WOMEN'S HISTORY & IMPACT ON THE WORLD

Updated May 2008

GENERAL & COMPREHENSIVE SITES
National Organization for Women ( NOW ) Home Page 
  The Internation Museum of Women 
  NAU Women's Studies Program 
  VoS - Voice of the Shuttle - Women's Studies and Feminist Theory 
Women's Internet Information Network
Women's Internet Information Network: Table of Contents 
Quotable Women 
AVIVA; Women's World-Wide Web 
Welcome to Women's International Center 
FEMINIST.COM 
Women's Resources
Women's Studies 
   Women's Statistics News Releases, Census Bureau 
  Women's Internet Council
   Related Sites on Women 
The National Women's Hall of Fame 
Duke Women's Archives & Special Collections
   Archive Site: Laurie's Links to Women's Sites 
Feminista!
Women's Links from Professor Cunnea
   Women's History ALIVE!
  Women's History & Feminist Theory Links
Anthony Center for Women's Leadership
Feminism and Women's Studies
Women in the Workplace
  Gender Matters 

WOMEN AND HUMAN RIGHTS
oneworld.net: guides: Gender Guide 
  AIUSA: Rights for All: Violations of the Human Rights of Women 

Amnesty International USA Women’s Human Rights Program


MOTHERHOOD, CHILDBIRTH, AND THE STAY AT HOME MOM
Prehistoric Construction of Mothering
CULTURAL CHANGE AS SEEN IN U.S. BIRTH PRACTICE
DYING TO HAVE A BABY - THE HISTORY OF CHILDBIRTH
History of Midwifery in the US
Mothers and Uncle Tom: Motherhood from 1830 - 1870
From Domesticity to Modernity: What Was Home Economics?
1950s HOME ECONOMICS TEXBOOK
The New Homemaker - For the Stay at Home Mom!
A Mothers Day Tribute
History of Marriage
“Women Without Men”: The Pros and Cons of a “Man-Free Life” - 1960 popular magazine article. 
  NNCC Childcare in the United States: Yesterday and Today 
  American Experience | The Pill 
For more on the role of motherhood, check out specific time periods page on my Table of Contents page.

20TH CENTURY SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES FACING WOMEN
Planned Parenthood
CNN - Roe vs. Wade - 1998
The IPPF Charter on Sexual and Reproductive Rights
The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION 
  American Experience | The Pill 

WOMEN WORLD LEADERS AND IN POLITICS
Contemporary women world leaders: 1945-2001
Women Heads of State
Women in Parliaments: World Classification
U.S. Senate Historical Photos: Women Senators
Congresswomen's Biographies
20th Century Congresswomen's Biographies
U.S. House Democratic Leadership - For Women
First Lady's Gallery
National First Ladies' Library Home Page
Inaugurations and First Ladies
Women Rulers - Women in World History Curriculum
Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches from Around the World
Women in politics
FACT SHEET ON WOMEN'S POLITICAL PROGRESS
GenderGap - Women in Government, Politics and the Military
JAPANESE WOMEN IN POLITICS AND SOCIAL SERVICE
Victoria C. Woodhull: THE FIRST WOMAN TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT
Victoria Claflin Woodhull
Victoria Woodhull, the Spirit to Run the White House
VICTORIA WOODHULL-MARTIN PAPERS
Jeannette Rankin: Elected to Congress before Women's Suffrage
The Jeannette Rankin Foundation -- Home Page
The American Experience | Eleanor Roosevelt
Frances Perkins: first woman US Cabinet member
Frances Perkins: Women's History
Leaders of the Modern Women's Movement
Barbara Jordan (1936-1996)
Geraldine Ferraro
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senator of New York
Evita Peron Historical Research Foundation
For more info on important women in the political world, please check out specific time periods or topics on my Table of Contents page.

