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 Websites presented in alphabetical order African American Women Writers of the 19th Century 
 This collection of about 50 works provides "access to the thought, perspectives and creative abilities of black women as captured in books and pamphlets published prior to 1920." The collection is searchable by author, title and genre. The latter includes fiction, poetry, biography, autobiography, and essays. A project from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and Digital Schomburg of the New York Public Library. http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/writers_aa19/ Topics: Authors by Region: United States, Black Resources, History, Literary Movements and Periods, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People: Women, Poetry, Women Last updated Feb 3, 2005 African American Women's History
A directory of sites about "the history of black women in America, from slavery through Reconstruction, Harlem Renaissance and civil rights." It includes biographies of notable and little-known African American women, organization and club memberships, participation in events and movements, educational and political activities, and more. Includes a list of "white women who worked for racial justice and the rights of African Americans." An About.com site. http://womenshistory.about.com/od/africanamerican/African_American_Womens_History.htm Topics: Black Resources, History, Labor, Literary Movements and Periods, Notable People: Women, Women Last updated Jul 10, 2008 American Women Through Time
This site provides a chronology of women's history in the United States with links to relevant websites for each period, "followed by a guide to research sources (e.g., census, newspapers, secondary sources) that are appropriate for the specified time period." Also includes links to sites about notable women, states, and specific topics. From librarian Ken Middleton of Middle Tennessee State University. http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-timeline.html Topics: History, Women Last updated Feb 24, 2009 Arbiters of Style: Women and the Forefront of Fashion
Companion to a 2008 exhibit on the "'arbiter of style' ... a tastemaker (whether publicly anointed or self-proclaimed) who has the authority to judge and dictate what is fashionable. ... This exhibition focuses on the female creators, promoters, and influential clients who have helped to shape the course of fashion for more than 250 years." View annotated images of fashions back to the early 1800s. From the Museum at FIT (Fashion Institute of Design). http://www3.fitnyc.edu/museum/Arbitersofstyle/ Topics: Fashion, Women Last updated Feb 10, 2009 Canadian Women's History
Material about women's history in Canada. Features a historical overview; listings of sites, persons, and events (such as the 1929 Persons case, which established that Canadian women were legally persons); and virtual exhibits on women winning the vote in Canada, and the life of Amerindian women during the early fur trade. Also includes links to related sites. In English and French. From Parks Canada. http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/progs/lhn-nhs/femmes-women/index.aspx Topics: History By Place, Women Last updated Sep 4, 2009 Civil War Women: Primary Sources on the Internet
Annotated links to primary source documents on women's experiences in the U.S. Civil War, including diaries, letters, and photos and prints. From the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture, Duke University Libraries. http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/guides/cwdocs.html Topics: U.S. Military, Wars & Conflicts, Women Last updated Mar 7, 2007 Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World
According to Plato's "Symposium," Socrates learned about Eros from a woman named Diotima. The visitor to this site can learn about this and other topics related to the ancient world. The focus is on women and gender issues among Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and other ancient cultures. While scholarly, Diotima has much for the nonspecialist: a bibliography and links to full-text articles, databases, images, and other sites. Searchable. http://www.stoa.org/diotima/ Topics: Archaeology, History, Philosophy, Women Last updated Feb 20, 2005 Discovering American Women's History Online
"This database provides access to digital collections of primary sources (photos, letters, diaries, artifacts, etc.) that document the history of women in the United States. These diverse collections range from Ancestral Pueblo pottery to Katrina Thomas's photographs of ethnic weddings from the late 20th century." Search, or browse by subject, state, time period, or primary source type. Maintained by librarian Ken Middleton of Middle Tennessee State University. http://library.mtsu.edu/digitalprojects/womenshistory.php Topics: Women Last updated Mar 19, 2009 Early Modern Women Database
"This database provides links to World Wide Web resources useful for the study of women in early modern Europe and the Americas. It focuses on the period ca. 1500 to ca. 1800 ... Materials range from bibliographic databases to full-text resources, images, and sound recordings. Most of the resources linked here are free. Some require a license for access." From the University Libraries Arts and Humanities Team, University of Maryland College Park. Browsable and searchable. http://www.lib.umd.edu/ETC/LOCAL/emw/emw.php3 Topics: History, Social Science, Women Last updated Feb 21, 2005 Fact Monster: Famous Firsts by American Women
