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This category is for links that describe the role of women in society and history.





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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.
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Women's History - Biographies of the world's great women and the events that changed history. Bimonthly column.
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Oral History Online - Suffragists Oral History Project - Seven major figures in twentieth-century suffragist history are represented here with full-length oral histories.
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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.
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Women's International Center - Biographies of great women. Histories of women through art. Women in America. Living Legacy Awards.
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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
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What's New in Women's History - An examination of "the history of women's history" by Linda Gordon.
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Lesbian History Project - A no-nonsense research site, replete with leads, links and reference materials.
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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.
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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.
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WWWomen: Women Throughout History - WWWomen aspires to be the most inclusive, up-to-date search site for women's topics.
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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.
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Female Explorers - Articles, book reviews and research guides about Female Explorers - adventurous women who've dared to explore their world.
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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.
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Notable Women with Unitarian and Universalist Connections - A list of women who were associated with Unitarianism and/or Universalism, linked to more information to be found on the web.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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dMarie Time Capsule - A women's time capsule.
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ALIC: Pathfinder for Women's History - Bibliographies, journals, and other holdings and resources of the U.S. National Archives.
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Notable Women Ancestors - A growing database containing biographies and genealogy data of famous and not-so-famous women submitted by actual living descendants.
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Archives of Women in Science and Engineering - Documents the history of women in these fields, individually and collectively, with excellent links to related sites.
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Yesterday and Today - Women at the Olympics.
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Women in History - Information and photographs of historically important women from Humboldt County, California.
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Female Firebrands and Reformers - Website featuring women who have made an impact on society.
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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.
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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.
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The Emma Goldman Papers - Biography, writings, photographs, video clips, bibliography, and school curriculum materials about topics related to her life, work, and social change in general.
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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.
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Multimedia Exhibits in Women's History - Multicultural links to Women's History.
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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.
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Swarthmore College Peace Collection - A research archives devoted to collecting, preserving, and making accessible, materials on non-governmental women,s efforts towards peace.
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The Women's Legal History Project - Detailed biographies of over 100 early women lawyers and judges.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Women's Work in the 19th Century - A bibliography of Web sites related to the work of women in the 19th century.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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ViVa Women's History - A bibliography of women's history in historical and women's studies journals
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GenderGap - Information about women in government including state government, politics, political races, the military and women throughout military history.
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Women's History Review - Quarterly journal exploring aspects of women in history.
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Women's History Network - Promotes research of historical women and provides networking for individuals and organizations. Also publishes the "Women's History" magazine.
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Women's History in Time Magazine - Large collection of articles and features of historical women featured in Time Magazine.
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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.
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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.
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  • The History of Pearls - The exact time when pearls entered the history books is unknown, as they were discovered long before pen was ever put to paper. 300 B.C. is one of the earliest written recordings of pearls. Marco Polo also wrote of pearls in his travels. They were prized ...
  • The History of Dogs - The History of dogs

    Dogs belong to the Canid family (Canidae).

    Dogs first appeared about 40 million years ago, before any other carnivore families like bears or cats.

    Carnivores have a pair of teeth similar to blades that are called c...
  • The History of Coffee -
    The History of Coffee

    Coffee was discovered in Eastern Africa in an area known as Ethiopia. A popular legend tells of a goat herder named Kaldi. One day he noticed his goats acting frisky after eating berries from a bush. Kaldi tried the berri...
  • The Bagpipe and Its History - ...
  • History of Spain - The History of Spain, and how it all begun. The Iberian Peninsula was first inhabited around 8000,000 BC and has long been subject to foreign influences. The history of Spain starts from 11th centur...
  • The History of Bakelite - ...
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  • The History of Yoga - The history of yoga is long and steeped in tradition. Contrary to what some people may believe, yoga was not developed as the newest way to slim down so they could fit into a smaller pants size.

    The history of yoga goes back 5,000 years. It origin...


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