WOMEN'S HISTORY - GENERAL SITES
Internet Women's History Sourcebook
American Women's History: Specific States - find info on Women in American History listed by each of the 50 States!
100 Important Women in World History 
Women In American History
Women In World History Curriculum
    Women in World History Curriculum's Favorite Links
Social Studies School Service Women's History Index 
   WELCOME TO THE WOMEN'S HISTORY WORKSHOP 
  Women's Lives 
  Women's History Resources in the Prints and Photographs Division: Pictur 
  Women's Internet Information Network Exhibit Hall 
  Women of Achievement 
  Herstory 
  African-American Women - On-line Archival Exhibits at Duke University 
  Her Own Words - Women's History Videotapes 
  ToC for 30 of the Most Influential Women of the Millennium: Women's Hist 
  Quotable Women 
  AFSCME LaborLinks: Women's Labor History 
  Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1830-1930 
  Browse Document Projects by Date, Women and Social Movements in the U.S. 
  A Guide to Uncovering Women's History in Archival Collections 
  Women's History Web Sites  
  National Women's History Project 
  National Women's History Month - 2002 Theme 
  The Web Salutes Women in History and Making History 
Indiana University Press Journals - Journal of Women's History
  Women of Achievement and Herstory
  Daughters of Eve -Cryptograms with a Portrait of a Famous Woman 
  Words of Wisdom - Women in World History Curriculum
WIC - Women's History in America 
Women's History - Welcome from The Mining Co.
  Multimedia Sites: Women's History
     American Women's History: A Research Guide 
WWWomen: History
March Women's History Month Features 
H-GIG Women's History  
  Women's Rights National Historical Park
The Idea of Women's Equality and its Migration throughout American History
  History - Marriage Net Links
History of Marriage 
Beauty be Woman-History of Women In America
   Women's History ALIVE!
Women's Role in Western Society, Europe and Beyond 
Women's History & Feminist Theory Links
Texas Women and other Manuscript Collections 
  Welcome to the National Women's History Museum 
  Women in History : A List of Names 
  American Women Home Page 
  American Women! exhibit 
  Suppressed Histories Archives 
  New Scholarship on Women 
The New Woman  
For more, check out the sections below or specific time periods and events on my Table of Contents page.

WOMEN, PAST & PRESENT: BIOGRAPHIES
Did you know? Elizabeth Blackwell, born in Bristol, England on 3 February 1821, was the first woman in America to gain an M.D. degree.
Women's biographies: Distinguished Women of Past and Present
Distinguished Women of Past and Present by Subject Area 
Distinguished Women: Alphabetical Index of Names  
WIC - Biography Index 
  WIC - Birthdate Calendar Index 
100 Important Women in World History 
  Women in History : A List of Names
Female Hero of the Month - Women in World History Curriculum 
   Black History Month Biographies: Distinguished Women of Past and Present
Women Nobel Prize Laureates
   Notable Women Ancestors: Women's Biographies
Famous Women in History: Government and Politics
  Women Rulers - Women in World History Curriculum 
  ToC for 30 of the Most Influential Women of the Millennium: Women's Hist 
  Women Pioneers and Trailblazers  
  Daughters of Eve - Cryptograms with a Portrait of a Famous Woman 
A Woman A Week
   The National Women's Hall of Fame
    SWIP: Women Philosophers
Margaret's Famous Women / Women's History 
For more Biography sites, visit my Biographies page.
For info on specific women, check out the other sections on this page or visit the pages on specific time periods and events on my Table of Contents page.

WOMEN IN ANCIENT HISTORY
Observing Prehistoric Women 
Diotima: Women & Gender in the Ancient World 
Exploring Gender Through Archaeology - Table of Contents
Ancient Women
Egyptian Women
Cleopatra
Discovery Online - Cleopatra : As the Nile Turns
Index to Passages from Women's Life in Greece and Rome
Hypatia
More on Hypatia
Hypatia - Great Woman Mathematician
Romanae Antiquae - An informal look at women of Ancient Rome
Women of Ancient Rome: Biographies
Roman Marriage Laws: Corpus Iuris Civilis
"Wives and Mothers": The Roman Family
"The Roman Woman and Roman Law"
Women on Roman Coins
Women's Medicine in Ancient Rome
Women in Roman Religion
What the Roman Lady Wears
The First Ladies of Rome
The Mistresses and Prostitutes in Ancient Rome
Cesarian Section -- A Brief History
Women in Ancient Christianity: The New Discoveries
WOMEN’S BODIES IN ANTIQUITY
Clio: Women in Mythology, Religion and Herstory
For more on women during Ancient Times, visit my General Ancient History, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, and Ancient Rome pages.


WOMEN FROM THE MIDDLE AGES THROUGH THE 20TH CENTURY
Middle Ages and Renaissance
Women of the Middle Ages
Brave Women in the Middle Ages
Women in the Middle Ages
MEDIEVAL WOMEN
Women In The Middle Ages
Sybils! Homepage: Middle Ages Women
THE GREAT MARRIAGE HUNT: FINDING A WIFE IN FIFTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND
Marriage Customs during the Middle Ages
Dominion & Domination of the Gentle Sex: The Lives of Medieval Women
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Female Hero: Eleanor of Aquitaine (Women in World History Curriculum)
Solemnization of Matrimony -- Book of Common Prayer
Virgins and Virginity - Medieval methods for determining virginity
Exhibition: Women Printers, 1475-1700 
  Defiant Women: Pirates - About Women Pirates  
Feminism as it used to be during the Renaissance
Renaissance Dance Cheat Sheets
Representing Women in Renaissance England
For more, check out my Middle Ages and Renaissance pages.

