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About.Com: Women's History

http://womenshistory.about.com/

An Internet guide to women's history, with feature articles, Website guides, and discussion forums. Topics covered include rulers/queens, athletes, suffrage, aviation, labor, and more.

Author: Jone Johnson Lewis (womenshistory.guide@about.com)

Subjects:

Social Sciences--Gender & Sexuality--Women--Women's History

American Women in Uniform, Veterans Too!

http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/

This somewhat cynical but extremely informative site gives a detailed history of women in the military. It breaks the information down by conflict/war and names the famous women involved in each.

Author: Captain Barbara A. Wilson, USAF (Ret) (captbarb@aug.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Wars

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government--Military

Social Sciences--Gender & Sexuality--Women--Women's History

American Women's History: A Research Guide

http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html

"American Women's History is designed to assist serious researchers, such as history professors, independent scholars, graduate students, and possibly upper-division undergraduates. Librarians who assist these researchers may also want to become familiar with the guide. American Women's History provides citations to print and Internet reference sources, as well as to selected large primary source collections. The guide also provides information about the tools researchers can use to find additional books, articles, dissertations, and primary sources."

Author: Ken Middleton (kmiddlet@frank.mtsu.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Reference--Biographies

Social Sciences--Gender & Sexuality--Women--Women's History

Keywords: Immigration; Bibliography; Finding Aids; Archival Collections; Biography

Celebrating Women's History

http://www.gale.com/freresrc/womenhst/index.htm

"Celebrate the lives and achievements of women who have played a significant role in literature, culture, politics, music, art and more."Includes biographies of more than 80 women, a women's history timeline, a quiz, and other activities.

Author: Gale Group (LitIndexComments@gale.com)

Subjects:

Social Sciences--Gender & Sexuality--Women--Women's History

Civil War Women

http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/civil-war-women.html

"On-line archival collections featuring scanned pages and texts of the writings of women during the American Civil War. Includes the 1864 diary of Alice Williamson, a 16 year old girl from Gallatin, Tennessee, the papers of Rose O'Neal Greenhow, a renowned Confederate spy, and the papers of Sarah E. Thompson, a spy for the Union."

Author: Duke University, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library (special-collections@duke.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Wars--Civil War

Social Sciences--Gender & Sexuality--Women--Women's History

Keywords: Alice Williamson; Rose O'Neal Greenhow; Sarah E. Thompson

Diotima

http://www.stoa.org/diotima/

"Diotima serves as an interdisciplinary resource for anyone interested in patterns of gender around the ancient Mediterranean and as a forum for collaboration among instructors who teach courses about women and gender in the ancient world." Contains extensive searchable bibliographies on various subjects, essays, suggestions for course materials, and a Biblical Studies resources page.

Author: Ross Scaife (scaife@pop.uky.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--Europe--Antiquity

Social Sciences--Gender & Sexuality

Social Sciences--Gender & Sexuality--Women--Women's History

Keywords: Greece; Rome; Women; Bible; Latin; Ancient World

Distinguished Women of Past and Present

http://www.DistinguishedWomen.com/

"This site has biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways. There are writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers and others. "

Author: Danuta Bois (dbois@distinguishedwomen.com)

Subjects:

Reference--Biographies

Social Sciences--Gender & Sexuality--Women--Women's History

Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement

http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/wlm/

"The materials in this on-line archival collection document various aspects of the Women's Liberation Movement in the United States, and focus specifically on the radical origins of this movement during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Items range from radical theoretical writings to humourous plays to the minutes of an actual grassroots group. The items in this on-line collection are scanned and transcribed from original documents held in Duke's Special Collections Library. We are making these documents available on-line in order to support current teaching and research interests related to this period in U.S. history."

Author: Duke University, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library (special-collections@duke.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--20th Century History

Social Sciences--Gender & Sexuality--Women--Feminism

Social Sciences--Gender & Sexuality--Women--Women's History

Early Modern Women Database

http://www.lib.umd.edu/ETC/LOCAL/emw/emw.php3

"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."

Author: University of Maryland Libraries (webmaster@itd.umd.edu)

Subjects:

Social Sciences--Gender & Sexuality--Women--Women's History

The Emancipation of Women: 1750-1920

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/resource.htm

This page gives a detailed history of the English Suffragette movement, with biographies, information on women in the 19th century, pressure groups, strategy and tactics, and parliamentary reform acts.

Author: John Simkin (info@spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--Europe

Social Sciences--Gender & Sexuality--Women--Women's History

Keywords: Feminism; Suffragettes

The History of Women and Science, Health, and Technology: a Bibliographic Guide to the Professions and the Disciplines

http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/bibliogs/hws/hws.htm

A lengthy source of bibliographies about women in science. This source provides bibliographies of biographies, scientific views of women, feminist critiques of science, and works on women in every scientific discipline. Other topics include women's health, the history of home economics, and the impact of technology on women. Searchable.

Author: The Office of the University of Wisconsin System Women's Studies Librarian (wiswsl@macc.wisc.edu)

Subjects:

Science & Technology

Social Sciences--Gender & Sexuality--Women--Careers

Social Sciences--Gender & Sexuality--Women--Women's History

Keywords: Bibliography

Western New York Suffragists: Winning the Vote

http://winningthevote.org/

This site details the women's suffrage movement, focusing on events and people in the Rochester region of western New York, beginning with the 1848 meeting of Seneca Falls. It includes a general history, biographies of women and men in the movement, timelines and some excellent links.

Author: Rochester Regional Library Council (webmaster@winningthevote.org)

Subjects:

Social Sciences--Gender & Sexuality--Women--Women's History

Keywords: Voting rights; Amendments; Women's rights; United States

Women in American History

http://www.britannica.com/women/

An encyclopedia exploring the history, social conditions, and contributions of women in the United States. This resource can be explored in several ways. A series of timelines provides brief coverage of important events and people, beginning in the 1600's and continuing to the present day. There are also 2 sets of articles: biographies covering notable women in all spheres of activity, and subject-based articles covering organizations, legal cases and concepts, events, and institutions. The Media Gallery has video and audio clips (including video footage of Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller demonstrating how Keller learned to speak), and "In Her Own Words" contains some of the primary documents important in American women's history. A bibliography of recommending reading materials and a study guide for use by teachers are also included. This site's comprehensive, multicultural focus make it an important American history resource.

Author: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. (clockworks@eb.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Social Sciences--Gender & Sexuality--Women--Women's History

Women of Achievment and Herstory

http://www.undelete.org/

"The founding purpose of the Women's Internet Information Network, Inc. is to present an encyclopedic coverage of women's lives, herstory, and achievement to any person, any place in the world who wants the information - and to offer it free here on the internet." The "Women of Achievment" page has 365 brief biographies of important women, searchable by name.

Author: Undelete: Women's Internet Information Network Inc. (istuber@undelete.org)

Subjects:

Social Sciences--Gender & Sexuality--Women--Women's History

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