Women's History
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Chosen from among the over 3,000 collections of women’s experiences in the Veterans History Project This is a collection of websites on Women's History compiled by the librarians of the Evanston Public Library.
See also Evanston Public Library’s Women’s Studies bibliographies for lists of books on this topic.
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- Evanston Women's History Project
- A new initiative, coordinated by the Evanston Community Foundation, to document and celebrate significant women in Evanston's past and present.
- GENERAL:
- Census Bureau Facts for Features: Women ’s History Month
- Facts and statistics regarding women, in topics such as earnings, education, jobs, motherhood, and more.
- Documents From the Women’s Liberation Movement
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Texts and images of articles, pamphlets, flyers, and booklets published from 1969 to 1974 focussing on the radical origins of the feminist movement in the United States. From the Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Women in American Society. (e-book) Melissa J. Doak. 2006 ed. Detroit: Information Plus. Available through the Gale Virtual Reference Library. - Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. (e-book) Yorkin Publications, 2006. Available through the Gale Virtual Reference Library.
- Distinguished Women of Past and Present
- Biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways: writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers. Indexed by subject and by name.
National Women's Hall of Fame- Honors American women whose contributions to the arts, athletics, business, education, government, the humanities, philanthropy and science, have been the greatest value for development of their country.
- National Women’s History Project
- An educational nonprofit organization, whose mission is to recognize and celebrate the diverse and historic accomplishments of women.
- InfoPlease Women's History Site
- Informative and fun, with timelines, biographies, quizzes, games and other activities for celebrating women's history.
- Women's Studies Online Resource Center
- From the University of Maryland Baltimore County, an all-encompassing annotated guide to websites, listservs, and university programs devoted to women's studies. The website guide has 600 links to sites arranged in 16 topical subsections, such as Activism, Arts and Humanities, Health, Cyberculture and Internet Information, Science and Technology, Sexuality and Sexual Orientation, and Women of Color.
- WWW Virtual Library of Women's History
- The most comprehensive site for women's history on the Net. Annotated lists of websites arranged by time period, geographical region, and topics such as women in the labor movement, women in science, women artists, women writers, lesbians, etc. Also lists women's history institutions and organizations, archival and library collections, and women's studies journals.
- Internet Women's History Sourcebook
- One of a series of "Internet History Sourcebooks", this is particularly good for researching women in ancient times, and from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
- Lesbian Herstory Archives
The Lesbian Herstory Archives is home to the world's largest collection of materials by and about lesbians and their communities.
ARTS:
International Alliance of Women in Music -
Everything you ever wanted to know about female composers: biographies, discographies, links to recordings and sheet music.
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A Celebration of Women Writers - Excellent site recognizing the contributions of women writers throughout history: novels, poems, letters, biographies, travel books, religious commentaries, histories, economic and scientific works. Provides a comprehensive listing of links to biographical and bibliographical information about women writers, and to books written by women.
- National Museum of Women in the Arts
- The only museum in the world dedicated exclusively to recognizing the contributions of women artists. Also, search for artists' biographies using the museum's resource, Clara: Database of Women Artists.
- Women Artists of the American West
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An Internet Course and Interdisciplinary Resource featuring the vital contributions that women have made
to the art and history of the American West, sponsored by Purdue University. - Biographies of Notable Female Artists from Infoplease
- SCIENCE:
- 4000 Years of Women in Science
- Short biographies of female scientists, with references to books and articles written about them. Many photographs as well.
- Women Nobel Prize Laureates
- Profiles the 30 female Noble Laureates: has the text of their acceptance speeches, and bibliographies of their work. Also features articles and other websites on women in science.
- Field Museum's Women in Science
- See the profiles of 13 women in science currently working at Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History.
Created especially for high school and college students, this site from the Chemical Heritage Foundation provides biographies and information about women in chemistry, and encourages young women to join the field.
- Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
- This page is dedicated to the women who have ruled since ancient times. Indexed by country and by position, e.g. prime minsters, queens, religious leaders, etc.
- Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches from Around the World
- Complete text of famous women's speeches, from 1848 to the present. Searchable by name of speaker, year or keyword.
- WOMEN AT WORK:
- Enterprising Women: 250 years of American Business
- A major national exhibition that reinterprets the history of American women and of American business.
- 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.
- MILITARY
- Experiencing War (Women at War)
- Stories chosen from among the over 3,000 collections of women’s experiences in the Veterans History Project.
- Military Women Veterans: Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow
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The history of women in the American military from the American Revolution to the wars in Iraq, with photos, personal statements and statistics. Discusses combat issues, women veterans, the National Guard, military academies, women spies, prisoners of war; also debunks many urban legends about military women.
