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Women in history

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About.com: Women's History: Offers original articles and features about women's history, plus annotated links to selected relevant Internet resources, compiled by a subject specialist, a subject-specific bulletin board, and details of related news and events. Topics include art and artists, aviation, inventors, literature, medicine, museums and collections, music, Native American women, photography, politics, religion, science and technology, slavery, sport, suffrage and women during wartime and in military organisations.
Author: About.com
Subjects: women in history
DeweyClass: 909.042
Resource type: forum, index, news
American Women's History: A Research Guide: Citations of print and online reference materials for women's history.
Author: Middleton, Ken
Subjects: women in history
DeweyClass: 305.4
Resource type: document index
Biographies of Women Mathematicians: Notes and brief biographies of women in the field of mathematics from the first century until the present day.
Author: Agnes Scott College, Georgia
Subjects: mathematicians, women in history, women in science
DeweyClass: 305.4
Resource type: biography
Composers: Provides a comprehensive A-Z index of individual composers including Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Liszt, Brahms and also gives links to more general music resources.
Author: University of Washington Libraries
Subjects: classical music composers, women in history
DeweyClass: 780
Resource type: index
Diotima: Women and Gender in the Ancient World: Resources include teaching materials such as papers and study guides covering topics like women's spirituality, ancient social life, ancient and modern attitudes, gender and sexuality, and the status of women in ancient societies. Also features anthology essays, visual images, and material on biblical studies.
Author: Scaife, Ross
Subjects: gender studies, women in history
DeweyClass: 305.4
Resource type: images, index
Emma Goldman Papers: Project aiming to collect, organise, and edit documents from around the world about Emma Goldman (1869-1940), the early radical feminist. Includes information about Goldman's life, and an overview of publications written about her. Also includes excerpts from the Emma Goldman travelling papers exhibition.
Author: University of California Berkeley
Subjects: women in history, women writers, women's rights
DeweyClass: 305.4
Resource type: documents
Five Colleges Archives Digital Access Project: Project to develop digitised versions of the archival records and manuscript collections from five western Massachusetts colleges, relating primarily to women's history and education. Browse or search by college or keyword.
Author: Five Colleges
Subjects: digital library archiving, women in history
DeweyClass: 025.0
Resource type: documents
Genesis Project: RSLP funded mapping initiative to identify, and develop access to, women's history sources in the British Isles. Outlines the background to the project, a guide to useful Web resources in the area, and a listing of partner institutions.
Author: Genesis Project
Subjects: women in history
DeweyClass: 305.4
Resource type: documents
Glasgow Women's Library: The Glasgow Women's Library aims to provide an information resource relevant to all areas of women’s lives, history, culture and achievements. Details are available on the various collections held, the range of projects co-ordinated by Library staff (including literacy and numeracy initiatives), as well as upcoming events.
Author: Glasgow Women's Library
Subjects: feminism, gender studies, special libraries, women in history, women writers, women's studies
DeweyClass: 305.4
Resource type: documents, images, news
Kate Chopin: A Re-Awakening: Documentary celebrating Kate Chopin's 'The Awakening', published in 1899. Now considered a valuable contribution to the women's movement in the 20th century, the novel was initially rejected and lost for over 50 years. Information includes transcripts, a chronology of events in Chopin's life, an interview with her grandson, articles about her work, and bibliographies of criticism.
Author: Public Broadcasting Service
Subjects: american literature to 1900, women in history, women writers
DeweyClass: 813
Resource type: documents, moving images
Life and Works of Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179): An introduction to the life and works of Hildegard of Bingen, including a bibliography, discography and glossary. She produced major works of theology and visionary writings, wrote treatises about natural history and medicinal uses of plants, animals, trees and stones, and is the first composer whose biography is known.
Author: Lerman, Kristina
Subjects: early music, women in history
DeweyClass: 274.302
Resource type: article, discography
National Women's Hall of Fame: Information about the museum, biographies of over 150 American women, games and learning resources.
Author: National Women's Hall of Fame
Subjects: women in history
DeweyClass: 305.4
Resource type: biography
National Women's History Project: Presents the history of the women's rights movement and an extensive chronology of important events in women's history.
Author: National Women's History Project and Infoplex Communications
Subjects: women in history, women's rights
DeweyClass: 305.4
Resource type: documents
Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: In conjunction with a film of the same name, this resource traces the lives of two key figures of the women's movement, considering their achievements and the position of women in society today. Presents interviews with women who remember suffrage, a series of articles addressing topics such as Quakers and 19th century reform, the cult of true womanhood, and the legal strategies of Susan B. Anthony, and historical documents detailing events such as the Seneca Falls Convention.
Author: Public Broadcasting Service
Subjects: women in history, women's rights
DeweyClass: 305.4
Resource type: documents
Places Where Women Made History: Information about historic locations in New York and Massachusetts associated with aspects of women's history, describing contributions made to education, government, medicine, the arts, commerce, women's suffrage, and the early civil rights movement. Features a selection of essays entitled Women and Historic Preservation, Women in Art and Literature, Women in the Progressive Era, Women Professionals and Women in the Equal Rights Movement.
Author: National Park Service
Subjects: women in history
DeweyClass: 305.4
Resource type: documents, images
Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia: Emancipation of Women: 1860-1920: Includes biographies of 35 women who played a prominent part in the struggle for equality, a database of written primary sources produced by, or about, these thirty-five women and a collection of visual images that reflect the different views on the emancipation of women. Includes cartoons from The Vote Magazine, Punch and Anti-Suffrage Postcards.
Author: Spartacus Educational
Subjects: women in history, women writers, women's rights
DeweyClass: 305
Resource type: biography, documents, images
Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia: USA Women's Suffrage: Offers biographies of prominent historical campaigners for women's suffrage in the USA. Also provides details of political campaigns and organisations which played a role in the enfranchisement of women.
Author: Spartacus Educational
Subjects: women in history, women's rights
DeweyClass: 305.4
Resource type: biographies, documents
Women and Social Movements in the United States 1775-2000: Collection of mini monographs, each of which presents an interpretive question concerning an aspect of women's involvement in US social movements. A set of corresponding documents accompanies each monograph, encouraging the user to perform their own historical analyses of events.
Author: Binghamton University, Center for the Historical Study of Women and Gender
Subjects: united states history - general, women in history
DeweyClass: 305.42
Resource type: documents
Women Philosophers of the 17th and 18th Centuries: A bibliography of resources about women philosophers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Includes Ann Bradstreet (1612 - 1672), Mary Astell (1666 - 1731) and Mary Wollstonecraft (1759 - 1797).
Author: Suber, Peter, Earlham College Department of Philosophy
Subjects: philosophers, women in history
DeweyClass: 190
Resource type: bibliography
Women's International Center: Aims to celebrate women and their positive, enduring contributions to humanity through the Living Legacy Awards.
Author: Women's International Center
Subjects: women in history, women's studies
DeweyClass: 305.4
Resource type: documents
WSSLINKS: Women and Gender Studies Web Sites: The purpose of WSSLinks is to provide access to a wide range of resources in support of Women's Studies. It is organised into sections including art and film, culture and literature, education, history, lesbian sites, music, philosophy, politics, science and technology.
Author: Association of College and Research Libraries
Subjects: gender studies, women in history, women in science, women's studies
DeweyClass: 305.4
Resource type: index
WWWomen: Collection of resources addressing issues specific to women. Includes sections on women in business, women and computers, feminism, health and safety, lesbian visibility, motherhood and women in history.
Author: WWWomen
Subjects: women in history, women's issues, women's studies
DeweyClass: 305.4
Resource type: index