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Women in History Websites


bullet Distinguished Women of Past and Present
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com
This site has biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways. There are writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers, and others. Some were alive hundreds of years ago and some are living today. We've heard of some of them, while many more have been ignored by history book writers. I'd like to acknowledge as many as I can.

bullet Guerilla Girls
http://www.guerrillagirls.com/
They do great talks live and their posters are fun and they do have a lot of good info on the lack of equal representation of womena artists in galleries and museums.

bullet The History Channel - Women's History
http://www.history.com/topics/womens-history

bullet Lesson Plans about Women in History - EducatingJane.Com
http://www.educatingjane.com/Women/womenLP.htm

bullet The Library of Congress Her Story Learning Page
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/community/cc_herstory.php
The resources on this page are divided into sections for teachers and students but would be of interest for everybody. Resources include accounts of women in history and biographical sketches of famous women.

bullet National Women's Hall of Fame
http://www.greatwomen.org/

bullet National Women's History Project
http://www.nwhp.org/

bullet Women's History Month: A Collection of Teaching Resources
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/collection/womens-history-month-collection-teaching-resources

bullet Women in History Matrix
http://literacy.kent.edu/Oasis/Resc/Trade/MatrixWomeninHistory.doc
Some titles in this matrix are picture books with spare text, some are full biographies, and some are collections of shorter biographies about several women (marked bio; group). All focus on important (though not necessarily always famous) women in history.

bullet Women in World History
http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/
This unique site is full of information and resources to help you learn about women's history in a global, non- U.S., context. Here teachers, students, parents, history buffs, and the interested public can find information on the following topics.

bullet Women Writers
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/



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