1920s and 1930s - Women's History
Women's history during the 1920s and 1930s, between the two World Wars. The Twenties began with the ratification of woman suffrage in the United States and proceeded through the Jazz Age; the Thirties saw more change in women's roles.

Student Activists of the 1930s
A series of autobiographies of young women who identified as student activists, socialists, reformers and radicals describe their backgrounds, their activist activities, and what brought them to radicalism.

Nineteenth Century
Women in the nineteenth century: research the everyday lives of women in the 1800s, from domesticity to slave narratives to fashion.

Abigail Smith Adams - First Lady 1797-1801 - wife of John Adams the second President of the United States
Abigail Adams, First Lady 1797-1801, wife of John Adams, second President of the United States.

Louisa Catherine Adams - biographical and other resources
Louisa Adams, First Lady 1825-1829, wife of John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States.

First Lady - Barbara Pierce Bush - biographical and other resources
Barbara Bush, First Lady 1989-1993, wife of George Bush, forty-first President of the United States.

First Lady - Barbara Pierce Bush - biographical and other resources
Barbara Bush, First Lady 1989-1993, wife of George Bush, forty-first President of the United States.

Rosalynn Carter - First Lady Rosalynn Eleanor Smith Carter
Rosalynn Carter, married to Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter), thirty-ninth President of the United States. She was First Lady 1977 - 1981.

Frances Folsom Cleveland
Frances Cleveland: she married Grover Cleveland while he was President, in 1886, and served as First Lady 1886-1889 and 1893-1897 during his terms as twenty-second and twenty-fourth President of the United States. She remarried after his death.

Hillary Clinton - First Lady Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton, wife of Bill Clinton, forty-second President of the United States. Hillary Clinton's term as First Lady is 1993 to 2001.

Mamie Eisenhower - First Lady - Marie Geneva Doud Eisenhower
Wife of Dwight D. Eisenhower, thirty-fourth President of the United States, Mamie Eisenhower was First Lady from 1953 to 1961.

Betty Ford - First Lady - Elizabeth (Betty) Bloomer (Warren) Ford
Betty Ford, wife of President Gerald Ford, thirty-eighth President of the United States. She served as First Lady 1974 - 1977.

Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison - biographical and other resources
Anna Harrison, wife of the ninth United States President, William Henry Harrison, was too ill to attend his inauguration. He died after 31 days in office, and she never entered the White House.

Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson - biographical and other resources
Rachel Jackson, wife of Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States. She died in 1828, just before Jackson was elected President, so she never served as First Lady.

Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson - biographical and other resources
Martha Jefferson, wife of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States (1801-1809). She died in 1782, before Jefferson's term of office. Martha Jefferson Randolph, their daughter and Jefferson's hostess while President, is also included.

Lady Bird Johnson - Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson
Lady Bird Johnson: Wife of Lyndon Baines Johnson, thirty-sixth President of the United States. She served as First Lady from 1863 - 1969.

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Jackie Kennedy: wife of John F. Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States. She served as First Lady from 1961 until her husband's death in 1963. She later married Aristotle Onassis.

Mary Todd Lincoln - biographical and other resources
Mary Lincoln: wife of 16th U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, she served as First Lady from 1865 until his death in 1865.

Dolley Payne Todd Madison - biographical and other resources
Dolley Madison (Dorothea Payne Todd Madison), First Lady 1809-1817, wife of James Madison, fourth President of the United States.

Pat Nixon - First Lady - Thelma Catherine Ryan Nixon
Pat Nixon: wife of Richard Nixon, thirty-seventh President of the United States. She was First Lady from 1969 to 1974, when her husband resigned from office.

Sarah Childress Polk - biographical and other resources
Sarah Polk, wife of eleventh U.S. President James K. Polk, served as First Lady from 1845 - 1849.

Nancy Reagan - First Lady - Anne Frances Davis Reagan
Nancy Reagan, wife of Ronald Reagan, fortieth president of the United States. She served as First Lady 1981-1989.

Eleanor Roosevelt - First Lady - Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt
Wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt, thirty-second President of the United States. She served as First Lady from 1933 until FDR's death in 1945. She was actively involved in projects before, during and after her service at the White House.

Hannah Hoes Van Buren - biographical and other resources
Hannah Van Buren died in 1819 before her husband, Martin Van Buren, was elected President of the United States, so she never served as First Lady.

Martha Washington - biographical and other resources
Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, married to George Washington. First Lady of the United States April 30, 1789 - March 4, 1797.

Sixties/Seventies
Women's liberation movement, women in the civil rights movements, and other involvements of women in the 1960s-70s in the US and the world.

