Women
The struggle for women to gain acceptance, recognition and veneration in society has been a long and lengthy process that has only begun to be appreciated in the last century. In celebration of the contributions of American women ALIC has provided a listing of historical websites relevant to women in the United States. |
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African-American Women's ResourcesPathfinder for women’s history research in the National Archives and Records Administration Library
NARA, Carol FaulknerWomen's Bibliographic Resource List II
NARA, Trish Laski, Stephanie KuehnViVa: A bibliography of women's history in historical and women's studies journals
International Institute of Social History
BiographiesAfrican American Women Writers of the 19th Century
From the New York Public Library's Digital Schomburg Collection, this site offers a searchable full-text database of 52 published works by 19th-century black women writers and provides access to the thought, perspectives and creative abilities of black women as captured in books and pamphlets published prior to 1920.African-American Women
Duke University's On-line Archival Collection containing primary Internet sources, manuscripts, and Women's Studies resources. Full text versions of diaries, letters, and newspapers offer insight into life for African-American women in the South.From Slave Women to Free Women: The National Archives & Black Women's History in the Civil War Era
This article by Noralee Frankel appeared in the Summer 1997 edition of NARA's publication, Prologue.World War I Gold Star Mothers Pilgrimages
By Constance Potter, in the NARA publication Prologue, Summer 1999.
Politics and WomenAmerican Women! A celebration of our history
Artifacts and stories of famous and common women collected by the Hoover Presidential Library. Over 106 biographies searchable by time period, name, or through the virtual tour.Civil War Women
Duke University's On-line Archival Collection containing primary Internet sources, manuscripts, Civil War, and Women's Studies resources. Scanned images make rare documents available in full text.Gale Group Focuses on Women's History
Gale Group provides biographies, a quiz, key events listings, trial information, activities, and a timeline focusing on Women's History.National Women's History Project
A focused look at the lives of six outstanding women of "Courage and Vision".Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
This site from PBS offers an overview of the lives of these two remarkable women and the 19th century women's movement. Also includes information on teaching the history of women's rights; selected essays, articles, and original documents; biographical information; and suggested reading lists.Women in Photography Archive
Created by Peter Palmquist for the Women Artists of the American West, this archive highlights over 2,000 early American women photographers from about 1850-1920.
Primary Documents and Images of WomenCenter for American Women and Politics (CAWP)
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Center for American Women and PoliticsWomen and politics
Yale University, Women’s Studies SectionWomen in Politics: Bibliographic Database
This database, designed by the interparliamentary Union, contains international bibliographic references on books and articles dealing with women in politics.Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1775-2000
The Women and Social Movements website is a project of the Center for the Historical Study of Women and Gender at the State University of New York at Binghamton. Each of the 42 mini-monographs on the site poses an interpretive question and provides a collection of documents that address the question. Altogether the site includes over 900 documents, nearly 400 images, and 350 links to other websites.Women’s voting guide directory of women and politics in the United States
Women leaders online
SuffrageGifts of Speech: Women's speeches from around the world
Maintained at Sweet Briar College, this site is dedicated to preserving and creating access to speeches made by influential contemporary women.Images of the Suffrage Movement: Library of Congress American Memory Project
The Library of Congress' selection of 38 pictures includes portraits of individuals, cartoons, photographs of parades, picketing, suffragists, and an anti-suffrage display.Rosie pictures: select images relating to American women workers during World War II
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs DivisionVotes for Women: Library of Congress American Memory Project
The Library of Congress offers full text selections from 167 books, pamphlets, and other artifacts documenting the suffrage campaign. A vital site of the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment
A selection of NARA's best primary documents relating to the passage of the 19th amendment.Women’s activities during the Civil War: a select list of photographs
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Women and the MilitaryOne Hundred Years toward Suffrage: An Overview
This historical American Woman Sufferage Association Timeline was compiled by E. Susan Barber.Committee on Woman Suffrage
A guide to the jurisdiction and history of the Committee on Woman Suffrage.The Constitution: The 19th Amendment
August 1995 marked the 75th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees all American women the right to vote.History of the suffrage movement
University of Rochester, Susan B. Anthony CenterImages of the Suffrage Movement: Library of Congress American Memory Project
The Library of Congress' selection of 38 pictures includes portraits of individuals, cartoons, photographs of parades, picketing, suffragists, and an anti-suffrage display.Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
This site from PBS offers an overview of the lives of these two remarkable women and the 19th century women's movement. Also includes information on teaching the history of women's rights; selected essays, articles, and original documents; biographical information; and suggested reading lists.Treasures of Congress
NARA Exhibition entitled "Progressive Reform: Votes for Women".Votes for Women: Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921
The Library of Congress American Memory Project offers full text selections from 167 books, pamphlets, and other artifacts documenting the suffrage campaign. A vital site of the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, this highlights part of the larger collection donated by Carrie Chapman Catt in November 1938.Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment
NARA's collection of primary sources, activities, and links related websites for educators and students.
