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Websites in History

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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 inquiry to participate in their activities.
    http://www-berks.aas.duke.edu/

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

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

  6. Female Firebrands and Reformers
    Website featuring women who have made an impact on society.
    http://www.geocities.com/eschiva

  7. 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/

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

  9. 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/

  10. 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/

  11. 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

  12. 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/Historical Theory/Women's History, Latin American-Caribbean, Middle Eastern, North American
    http://www.nau.edu/~wst/access/hotlist/historyhot.html

  13. 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/

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

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

  18. 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

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

  20. 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/

  21. 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/

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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/

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. 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/

  28. The Women's Legal History Project
    Detailed biographies of over 100 early women lawyers and judges.
    http://www.stanford.edu/group/WLHP/

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

  30. 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

  31. 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/

  32. 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

  33. 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/

  34. 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 Prize for peace.
    http://www.almaz.com/nobel/women.html

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

  36. 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/

  37. 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

  38. 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

  39. 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/

  40. Women's History Review
    Quarterly journal exploring aspects of women in history.
    http://www.triangle.co.uk/whr/

  41. 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/

  42. 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/

  43. 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

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

  45. 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/

  46. 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 set the stage to gain women the right to vote, and thus acquire other freedoms.
    http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/womrts/

  47. 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/

  48. Women's Work in the 19th Century
    A bibliography of Web sites related to the work of women in the 19th century.
    http://pigseye.kennesaw.edu/~ccaldwel/victoria.htm

  49. 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/

  50. 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

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

  52. dMarie Time Capsule
    A women's time capsule.
    http://www.dmarie.com/asp/history.asp

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