Sixties/Seventies - page 2 of 3
Women's liberation movement, women in the civil rights movements, and other involvements of women in the 1960s-70s in the US and the world.

Sixties/Seventies - page 3 of 3
Women's liberation movement, women in the civil rights movements, and other involvements of women in the 1960s-70s in the US and the world.

Eighties/Nineties Feminism
Feminism in the 1980s and 1990s -- pro and con. Is feminism still relevant?

Abortion: Historical Perspective
Reproductive rights: Resources for studying the history of abortion and the controversy about abortion, from many perspectives including pro-choice and pro-life. Also information on birth control and contraception history.

Abortion History - Global
Links to resources on the history of abortion and the abortion controversy, from an international perspective.

Abortion History - Prochoice Perspectives
Links to resources on the history of abortion, especially from a pro-choice perspective.

Abortion History - Prolife Perspectives
Links to resources on the history of abortion, especially from a pro-life perspective.

Abortion History - Religious Perspectives
Links to resources on the history of abortion as a religious issue.

Abortion History - United States - Abortion Controversy
Links to resources on the history of abortion, especially on the history of how abortion has come to be such a controversial subject in America.

Abortion History - History of Abortion Law
Links to resources on the history of abortion, especially the legal issues and the history of the development of abortion law.

Actresses - Film - Stage - Television
Actresses who were pioneers in their careers on stage, in film and on television. Whether on Broadway or in Hollywood, their contributions are worth honoring.

Jane Addams - Bibliographies
Bibliographies of Jane Addams' work and life, including library collections of her papers and information on Hull House.

Jane Addams - Biographies
Jane Addams was founder of Hull House in Chicago, an early settlement house, and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Biographies, portraits and essays about her personal life.

Jane Addams - Education
Jane Addams, her educational experience in a women's school, her influence on education, and teaching about Jane Addams.

Jane Addams
Resources on Jane Addams, the woman who founded an early settlement house, Hull House, began the profession of social work, and won the Nobel Prize for Peace.

Jane Addams - Peace and Anti-Militarism
Jane Addams, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize - her ideas on peace and anti-militarism.

Jane Addams - Social Work - Sociology - Hull House
Jane Addams work with Hull House, her ideas on social work, and her contribution to the study of sociology.

Jane Addams on Women's Issues
Jane Addams, founder of Hull House in Chicago, also worked for women's rights and woman suffrage and spoke and wrote about other women's issues.

Jane Addams - Work and Labor
Jane Addams, founder of Hull House in Chicago, an early settlement house - her ideas and influence on work, working women and labor.

Jane Addams Writings on Social Work - Sociology - Hull House
Online editions of Jane Addams' works on social work, settlement houses, social conditions, sociology.

Affirmative Action - History - Theory - Ethics
Affirmative Action: history, theory, ethics.

Affirmative Action - History - Theory - Ethics - page 2 of 2
Affirmative Action: history, theory, ethics.

African American Women: First Half of the 20th Century
Black women in the earlier 20th century, during a time of great social change. Includes the Harlem Renaissance, World War II, more.

African American Women: First Half of the 20th Century - page 2 of 2
Black women in the earlier 20th century, during a time of great social change. Includes the Harlem Renaissance, World War II, more.

African American Women's History: General, Collections, and More
More information on black women in history: general African American Women's history, collections, email lists, and more.

African American Women in the 20th Century: Last Half
Contributions of black women to America, from the 1950s through the 1990s. Civil rights, black women's liberation, more.

African American Women: later 19th century
Black women in nineteenth century history after the Civil War. Biographies, speeches, analysis, more.

African American Women Nurses
Black women who have served as nurses, often in war.

African American Women's Organizations
Women's Clubs and other organizations formed by black women in the late 19th and first half of the 20th centuries.

Africa - Women's History
Women's history and gender issues in Africa: resources and links.

Africa and the Middle East
Women's history in Africa and the Middle East.

African American Women's History
Uncover the history of African American women: the history of black women in America, from slavery through Reconstruction, Harlem Renaissance and civil rights. Biographies, organizations, events and movements.

Agrippina the Elder - mother of Gaius Caligula and mother of Agrippina
A profile of the daughter of Agrippa, granddaughter of Augustus, mother of Agrippina the Younger, married to Germanicus, opponent of Tiberius who banished her, and mother of Gaius (Caligula).

Americas - Women's History
Issues in women's history in North, Central and South America: Mexico, Canada, United States, etc.

Ancient History
Women's role and contributions in the ancient world, including Anatolia, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome and Early Christianity.

Ancient Egypt - Women - Pharaohs
Women in Ancient Egypt: Female Pharaohs Cleopatra and Hatshepsut, to ordinary Egyptian women's lives.

