WEB SITES FOR WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
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your computer’s Internet connection.
Open the underlined address (URL). Information can be printed or downloaded to
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All of the sites listed were active as of
WEBSITES
15 WOMEN, 15
CENTURIES
http://www.pinn.net/%7Esunshine/15women.html
A
quiz featuring 15 women over the past 1500 years who have influenced world
history. It begins with a
multiple-choice quiz on each woman, and concludes with a brief biography of
each. Includes women such as Hatshepsut,
Deborah, Wu Chao, and Hildegard of Bingen.
Excellent
700 IMPORTANT
WOMEN ARTISTS – 9th to 19th CENTURIES
http://www.uwrf.edu/history/women.html
Profiles
of 700 women artists with examples of their works. Also has a separate section for 20th
century artists. Excellent
4000 YEARS OF WOMEN IN
SCIENCE
http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/
“4,000 years
of women in science! Did you know that? Women are, and always have been,
scientists. This site lists over 125 names from our scientific and technical
past. They are all women.” Sections: Introduction, Biographies, References,
Photographs. Excellent
AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS OF THE 19TH
CENTURY NEW!
http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/writers_aa19/
“African American Women Writers of the 19th
Century is a digital collection of some 52 published works by
19th-century black women writers. A part of the Digital Schomburg,
this collection provides access to the thought, perspectives and creative
abilities of black women as captured in books and pamphlets published prior to
1920. A full text database of these 19th and early 20th-
century titles, this digital library is key-word-searchable. Each individual
title as well as the entire database can be searched to determine what these
women had to say about "family", "religion",
"slavery" or any other subject of interest to the researcher or
casual reader.” From the Home
Page, click on the Citation List for the available texts. Includes a Biographies section. Excellent
AMERICAN WOMEN IN
UNIFORM- VETERANS TOO!
http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/index.html
Dedicated
to the thousands of women who have served in the military (both officially and
unofficially) since the founding of our country. Sections include: Revolutionary War Women,
Civil War Women, World War I Women, Women Who Were Spies, Military Women
Pilots, Women in Desert Storm,
BY POPULAR DEMAND: “VOTES FOR WOMEN” SUFFRAGE PICTURES 1850-1920
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vfwhtml/vfwhome.html
An
online exhibit by the Library of Congress on Women’s Suffrage with portraits,
photos, cartoons, and much more.
Excellent
A CELEBRATION OF WOMEN
WRITERS
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/
“The Celebration of Women Writers recognizes the contributions of
women writers throughout history. Women have written almost every imaginable
type of work: novels, poems, letters, biographies, travel books, religious
commentaries, histories, economic and scientific works. Our goal is to promote
awareness of the breadth and variety of women's writing.” A database of women writers. Search by
Author Name, Century, Country, or Ethnicity.
Excellent
CHANGING
THE FACE OF MEDICINE 
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/
“Discover
the many ways that women have influenced and enhanced the practice of medicine.
The individuals featured here provide an intriguing glimpse of the broader
community of women doctors who are making a difference.” An online exhibit on women in
medicine. Includes profiles of doctors and researchers, lesson plans,
interactive learning activities and more.
Excellent
CREATIVE
QUOTATIONS FROM CREATIVE WOMEN
http://famouscreativewomen.com/
Quotations
for every day of the year from famous or important women who are born on that
day. Excellent
DOCUMENTS FROM
THE WOMEN’S LIBERATION MOVEMENT
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/wlm/
An
online archive of documents on various aspects of the Women’s Liberation
Movement in the
DOMESTIC GODDESSES AKA SCRIBBLING WOMEN
http://www.womenwriters.net/domesticgoddess/
Information
on Victorian women writers with profiles, photos, excerpts from their works and
literary criticism. Includes Alcott,
Cather, Gilman, Hale, Jewett, Stowe, Wharton and others. Excellent
DOMINION AND
DOMINANCE OF THE GENTLE SEX: THE LIVES OF MEDIEVAL WOMEN
http://library.thinkquest.org/12834/index.html?tqskip1=1
Information
on the lives of women in medieval times.
Includes The Inquisition (quiz), Visit the City (roles of women),
Biographies,
THE EMANCIPATION OF WOMEN
1750-1920 
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/resource.htm
A huge list of women who figured in the emancipation of
women. By name or by era. Includes extensive material on teaching
history online. Scroll down past the
ads. Excellent
FEMALE NOBEL
PRIZE LAUREATES
http://www.almaz.com/nobel/women.html
Biographies
of women who have won the Nobel Prize.
Includes links. Excellent
FEMINIST
FOREMOTHERS 1400 TO 1800
http://www.pinn.net/%7Esunshine/march99/whm_99.html
Brief
biographies, one for each day in March.
Each woman wrote overtly feminist tracts (i.e. letters, essays, etc.)
and each wrote between 1400 and 1800.
