Women’s History

Famous Women

300 women who changed the world—review their accomplishments, locate their birthplaces, and discover the eras in which they lived.

African-American Women On-line Archival Collections

African American Women Writers of the Nineteenth Century (Digital Schomberg Collection).
A Woman's Work is Never Done exhibit of images from the American Antiquarian Society's collection. Time period: Colonial times through the industrial revolution.

About: Women's History...Women's History Biographies, Quotes by Women, Quotes About Women, Women's History Picture Gallery, Everything About Women's Suffrage, Today in Women's History
American Women’s History: A Research Guide- provides citations to print and Internet reference sources, as well as to selected large primary source collections. The guide also provides information about the tools researchers can use to find additional books, articles, dissertations, and primary sources.

American Women Through Time...Each section includes a timeline that links specific events with relevant online sources, such as diaries and letters, photograph collections, and lectures by historians.

Beauty and Hygiene advertisements from the 1920s through 1950s section of the Ad*Access Project database of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising and Marketing History, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.

Civil War Women: Primary Sources on the Internet

Godey's Lady's Book online reproduction of issues from a 19th century popular women's magazine, mounted by Roger Corrie, and selections and commentary, by Hope Greenberg.
HEARTH is a core electronic collection of books and journals in Home Economics and related disciplines. Titles published between 1850 and 1950 were selected and ranked by teams of scholars for their great historical importance.
Heroine Worship: The Age of the Female I - biographies and essays on famous women, from The New York Times Magazine.
historychannel.com Women’s History - The History of Women’s Suffrage Women’s Hall of Fame Timeline Firsts In Women’s Achievement Did You Know? Resources

HOUSEHOLD WORDS: Women Write from and for the Kitchen

Internet Women's History Sourcebook...sourcebook attempts to present online documents and secondary discussions which reflect the various ways of looking at the history of women within broadly defined historical periods and areas.

Multimedia Sites in Women’s History - * American Indian Women * Asian American Women * Civil War Education * Farm Work and Life * Sexuality * Women in Medicine * Women’s Rights * World War II
National Organization for Women - the largest organization of feminist activists in the United States. NOW has 500,000 contributing members and 550 chapters in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Since its founding in 1966, NOW’s goal has been "to take action"
National Women’s Hall of Fame - "To honor in perpetuity these women, citizens of the United States of America whose contributions to the arts, athletics, business, education, government, the humanities, philanthropy and science, have been the greatest value for the development of t
National Women’s History Project - The National Women’s History Project is an educational nonprofit organization. Our mission is to recognize and celebrate the diverse and historic accomplishments of women by providing information and educational materials and programs.

National Women’s History Museum...is a nonpartisan, nonprofit educational institution dedicated to preserving, interpreting, and celebrating the diverse historic contributions of women, and integrating this rich heritage fully into our nation's history.

Salem Witches site from National Geographic Magazine

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire killed 146 mostly young women on March 25, 1911. The site was compiled by the Kheel Center for Labor-Managment Documentation and Archives, Cornell University.

What About Witches ...The events which led to the Witch Trials actually occurred in what is now the town of Danvers, then a parish of Salem Town, known as Salem Village. Launching the hysteria was the bizarre, seemingly inexplicable behavior of two young girls; the daughter, Betty, and the niece, Abigail Williams, of the Salem Village minister, Reverend Samuel Parris.
"What Did You Do In the War, Grandma?" project of Rhode Island women's experiences during World War II

Women in American History - As women’s history continues to develop as a field, a greater proportion of its product is integrating women and gender into larger historical periods and topics: from the American Revolution to the Civil War and Reconstruction to the New Deal;
Women of Our Time - a glorious photographic celebration of seventy-five of the most creative, humane, controversial, witty, brave, beautiful, and inspirational women of the twentieth century. These revealing portraits, by an array of distinguished photographers, show women w
Women’s History in America - Presented by Women’s International Center
Women’s History Month - a collection of activities and information to complement classroom topics. Within this site, teachers and students can: * Read biographies of significant women throughout time * Take a quiz based on women and their achievements

WOMEN'S HISTORY RESOURCES...great variety of resources...

WOMEN’S INTERNATIIONAL CENTER......Acknowledge, Honor and Encourage Women... celebrate women and their positive, enduring contributions to humanity through the Living Legacy Awards. Since 1984, WIC has brought the world together to praise and honor women at the annual gala event held in San Diego, California.

Women Who Have Made History...Early History
This list includes women's history from BC to 1799...1800s...This page includes 1800 to 1899.
1900s ...This list includes 1900 to 1999.

WomenInWorldHistory.com - Interactive site full of information and resources about women’s experiences in world history. For teachers, teenagers, parents, and history buffs.
Women’s History Month Special - Explore Women’s History with your Guides at About as we look at where women started, where they are now and where they’re going.

Women Pioneers, a "feature presentation," brings together items from throughout American Memory

Women Working, 1800 - 1930 focuses on women's role in the United States economy and provides access to digitized historical, manuscript, and image resources selected from Harvard University's library and museum collections.
WWW Virtual Library Women’s History - The main purposes of this virtual library are to list women’s history institutions and organizations, locate archival and library collections, and provide links to Internet resources on women’s history.