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Welcome to Women's History, part of WSSLinks, developed and
maintained by the
Women's Studies
Section of the Association of
College and Research Libraries.
This page will list annotated links of various
comprehensive sources of U.S. and global women's history. Be sure to also
check out Archival
Sites for Women's Studies also on WSSLINKS.
Comprehensive Sites
- Internet
Women's History Sourcebook
- Contains full text of a
wide range of primary source materials as well as secondary texts
related to women in ancient history, early European history, modern
European history, Latin America, United States, Asia, Afria, and
Australia.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/women/womensbook.html
- ViVa: A Bibliography
of Women's History in Historical and Women's Studies Journals
- ViVa is a current
bibliography of articles about women's and gender history. Articles
published in English, French, German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, and
Swedish are selected from 167 European, American, Canadian, Asian,
Australian and New Zealand
journals.
http://www.iisg.nl/~womhist/vivabout.html
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Ancient Times
- Biographies
of Women Mathematicians
- Compilation of biographical information on women mathematicians from
the 18th century and before to the present
day.
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/chronol.htm
- Diotima : Materials for
the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World
- Collection of resources concerning gender in the Mediterranean
world. Includes a searchable bibliography, links to art collections,
anthology of translations and desired translations of primary sources,
and links to many other resources.
http://www.stoa.org/diotima/
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Medieval and Renaissance
- Early
Modern Women Database
- Links to World Wide Web resources useful for the study of women in
early modern Europe and the Americas. It focuses on the period ca. 1500
to ca. 1800.
http://www.lib.umd.edu/ETC/LOCAL/emw/emw.php3
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This site indexes over 250 journals and essay
collections in this growing area of women's history
scholarship. http://www.haverford.edu/library/reference/mschaus/mfi/mfi.html
- Monastic Matrix: A Scholarly
Resource for the Study
of Women's Religious Communities from 400-1600 CE
- A growing collection of biographical, bibliographical information
about women in Medieval religious communities. The site is adding
images, full text and information about
archives.
http://monasticmatrix.org/
- Renaissance Women
Online
- Intent is to include a collection of 100 Renaissance texts with
contextual introductions and topical essays on women's life and writing
in the Renaissance.
http://www.wwp.brown.edu/texts/rwoentry.html
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American History
- African
American Women Writers of the 19th Century: Digital Schomburg
- This nineteenth-century printed record includes poetry, short
stories, histories, narratives, novels, autobiographies, social
criticism, and theology, as well as economic and philosophical
treatises.
http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/writers_aa19/
- Agents of Social
Change: Online Exhibit
- An exhibit of material for the Sophia Smith Collection featuring
resources on 20th century women's activism. Includes records from the
Gloria Steinem collection, as well as other women activists and the
Women's Action Alliance. Resources highlight women's involvement in
labor, civil liberties, peace, urban reform, welfare rights and women's
rights. http://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/
- American Women
- A gateway to Library of Congress resources for the study of women's
history and culture in the United States.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml
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American Memory (Library of Congress) --
Women
- The Library's digital collection of historical documents includes
sections on women's history, including
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- American
Women's History: A Research Guide
- Rich site maintained by Ken Middleton of Middle Tennessee State
University Library, describing and linking to all general and subject
specific information and primary sources in women's
history.
http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html
- Core
Lists in Women's Studies - U.S. Women's History
- Maintained by the Women's Studies Section of the Association for
College and Research Libraries, this document lists up to 50 in-print
sources considered essential for this
discipline.
http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/core/crushist.htm
- The Emma Goldman
Papers
- Comprensive site describing the collected papers of this famous
activist, including finding aids to the collection, photographs,
selected writings, and bibliographical essays and references.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Goldman/
- Five College
Archives and Manuscript Collections
- A searchable database which provides access to over 900 finding aids
describing archives and manuscripts found at five Colleges. These
colleges include: Amherst College Archives & Special Collections,
Mount. Holyoke College Archives & Special Collections;Smith College
Archives, Smith College, Mortimer Rare Book Room, Sophia Smith
Collection, and University of Massachusetts
Amherst.
http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/index.html
- Godey's Lady's
Book
- Digitized version of issues of this important 19th century literary
publication. Maintained by the History Dept of the University of
Rochester, NY.
http://www.history.rochester.edu/godeys/
- Georgia Women of
Achievement
- Provides information about important Georgia women who can serve a
role models. All recognized women are
deceased.
http://www.gawomen.org/
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- Living the Legacy:The Women's
Right's Movement 1848-1998
- Sponsored by the National Women's History Project, this site traces
the history of the women's rights movement in the United
States.
http://www.legacy98.org/
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- Multimedia
Sites in Women's History
- This site, maintained by Ken Middleton at Middle Tennessee State
University, lists and annotates internet accessible multimedia sites on
primarily American women's
history.
