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This Women's History Month, we're spotlighting three of our beloved Champs to help you better understand their story, personality, and favorite female-authored books. Stay tuned for even more opportunities to learn more about our Champs! ~ Sitaara Jones

"Books allowed me to see a world beyond the front porch of my grandmother's shotgun house...[and] the power to see possibilities beyond what was allowed at the time." ----- Oprah Winfrey, author of The Wisdom of Sundays: Life-Changing Insights from Super Soul Conversations

Here at GoNoodle, we strive to create positive role models of strong women and girls that are reflective of the incredible audience of young people that consume our content. In an evolving world, we recognize the power of representation and the responsibility that we share in providing quality role models for all.

This is why the personalities and stories of each of our Champs mean so much to us. The Champs personify the free spirit and joy that we hope to share with the world. They also represent an opportunity for us to introduce mindfulness, STEAM, and a variety of personalities to kids in an approachable way.

This Women's History Month, we're spotlighting three of our beloved Champs to help you better understand their story, personality, and favorite female-authored books. Stay tuned for even more opportunities to learn more about our Champs!
Champ Spotlight: Flo-Yo

"Stay positive and live each day to the fullest! Girls, you can do it!"
Favorite Female Figure: Malala Yousafzai

Champ Spotlight: Nova SteamSteen "The girls of tomorrow will be curious, smart, and bold. The future looks bright!" Champ Spotlight: Om Petalhead

"Relax and take a deep breath ladies. We've got this."
Favorite Quote: "When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful". - Malala Yousafzai

Favorite Book: Malala's Magic Pencil

Favorite Female Figure: Sally Ride

Favorite Quote: "Our future lies with today's kids and tomorrow's exploration." - Sally Ride

Favorite Book: She Persisted: Sally Ride

Favorite Female Figure: Simone Biles

Favorite Quote: Today do what others won't, so tomorrow you can accomplish what others can't. - Simone Biles

Favorite Book: Flying High

We hope that you find time to share your favorite female-authored book with someone special this Women's History Month!

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This Women's History Month, we're spotlighting three of our beloved Champs to help you better understand their story, personality, and favorite female-authored books. Stay tuned for even more opportunities to learn more about our Champs!

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Women's History Month information from National Geographic Kids

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Women's History Month information from National Geographic Kids

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Educators in Santa Rosa, California, first celebrated Women's History Week in March 1978 to increase awareness of women's contributions to society. Organizers selected a week in early March to correspond with International Women's Day on March 8. Over the next several years, other cities across the country joined Santa Rosa in celebrating Women's History Week.

In 1980, U.S. President Jimmy Carter declared the week of March 8 National Women's History Week, urging everyone in the United States to participate. According to Carter, "too often the women were unsung and sometimes their contributions went unnoticed. But the achievements, leadership, courage, strength, and love of the women who built America was as vital as that of the men whose names we know so well."

The week-long event officially became a month-long one in 1987 when Congress passed a resolution designating March as Women's History Month. Women's History Month has been celebrated in the United States every March since.

Who it honors

Among the notable figures often spotlighted during Women's History Month are Sacagawea, a Native American woman who helped make Lewis and Clark's expedition to map parts of the West in the early 19th century a success; Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, who fought for equality for women in the mid-19th century, more than 70 years before the 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote in the United States in 1920; Harriet Tubman, a spy who led slaves to freedom during the Civil War; Amelia Earhart, one of the world's first female pilots (she mysteriously disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in 1937); Madeleine Albright, who became the first female Secretary of State in 1996; and Misty Copeland, the first African-American woman to be named a principal dancer-the highest level-in the 75-year history of the American Ballet Theatre in 2015.

Women's history month today

Since the first Women's History Week in 1978, other countries have joined the United States in honoring women and their contribution to history and culture, including Canada and Australia.

Each year the National Women's History Alliance chooses a theme for Women's History Month. Previous themes have included "Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet"(2009) and "Celebrating Women in STEM" (2013). The theme for 2020 and 2021 is "Valiant Women of the Vote." ( Learn about the fight for the right to vote.) And the theme for 2023 is "Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories."

Beyond the theme of the year, Women's History Month continues the discussion of women and their contributions through activities such as museum exhibits and film screenings, and by encouraging the study of achievements by women year-round.

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Every March, people in the United States celebrate the achievements and history of women as part of Women's History Month.

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Women's History Month information from DKfindout!

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Women's History Month information from DKfindout!

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DK Find Out! | Fun Facts for Kids on Animals, Earth, History and more!

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Visit DK Find Out! to learn about dinosaurs, space, animals, nature & more. Fun learning activities for kids with videos, quizzes & galleries at DKFindOut.com

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March is Women's History Month--Explore important Women using PebbleGo Biographies!

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March is Women's History Month--Explore important Women using PebbleGo Biographies!

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March is Women's History Month--Explore important Women using PebbleGo Next Biographies!

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March is Women's History Month--Explore important Women using PebbleGo Next Biographies!