Colonial America
Women During Colonial Times: 1700 - 1800
Women in Colonial America
Anne Hutchinson: American Jezebel or Woman of Courage?
Beauty be Woman-History of Women In America
Deborah Sampson and her role in the American Revolution.
For much more, please visit my From Colonies to Revolution page.

19th Century
Women in History: 1800 - 1880
Women in America: 1820-1842
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1775-1940
Civil War Women - On-line Archival Exhibits at Duke University
Courageous Women in the Civil War
Hearts at Home: Southern Women in the Civil War
The San Antonio College LitWeb Sojourner Truth Page
Clara Barton
The Life of Harriet Tubman
OUP USA: The Feminist Thought of Sarah Grimké
Victoriana Library, Calling Card Etiquette
Victorian Dancing Etiquette
Etiquette for the Ball Room
The Language of Fan
Women of the West Museum
Women Pioneers-Westward, Learning Page
Women in the Gold Rush
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
Annie Oakley
Woman's Crusade of 1873-74
Victoria C. Woodhull: THE FIRST WOMAN TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT
Progressive Era Leading Women
Dorothea Dix - wrote on the horror of the 19th century American Insane Asylums
Household Words: Women Writing on the Kitchen
The Ladies: A Journal of the Court, Fashion and Society
Godey's Lady's Book Online Home Page
For much more, please visit my 19th Century America and Civil War pages.

20th Century
The Women's Movement: 1880-1950
Gertrude Stein Online
Women in Modern Times: 1950-Present Day
"The Woman Behind the Man" - 1916
JANE ADDAMS, MOTHER OF THE WORLD
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1775 - 1940 
  Women in Transportation - Timeline of Events: 1930 - 2000 
The Emma Goldman Papers (DL SunSITE)
Hired and Fired: The Effects of World War II on Women's Employment
Women and the Holocaust
For much more, please visit my 20th Century America, World War I, and World War II pages.
Also, check out other specific time periods and topics on my Oz's Table of Contents page.


THE SUFFRAGETTES - WOMEN'S RIGHTS
Did you know? - Only one of the original Suffragists lived to cast a
ballot. That woman was Charlotte Woodward. She was 91.

WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE AND ABOLITION MOVEMENT
TIMELINE 1600-1699 / 1700-1799 / 1800-1849 / 1850-1859 / 1860-1869 / 1870-1899 / 1900-1909 / 1910-1919 / 1920-1979 / 1980-1995 
   TIMELINE: One Hundred Years toward Suffrage 
    TIMELINE: US Suffrage Movement 1792 to 19201920 to Today   
   TIMELINE: Woman Suffrage - Winning the Vote 
  TIMELINE: Women's Movement 
  The 19th Amendment
19th. Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
   Votes for Women: Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921 
  Miller NAWSA Suffrage Scrapbooks, 1897-1911 - (Library of Congress)
  Photographs from the Records of the National Woman's Party - (Library of Congress)
Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement - Duke Special Collections 
Documents from the LOC on Women's Rights 
The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill
A VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN by MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
WRITING WOMEN INTO HISTORY 
  By Popular Demand: "Votes for Women" Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920 
  Women's History: Women's movements  
  Leaders of the Early Women's Movement: Women's History
Votes for Women: Introduction  
   Votes for Women 
Votes for Women: Important People
  IMAGES: Votes for Women 
  Teacher Resources - Collection - Votes for Women, 1848-1921 
  By Popular Demand: "Votes for Women" Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920 
   Anthony Center: History of Women's Suffrage
Anthony Center: Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Anthony Center: Biographies of Suffragists
Women's Rights Convention: Seneca Falls, NY, 1848
Susan B. Anthony
Welcome to the Susan B. Anthony House! 
PBS: Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony 
  "The Portrait Monument," is of Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton 
Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Women's Rights Speech 
   Woman Suffrage Sources at Duke 
  Pictorial Americana: Women's Rights, 1859-1913, Selected Images (Library of Congress) 
  Suffrage: Women's Vote 
  Women's History: Quest for Equality 
  The Emancipation of Women 
  Women's Rights Convention: Seneca Falls, NY, 1848 
  Modern History Sourcebook: Emmeline Pankhurst: My Own Story, 1914 
  The Leaders of the Women's Movement 
    The Pioneers of Woman's Suffrage 
The Pioneers - Suffrage Posters 
  Suffrage and Anti-suffrage Postcards
   Victoria C. Woodhull: THE FIRST WOMAN TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1775-1940
The Women's Movement: 1880-1950 
   Male Support of Female Suffrage Discussion  
  Lincoln and Woman Suffrage 
  Mobilizing woman-power, by Harriot Stanton Blatch; with a foreward by Theodore Roosevelt
  Stereotypes Women Faced  
Woman and the Republic: An Anti-Suffrage Argument by Helen Kendrick Johnson, 1897 
   THE ARGUMENTS OF THE ANTI-SUFFRAGISTS 
  Why did it take women so long to win the right to vote? 
OPPOSITION TO FEMALE SUFFRAGE IN THE UNITED STATES 
  The Opinions Anti-Suffragists 
   Herstory
  After the Vote 
  Women's History: Modern women's movement 
  The Impact of the Modern Women's Movement: Women's History 
  Women's Movements in Developing Countires and the Soviet Union: Women's History 
  Institutions Formed to Promote the Modern Women's Movement: Women's History 
  Legislation that Increased Women's Rights: Women's History 
  Leaders of the Modern Women's Movement  
The History of the National Organization for Women
  American Fathers: Equality or Patriarchy? - Anti-Women's Rights Organizations of Today - SPOOKY!
 


