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March is Women's History Month! |
Links With
Information regarding
Famous Women and Women's Issues
(Please Note: Parents and Educators are advised to preview any
web sites they
wish to have children visit or to join with them in viewing Internet
information.
While every precaution has been taken to make sure that these sites contain
valuable information, web sites can change from day to day. It is also very
difficult to check each link on every page. Help your children to use the
Internet wisely.)
herMilitary
A site which deals with women in the military, but which also
contains a wealth of information and links regarding many women's topics.
Women's
Biographies
Biographies of more than 60 famous women
(Click on the catalog at left for more resources)
InfoPlease
History and Timelines, Special Features, Biographies, and Fun Stuff
all dealing with Women's History Month
4000 Years of Women in Science
Biographies of Women Mathematicians
Past Notable Women of Computing
Distinguished Women of Past and Present
Women's History
Many links dealing with various women's topics
Expect the Best From a Girl
From Mount Holyoke College
Educational
World
Theme Page
Women
in World History
Lessons for Teachers
Scholastic
Women Who Changed History
Websites
for Women's History Month
Hundreds of Links!
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Sources below are just some of the sources you will find at |
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INTERNET
WOMEN’S HISTORY SOURCEBOOK
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.
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WOMEN’S
HISTORY NETLINKS – A GATEWAY SITE
http://womenshistory.miningco.com/education/womenshistory/ A gateway site to a vast number of web sites on women’s history divided by topic. |
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WWWOMEN
SEARCH DIRECTORY: HISTORY – A GATEWAY SITE
http://www.wwwomen.com/category/histor1.html A huge site with links to women’s studies, women’s history and more. |
300
IMPORTANT WOMEN ARTISTS: MEDIEVAL TO MODERN
http://www.uwrf.edu/history/women.html Profiles of 300 women artists with examples of their works. |
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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 searchable database of women writers. Search by Author Name, Century, Country, or Ethnicity. |
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 |
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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 |
WOMEN IN
AMERICAN HISTORY
The Encyclopedia Britannica online article on women in American history. Chapters include: Early America 1600-1820, The Nineteenth Century 1820-1880, At The Crossroads 1880-1920 and Modern America 1920-The Present. Resources include: Articles, Media Gallery (with a large number of audio and video clips), In Her Own Words (interviews, primary documents), Britannica Classics (Britannica submissions by women), Recommended Reading, and a Study Guide (a large number of activities). An outstanding gateway site. |
