WOMEN'S HISTORY
PATHFINDER
REFERENCE BOOKS:
Women's Firsts (2 vols.) REF
305.4 WOM
Women's Voices ( 2 vols.) REF 305.4 WOM
Women's Almanac (3 vol.s) REF 305.4 WOM
Prominent Women of the 2Oth Century REF 920.72 PRO
Illustrated History of Women REF 305.4 ILL
WEBSITES:
American
Women's History: A Research Guide
This site is
organized by: General Reference & Biographical Sources, Subject Index to Research Sources,
State and Regional History Sources, Finding Books and Journal Articles, and Finding Primary
Sources.
National Women's Hall of Fame
Portraits and profiles of two hundred notable women of the United States (living and
deceased) inducted into the Hall of Fame since its founding in 1969 are included
here.
Scholastic: Research Tools for Women's History
An archived list of history articles and profiles of
notable women are found here.
Women's History in America
The Women's International Center presents this
history of women in America and provides biographical information about famous
American women.
Women's
Suffrage and the
Nineteenth Amendment
The National Archives and Records Administration provides images and information about the women's
suffrage movement and the 19th Amendment allowing women to vote.
Biographies of
Women Mathematicians
These pages are part of an on-going project by students in mathematics classes at Agnes Scott College, in Atlanta, Georgia, to illustrate the numerous achievements of
women in the field of mathematics.
History of
Women in Sports Timeline
The American Association of
University Women(AAUW) provides
this chronology of the
history of female athletes around the world, from 776 BC to the
present.
New Jersey
Women's
History
Rutgers University compiled the
history of New Jersey
women. The site includes
notable facts, images, documents, materials for educators, a bibliography, and
related links.
Celebration of Women
Writers
The Celebration of Women Writers recognizes the contributions of women writers throughout history.
Women in American
History
Encyclopedia Britannica
provides articles on hundreds of American
women from 1600 to modern
times. Also included are timelines, primary documents, classic Britannica
articles, audio and video clips, links to other sites about
women's
history, and a study guide.
*Do not forget to view the displays in the library and use Athena to locate print resources.