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Ela Bhatt

Ela Bhatt was a pioneer in women’s empowerment and grassroots development. In addition to establishing the Self-Employed Women’s Association in India, Bhatt also founded India’s first women’s bank, Cooperative Bank of SEWA, and served as a member of the Parliament of India from 1986 to1989.
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Learning for Justice Staff
Grade Level
9-12
Topic
Class Gender & Sexual Identity
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History
Economics
Social Justice Domain
Justice Action
August 7, 2017
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Discriminatory Policies at the Summer Olympics

From a policy banning swim caps designed for natural Black hair to a ruling that several Black women can’t compete because of naturally high testosterone levels, some Olympic policies reflect stereotypes and discriminatory dress codes that many Black girls and women face in schools. As you prepare for next school year, these resources can help you assess your school’s dress code, advocate for inclusion and check that you don’t reinforce harmful stereotypes about women and women athletes.

  • Controlling the Student Body
  • Loc’d Out: How Thoughtless Dress Codes Can Harm Students From Day One
  • We Beasts, We Badasses: Lessons From the Olympics
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Kathleen B. Jones

Kathleen is professor emerita of women’s studies at San Diego State University and visiting research fellow at University of California, Davis, where she directs a National Endowment for the Humanities seminar for schoolteachers on the political theory of Hannah Arendt. She has been active in the field of women and politics and feminist theory since 1975, publishing widely on feminism and political theory in both scholarly and popular journals. Jones’ latest book, Diving for Pearls: A Thinking Journey with Hannah Arendt (Thinking Women Books, 2013), explores Arendt’s influence in her life .
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Jamila Bey

Jamila Bey is a journalist and speaker in Washington, DC. Her work covers American politics and all things First Amendment. She's currently working on a book which is a critical examination of the role of religion in the lives of African-American women.
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Anya Malley

Anya Malley is an editorial assistant for Learning for Justice. They have studied publishing and women’s and gender studies, and they have editorial experience working with several scholarly and creative journals as well as a small fiction press.
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Mary McLeod Bethune

In this lesson, students will read an excerpt of an interview given by Mary McLeod Bethune and will learn that she founded the Daytona National and Industrial School for Negro Girls (now Bethune-Cookman College) in 1904. Through close reading, they will explore and discuss connections between events from Bethune’s life experiences and their own lives, and connections between past and current events.
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6-8 9-12
Topic
Gender & Sexual Identity
Subject
Reading & Language Arts
Social Studies
History
Social Justice Domain
Justice Action
May 17, 2012