jill Biden stops in Arizona to launch Women for Biden-Harris
Dr. Jill Biden unveils re-election campaign for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, advocates for reproductive healthcare rights.
Carla Fabris: Harpist
A delicate performance by Carla Fabris, Harp Instructor at the University of Arizona’s Fred Fox School of Music
Artist Maria Arvayo
Pascua Yaqui artist draws inspiration from the Sonoran Desert landscape.
Navajo Weavers
Sisters Barbara Teller Ornelas and Lynda Teller Pete are 5th-generation master Navajo weavers
Lex Gjurasic: Radical Happiness
Creating joy filled paintings and sculptures is Lex's way of processing memories, emotions, and experiences in a chaotic world.
The Friends and the Bees
Meet the women behind Buzzed Queens Apiary in Tucson.
Note of Life: Gertie and the T.O. Boyz
As the only female band leader on the Tohono O'odham reservation, Gertie Lopez is a is a celebrated musician who has been a force in Tucson’s music community for decades.
Barbara Rogers
Painter of paradise, vulnerability, and beauty.
Working in Mental Health with Felicia Jaimez
Providing therapy on the Pascua Yaqui Reservation.
Ana Maria Iordache: Classical Guitarist
The classical guitarist from Romania, currently pursuing her DMA degree at the University of Arizona’s Fred Fox School of Music, sits down for an exclusive AZPM studio performance.
Working in Mental Health with Kate Kincaid
Kate Kincaid specializes in relationship therapy within systemically marginalized communities and Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy.
BJ's Hand-Cranked Socks
Barbara Schroeder knits socks with a 130-year-old antique sock knitting machine and cannot emphasize enough, the importance of wearing wool socks, even in summer.
No more silence: Boarding school survivor Anita Yellowhair shares her story, over 60 years later
Anita Yellowhair, of Arizona, was one of thousands of children taken from their home to one of more than 400 boarding schools in the U.S.
Working in Mental Health with Sarai Peguero
Sarai Perguero specializes in EMDR Therapy; her childhood lead her to want to help those struggling with their identities and marginalization.
Girls in STEM
Since 2013, the Arizona Science Center has hosted monthly "Girls in STEM" events, in the hopes of inspiring girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.
Rhymes and Reptiles
Meet a local author who gets children and adults excited about science through clever rhymes and reptiles!
Meet a Sierra Vista civil rights pioneer
For Dorothy Coston-Tompkins, it’s about service, investing in people, and creating spaces and opportunities for everyone to have their voices heard.
Cecilia Vicuña: Sonoran Quipu
Chilean artist and poet Cecilia Vicuña has had solo shows at some of the most prestigious museums in the world. Now she brings her unique artistic practice to MOCA Tucson.
Jane Hamilton
Three decades ago she had $400 in the bank and was raising four children as a single mother, but that didn’t stop Jane Hamilton from starting her own business.
Nazafarin Lotfi: Carving a Space to Belong
Nazafarin Lotfi is the founder of Hamrah Arts Club where she creates space for refugee-status youth through art in Tucson.
Tucson Chinese Chorizo Project
The Chinese Chorizo is a symbol of how Chinese and Mexican communities once thrived throughout the barrios of downtown Tucson.
Borderlands Brewers
We follow Ayla Kapahi and Savanna Saldate of Borderlands Brewing Co. as they show off their craft and remind us what we should know about the history of beer.
Democrat Katie Hobbs takes office as Arizona governor
Hobbs was sworn in during a private ceremony at the state Capitol as she formally took over from Republican Doug Ducey.
Ivy, Gilded in Black
Ivy Wahome's new exhibition shows the Victorian era from a different perspective.
Las Azaleas
Founded in 2020 by Diana Olivares, Las Azaleas is a women-led mariachi group that highlights the voices and talent of female musicians.
Fighting Foodborne Illness
Sadhana Ravishankar has spent her career keeping agricultural products in Arizona safe, and was recently awarded Inventor of the Year by Tech Launch Arizona for developing natural antimicrobial washes.
Chubasco Channel
Alex! Jimenez’s Chubasco Channel is an immersive sound installation that celebrates the monsoons and raises awareness about the future of water in the Southwest Region.
Returning to Earth
Dr. Sian Proctor is a geoscientist, educator, afrofuturist artist, and most recently-- the first black female astronaut to pilot a spacecraft.
Birth Witness
Ofelia Zepeda, former Tucson poet laureate and Tohono O’odham tribal member reads an excerpt from her poem.
First Lady Jill Biden promotes cancer moonshot in visit to Southern Arizona
Biden administration aiming to cut the cancer death rate in half over the next 25 years.
Alanna
At the age of 47, Alanna Airitam left a successful career in advertising to pursue photography full-time.
Racing women take to southern Arizona track for high-speed honors
The fastest will win a place in the European-based W Series this summer.
From painting in prison to professional artist
Tucson resident makes a life-changing transformation with her talents.
Navajo Mustang
In Navajo (Diné) culture, the horse is central to life and an understanding of the world.
Tamales with Josefina
Meet the feisty and active octogenarian carrying on a thousand year old Mesoamerican tradition.
New astronaut list includes trainees with UA ties
They could be in line for upcoming missions to the ISS and maybe the moon.
UA doctoral student's satellite gathering upper atmosphere data for climate forecasters
The self-designed research package went aloft on a high-altitude balloon in August.
Atifa Rawan on Afghanistan
Atifa Rawan, an Afghan American and UA Library Sciences professor emerita, shares insight on her upbringing in Afghanistan and her most recent work in the region.
Coach Adia Barnes on Motherhood
The University of Arizona Women’s Basketball coach on balancing family, being a role model for her players, and normalizing what it means to be a mom.
Tigist: Midwife
A look at Tigist Ejeta and the long road it took for her to become a licensed home birth midwife. (6:34)
Fireball
Astronomer Erika Hamden's discovery through failure. (09:54)
Grand Mama Jones
Grand Mama Jones, as she is known in her family, has been a rock for everyone around her. (07:32)
Stella Tucker
Remembering the Tohono O'odham elder and face of the annual saguaro fruit harvest in southern Arizona
Zaira
A profile of Tucson community organizer, Zaira Livier.
The Survivor
There are 42 million sexual abuse survivors living in the U.S. today, and most have never told their story. Danielle McFarlin has made it her mission to break that silence.
Drawn to Science
Tucson scientist and artist Nathalie Aall has combined two of her favorite interests into an unusual career.
When Sarah Runs
Tucson nurse Sarah Sellers stuns at the Boston Marathon.
In Her Own Words: Helping Migrants and Deportees
Video commentary from Joanna Williams with the Kino Border Initiative.
The Full Nelson
Life has thrown her a few curve balls. She is a mother, author and performer ... Adiba Nelson is a force of nature.
The Preventionist
Joronda Montaño is turning her painful past into a positive force for change—fighting substance abuse, rising suicide rates, and the toll of trauma and violence one kid at a time.
Angel's Awakening
A local author of young adult science fiction reflects on her life experiences and how they have influenced her writing.
The Architect: Judith Chafee
Judith Chafee is one of the most critically acclaimed and controversial architects to have practiced in Southern Arizona.
The River Woman
Katie Lee is still mourning the loss of her beloved Glen Canyon
Fighting Molly
Molly Helsel is a single mom and a veteran MMA fighter.