Other Resources on the WebIt's a Woman's War Too!
This NARA web site features war time posters.Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPS)
More than a thousand women test-piloted aircraft, ferried planes, and logged over 60 million miles in the air during World War II.Women Come to the Front
A focus on female journalists, photographers, and broadcasters during World War II. Includes biographies on eight particularly interesting women.Women in Military Service for America Memorial
The first national memorial honoring women how have served in the Armed Forces is located in the Arlington National Cemetary.Women in the Military
ALIC's list of weblinks related to women in the military.Women Soldiers of the Civil War
This fascinating Prologue article discusses the contributions of women who disguised themselves to fight in the Civil War.Women Who Served
National Archives and Records Administration link that highlights the accomplishments of extraordinary women who served in W.W.II.
American Women's History
University of Colorado's guide to resources and research on the web. Includes general sites, links to archives, and collections ranging from Colonial to twentieth century American women's history.American Women's History: A Research Guide
Invaluable resource for women's history research compiled by Middle Tennessee State University. Includes general references and biographical sources, a subject index to research sources, state and regional history sources, and aids for finding secondary and primary research on women's history."Any woman who is now or may hereafter be married…" Women and naturalization, ca 1802-1940
Marian L. Smith, Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives and Records Administration, Summer 1998, vol. 30, no. 2Attending to Early Modern Women
University of Maryland
This site provides access to material on American women during the Early Republic.Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics
University of California, Los Angeles
Archive of data on women who have made major contributions to physics in the 20th century before 1976.Documentary editors on the World Wide Web: The Margaret Sanger Papers
Cathy Moran Hajo, The Record (NARA), September 1998Harriet Beecher Stowe, Albert Einstein, and "Rough Riders" documents added to National Archives web
The Record (NARA), September 1998Native American Women
A virtual guide through everyday life for the Western American Indian woman, compiled by the Denver Public Library.Native American Women as Storytellers
This essay, by Joan M. Jensen, Professor Emerita, New Mexico State University, highlights Native American women who depict their identity through photography. From the Women Artists of the American West collections.Placing women in the past
National Park Service, Cultural Resource Management, 20:3 Special issue on womenSallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture
Link to the center for Women's History and Culture in the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University.The Schlesinger Library
Link to the Schlesinger Library's web site. The Library holds a vast amount of nineteenth and twentieth century primary sources on women's history.U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence against Women
The Office on Violence against Women is responsible for handling the Dept. of Justice's legal and policy issues regarding violence against women in the United States.Women's History Resources
University of Wisconsin's comprehensive list of links to primary and secondary women's history sites. Includes a special section containing oral history projects.Women’s studies database
University of Maryland women’s studies databaseWomen’s studies programs, departments, & research centers
University of Maryland at Baltimore campusWomen’s studies resources in microform at the Library of Congress
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs DivisionWomen Watch: The United Nations Gateway on the Advancement and Empowerment of Women
This UN site connects to the major UN initiatives to women and to the Women of the World 2000 report. It also links to the major documents and databases on women's and girls' rights.
Women's History links was originally compiled in 2001 by Margaret Kensinger, an ALIC student library technician from the College of Information Science at the University of Maryland. The site has recently been updated, as of Summer 2003.