Includes writers such as Christine de Pizan, Juana de la Cruz and Mary
Wollstonecraft. (Still a good site- See 30
Nineteenth Century American Reformers for 2002) Excellent
GEORGIA O’KEEFFE
http://www.ellensplace.net/okeeffe1.html
Dedicated
to the life and work of renowned artist Georgia O’Keeffe. Includes a biography, quotations, photos,
works and more. Sections: The Young
Artist, O’Keeffe and Stieglitz, and “the faraway”. Excellent
GIFTS OF SPEECH –
WOMEN’S SPEECHES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
An
outstanding site giving the text of speeches of women from around the
world. Search by name or by year. Includes Noble Speeches and the Top 100
American Speeches of the 20th Century. Excellent
GREAT AFRICAN
WOMEN
http://www.swagga.com/queen.htm
Biographies
of great African queens. Includes an
African
HARRIET TUBMAN AND THE UNDERGROUND
RAILROAD NEW!
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/tubman/tubman.html
A
student-created site on Harriet Tubman and her role in the Underground
Railroad. Includes Timelines, a Quiz,
Puzzles, Chapter Summaries, Vocabulary Quilt, Who Said This?, Character
Profiles, Poems, and much more.
Excellent
INTERNET WOMEN’S HISTORY
SOURCEBOOK – A GATEWAY SITE http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/women/womensbook.html
A huge site with links to an entire history of women and women’s
roles in history in every region of the world.
Excellent
THE JOAN OF ARC ARCHIVE
http://archive.joan-of-arc.org
An
archive of information on Joan of Arc.
Sections include: Biography, Timeline, Letters, Trial Issues,
Manuscripts, Portraits, Quotations, and much more. Excellent
LAURA INGALLS
WILDER – FRONTIER GIRL
http://webpages.marshall.edu/~irby1/laura/frames.html
About
the author Laura Ingalls Wilder, her life and her books. Sections: Laura’s Life, Laura’s Books,
Laura’s Houses, Laura’s Friends, Kids Page, Documents, Photo Album, Pa’s Songs,
Miscellaneous and more. Includes puzzles
and music. Excellent
LIVING THE LEGACY
1848-1998
A
history of the Women’s Rights Movement from 1848-1998. Includes a history, timeline, today’s issues,
program ideas, curriculum ideas and more.
Excellent
MEN’S VOICES ON WOMEN –
THROUGH THE AGES http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/mengeneral/
Links to sites with men’s writings about the role and status of
women. Covers from ancient times to the
present. Excellent
NATIONAL MUSEUM
Web
site for this museum dedicated to women in the arts. It features online exhibits of women artists
from the Renaissance to the late 20th century with biographical
sketches for some. The exhibits are
arranged chronologically. Includes an
extensive video tour. Excellent
NEW
http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/njwomenshistory/
Information
about
ORAL HISTORY
ONLINE – SUFFRAGISTS ORAL HISTORY PROJECT
NEW URL!
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/projects/suffragist/
Oral
histories of women in the women’s suffrage movement. Includes interviews, articles and more. Excellent
RAILWAY WOMEN IN WARTIME
http://www.hastingspress.co.uk/rail/women.htm
A “collection of photographs of women working on British railways during
wartime” “When railwaymen joined the Forces, women
were recruited to replace them. Thousands of women performed work which in
peacetime was open only to men. During the First World War all were volunteers;
in the Second World War many were conscripted by the British government”
Sections: The First World War 1914-1918, the Second World War 1939-1945,
and Links. Excellent
UNPACKING ON THE PRAIRIE: JEWISH WOMEN
IN THE
http://www.jewishwomenexhibit.org/
Life
on the prairie for Jewish women in the 1880’s.
Includes The Journey, Life Inside the Home, Life Outside the Home, and
more. Terrific photos, diaries, recipes,
and more. An outstanding site. Excellent
VICTORIAN WOMEN
WRITERS PROJECT
http://www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/
The
full text of works by a large number of British women writers of the 19th
century. Includes a large number of
authors and their poems, essays, short stories and fiction. Excellent
WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE WAR,
GRANDMA? http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/WWII_Women/tocCS.html
An oral history of
WOMEN AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN THE UNITED
STATES 1175-2000 http://womhist.binghamton.edu/
“Welcome! Organized around a collection of
over 1050 primary documents, the Women and Social Movements website offers new
ways for students, teachers, and scholars to study American History.” The Documents section allows you to search by
project, date or subject. Teacher’s
Corner: “Welcome to the Teacher's Corner! Feel free
to browse through lesson ideas conceived for three courses: U.S. Survey to
1877, U.S. Survey from 1865, and U.S. Women's History, as well as our newly
added sections containing Document-Based Questions and other classroom uses of
the Women and Social Movements Websites.
We currently have twenty comprehensive lesson plans with over a hundred
lesson ideas and six Document-Based Question units in the Teacher's Corner.” And don’t miss the Links section. Excellent
WOMEN AS WARRIORS IN HISTORY
– 3500 B.C. TO THE 20TH CENTURY
http://www.lothene.demon.co.uk/others/women.html
Although
we tend to think of women throughout history as being confined to the home,
women have always served as soldiers, sailors, revolutionaries, pilots and
more. Sections: Prehistory and the Ancient World, Celtic
& Roman, Vikings & Saxons, 11th Century, 12th
Century, 13th Century, 14th Century, 15th
Century, 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th
Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Laws Forbidding
Women to Fight, and Women in Scotland.
Excellent
WOMEN IN ALASKA
http://library.thinkquest.org/11313/?tqskip1=1
Some
of the women who shaped