Ancient Greece - Women
Women in ancient Greece: ordinary and extraordinary women's lives.

Ancient Near East - Women
Ancient Near East women's history: Anatolia, Assyria, Mesopotamia, and other regions.

Ancient Rome - Women
Saints to empresses to ordinary women: the status and experience of women in ancient Rome.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Aviator and author, wife and widow of Charles Lindbergh.

Ann Putnam - Salem Witch Trials
Ann Putnam, jr., was a key witness in the Salem Witch Trials; her mother, Ann Putnam, sr., was also involved and gave testimony in the witchcraft trials. Modern theories blame the witch craze, at least in part, on Putnam family feuds with and revenge on n

Susan B. Anthony Biographies
Biographies of Susan B. Anthony, leading suffragist (suffragette) in America, helping win the vote for women.

Susan B. Anthony - More
More about Susan B. Anthony, leading suffragist (suffragette) in America, helping win the vote for women. Includes graphics: portraits and other images of Anthony.

Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony, leading suffragist (suffragette) in America, helping win the vote for women. Articles, resources, biographies, writings, and more. Mother of the woman suffrage movement, and the woman on the dollar coin.

Susan B. Anthony Writings
Writings by Susan B. Anthony, leading suffragist (suffragette) in America, helping win the vote for women.

Women Anthropologists
Famous women anthropologists.

Corazon Aquino
Widow of Philippine political leader Benigno Aquino, "Cory" Aquino ran for the office of President and won.

Corazon Aquino - page 2 of 2
Widow of Philippine political leader Benigno Aquino, "Cory" Aquino ran for the office of President and won.

Art and Artists
Art and artists in women's history -- notable contributions and achievements of women, plus ways in which art and artists have represented women in art through history.

Women and Handicrafts - Arts and Crafts - Quilting - Needlework - Weaving - Pottery
Women's art has often been expressed in handicrafts: quilting, needlework, weaving, pottery, and more.

Artemisia Gentileschi - Artemesia Gentileschi
Artemisia Gentileschi: Italian painter who lived from 1593 to about 1653, her paintings often had Biblical themes. Sometimes spelled Artemesia. Critics argue: was she an early feminist? and, Did the 1998 movie distort too many facts?

Artemisia Gentileschi - Artemesia Gentileschi - page 2 of 2
Artemisia Gentileschi: Italian painter who lived from 1593 to about 1653, her paintings often had Biblical themes. Sometimes spelled Artemesia. Critics argue: was she an early feminist? and, Did the 1998 movie distort too many facts?

Women in Art - General and Multiple Genres
General resources on women in art and women artists, plus resources that include multiple genres of art.

Images of Women in Art
How women are portrayed in art tells much about the status and roles of women in society.

Artists - Individual Female Artists
Individual women artists: biographies and/or images of their works.

Women and Art: Museums and Galleries - Female Artist Exhibitions - Women in Art Museums
Museums and galleries focusing on women in art.

Women and Painting - Female Painters - Images of Women in Paintings - Art and Women - Female Artists
Women and painting: painters, images of women in famous (and not so famous) paintings, and other resources on women in art.

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Women and painting: painters, images of women in famous (and not so famous) paintings, and other resources on women in art.

Women and Sculpture - Monuments by Women - Female Sculptors
Women sculptors, women behind the monuments, and other links for women in art.

Asian Women's History
Notable and ordinary women in Asia

Asian American Women
Women of Asian background in the United States: Chinese, Japanese, Indian, etc.

Asia and Pacific - Women's History
Women's history, notable women, and women's status and role in countries of Asia and the Pacific Ocean.

South Asia Women's History
The history of notable and ordinary women in south Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh).

Athena / Athene / Minerva
The Greek goddess Athena (Athene, Roman Minerva) in art and literature. Resources for further study of the Greek and Roman Goddess of Wisdom.

Audio Index - Women's History Clips
Audio clips related to women's history. Most of these clips are also listed in topical, time period, and/or geographic topics, but are also arranged in one directory for your convenience.

Aun San Suu Kyi
Aun San Suu Kyi, whose mother was ambassador to India and father de facto prime minister of Myanmar (Burma), won election but was denied the office by a military government. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991.

Jane Austen
Jane Austen: British author, early woman writer. Index to resources on Austen.

Aviation: Air and Space
Find out more about women in air and space history. Pilots and astronauts: women in air and space history. Female pilots, astronauts and cosmonauts: women in space. Firsts for women in aviation and space history.

Women Pilots - Women in Aviation
Women in planes: record-breaking pilots in war and peace. Amelia Earhart, Bessie Coleman and more.

