A Public Syllabus on Feminist Resistance Across U.S. History: Books, Films, Archives and Tools to Rethink America's Ori

This is an incredibly detailed, lengthy resource. I hope you all make good use of it in these misogynist, woman-hating times!)


A Public Syllabus on Feminist Resistance Across U.S. History: Books, Films, Archives and Tools to Rethink America’s Origins


PUBLISHED 4/16/2026 by Janell Hobson
A sweeping, multimedia guide to feminist resistance—past and present—grounding the nation’s 250th in the voices, histories and cultural work of those long excluded from its founding story.



View of a demonstrator, with an American flag over her shoulders and carrying a baby, as she smiles during a A rally in support of immigrants’ rights in Union Square Park in New York City on May 1, 2010. The protests were a response to Arizona’s law (Bill SB 1070), allowing law enforcement to check immigration status during stops, which critics feared would lead to racial profiling of Latinos and other communities. (Walter Leporati / Getty Images)

This public syllabus is a resource guide for readers of Ms.’: Founding Feminists project, part of the FEMINIST 250 project that spans from Women’s History Month to the midterm elections this November.

The multimedia syllabus curated below spans the Revolutionary era and the long afterlife of feminist resistance—from the 19th century to the present.

It includes works by series authors, books and articles, podcasts, films and television, primary-source collections, a Google Map of sites across the U.S. relevant to women’s histories, and a Spotify playlist tracing the legacy of protest music.

Many of these works center marginalized communities and are organized under the themes of Revolution, Resistance and Reclamation.

Two hundred and fifty years ago, a nation came into being … Will we remember the ‘founding feminists’ who planted these democratic seeds?

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https://msmagazine.com/2026/04/16/feminist-250-founding-feminists-public-syllabus/