WOMEN - PAST & PRESENT

WOMEN - PAST & PRESENT
An Internet Hotlist on WOMEN: PAST & PRESENT

created by Marilyn Abramowitz
Mineola High School Library

Introduction
Use the historical & biographical print and online sources in the Library. Consult these links for additional info.

The Internet Resources

Megasites & Fashion

*Notable Women Ancestors -
*Women's Studies Online Resources -
1960s Ladies' Style -
3 Decades of Retro Fashion History - 50s, 60s, 70s
Center for Women's History & Culture - Duke University
Flapper Culture & Style - Jazz Age
Flapper Fashion - 1920s
Gifts of Speech - text of speeches made by influential contemporary women from around the world, arranged alphabetically and chronologically
Information Resources for Women's Studies -
Ladies Fashions of the 1940s -
Quotable Women - an archive of memorable quotes by women
Statistics on Women - from US Census
The Regency Fashion Page -
WWWomen -
Women in History -
Women of Our Time - biographical moments in portrait photography
Women's Biography Sites -
Women's Fashions - 1940s -
Women's History Month - Exhibit
Women's Resources on the Net -
Women's Stats - from the U.S. Census Bureau
Women's Studies - A to Z links from Education Index

American Women - Past & Present (incl Suffrage & Women's Rts)

'The Right Stuff' Has No Gender - Women's voluntary involvement in conflicts & the military
*National Women's Hall of Fame -
100 Years Toward Suffrage - an overview
A History of Women in Industry -
African-American Women - archival collections
Agents of Social Change - 20th century women's activism
Amelia Earhart - famous 'missing' aviator
American Women -
American Women's History - a research guide
Barbara Jordan, Remembered - Congresswoman, Educator, Constitutionalist
Biographies of Influential Suffragists -
Calamity Jane - an American pioneer
Chicago Women's Liberation Union -
Civil War Women -
Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement - late '60s - early '70s
Eleanor Roosevelt - 1884 - 1962
Feminist Foremothers - 1400 - 1800
First Ladies Gallery -
Ghosts of the Second Wave - photographs of the 1977 conference
Godey's Lady's Book - one of the most popular lady's books of the 19th century
Harriet Tubman - Abolitionist; Conductor & Stationmaster of the Underground Railroad (of the Civil War)
History of Marches & Mass Actions - first(suffrage)& second waves of the women's movements
History of Women in the Military -
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis - former First Lady and American icon
Key Documents in Women's History -
Lowell Mill Girls & the Rhetoric of Women's Labor Unrest -
Margaret Chase Smith - former US Senator
Multimedia Sites in Women's History -
National First Ladies' Library -
National Organization for Women -
National Women's Hall of Fame -
National Women's History Museum -
National Women's History Project - Recognize and celebrate the diverse and historic accomplishments of women
Portraits of the Presidents & First Ladies -
Profiles of Frontierswomen - exceptional women who were the FIRST to do something formerly done only by men
Rosa Parks - The Woman Who Changed a Nation - Civil Rights activist
Salem, Massachusettes Witch Trials -
The Emma Goldman Papers - major figure in the history of American radicalism and feminism
The Feminist Chronicles: 1953-1993 -
The Story of a Sweatshop Girl - 1902
The Triangle Factory Fire -
The Women's Movement - Our History -
The Women's Rights Movement: 1848-1998 -
Timeline of Women's Suffrage in the US -
Uprising of the 20,000 - American Social History Project (Labor)
Victoria Woodhull - the first woman to run for President
Votes for Women - selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921
Women Come to the Front - journalists, photographers, broadcasters during WWII
Women Working, 1800-1930 - women's role in the US economy
Women in America, 1820-1842 - the accounts of 18 foreign travelers describe the conditions of Women’s lives in the United States (accessed chronologically or topically for comparisons)
Women in Congress - past & present
Women's History in America -
Women's Labor History - many links
Women's Political Progress -

International Women- History & Today

*100 Most Important Women of World History -
300 Women Who Changed the World - women's contributions in history
4000 Years of Women in Science -
Benazir Bhutto - former Prime Minister of Pakistan - first woman to head the government of an Islamic state
Biographies of Women Mathematicians -
Catherine de' Medici -
Daring to Resist: 3 Women Face the Holocaust - PBS program
Distinguished Women of Past & Present - bios of women throughout history & today
Elizabeth I - Tudor history
Evita Peron -
Great African Queens -
Great Women Rulers -
Hawaii's Last Queen -
International Museum of Women - Resources - covers women's history (American & World,) human rights groups, issues & associations
Internet Women's History Sourcebook -
Life & Times of Queen Elizabeth I -
Lilith - legendary first wife of Adam
Marie Antoinette - memoirs of her private life
Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World -
Muslim Women -
Notable Women International -
Queen Elizabeth I -
Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) -
Reign of Elizabeth I -
The Greatest Leap - how China's women have traveled from the ancient to the modern in 4 generations
Virtual Library - Women's History -
Voices From Behind the Veil -
Women & Gender in the Ancient World -
Women Heads of State -
Women Warriors in History - 3500 BC to the 20th Century
Women World Leaders 1945 - 2007 -
Women in Islam -
Women in World History -
Women's International Center Biography Index - alive and dead

Writers, Artists, Performers, Athletes

A Celebration of Women Writers -
AUTHORS & LITERARURE - Hotlist containing info on many women writers, works, etc.
About Lorraine Hansberry -
Anne Frank - the Writer -
Archives on Women Artists - National Museum of Women in the Arts
Authors -
Female Surrealists -
Frida Kahlo - contemporary thoughts
Georgia O'Keeffe -
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum -
Historical Women of Philosophy - 600 BC - 17th Century AD
Lorraine Hansberry's 'A Raisin in the Sun' - the Broadway play and its impact on Black American culture
Selected Women Writers of the Harlem Renaissance -
Willa Cather - Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Women & Literature -
Women Artists in History -
Women Writers -

Gender & Health Issues

WOMEN'S ISSUES - Links include: women's bias & rights issues; health (incl reproductive rights & abortion); sports equity; workplace (incl sexual harassment & discrimination); violence; + more

Literary Characters, Themes, Feminist Theories

CRITICAL ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION OF LITERATURE - Hotlist that includes many links on Feminist Theory & related info
Feminist Theory - an overview
Ibsen's Nora -
Lady Susan - Jane Austen's literary character
Shakespeare's Heroines -
Shakespeare's Unruly Women - the heroines in his plays
Women's Studies and Feminist Theory - from Voice of the Shuttle

Content by Marilyn Abramowitz, mabramowitz@mineola.k12.ny.us
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listwomenma.html
Last revised Fri Nov 20 10:38:28 US/Pacific 2009