A history of women's achievement in America
Subtitle: Volume 2
By: produced by Centre Communications for Ambrose Video Publishing ; produced by Ron Meyer and Kayann Short ; written by Tom Henwood, Ron Meyer and Mark Reeder ; directed by Ron Meyer
Contributors: Arkenstone, David; Ramsey, Michael; Centre Communications, Inc; Ambrose Video Publishing
Publisher: Distributed by Ambrose Video Publishing
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 60
Subjects: Women; History; Biography; Biographical films; Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Description: A history of women's achievement in America examines the 400-year history of American women's inspiring accomplishments and victories.

Women speak out, 1852-1885. This program discusses the writers Harriet Beecher Stowe, Emily Dickinson, Harriet Tubman, Louisa May Alcott; Susan B. Anthony and her arrest for voting; Clara Barton's founding of the Red Cross; and the women of the wild west, Annie Oakley, Calamity Jane, and Belle Starr.

America enters the world of nations, 1889-1912. This program discusses Jane Addams founding Hull House; Nellie Bly, Mary Cassatt, Ida B. Wells, Gertrude Pridgett (Ma Rainey), Isadora Duncan, and the founding of the Girl Scouts of America by Juliette Gordon.
Notes: "Accessing extra documents: This DVD has historical documents, timeline, blackline masters, teacher's guide and lesson plans that can be displayed on-screen or printed out.  To access these files, put this DVD in a computer with a DVD player.  Quit the DVD software if it starts to play the disc.  Navigate to this DVD and look in the folders labeled 'Extras.'  The 'Documents' folder had PDF files.  To view the files you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader.  If you do not have Acrobat Reader, you can download a copy for free a www.adobe.com.  Double click on the files to open them"--Container insert.

DVD extras: Teacher guides and lesson plans; photo gallery; timeline; historical documents; blackline master quizzes.

Music, David Arkenstone ; editor, Michael Ramsey.

Presenter: Donna Mills.

DVD.

Soundtrack in English with subtitles in English and Spanish. Closed-captioned.
Table of contents: title: Women speak out --; title: America enters the world of nations.