March is Women's History Month

We encourage local churches and annual conferences to mark Women’s History Month each March. A wealth of information is available on historic women in the United Methodist Church. We offer here a few ideas and resources to help you get started.

Bulletin Inserts

Using the theme for National Women’s History Month, “Women’s Art: Women’s Vision,” the General Commission on the Status and Role of Women celebrates the vision of United Methodist women artists, focusing on the lives and works of various women and how they use art to express their vision. This bulletin insert series features a diverse group of women artists, representing the diverse forms of visual arts including painting, pottery, sculpture, stained glass and quilting.

Download color or black and white versions of 6 inserts in one file:

Color Inserts << Click Here (2.6 Mb)

Black and White inserts << Click Here (1.7 Mb)

Preview the inserts by holding your mouse over the words "Front" or Back."

Insert One • Front • Back >> Introduction to the insert series.

Insert Two • Front • Back >> Jean Lacy.

Insert Three • Front • Back >> Catherine Kapikian

Insert Four • Front • Back >> Kepsey Fixico

Insert Five • Front • Back >> Sybil Dodson and Becky Dodson Louter

Insert Six • Front • Back >> Linda M. Clemow

HOW TO USE BULLETIN INSERTS

The inserts are each one half of an 8.5” by 11” black-and-white double-sided sheet of paper. The inserts are in PDF form so you will need to have the free Adobe Reader program installed on your computer to view and print the inserts.

To prepare the inserts for your Sunday bulletins, follow these steps:

1. If you don’t already have Adobe Reader, click on the logo on this page to download and install it.
2. Click on each Sunday’s insert to view it.
3. After the insert opens, you can print it in the way you normally print from your computer. (If you have trouble printing, try clicking the printer icon on the Adobe toolbar to the right of the word “Save a Copy.”)
4. Each Sunday’s insert comes two to a page and you will have two pages because the inserts are double-sided.
5. Copy the inserts using the 1-side-to-2-side function on your copier.
6. Cut the double-sided pages in half and insert into your bulletins.

Helpful Websites for Women’s History Month

• Women and Wesley's Times
• Susanna Wesley and the Unauthorized Meetings
• Sources for Women's Studies in the Methodist Archives
• Brief History of Clergywomen in The United Methodist Church
• "Sisters of '77", a documentary
• Women's History Month Resources from GBOD
• GBOD's Music Musing #40: March 4, 2005: Three Women Hymn Writers
• GBOD's Music Musing #41: March 11, 2005: X, Y, and God Hymns
• GBOD's Music Musing #42: March 18, 2005: Women Hymn Writers — The Big Three