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Women's History Resources


General Resources
Use these resources to gain an overview of women's history, and to learn the key names, places, dates, and events you'll need to do further research.

Celebrating Women's History Resource Center    http://www.gale.com/free_resources/whm/index.htm
    Gale Publishing's collection of activities and information to complement classroom topics.

Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement    http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/wlm/
    An archive of primary sources on women's liberation from Duke University.

Encyclopedia of Women's History in America / by Kathryn Cullen-DuPont    Reference  HQ1410.c85 1996
    An encyclopedia of women's history and the feminist movement in the United States.

Handbook of American Women's History / edited by Angela Howard Zophy    Reference  HQ1410.H36 1990
    Provides a handy overview of key topics in women's history: biographies, a timeline, key events, and legislation.

National Women's History Project    http://www.nwhp.org/
    A clearinghouse providing women's history information.

Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000    http://womhist.binghamton.edu/
    A website with over 1400 primary documents, with a wealth of information for students, teachers, and scholars.

Women in Canadian History    http://www.niagara.com/~merrwill/
    A website devoted to Canadian women's history.

Women's Issues / consulting editor, Margaret McFadden    Reference  HQ1115.W6425 1997 v1.-v.3
    An encyclopedia devoted to women, including history, biography, politics, and culture.

WSSLINKS Women's History Sites    http://www.library.arizona.edu/users/dickstei/acrlwsshistory
    Links to a variety of information on women's history.

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Women's Right to Vote

By Popular Demand:  "Votes for Women"  Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920    http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vfwhtml/vfwhome.html
    From the Library of Congress's American Memory Project.

Motherhood, Social Service, and Political Reform:  Political Culture and Imagery of American Women Suffrage    http://www.nmwh.org/exhibits/toc.html
    An online exhibit exploring the symbolism and imagery created by and for the women's suffrage movement.

One Hundred Years Toward Suffrage    http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawstime.html
    A suffrage timeline.

Suffragists Oral History Project    http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/projects/suffragist/
    Transcribed interviews of leaders and participants in the suffrage movement.

Votes for Women:  Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Association    http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawshome.html
    Online exhibit of books and pamphlets from the Library of Congress.
Last Update: December 12, 2005