Timeline of major milestones achieved by women throughout American history, such as Elizabeth Blackwell (1849), the first woman in the U.S. with a medical degree; Belva Ann Lockwood (1879), the first woman admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court; and Effa Manley (2006), the first woman elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Includes links to additional information for selected women. From Information Please. http://www.factmonster.com/spot/womensfirsts1.html Topics: History, Women Last updated Mar 15, 2006 Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index
This searchable, annotated index "covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages." Over 8,000 records from more than 450 journals, beginning in 1992, are included. Materials in English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian are indexed. There are also a few links to related sites. Edited by Margaret Schaus, a librarian at Haverford College. http://www.haverford.edu/library/reference/mschaus/mfi/mfi.html Topics: History, Social Science, Women Last updated Feb 29, 2004 Imagining Ourselves: A Global Generation of Women
This online exhibition, based on a project begun in 2001, features "film, photography, music, poetry, and personal essays -- all responding to the question 'What Defines Your Generation of Women?'" Explore the exhibit by selecting a theme such as love, money, war and dialog, motherhood, and image and identity. Also includes material about activism opportunities. Available in several languages. From the International Museum of Women. http://imaginingourselves.imow.org/ Topics: Women Last updated May 15, 2008 Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia
First published as a CD-ROM in 2006, this resource is now available online with tools to facilitate sharing information about Jewish women from around the world. It features "approximately 2,000 carefully researched, written, and edited articles" depicting Jewish women from biblical times to the present. Browse by keyword, country, or time period. Also includes a glossary. The editors are American and Israeli university professors. From the Jewish Women's Archive (JWA). http://jwa.org/encyclopedia Topics: Judaism, Women Last updated Mar 2, 2009 Monastic Matrix: A Scholarly Resource for the Study of Women's Religious Communities From 400 to 1600 CE
Features "Monasticon," a database of religious communities, browsable and searchable by name, region, date, and other access points; a visual library; primary documents; a bibliography; secondary sources, articles, and research "relating to women's religious life, activities and patronage"; a glossary; and brief biographies. From the Department of History, University of Southern California (USC). http://monasticmatrix.usc.edu/ Topics: Faiths, History, Religion, Women Last updated Jul 5, 2004 The National Archives: Women
Annotated links to "historical websites relevant to women in the United States." Topics include African American women, bibliographies, biographies, politics and women, primary documents and images, women's suffrage, and women in the military. From the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Note: some dead links, but still a useful resource. http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/womens-history.html Topics: Women Last updated Mar 7, 2007 National Women's History Museum (NWHM)
NMWH's site leads with an online exhibit that defines the "political culture and imagery of American woman suffrage." A timeline covering the period leading to the passage of the 19th amendment (1840-1919), images of icons and slogans, a bibliography, information on The National Women's History Museum Act of 2003, and a quiz are some of the additional resources. http://www.nwhm.org/ Topics: History, Museums, Museums by Place: United States, Women Last updated Feb 29, 2004 New England Female Medical College
Historical material about the New England Female Medical College, "established in Boston, Massachusetts, by Dr. Samuel Gregory [in 1848] with the purpose of offering modern medical training in female-related fields, ... [this school] was the first in the world to provide medical training for women." Features a scanned scrapbook with newspaper articles (1847-1865), reports, and a catalog. Part of the "Women Working, 1800-1930" website from Harvard University. http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/organizations-femalemedcollege.html Topics: Health, Women Last updated Oct 23, 2007 New Jersey Women's History
This site "is a resource for students, teachers, and all interested people who want to know more about the history of New Jersey women." The site includes notable facts, images, documents, materials for educators, a bibliography, and related links. Searchable and browsable. http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/njwomenshistory/ Topics: History, U.S. History By Place, Women Last updated Jun 28, 2005 Picturing Women
This presentation "explores how women are figured, fashioned, turned into portraits, and told about in words and pictorial narrative." Features a large collection of historical images, interactive features, lesson plans, reading list, video clips and images from the accompanying symposium, e-cards of comic valentines, and more. From Bryn Mawr College, Library Company of Philadelphia, and the Rosenbach Museum and Library. http://www.picturingwomen.org/ Topics: Fashion, Women Last updated Feb 13, 2008 Powering the Electrical Revolution: Women and Technology
"Meet the exceptional women who overcame social barriers to make achievements in the fields of math and science and the ordinary women who made contributions to the telegraph, telephone, industrial manufacturing, and computing industries." Features essays on topics such as women and the communications industry, electricity and the housewife, women and computers, and women as engineers. Includes images and video clips. From the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Virtual Museum. http://www.ieee-virtual-museum.org/exhibit/exhibit.php?id=159251&lid=1 Topics: Science, Technology, Women Last updated Mar 11, 2008 Remember the Women Institute
