Women in History – March 2025

The Women in History program dramatizes remarkable women—from Queen Elizabeth to Sally Ride—for our elementary and middle school students. The American Association of University Women (AAUW) coordinates the costumes, writes the scripts, and along with other volunteers, we portray the women!

If you are interested in participating, please fill out this Volunteer Form and press the button to send it to one of our WIH Committee members.

As before, we’re recruiting performers to make “history come alive” again in PVSD and other elementary schools in March of 2025. To accomplish our WIH program, we are seeking volunteers — Camarillo moms with schoolchildren, AAUW members, and women who love theatric performance to portray one of five unique and remarkable women:

Gloria Estefan (Grades K – 3):  Popular Cuban-American singer, actress, and businesswoman who overcame many challenges to become an 8-time Grammy award winner, and a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient.

 Beatrix Potter (Grades K – 3):  Acclaimed author/illustrator of Peter Rabbit and other children’s books, accomplished botanist and influential conservationist.

Abigail Adams (Grades 3 – 6):  The wife and closest advisor of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president.   She was an early advocate for women’s rights.

Katherine Johnson (Grades 3 – 6):  One of the African-American women mathematicians hired by NASA as “human computers” whose calculations of orbital mechanics were critical to the success of the first U.S. crewed spaceflights.

Margaret Bourke-White  (Grades 3 – 6 ):  The first successful woman photojournalist who took photographs from such dangerous places as atop skyscrapers, inside steel mills, and on the front lines of World War II.

Lois Lowry (Grades 7 – 8):  An award-winning author of books for children and young adults including “Number the Stars” and “The Giver” and known for her ability to write about difficult subject matters and complex themes in works for young audiences.

We will be offering an evening WIH Training Meeting for all volunteers. We will provide information as soon as the location and timeframe are certain. Also, we will provide each performer with a full script, tips on how to perform, and information on how to obtain all the necessary props.