http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wom-mm.html
- National First Ladies'
Library
- Site highlighting the library dedicated in 1998 in honor of the
First Ladies of the U.S.; The library is both a physical and digital
library, with the physical portion housed in Canton, Ohio at the former
home of President and Mrs. McKinley.; The internet site contains an
extensive bibliography on all of the First Ladies, the only one of its
kind.
http://www.firstladies.org/
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- National Women's
Hall of Fame
- Organized by the National Women's Hall of Fame, includes biographies
and photographs of "great" American
women.
http://www.greatwomen.org/index.php
- National Women's History
Project
- Informative site from the organization that instituted March as
Women's History month. Contains information on current celebrations,
activities to promote gender equity in education, collection of feminist
quotes, biographical sources, and a substantial collection of links to
other women's history sites.
http://www.nwhp.org/
- Places Where
Women Made History: A National Register of Historic Places Travel
Itinerary
- Fascinating tour of 74 historic places in Massachusetts and New York
that are important in women's history. Includes interactive maps,
descriptions of each place's significance in women's history,
photographs, information on public accessibility, essays on women's
achievements in American history, and links to other pertinent Web
sites.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/pwwmh/
- Schlesinger Library on
the History of Women in America
- Complete information on this important library and its collections,
policies, special events, etc.
http://www.radcliffe.edu/schles/
- Suffragists
Oral History Project
- Transcriptions of taped interviews with 12 twelve leaders of the
Sggragist Movement. Produced under the auspices of the Bancroft
Library's Regional Oral History
Office.
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/projects/suffragist/
- Triangle
Factory Fire
- Presents original documents and secondary sources on the Triangle
Fire, held by the Cornell University
Library.
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/
- WASP -- WWII
- Site on Women Airforce Service Pilots, the first women in U.S.
history authorized to fly military aircraft. Includes a scrapbook,
pictures, history, quotes, and links to other W.A.S.P.
sites.
http://www.wasp-wwii.org/
- Women and Social
Movements in the United States 1775-2000
- Rich collection of primary resource material, organized around
projects created by undergraduate and graduate students at Binghamton
University, Binghamton, NY. The projects include an opening
question, introduction, and document list with full text of primary
source material used to answer the question. Site co-directed by
noted scholars Kathryn Kish Sklar and Thomas Dublin, and funded by the
NEH.
http://womhist.binghamton.edu/
- Women in American
History
- Collection of articles, timelines, biographies, photographs, etc.
created by Encyclopedia Britannica
http://search.eb.com/women/
- Women
in History: Selected Background Readings
- Compiled by Kay E. Vandergrift (Associate Professor, Rutgers
University) Principally on American women's
history.
http://scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/Feminist/femhis.html
- Women in
Vietnam
- Interviews, articles, first person accounts, links and
more.
http://www.illyria.com/vnwomen.html
- Women Working in the
United States - 1870-1939
- Focusing on women's participation in the U.S. economy from
1870-1930. From the Harvard Libraries Open Collections Program, this
project is intended to demonstrate the feasibility of bringing together
books, manuscripts, and images from across the Harvard libraries and
museums.
http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/
- Worchester Women's History
Project
- Site commemorating the first national women's rights convention,
held in Worchester, MA in 1850. Includes archives of text
concerning the convention and also plans for conference in October 2000
to celebrate the 150th anniversary.
http://www.wwhp.org
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Canadian History
- Canadian Women in
History
- Susan Merritt, a women's history scholar and writer, maintains this
site with biographical information on various Canadian women, trivia
questions, quotations, and other website
links.
http://www.niagara.com/~merrwill/
- Celebrating
Women's Achievements
- Maintained by the National Library of Canada, this site gives
biographical information, pictures, audio files as appropriate and
references for these important Canadian women.
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/digiproj/women/ewomen.htm
- Early Canadiana
Online
- Early Canadiana Online (ECO) is a collaborative
research project to provide Web access to a digital library of primary
sources in Canadian history from the first European contact to the late
19th century. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas
of literature, women's history, travel and exploration, native studies
and the history of French Canada.
http://www.canadiana.org/
- A Guide to Canadian Women in
History
- Attempts to be a comprehensive web-site on women
in Canadian history. The Time Travel and This month in herstory are very
useful features.
http://www.heroines.ca/
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International History
- Biographies
of Women Mathematicians
- Compilation of biographical information on women mathematicians from
the 18th century and before to the present day.
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/chronol.htm
- Corelist
in Women's Studies for International History
- Maintained by the Women's Studies Section of the Association for
College and Research Libraries, this document lists up to 50 in-print
sources considered essential for this
discipline.
http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/core/crhstint.htm
- Distinguished Women
of Past and Present
- Compilation of biographical information links on women throughout
time. Indexed by name and also by field of
endeavor.
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/
- Emancipation
of Women: 1750-1920 (Great Britain)
- A basic overview of the development of British women's movements.
