This award was co-sponsored with the Journal of Women’s History from 2001 – 2014. The prize was awarded to a high school student for the best project that focused on the contribution, accomplishments, experiences, and perspectives of women in U.S. history. Winners of the Women’s History special prize were featured in The Journal of Women’s History.
National History Day Award Winners in Women’s History
2014 – Ailis Daly
West Nyack, NY
“Thalidomide: From Tragedy Comes Testing Transformation” (Junior Individual Exhibit)
2013 – Natalia Ginsburg
Chicago, IL
The Hidden History of Jane: Chicago’s Forgotten Underground Abortion Service and Roe v. Wade
2012 – Chenoa Yorgason
Honolulu, HI
The Pill: Revolutionizing Rights, Reforming Roles
2011 – Brooke Friday
Providence, RI
Eleanor Roosevelt Visits Local High School to Discuss Human Rights
2010 – Page Gosney
Canton High School, Canton, OH
Project – The Back of the Fighting Front: The Women’s Army Corps
2007 – Julianna Pullis, Jaime Midgyett, Peyton Lucey, Matthew Lewis, Kristina Aasheim
Denver, Colorado
Project – Rosie the Riveter: We Can Do It
2005 – Elizabeth Kelly
Willington, CT, Hall Memorial School; Pat Pinney (teacher)
Project – The Second American Revolution: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Her Fight for Women’s Rights
2004 – Kathleen Cornelsen,
Maurice J. McDonough High School, Pomfret, MD; James Campbell (teacher)
Project – Women Air Force Service Pilots of World War II: Exploring Military Aviation, Encountering Discrimination, and Exchanging Traditional Roles in Service to America
2003 – Kasey Till and Kelsey Wall
South Dakota, Dupree School, Dupree, SD; Gnene Fordyce (teacher)
Project – Married Women’s Property Acts in the 19th Century
2002 – Sephi Allen
Nathaniel Greene Middle School, Providence, Rhode Island
Project – The Life and World of Elizabeth Buffum Chace: Abolitionist, Suffragist and Philanthropist
2001 – Amanda Schubring and Melissa Mullin
Rolla Junior High School,Rolla, Missouri; Mary Mueller and Helen Branson (teachers)
Project: Establishing Women’s Rights
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