Immigrant Women and the Industrial Revolution: Labor, Activism and Legacy

Learn about the vital role of immigrant women in the Industrial Revolution, including their labor, activism, and impact on workplaces and communities, in this power presentation with Ariana Moir, Education Program Manager at The ILC Public Education Institute, and Karen Glover, Communications Director at The Immigrant Learning Center, at the Conference of the National Council for the Social Studies in Washington, DC.

The presentation draws on “Immigrant Women and the Industrial Revolution,” the latest teacher resource from The Immigrant Learning Center’s Teaching U.S. Immigration series, which provides teachers with tools to explore immigration through the lens of the history and social studies curriculum already being taught. In this bundle, teachers get access to two lesson plans, “The Social Question” and “Immigrant Women on Strike,” along with engaging in-person and online activities, primary sources from the Library of Congress, multiple leveled texts and more.

This resource was sponsored in part by the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Eastern Region Program, coordinated by Waynesburg University.