Celebrate Women’s History Month with this engaging, thought-provoking, and reflective writing activity!
 
Inspiring Voices: Reflect and Connect with Women’s History features 15 powerful quotes from women leaders, activists, artists, athletes, astronauts, and STEM innovators from diverse backgrounds—including Black, Latina, Indigenous, Asian, and other historically underrepresented women.
 
This activity fosters social-emotional learning (SEL) by encouraging students to reflect on resilience, leadership, justice, equality, and identity through personal and critical thinking.
 
Designed to inspire self-expression, these quotes serve as bell-ringers, journal prompts, discussion starters, or writing assignments to spark meaningful conversations in your classroom.
 
This low-prep, high-impact resource is perfect for educators who want to honor Women’s History Month while helping students build confidence in their own voices.
 
What’s Included?
✔ 15 impactful quotes from diverse and trailblazing women
✔ Ready-to-Print Worksheet to facilitate writing activity (editable google-doc)
✔ Thought-provoking reflection prompts designed for middle school students
✔ A mix of historical and contemporary figures across sports, STEM, activism, and leadership

✔ Featured women include:
Alice Wong (Founder and Director of the Disability Visibility Project)
Claudia Sheinbaum (First Female President of Mexico)
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Author, Feminist Thinker)
Chloe Kim (Korean-American Olympic snowboarder)
Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Indigenous Advocate)
Dolores Huerta (Co-Founder of the United Farm Workers)
Greta Thunberg (Climate activist, youth leader)
Ibtihaj Muhammad (First Muslim-American Olympic athlete to wear a hijab)
Malala Yousafzai (Education activist, youngest Nobel Prize winner)
Marie Curie (First woman to win a Nobel Prize in science)
Rupi Kaur (Poet, Writer)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Supreme Court Justice, champion of women’s rights)
Sally Ride (First American Woman in Space)
Simone Biles (Olympic Gymnast, Advocate)
Tarana Burke (Founder of #MeToo Movement)
 
Perfect for:
✅ Bell ringers & journal prompts
✅ Women’s History Month lessons
✅ SEL-based discussions
✅ Low-prep, high-impact reflection activities
 
Give your students the space to explore their own voices while honoring and learning from groundbreaking women across fields!