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ALIC: Pathfinder for Women's History - http://www.archives.gov/research_room/alic/bibliographies/women.html Bibliographies, journals, and other holdings and resources of the U.S. National Archives.

Archives of Women in Science and Engineering - http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/wise/wise.html Documents the history of women in these fields, individually and collectively, with excellent links to related sites.

Berkshire Conference on the History of Women - http://www.umass.edu/history/berks/ Formed in response to women academics' sense of professional isolation in the early decades of the 20th century. Invites all women professionally engaged in history, pursuing graduate study, or dedicated to historical inquiry to participate.

dMarie Time Capsule - http://www.dmarie.com/asp/history.asp A women's time capsule.

Emma Goldman PapersProject - http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Goldman/ An early advocate of free speech, women's equality and independence, birth control, and union organization.

Female Explorers - http://www.femexplorers.com Articles, book reviews and research guides about Female Explorers - adventurous women who've dared to explore their world.

Female Firebrands and Reformers - http://www.geocities.com/eschiva/ Website featuring women who have made an impact on society.

H-Women Discussion Network - http://www.h-net.org/~women/ A lively discussion list for scholars and anyone interested in women's history. You can do a keyword search of the archives, and get subscription information at their web site.

Herstory of Women's Health Movement and Self-Help - http://www.fwhc.org/selfhelp.htm Self cervical exam revolutionized activists working for legal abortion in the 1960's and early 1970's.

History Internet Resources - http://www.nau.edu/~wst/access/hotlist/historyhot.html Maintained by the Women's Studies Department at Northern Arizona University. Annotated resources for women's history, classified by subcategories: African, Asian, Australian-New Zealand, Comparative/Cross Cultural,European, General, Historiography/Historical Theory/Women's History, Latin American-Caribbean, Middle Eastern, North American

History's Women - http://www.historyswomen.com/ A magazine highlighting the extraordinary achievements of women throughout history and recognizing the obstacles they have had to overcome in order to reach their goals.

International Federation for Research in Women's History - http://www.historians.ie/women Umbrella organisation for national committees of women's history. Information on publications and conferences in women's history throughout the world.

Internet Women's History Sourcebook - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/women/womensbook.html Presents online documents and secondary discussions which reflect the various ways of looking at the history of women within broadly defined historical periods and areas. Includes ancient, medieval and modern.

LadiesMemoryCircle - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LadiesMemoryCircle/ A mailing list for women who enjoy the study of history and who would like to share their findings and resources with one another.

MakingIt Their Own: Women in the West - http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/westweb/pages/women.html Women in the American West: biographies, examples of primary texts (diaries, literary works), secondary texts (critical essays, historical studies), resources (biographies, bibliographies, teaching materials), images, and teaching and study materials.

Multimedia Exhibits in Women's History - http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wom-mm.html Multicultural links to Women's History.

Notable Women Ancestors - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nwa/ A growing database containing biographies and genealogy data of famous and not-so-famous women submitted by actual living descendants.

Notable Women with Liberal Religious Connections - http://www.geocities.com/~bread_n_roses/ Documents the liberal religious connections of many famous (mostly US and a few Canadian and British) women

Sophia Smith Collection of Smith College - http://www.smith.edu/libraries/ssc/home.html Large collection of manuscript, print, and audio-visual material that documents the historical experience of women, primarily in the United States. Includes collection lists, lesson plans, and subject guides on individual women and special topics.

Swarthmore College Peace Collection - http://www.swarthmore.edu/Library/peace/ A research archives devoted to collecting, preserving, and making accessible, materials on non-governmental women,s efforts towards peace.

The Dutch Association for Women's History - http://www.vrouwengeschiedenis.nl The study of the history of women and gender. The VVG contains information, activities, links, articles and events.

The Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Papers Project Online - http://ecssba.rutgers.edu Describes the project's work and the documentary editing process. Contains biographies, bibliographies, and a timeline of ECS and SBA's life and work, as well as quotations and poetry about them.

The Women's Legal History Project - http://www.stanford.edu/group/WLHP/ Detailed biographies of over 100 early women lawyers and judges.

ViVa Women's History - http://www.iisg.nl/~womhist/ A bibliography of women's history in historical and women's studies journals

What Did You Do In The War, Grandma? - http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/WWII_Women/ 27 oral histories of Rhode Island women during World War II, written by high school honors students.

Women in History - http://www.humboldt1.com/~bbn/aauw/Main_Wo_Hist.html Information and photographs of historically important women from Humboldt County, California.

Women In World History Curriculum - http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/ Interactive site full of information and resources about women's experiences in world history. For teachers, teenagers, parents, and history buffs.

Women Nobel Laureates - http://www.almaz.com/nobel/women.html In 1903, only two years after the Nobel Foundation was established, the first Nobel Prize was awarded to a woman, Marie Curie. Women have been winning Nobel Prizes ever since. Bertha von Suttner was influential in convincing Alfred Nobel to set aside a Prize for peace.

Women's Guerilla History Project - http://members.tripod.com/w-g-h-p/ Posters from the grassroots public art project promoting women's history and visibility. A group of women and girls who wish to see a more visible and public presence of women's diverse history and accomplishments.

Women's History from About.com - http://womenshistory.about.com/ Articles on women's history, plus annotated links to some of the best resources on the Net on the subject, in more than 30 categories.

Women's History in Time Magazine - http://www.time.com/time/newsfiles/women/ Large collection of articles and features of historical women featured in Time Magazine.

Women's History Network - http://www.womenshistorynetwork.org/ Promotes research of historical women and provides networking for individuals and organizations. Also publishes the "Women's History" magazine.

Women's International Center - http://www.wic.org/ Biographies of great women. Histories of women through art. Women in America. Living Legacy Awards.

Womynlynks - http://www.geocities.com/womynlynks/ Links to sites lauding the lives and accomplishments of notable women in the fields of music, literature, television, activism, painting, and the performance arts.

World Wide Web Virtual Library: Women's History - http://www.iisg.nl/w3vlwomenshistory/ Listing women's history institutions and organizations, locating archival and library collections, and providing links to Internet resources for women's history is the main purpose of this Virtual Library.

Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership - http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/ This site is dedicated to the women who have ruled since the beginning of times, or as long as the sources date back.

WWWomen: Women Throughout History - http://www.wwwomen.com/category/histor1.html WWWomen aspires to be the most inclusive, up-to-date search site for women's topics.

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