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Women's Internet Information Network

Celebrating women of achievement, you'll find photos, stories, and much more to document women's contributions to U.S. history. The driving force behind this page is Irene Stuber, author, activist, mother, grandmother, and career investigative reporter.
http://www.undelete.org/

Women's History

Biographies of the world's great women and the events that changed history. Bimonthly column.
http://www.suite101.com/topics/page.cfm/758

Oral History Online - Suffragists Oral History Project

Seven major figures in twentieth-century suffragist history are represented here with full-length oral histories.
http://library.berkeley.edu/BANC/ROHO/ohonline/suffragists.html

The Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Papers Project Online

Describes the project's work and the documentary editing process. Contains biographies, bibliographies, and a timeline of ECS and SBA's life and work, as well as quotations and poetry about them.
http://ecssba.rutgers.edu

Women's International Center

Biographies of great women. Histories of women through art. Women in America. Living Legacy Awards.
http://www.wic.org/

History Internet Resources

Maintained by the Women's Studies Department at Northern Arizona University. Annotated resources for women's history, classified by subcategories: African, Asian, Australian-New Zealand, Comparative/Cross Cultural,European, General, Historiography/Histor
http://www.nau.edu/~wst/access/hotlist/historyhot.html

What's New in Women's History

An examination of "the history of women's history" by Linda Gordon.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/g/DRBR/gordon.html

Lesbian History Project

Links to archives and oral history collections featuring lesbian history.
http://www-lib.usc.edu/~retter/main.html

Women In World History Curriculum

Interactive site full of information and resources about women's experiences in world history. For teachers, teenagers, parents, and history buffs.
http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/

Internet Women's History Sourcebook

Presents online documents and secondary discussions which reflect the various ways of looking at the history of women within broadly defined historical periods and areas. Includes ancient, medieval and modern.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/women/womensbook.html

WWWomen: Women Throughout History

WWWomen aspires to be the most inclusive, up-to-date search site for women's topics.
http://www.wwwomen.com/category/histor1.html
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The Dutch Association for Women's History

The study of the history of women and gender. The VVG contains information, activities, links, articles and events.
http://www.vrouwengeschiedenis.nl

Female Explorers

Articles, book reviews and research guides about Female Explorers - adventurous women who've dared to explore their world.
http://www.femexplorers.com

Women's History: The Quest for Equality

World Book editors have compiled a feature celebrating women's history. Articles chronicle the rise of the women's movement.
http://www2.worldbook.com/features/whm/html/home.html

Notable Women with Liberal Religious Connections

Documents the liberal religious connections of many famous (mostly US and a few Canadian and British) women
http://www.geocities.com/~bread_n_roses/

Women's History: Articles and Links

Articles on women's history, plus annotated links to some of the best resources on the Net on the subject, in more than 30 categories. From About.com.
http://womenshistory.about.com/

Women's Stories

Fascinating facts, little-known anecdotes, and provocative quotations about the week's famous and infamous women, all in a quick-read format with links to additional resources. New features every week!
http://writetools.com/women/

Berkshire Conference on the History of Women

Formed in response to women academics' sense of professional isolation in the early decades of the 20th century. The Berkshire group invites all women professionally engaged in history, pursuing graduate study in history, or dedicated to historical inqui
http://www-berks.aas.duke.edu/

The Women of The Special Operations Executive (SOE)

Tells the story of women who worked as agents for the Special Operations Executive (S.O.E.) during World War Two.
http://64-baker-street.org/

Womynlynks

Links to sites lauding the lives and accomplishments of notable women in the fields of music, literature, television, activism, painting, and the performance arts.
http://www.geocities.com/womynlynks/

dMarie Time Capsule

A women's time capsule.
http://www.dmarie.com/asp/history.asp

ALIC: Pathfinder for Women's History

Bibliographies, journals, and other holdings and resources of the U.S. National Archives.
http://www.archives.gov/research_room/alic/bibliographies/women.html

Notable Women Ancestors

A growing database containing biographies and genealogy data of famous and not-so-famous women submitted by actual living descendants.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nwa/

Archives of Women in Science and Engineering

Documents the history of women in these fields, individually and collectively, with excellent links to related sites.
http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/wise/wise.html

Yesterday and Today

Women at the Olympics.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cl135/Students/Leslie_DesMarteau/olympia.htm

Women in History

Information and photographs of historically important women from Humboldt County, California.
http://www.northcoast.com/~bbn/aauw/Main_Wo_Hist.html

