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The ABC’s of Women’s History Month
- Teaching Tolerance provides suggestions for linking observance of women’s history month with the continuing search for equality.
http://www.tolerance.org/teach/printar.jsp?p=0&ar=804&pi=apg
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About Women’s History
- About.com "guide" Jone Johnson Lewis has assembled an excellent
set of resources, including quotations, biographies, primary sources,
and links.
http://womenshistory.about.com/
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American
Women’s History: A Research Guide - Links related to women’s
history. Maintained by Ken Middleton at Middle Tennessee State University.
http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html
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Ann
Arbor 1900-1975: A Woman’s Town - Oral histories of African
American women reflecting on such topics as education, employment,
church communities, and the Civil Rights Movement. From the University
of Michigan.
http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/aawomen/index.html
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Celebrate Women’s History Month – Education World provides links to a variety of lessons on women’s history.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_special/women_history.shtml
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Documents from the
Women’s Liberation Movement - Radical writings, plays,
and minutes of a grassroots women’s group are among the documents
made available here by Duke University.
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/wlm/
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Enterprising
Women - 250 Years of American Business - This major exhibition
from Radcliffe University examines the history of American women
and American business.
http://www.radcliffe.edu/schles/exhibits/enterprisingwomen/
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Feminist
Studies Collection: Women in History - Stanford University library
presents links on women's history.
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/kkerns/womhislg.html
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Gifts of Speech -
Collection of speech transcriptions from notable women ranging from
Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Pearl Buck, Golda Meir, Shirley Chisholm,
and Ayn Rand. From Sweet Briar College.
http://www.giftsofspeech.org/
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Girls
of Summer - Women playing baseball—from the late 1800s
to the 1990s—is the subject of this site from San Francisco's
Exploratorium.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/baseball/girlsofsummer.html
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History
of Women in Sports Timeline - Detailed timeline of women's athletic
activities from 776 B.C. to 2005. From the St. Lawrence County chapter
of the AAUW.
http://www.northnet.org/stlawrenceaauw/timeline.htm
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Identity by Design: Tradition, Change, and Celebration in Native Women’s Dresses - This visually stunning site presents commentary, photographs, and memories about how Native women’s dress shaped and reflected identity.
http://www.nmai.si.edu/exhibitions/identity%5Fby%5Fdesign/IdentityByDesign.html
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Jewish Women’s Archives
– Among this site’s features are biographies of important
Jewish women in U.S. history (e.g., Bella Abzug, Emma Goldman, Barbara
Myerhoff) and a small number of primary sources.
http://www.jwa.org/
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“Liberty
Rhetoric” and Nineteenth-Century American Women - College
of Staten Island professor Catherine Lavender looks at ways in which
19th-century women used the rhetoric of the American Revolution
in their efforts to improve their lot both economically and politically.
http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/americanstudies/lavender/liberty.html
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Miss America - This episode of the American Experience looks at the history of the beauty pageant. Among the topics explored are the changing ideal of beauty.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/missamerica/
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National Women’s Hall
of Fame - Biographies of women commemorated in the hall, along
with teaching ideas and other resources.
http://www.greatwomen.org/
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National Women’s History Museum
– Features exhibits on women in the Olympics, Women in World
War II, and an in-depth look at “The Political Culture and
Imagery of American Suffrage.”
http://www.nmwh.org/
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National Women’s History Project
- Information about the project’s activities, plus teaching
ideas and links.
http://www.nwhp.org/
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Native
American Women - The Denver Public Library presents a photographic
portrayal of the everyday lives of Native American women in the
late 19th century.
http://photoswest.org/exhib/gallery4/leadin.htm
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Not for Ourselves
Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
- Accompanying the Ken Burns film of the same title, this site provides
valuable background information and student activities.
http://www.pbs.org/stantonanthony/
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Places Where Women
Made History - The National Park Service provides information
on 74 sites in New York and Massachusetts with significance in women's
history.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/pwwmh/
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Reforming
Fashion, 1850-1914: Politics, Health and Art - The Historic
Costume and Textiles Collection at the Ohio State University examines
the movement to reform fashion at the end of the 19th century.
http://costume.osu.edu/Reforming_Fashion/reformdress.htm
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Research Tools: Women’s History – Scholastic provides profiles of eminent women, a list of books on women’s history, a chronology of events, and more.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/articlearchives/womhst/index.htm
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Rosie the Riveter Trust
- Celebrating and interpreting women’s crucial contributions
to the World War Two Home Front.
http://www.rosietheriveter.org/
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Schoenberg
Center for Electronic Text and Image: Women's Studies - Diaries,
cookbooks, and other primary sources written by women. From the
University of Pennsylvania Library.
http://oldsite.library.upenn.edu/etext/collections/diaries/
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300 Women Who Changed the World - Encyclopaedia Britannica presents detailed articles, primary sources, and activities on women's history.
http://search.eb.com/women/
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Time for Kids: Women’s History Month – A special issue of the newsmagazine for elementary-level students, featuring a photo album, timeline, and other resources.
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/whm/0,8805,101044,00.html
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A Woman’s Work Is Never Done – The American Antiquarian Society illustrates an overview of women’s work through the Industrial Revolution with historic images.
http://americanantiquarian.org/Exhibitions/Womanswork/
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Women
in America, 1820-1842 – This site from the University
of Virginia presents views on American women written by 18 European
travelers, including Tocqueville and Dickens.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/%7EHYPER/DETOC/FEM/home.htm
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Women
of the Century - Profiles of notable women of the 20th century,
a timeline, a quotations game, and teaching tips, all from Discovery Education.
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/womenofthecentury/
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Women:
The Shadow Story of the Millennium - A special millennial magazine
from the New York Times examines the history of women from an interesting
array of perspectives.
http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/millennium/m2/
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Women's History
- The WWW Virtual Library presents extensive links on women's history.
http://www.iisg.nl/w3vlwomenshistory/
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Women’s
History Month – Gale Publishing presents resources for
celebrating women’s history month, including a timeline, activities,
and biographies.
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/whm/
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Women’s
History Month – The government site FREE provides links to resources useful to teachers planning to observe women’s history month.
http://free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=26
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Women’s
History Teaching Resources – The Smithsonian provides
several exhibits and resources for teaching about women’s
history.
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/resource_library/women_resources.html
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Women’s History
Workshop – Assumption College presents background on the
women's suffrage movement and a range of other topics related to
women’s history, plus lessons using fashion, music, and literature
to explore changing roles and views of women.
http://www.assumption.edu/whw/
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Women's Legal
History Project - Biographies of women pioneers in the law,
from Stanford Law School.
http://www.law.stanford.edu/publications/projects/wlhbp/
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Women’s Museum:
An Institute for the Future – Presents lesson plans and
information on museum exhibits.
http://www.thewomensmuseum.org/site/PageServer
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Women Working, 1800-1930
- Primary source documents on women’s role in the U.S. economy throughout the 19th century and up to the Great Depression. From Harvard University.
http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/