This nonprofit group "conducts and encourages research and cultural activities that contribute to including women in history. Special emphasis is on women in the context of the Holocaust and its aftermath, including post-World War II immigration." The library section of the site features several bibliographies on women and Holocaust, and some book and film reviews, art, and Web links. http://www.rememberwomen.org Topics: History, Judaism, Women, World War II Last updated Mar 9, 2005 The Spectacular Female Body: Dress, Fashion and Modernity in Victorian Women's Magazines
A series of illustrated essays on the reform of women's dress in the 19th century. Includes information about the Rational Dress Society, the health risks of wearing a corset, and Amelia Bloomer's advocacy of trousers for women. From the Fathom Knowledge Network, provided by Columbia University. http://www.fathom.com/course/21701733/ Topics: History, Women Last updated Feb 17, 2005 U.S. History -- Women's Rights/History: Lesson Plans
Compilation of lesson plans concerning women's rights and women's history, including topics such as women aviators, first ladies, voting rights for women, women in the U.S. Civil War, quilting, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story "The Yellow Wall-paper." From EDSITEment, a joint project of the National Endowment for the Humanities and other organizations. http://edsitement.neh.gov/tab_lesson.asp?subjectArea=3&subcategory=27 Topics: Women Last updated Feb 27, 2008 Vermont Women's History Project
This website is for "[s]tudents, teachers, writers, researchers, travelers, or anyone interested in Vermont women's history." Search the database to find profiles of women during specific time periods or in regions of the state, or in categories such as early settlers, equal rights, inventors, social work, and writers. Profile includes related historical attractions in the state, and the site also features the driving tour "Remarkable Women of Franklin County." From the Vermont Commission on Women. http://www.womenshistory.vermont.gov/ Topics: U.S. History By Place, Women Last updated Feb 27, 2008 ViVa Women's History Homepage
Thousands of articles published from 1975 onwards. "Viva is a current bibliography of women's and gender history in historical and women's studies journals. Articles in English, French, German, Dutch, and Scandinavian languages are selected from 180 European, American, Canadian, Asian, Australian and New Zealand journals." Includes basic and detailed lists of the journals indexed. From the International Institute of Social History (IISH) in the Netherlands. http://www.iisg.nl/womhist/vivahome.php Topics: Art by Region, History, Social Science, Women Last updated Sep 22, 2009 What Did You Do in the War, Grandma?: An Oral History of Rhode Island Women During World War II
The heart of the site is the collection of nearly 30 oral histories. In addition, there is general information on World War II and women's parts in it: a glossary, a timeline, essays, and a bibliography of works cited. Created by students at South Kingstown (Rhode Island) High School; the project was developed by Linda P. Wood, an oral historian and the school's librarian. http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/WWII_Women/tocCS.html Topics: History, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People: Women, Women, World War II Last updated Feb 29, 2004 Woman's Christian Temperance Union: The History of the WCTU
Historical material about the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), "the oldest continuing non-sectarian woman's organization in the world," which was founded in 1873 by women "concerned about the destructive power of alcohol." Topics include "crusades" of members visiting saloons, a list of other WCTU activities (such as promoting women's suffrage, prison reform, and equal pay), and material about WCTU presidents. Also includes a link to a timeline. From the WCTU. http://www.wctu.org/history.html Topics: Drugs & Medications by Type, Women Last updated Nov 14, 2007 A Woman's Work Is Never Done
"This exhibition brings together a selection of images from the [American Antiquarian] Society's collections that illustrate many facets of American women's work, from the beginning of the American Revolution through the Industrial Revolution." View annotated images relating to domestic work, women as merchants, women and war, teaching and education, factory workers, performers and artists, and other occupations. Also includes a bibliography. From the American Antiquarian Society. http://www.americanantiquarian.org/Exhibitions/Womanswork/intro.htm Topics: Women Last updated Feb 26, 2009 Women and Books: From the Sixteenth Century to the Suffragettes
This exhibition "examines women and the written word through the centuries. This ranges from 16th century material, such as early printed guidebooks on childbirth and manuscript collections of recipes, to later examples including material written by important members of the women's suffrage movement." The physical exhibition was held in 1971 and contained 138 items; this adapted online version, created in 2002, highlights and updates descriptions for 65 items. From the University of Glasgow (Scotland) Library. http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/women/women.html Topics: Women Last updated Feb 10, 2009 Women in the Literary Marketplace, 1800-1900