Female Firebrands and Reformers

Website featuring women who have made an impact on society.
http://www.geocities.com/eschiva

Women's Guerilla History Project

Posters from the grassroots public art project promoting women's history & visibility. We are a group of women & girls who wish to see a more visible & public presence of women's diverse history and accomplishments.
http://members.tripod.com/w-g-h-p/

Sophia Smith Collection of Smith College

Large collection of manuscript, print, and audio-visual material that documents the historical experience of women, primarily in the United States. Includes collection lists, lesson plans, and subject guides on individual women and special topics.
http://www.smith.edu/libraries/ssc/home.html

Emma Goldman PapersProject

An early advocate of free speech, women's equality and independence, birth control, and union organization.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Goldman/

MakingIt Their Own: Women in the West

Women in the American West: biographies, examples of primary texts (diaries, literary works), secondary texts (critical essays, historical studies), resources (biographies, bibliographies, teaching materials), images, and teaching and study materials.
http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/westweb/pages/women.html

Multimedia Exhibits in Women's History

Multicultural links to Women's History.
http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wom-mm.html

Women Nobel Laureates

In 1903, only two years after the Nobel Foundation was established, the first Nobel Prize was awarded to a woman, Marie Curie. Women have been winning Nobel Prizes ever since. Bertha von Suttner was influential in convincing Alfred Nobel to set aside a P
http://www.almaz.com/nobel/women.html

Swarthmore College Peace Collection

A research archives devoted to collecting, preserving, and making accessible, materials on non-governmental women,s efforts towards peace.
http://www.swarthmore.edu/Library/peace/

The Women's Legal History Project

Detailed biographies of over 100 early women lawyers and judges.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/WLHP/

Women's History Index

Lessons from activity books and reviews of materials to bring women's history into the classroom; for use during Women's History Month, from Social Studies School Service.
http://www.socialstudies.com/c/@f3uYnBPMgN4gA/Pages/womenindex.html

Herstory of Women's Health Movement and Self-Help

Self cervical exam revolutionized activists working for legal abortion in the 1960's and early 1970's.
http://www.fwhc.org/selfhelp.htm

World Wide Web Virtual Library: Women's History

Listing women's history institutions and organizations, locating archival and library collections, and providing links to Internet resources for women's history is the main purpose of this Virtual Library.
http://www.iisg.nl/~womhist/vivalink.html

LadiesMemoryCircle

A mailing list for women who enjoy the study of history and who would like to share their findings and resources with one another.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LadiesMemoryCircle

Friends of Women's Rights National Park

Women's history from First Woman's Rights Convention; includes suffrage movment, right to vote, modern feminism. Describes the Friends' programs.
http://www.womensrightsfriendsforever.org/

Godey's Lady's Book Online Home Page

Godey's Lady's Book was one of the most popular lady's books of the 19th century. Each issue contained poetry, beautiful engraving and articles by some of the most well known authors in America.
http://www.history.rochester.edu/godeys/

History's Women

A magazine highlighting the extraordinary achievements of women throughout history and recognizing the obstacles they have had to overcome in order to reach their goals.
http://www.historyswomen.com/

What Did You Do In The War, Grandma?

27 oral histories of Rhode Island women during World War II, written by high school honors students.
http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/WWII_Women/

ViVa Women's History

A bibliography of women's history in historical and women's studies journals
http://www.iisg.nl/~womhist/

GenderGap

Information about women in government including state government, politics, political races, the military and women throughout military history.
http://www.gendergap.com

Women's History Review

Quarterly journal exploring aspects of women in history.
http://www.triangle.co.uk/whr/

Women's History Network

Promotes research of historical women and provides networking for individuals and organizations. Also publishes the "Women's History" magazine.
http://www.womenshistorynetwork.org/

Women's History in Time Magazine

Large collection of articles and features of historical women featured in Time Magazine.
http://www.time.com/time/newsfiles/women/

International Federation for Research in Women's History

Umbrella organisation for national committees of women's history. Information on publications and conferences in women's history throughout the world.
http://www.historians.ie/women

H-Women Discussion Network

A lively discussion list for scholars and anyone interested in women's history. You can do a keyword search of the archives, and get subscription information at their web site.
http://www.h-net.org/~women/

Women's Rights: 1848 to the Present

This website is a composite of articles, speeches, biographies and links relating to women's rights, with the primary focus on American women's rights. It originated in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Seneca Falls conference in 1847, that
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/women/rights/index.htm

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