Tuesday, February 24, 2009

March is Women's History Month

We bring you a cornucopia of links today celebrating the contributions of women to our state, our nation and the world. March is National Women's History Month. Check out the links below and learn that the hand that rocked the cradle has also swung the judge's gavel, held the surgeon's scalpel, thrown the winning basket and cast the deciding vote.

Kansas Women of Note

Notable Kansas Women = http://www.kshs.org/people/women.htm
Contributions of Everyday Kansas Women = http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/jan09/kswomen12109.html
Kansas Women in Literature = http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/BarKans.html
Women's Suffrage in Kansas = http://www.kancoll.org/voices/1997/0997sufr.htm
Status of Women in Kansas (2002) = http://www.iwpr.org/states2002/fullreports/KS.pdf
Links from Kansas Council for History Education = http://www.ksche.org/women
Women (Kansas Memory Project category) = http://www.kansasmemory.org/category/1247

Some State Library ATLAS Catalog Subjects:
Women--Kansas
Women air pilots--United States--Biography
Women composers -- United States -- Biography
Women educators--United States--Biography
Women--History
Women journalists--United States--Biography
Women judges--United States--Biography
Women labor leaders--United States--Biography
Women legislators--Kansas--Biography
Women legislators--United States--Biography
Women painters--United States--Biography
Women photographers--United States--Biography
Women physicians--United States--Biography
Women pioneers--Kansas
Women psychologists--United States--Biography
Women scientists--United States--Biography
Women singers--United States--Biography
Women social reformers--United States--Biography
Women--Suffrage--Kansas


General Resources on Women's History Month

National Women's History Project = http://www.nwhp.org/
Women's History Month = http://www.hutchcc.edu/dept/4/insight/whist/whist.htm
About Women's History Month = http://www.loc.gov/topics/womenshistory/about/
Celebrate Women's History Month = http://www.hostos.cuny.edu/library/hcc/whm-shelf.asp
Women's History Month (Info Please) = http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenshistory1.html
Women's History (history.com) = http://www.history.com/minisites/womenhist/
Research Guide = http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html

US Museums and Parks

National Women's Hall of Fame (US) = http://www.greatwomen.org/home.php
National Women's History Museum (US) = http://www.nwhm.org/
Women's Rights U.S. Park = http://www.nps.gov/wori/

A few U.S. resources on women's history

Women in the U.S. Civil War = http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/collections/digitized/civil-war-women/
Women's Liberation documents = http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/wlm/
Women's Rights Movement = http://www.legacy98.org/
American Women in Uniform = http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/
African American Women = http://womenshistory.about.com/od/africanamerican/African_American_Womens_History.htm
Hispanic American Women = http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-hispanic.html

Online Library Collections

Duke University = http://library.duke.edu/exhibits/modelnormuse/index.html
Virtual Oral History = http://salticid.nmc.csulb.edu/cgi-bin/WebObjects/OralAural.woa/
The Liz Library Collection = http://www.thelizlibrary.org/collections/
Archives and Manuscripts collections = http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-manu.html
National Archives = http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/topics/women/
ViVa Women's History = http://www.iisg.nl/~womhist/vivahome.php

Biography

Notable Women (biography.com) = http://www.biography.com/womens-history/
Distinguised Women = http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/
Greatest Female Athletes = http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/siforwomen/top_100/1/
Women's International Center = http://www.wic.org/bio/idex_bio.htm
Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B Anthony = http://ecssba.rutgers.edu/

Resources outside the U.S.

Emancipation of women (UK) = http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/resource.htm
Genesis (UK) = http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/genesis/
Women’s Studies (Intute) = http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/womensstudies/
Canadian Women's History = http://www.pc.gc.ca/progs/lhn-nhs/femmes-women/index_E.asp
Australian Women's History = http://www.womenshistory.com.au/
Frauen-BibliographieForschung = http://www.fembio.org/biographie.php

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