"The books and letters in this exhibition present a cross section of writing by English women in the nineteenth century -- a period when women entered the literary marketplace in unprecedented numbers." Some of the exhibit topics include early role models, women poets, publishing, "new women" novels, and journalism. From the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/womenLit/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Literature by Place, Women Last updated Feb 7, 2008 Women in the U.S. Postal System
This presentation features history of women in the U.S. postal service (such as Mary Katherine Goddard, who was appointed Baltimore's postmaster in 1775), a brief essay about women in the postal system today, and audio clips of women talking about their experiences in the postal workplace (such as physical work, discrimination, and working while pregnant). Includes historical photos. From the Smithsonian National Postal Museum. http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/WomenHistory/index.html Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Women Last updated Mar 19, 2009 Women of the Century: 100 Years of American Heroes
An annotated list of more than 50 American women of the 20th century "who left an indelible mark on our nation." Browse decade by decade or in categories of activists and reformers, politics and government, arts and media, space and science, and sports and exploration. http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/womenofthecentury/ Topics: History, Notable People: Women, United States History, Women Last updated Jul 8, 2008 Women Who Changed History
Material about American "women who have made a difference." Women highlighted include Dr. Mae Jemison, Amelia Earhart, Rosa Parks, Sally Ride, and Melba Pattillo. Also includes a feature about women's suffrage, history mystery challenges, and a quiz. From Scholastic. http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/women/ Topics: Notable People: Women, Women Last updated Feb 21, 2008 womeninworldhistory.com: Women In World History Curriculum's Website
This site has biographies, lesson ideas, essays on women in history, brief reviews of books on women's history, and a briefly annotated directory of Web sites. The "Today's Heroes" section "features outstanding contemporary women whose accomplishments echo important themes in women's history." The Women In World History Curriculum project develops curricula for teaching "women’s history in a global, non- U.S., context." http://womeninworldhistory.com/ Topics: History, Notable People: Women, Social Science, Women Last updated Feb 21, 2005 Women's History
Gale Research observes Women's History Month with a timeline from 4000 B.C. to the present and biographies of several dozen women, including Joan of Arc, Sally Hemings, Mother Teresa, Indira Gandhi, Flossie Wong-Staal, and Queen Elizabeth I. Also find information on 12 significant trials, including the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and the Tailhook Scandal. Includes suggestions for activities and annotated links to other resources. http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/ Topics: History, Labor, Notable People: Women, Special Months, Women Last updated Dec 2, 2008 Women's History in Transportation
This presentation highlights some of the achievements of women in transportation, covering topics such as maritime navigation, bridge construction, railroad inventions, aviation pioneers, bus operators, and space travel. Provides images, a timeline, and related reading. Related links section is out-of-date. From the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), U.S. Department of Transportation. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/wit/page1.htm Topics: Transportation, Women Last updated Feb 20, 2008 Women's History Medals
Images and descriptions of "Congressional Gold Medals that honor the work of great American women," such as singer Marian Anderson, first ladies Betty Ford and Lady Bird Johnson, and the Little Rock Nine (which included six girls). Also includes a list of coins that commemorate women. From the children's section of the U.S. Mint's website. http://www.usmint.gov/kids/campCoin/medalMania/womensHistory.cfm Topics: Women Last updated Feb 27, 2008 Women's History Month
Features include a browsable and searchable version of "The Feminist Chronicles: 1953-1993," with selected facts and women highlighted in "Women's History Facts." The "Feminist Events Calendar" marks events from 1999 through the current year. From the Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF). http://www.feminist.org/research/history.asp Topics: History, Special Months, Women Last updated Jul 20, 2009 Women's History Month Activities and Resources for Kids
To "recognize women's achievements throughout history and help inspire the next generation," this site for parents and children provides a timeline of U.S. women's history starting in the mid-19th century, quizzes, activities, and articles. From the Family Education Network. http://fun.familyeducation.com/womens-history/holidays/33330.html Topics: History, Special Months, Women Last updated Dec 2, 2008 WWW Virtual Library: Women's History
This main purposes of this well-maintained, annotated directory "are to list women's history institutions and organizations, locate archival and library collections, and provide links to Internet resources on women's history." Links are organized by time period, geography, and topic. Topics includes Jewish women, lesbians, sexuality, witchcraft, labor and business, artists, music, medicine and nursing, science and engineering, writers, and women's rights and suffrage. Searchable. http://www.iisg.nl/w3vlwomenshistory/ Topics: History, Women Last updated Oct 27, 2006 |
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