WOMEN IN WAR - MILITARY - AVIATION
TIMELINE: American Women in War
CURRENT ENLISTMENT STATS OF WOMEN IN UNIFORM
Women's Military History
Women In Military Service.html
Women Warriors
The Women Who Gave Their Lives
Women Military Casualties
Women POWs
PROMINENT WOMEN BURIED AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
MILITARY WOMEN FIRSTS
WOMEN MILITARY TRIVIA
American Women in Uniform, Veterans Too!
Women Veterans
Women Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War
Women in War of 1812, Mexican American, & Spanish American War
Women in the Civil War
Spies in Disguise: Female Civil War Spies
Women in the Navy-19th century
Women in World War One
Women in World War II
WASP WWII Home Page
Women in the Korean Conflict
Women in Vietnam
American Women in Uniform, Desert Storm
American Women in Uniform, Bosnia and Beyond
Angels of Mercy: Nurses' Tales
Army Nurse Corps History
What Did You Do in the War, Grandma?: Women and World War II
BROWNson's nursing history links
Hired and Fired: The Effects of World War II on Women's Employment
Minerva Center Home Page: Study of Women in War & Military
Women Come to the Front
Women at War
WWII Women's Recruiting Posters
American Women's History: World War II
American Women Spies
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker - Surgeon - Congressional Medal of Honor
Submarine Wives Club
Military Women in Television
Military Women in Film
United States Navy - Women in the Navy
FACTS ABOUT WOMEN IN THE MILITARY, 1980-1990
Policy On The Assignment Of Women In The Armed Forces
WOMEN WITH NEW DIRECT GROUND COMBAT RULE
CONGRESS SHOULD HOLD HEARINGS BEFORE ALLOWING WOMEN IN COMBAT
Women in Aviation
The Ninety-Nines, Inc, International Organization of Women Pilots
Amelia Earhart - biography  
    Women Airforce Service Pilots - Remembered By Those Who Knew Them. 
  Women Airforce Service Pilots Killed in Service, Part 1, Part 2

Soviet Women Pilots in the Great Patriotic War
For more info, please visit my Civil War, World War I, World War II, Cold War - Korea - Vietnam - Desert Storm - Enduring Freedom, and Military History, Info, Stats pages.

