At a time when women were expected to stay home, playing sports wasn’t allowed & few went to college, the YWCA camp at ASILOMAR provided opportunities to high school and college women they couldn’t get elsewhere. (2/3)

ASILOMAR CONFERENCE CENTER was 1st conference training facility owned by a women’s organization in the US. Founded (1913) by Phoebe Hearst & designed by Julia Morgan, it ran YWCA summer camps (1913-1934) to encourage high school girls to think beyond traditional roles. (1/3) #History #Herstory

ORDINARY EQUALITY by Kate Kelly provides a fascinating look into lives & challenges of the people who fought to win women’s right to vote in the US & so much more.

ORDINARY EQUALITY by Kate Kelly provides a fascinating look into lives & challenges of the people who fought to win women’s right to vote in the US & so much more. #History #Herstory #Book

I DISSENT by Debbie Levy. This children's book tells the story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's childhood, the challenges she faced and her journey to become the influential Supreme Court Justice (1993-2020) she was. #Herstory #LearnMore #Kids #Book

I Dissent by Debbie Levy

HIDDEN FIGURES: THE TRUE STORY OF FOUR BLACK WOMEN AND THE SPACE RACE by Margot Lee Shetterly. This is a remarkably informative kids book about the amazing female mathematicians and engineers behind the success of the early US space program. #Herstory #LearnMore #Kids #Book

I DISSENT by Debbie Levy. This children's book tells the story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's childhood, the challenges she faced and her journey to become the influential Supreme Court Justice (1993-2020) she was. #Herstory #LearnMore #Kids #Book

THE MERCURY 13 by Martha Ackmann. This book tells the story of 13 female pilots who passed all the same tests as the Mercury astronauts, even surpassing their male counter parts on several, but were still rejected by NASA. #Herstory #LearnMore #Book