Provides details of the women involved, pressure groups and their
strategies and relevant legislation.
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http://www.northampton.ac.uk/lrs/Subjects/WomenStudies/history.html
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- 4000 Years of
Women in Science
- Biographies of more than 100 women in science through time.
Includes some pictures as
well.
http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/4000WS.html
- Gender
Matters
- A part of a larger site entitled "The Victorian Web." This section
links to full text articles about social conditions and gender as it
relates to science, health, the arts, and religion.
http://www.thecore.nus.edu.sg/landow/victorian/gender/genderov.html
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- GENESIS
- Based at The Women's Library in London, the purpose of Genesis is to
identify and develop access too women's history sources in the British
Isles. Contains a comprehensive list of websites relating to women's
history sources, including national and international
sites.
http://www.genesis.ac.uk/
- H-Women (discussion
group)
- Keyword search the archives of this academic discussion group on
women's history.
http:www.h-net.msu.edu/~women/
- Kamat's
Potpourri: The Women of KalaRanga
- Site on Indian women and their history, developed and maintained by
Dr. Jyotsna Kamat, a women's studies
scholar.
http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/women/
- Sources for
Women's History at the IISH
- Finding aids for women's history materials in the collection of the
International Institute of Social History (Amsterdam), as well as
ViVa, a current bibliography of women's history in historical and
women's studies journals. The articles cited are in English, French,
German and Dutch.
http://www.iisg.nl/~womhist/womarc.html
- Victorian
Women Writers Project
- Transcriptions of works by British women writers of the 19th
century, including anthologies, novels, political pamphlets, religious
tracts, children's books, and volumes of poetry and verse drama. A
project developed at Indiana
University.
http://http://www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/index.html/
- Women Immigrants, 1945
To The Present
- An electronic update of Eleanore O. Hofstetter's Women in Global
Migration 1945-2000: A Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Bibliography.
Divided by the following categories: demography, economics, education,
general, health and medicine, law and government policy, personal
narratives, religion, and sociology.
- http://www.towson.edu/~hofstet/
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- Women's
History Resources
- A large collection of annotated links to sites about women's
history, American women's history, and non-American women's history.
http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/hist.htm
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- Women's International
Center
- This nonprofit organization includes several informative history
links on its homepage, including biographies in calendar order, a long
article on the history of women in America, and other biographical
links.
http://www.wic.org/
- Women's Travel
Writing, 1830-1930
- The University of Minnesota's digitized text project of women's 19th
century travel memoirs. Includes maps, images, and
biographies.
http://etrc.lib.umn.edu/womtrav.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 prupose of this Virtual
Library. In addition, a list of women's studies journals and a few
comprehensive link collections useful as a starting point for searching
the Internet for women's studies in general are
included.
http://www.iisg.nl/~womhist/vivalink.html
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Women's History Month
(Celebrated in March in the U.S./ October in
Canada)
- Celebrating
Women's History Month (Gale Research)
- Updated site full of information, including biographies of eighty
influential women in world history, activities, timeline of women's
history, quiz, and important trials in women's history, including the
trial on the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, Baby M, Tailhook scandal, and the
Virginia Military Institute as well as other trials.
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/whm/index.html
- Depiction of 1999 poster celebrating women's portrayal on U.S.
postage stamps. This year's theme is: Women Putting our
Stamp on America. This link is part of the complete site maintained by
the National Women's History
Project.
http://www.nwhp.org/whm/themes/themes.html
- Women's
History Month activities
- Designed by the Social Studies School Service. The site includes
lesson plans, web exercises, and reviews of curriculum
materials.
http://www.socialstudies.com/c/@VjWtWkFKrEqMY/Pages/womenindex.html
- Women's
History Month 2004
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Celebrated in October. Maintained by
Canada's Ministry of Women's Equality. The pages for 1998-2004 are
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Women's History Conferences
- Berkshire Conference on
the History of Women
- Information on this annual conference held in upstate New
York.
http://www.berksconference.org
- Other
Women's Studies Conferences
- This list is part of the huge Women's Studies Resources website at
the University of Maryland, College Park. It includes conference
announcements on women's history and other disciplines.
http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/WomensStudies/Conferences/
- Southern Association
for Women Historians
- Holds a conference every three years.
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~sawh/
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- Women's Speeches from Around the
World
- Full text of speeches by contemporary women and selected famous 19th
century women.
http://gos.sbc.edu/
- Open
Directory's Women's Studies Speakers & Performers
- Not all of these speakers deal with women's history, but a substantial
number do.
http://dmoz.org/Society/People/Women/Women%27s_Studies/Performers_and_Speakers/
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Maintained by: Jane Nichols, Oregon State University
Previously maintained by: Ruth Dickstein, University of
Arizona Library
Originally created by: Rachel Murphree
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Last updated: Nov. 19, 2004
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