WOMEN IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
4000 Years of Women in Science
  Archives of Women in Science and Engineering 
  Women in Science and Medicine 
  Well-known Women Engineers and Scientists from around the world
    Women Mathematicians
Women Mathematicians-Chronological Index
Hypatia - Great Woman Mathematician 
   Contributions of Women to Physics, 1898-1998
  WOMEN ASTRONAUTS 
Women of NASA 
SDSC: Women in Science
Women Nobel Prize Laureates
BROWNson's nursing history links 
   Women's DiscovHERies  
Lise Meitner Online: Work on Nuclear Fission
  Lemelson Center Invention Features: Women Inventors
  Women in Transportation - Timeline of Events: 1930 - 2000 

Canadian Women in Science
Minorities in Science: Guide to Selected Resources
Index of Women Scientists: "The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences"
Women Invent! Two Centuries of Discoveries That Have Shaped Our World
Dian Fossey
Madame C. J. Walker
Madame C. J. Walker

WOMEN IN THE FINE ARTS, FILM & LITERATURE
The National Museum of Women in the Arts
Permanent Collection Tour: Establishing the Legacy
Women's Early Music / Art / Poetry
Women Artists in History
A Salute to Women Writers
The Role of Women in Ancient Greek Art
A Celebration of Women Writers
Women in Music Pathfinder-Duke Libraries
Celebration of the Feminine Divine in Women's Early Music
Early Women Composers Chronology
Women & the Origins of Opera & Musical Theater
Women's Early Music WEB-RING Index
Social Protest in Women's Music & Arts
Women Artists Archive
The World's Women On-Line!: electronic art networking project
Domestic Goddesses: AKA Scribbling Women
Reel Women
Women in Cinema: A Reference Guide
Women in the Director's Chair Home Page
Martha Graham and Modern American Dance
Women Nobel Prize Laureates
WIC - History of Women through Art
Voices From the Gaps: Women Writers of Color 
  Beagle Bay Books: Publisher of Women's Fiction and Non-Fiction 

Dorothy Parker's New York
MARGARET FULLER HOME PAGE
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Gertrude Stein Online
The World of Gertrude Stein -biography of an early twentieth century author
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Chronology & Resource Site
Marian Anderson: A Life in Song
Aesthetics: Women Artists
Womenfolk - On Creativity and Living in Balance
Quilt History
The Quilt Shop -History of Quilting
Archive of American Patchwork Quilt Designs
Maya Lin: Notes, Pictures, Online Resources - architect of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C.
For much more info, visit my Art & Galleries, Music, Motion Pictures, Movies, Film, Literature and Drama, and Television & Misc. Fine Arts pages.

WOMEN'S FASHIONS
What the Roman Lady Wears
17th Century Women's Fashion Plates
Vintage Vixen 20th Century Fashion History
La Belle Epoque - Women's Fashions of the 1900s
Poiret and Eastern Influence - Women's Fashions of the 1910s
Sheiks and Shebas - Women's Fashions of the 1920s
Despair and Fantasy - Women's Fashions of the 1930s
The New Look - Women's Fashions of the 1940s
Fashion Influences of the Forties
Dior's Decade - Women's Fashions of the 1950s
Time for a Revolution - Women's Fashions of the 1960s
Hippies in Polyester - The 1970s
Vintage Clothing-Related Links @ vintagevixen.com
History of the Corset
The Ladies: A Journal of the Court, Fashion and Society
Godey's Lady's Book Online Home Page
The Ladies: Fashion
Madame C.J. Walker
Madame C. J. Walker
For tons of links and pictures on Fashion throughout history, visit my FASHION: PAST AND PRESENT page.

WOMEN IN DIFFERENT CULTURES
United Nations and Women
The United Nations and the Status of Women
Amnesty International USA Women’s Human Rights Program
Women's Issues - 3rd World - Welcome from The Mining Co.
Reflections on Sinai Bedouin Women
WOMEN AND ISLAM
Industrial Worker - Migrant Women in Middle East
Gender Equity in Islam
Muslim Women's Homepage
Africa: Women Issues
For more, visit my Non-Western Cultures page.

WOMEN IN SPORTS
The History of Women's Basketball
History of Women's Basketball
WWW Women's Sports Page by Amy Lewis
SPORTQuest Sport Search Engine and Directory
News: Women's History Month: Sports Index
Women in History - Wilma Rudolph biography
Women's Sports History Resources
Empowering Women in Sports (Introduction)
Women in Sports
For more, check out my History of Sports & Entertainment page.

MISC. TOPICS
SWIP: Women Philosophers
Women Philosophers
History of women in education
Gender & Race and Ethnicity in Media
"Women and Fairy Tales" by Terri Windling
WOMAN MOTORIST Internet Magazine with articles on cars
The Victorian Era, a directory based around Victorian Life
Herstory: Celebrating Canadian Women
History Unwrapped: Dramatic Portrayals from History
Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches from Around the World
History House: Why Only Women Get Hysterical - History or Myth
Jewish Women's Archive
Mother Teresa - Humanitarian
  American Experience | Miss America 
    Income Distribution to $250,000 or More for Females: 2000  

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