American Cowgirl

Historical photographs, accompanied by text, bear witness to 120 years of women in rodeo.

American Women in Uniform
Information and links about women who served in the military from the Revolutionary War to the present.

Places Where Women Made History (MA and NY) highlights 74 historic properties in MA and NY with interactive maps, descriptions of each place's significance in women's history, photos, essays,and links.

American Women: Library of Congress
A gateway for Library of Congress researchers working in the field of American women's history.

Scholastic Women's History
Biographies and articles and

Women Who Changed History

American Women's History: A Research Guide 1200+ links to Internet sources and 480 links to digital collections of primary sources. Digital Collection of Primary Resources

Seneca Falls Convention of 1848
Images and Text about the first women's rights convention.
 

Center for American Women and Politics A university-based research, education and public service center, its mission is to promote greater knowledge and understanding about women's participation in politics and government. Offers historical and current information.

The Michigan Women's Historical Center and Hall of Fame
Collections and exhibits by era, name, group, and area of achievement.
 

Changing the Face of Medicine Discover the many ways that women have influenced and enhanced the practice of medicine.

 

The National Women’s History Project encourages K-12 students to "actively immerse themselves in women’s history by participating in the "Generations of Women Moving History Forward" contest.
 

Civil War Women  An annotated collection of "links to primary sources that are directly related to women and the Civil War,"  organized into three parts: Diaries, Letters, Documents; Photographs and Prints, and General Civil War Pages.

"Votes for Women" Suffrage Pictures
A set of 38 "most requested" portraits, cartoons, and parade images to accompany  the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921 listed at the left.

Fly Girls
During WWII, more than a thousand women signed up to fly with the US military. They test-piloted aircraft, ferried planes and logged 60 million miles in the air. Supports the Fly Girls video (PBS).

What Did You Do in the War, Grandma? 
An Oral History of Rhode Island Women during World War II. Written by students in the Honors English Program at South Kingstown High School,

Gale Group's Women's History Month Resources
Biographies, activities, calendar, timeline, and quiz.

Women and Social Movements in the United States 1775-2000
High School Teachers' Corner with twenty comprehensive lesson plans, one hundred lesson ideas, and six Document-Based Questions units.

Godey’s Lady’s Book
Offers material from and about “this most famous 19th-century women’s magazine,” a monthly that provided middle- and upper-class American women with fiction, fashion, illustrations, and editorials from 1830 through its demise in 1898.

Women Come to the Front
Information about journalists, broadcasters, and photographers during World War II. The women featured in this exhibit were chosen because of the strength and variety of their collections in the Library of Congress.

Honorable Roll of Notable Women
Interactive site at Scholastic where students can nominate notable women.

Women's Fight for the Vote: The Nineteenth Amendment

Exploration of the conflict around women's voting.
 

Jewish Women's Archives
This organization's mission is to uncover, chronicle, and transmit the historical record of Jewish women's lives, their impact on Jewish culture and their active participation in society at large.

Women's History Month: A National Register of Historic Places Feature
Travel across the country and meet famous women throughout United States history. View special features on the Underground Railroad and the civil rights movement.

League of Women Voters
A political organization that works to increase the understanding of public policy issues and strives to influence public policy through education and advocacy.
 

Women's History Month Calendar
Clickable links by date of the event.

My Mother's War
Artifacts from an army nurse who served in in World War I.

300 Women Who Changed the World
An introduction and four-part examination of U.S. women from 1600 to the present, as well as pictures, timelines, biographies, links to primary sources, sound recordings, videos, and bibliographies.

National Women's History Museum
Political culture and imagery of American Woman Suffrage.

Women of the American Civil War
Information and a diary about Civil War Women.

National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921
The Collection consists of 167 books, pamphlets and other artifacts documenting the suffrage campaign.

Women of NASA
Live chats, forums, and Webcasts with NASA women. Also included are profiles, teaching tips, and special events announcements.

National Women's History Project
Information on local and national events, television programs, community and school activities, and links.

Women's Suffrage and the 19th Amendment from National Archives and Records Teaching with Primary Documents lesson.

Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
An in-depth look at the work of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony and their efforts to win women the right to vote.

One Hundred Years of Suffrage
An annotated timeline from 1776-1920  (The Library of Congress)
 

Women Working provides access to digitized historical, manuscript, and image resources selected from Harvard's library and museum collections. This collection explores women's roles in the US economy between the Civil War and the Great Depression.