History - Women

 

Women's History Month 2009. Women Taking the Lead to Save our Planet. "In 2009, the National Women's History Project honors women who have taken the lead in the environmental or “green” movement. Rachel Carson, the founder of the contemporary environmental movement, serves as the iconic model of the theme, which recognizes scientists, engineers, business leaders, writers, filmmakers, conservationists, teachers, community organizers, religious or workplace leaders, or others whose lives show exceptional vision and leadership to save the planet."

 

Diotima

http://www.stoa.org/diotima 

"Materials for the study of women and gender in the ancient world."

 

Discovering American Women's History Online

http://library.mtsu.edu/digitalprojects/womenshistory.php

"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."

 

Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement

http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/wlm 

This online archive includes primary sources about activism, health, music, sexuality, women of color, and the workplace. Links to related sites complement this history and theory.

 

Feminist Chronicles

http://www.feminist.org/research/chronicles/part2.html

A timeline of events from 1953 through 1993.

 

Feminist Foremothers, 1400-1800

http://www.pinn.net/~sunshine/march99/whm_99.html 

Texts of early feminist tracts.

 

Internet Women's History Sourcebook

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/women/womensbook.html 

A vast directory of resources on how women worldwide, during ancient, medieval, and modern times, have overcome the oppression of misogyny.

 

National American Woman Suffrage Association Home Page

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawshome.html 

History of the campaign for the right to vote.

 

National Women's History Project

http://www.nwhp.org 

Women's history and ideas for celebrating Women's History Month.

 

New Jersey Women's History

http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/njwomenshistory 

Notable facts, images, documents, maps, reading lists, and Web sites.

 

Reading Room

http://www.mith2.umd.edu/WomensStudies/ReadingRoom/History 

The Women's Studies program of the University of Maryland provides documents and articles about the history and condition of American women during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

 

Timeline: One Hundred Years Toward Suffrage

http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawstime.html 

A chronology from the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

 

Women and Social Movements in the U.S., 1830-1930

http://womhist.alexanderstreet.com 

Full text of primary documents about efforts in labor, pacifism, race, suffrage, and other reforms.

 

Women's History Historical Text Archive

http://historicaltextarchive.com/links.php?op=viewslink&sid=0&cid=20 

An array of bibliographies, diaries, histories, publications, and research guides to women's lives from ancient to contemporary times.

 

Women's History in America

http://www.wic.org/misc/history.htm 

A radical survey of woman's place in employment, law, politics, and society-and how pioneering reformers strove for better conditions. 

 

Women's History Month - Free Resources

http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/index.htm

Biographies, activities, a timeline, and links for more information.

 

Women's Rights Movement in the U.S. Timeline

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenstimeline1.html

Key events, briefly described, 1848 to the present, from the Infoplease Almanac.

 

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