Women in Space - Female Astronauts and Cosmonauts
Astronauts and cosmonauts, and a few who would have been if the world had been different for women.

Sarah Bagley - Labor Union Organizer - Reformer - Telegraph Operator
Sarah Bagley worked in the Lowell Mills, organized the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association, and later left the mills to work as the first female telegraph operator.

Josephine Baker Biographies
Josephine Baker's biographies: online biographies of Josephine Baker, African American exotic dancer, international star, jazz singer, erotic entertainer.

Josephine Baker Music
Josephine Baker's music: music of Josephine Baker, African American exotic dancer, international star, jazz singer, erotic entertainer.

Josephine Baker
Josephine Baker: African American exotic dancer, international star, jazz singer, erotic entertainer.

Josephine Baker Portraits
Josephine Baker portraits: graphics, photographs and other images of Josephine Baker, African American exotic dancer, international star, jazz singer, erotic entertainer.

Josephine Baker Related Links
Josephine Baker: related links connected with the life and career of Josephine Baker, African American exotic dancer, international star, jazz singer, erotic entertainer.

Bandaranaike, Sirimavo
Sirimavo Bandaranaike, three times Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, was the first woman in the world to hold the office of prime minister. Her daughter later became President then Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.

Agatha Barbara, President of Malta, 1982-1987
Agatha Barbara, President of Malta, Labour Party, 1982-1987.

Clara Barton - Civil War Nurse - Founder of American Red Cross
Clara Barton, Civil War nurse and founder of the American Red Cross.

Clara Barton - Civil War Nurse - Founder of American Red Cross - page 2 of 2
Clara Barton, Civil War nurse and founder of the American Red Cross.

Baseball
History of women's baseball, including the professional league behind "A League of Their Own."

Basketball
History of women in basketball, including professional women's basketball.

Before You Buy - Women's History Gifts - Books - Dolls
Before you buy women's history books, gifts and other products, you might want to check out some of these helpful guidelines.

Aphra Behn
Restoration playwright, novelist and poet, Aphra Behn is known as the first Western woman to earn her living by her writing.

Mary McLeod Bethune
Founder of Bethune-Cookman College in Florida, advisor to President Roosevelt, and founder of the National Council of Negro Women, Bethune is known as a social reformer and educator.

Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto, daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, educated at Harvard University and Oxford. She served as Prime Minister of Pakistan 1988-1990 and 1993-1996, first female leader of a Moslem country in the modern world.

Bible and Women's History
Women and the Bible: from biblical heroines to contemporary analysis of the Bible's treatment of women. Resources and links.

Biographies of Notable Women in History
Biographies of famous women, and some not-so-famous, with links to etexts, more resources and a calendar.

Biographies - A - Famous Women
Famous and notable women, including legendary and mythological women, most with links to related resources on women's history.

Biographies - B - Famous Women
Famous and notable women, including legendary and mythological women, most with links to related resources on women's history.

Biographies - C - Famous Women
Famous and notable women, including legendary and mythological women, most with links to related resources on women's history.

Biographies -D-G - Famous Women
Famous and notable women, including legendary and mythological women, most with links to related resources on women's history.

Biographies - H-I - Famous Women
Famous and notable women, including legendary and mythological women, most with links to related resources on women's history.

Biographies - J-L- Famous Women
Famous and notable women J-L, including legendary and mythological women, most with links to related resources on women's history.

Biographies - Famous Women
Famous and notable women including legendary and mythological women, most with links to related resources on women's history.

Biographies - M-P - Famous Women
Famous and notable women, including legendary and mythological women, most with links to related resources on women's history.

Biographies - Collections
Biography collections for researching notable women in history

Biographies - Q-R
Famous and notable women, including legendary and mythological women, most with links to related resources on women's history.

Biographies - S - Famous Women
Famous and notable women, including legendary and mythological women, most with links to related resources on women's history.

Biographies - T-V- Famous Women
Famous and notable women T-V, including legendary and mythological women, most with links to related resources on women's history.

Biographies - W-Z - Famous Women
Famous and notable women, including legendary and mythological women, most with links to related resources on women's history.

Elizabeth Blackwell on the Web
Elizabeth Blackwell, first woman medical doctor and pioneer in educating women in medicine.

Elizabeth Blackwell and Medicine
The medical world of Elizabeth Blackwell, first woman medical doctor and pioneer in educating women in medicine.

Blackwell Women: Elizabeth, Emily, more
Resources for the incredible Blackwell women: Elizabeth Blackwell, Emily Blackwell, Lucy Stone, Antoinette Brown Blackwell and more.

Nellie Bly
Nellie Bly, journalist, real name Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, reported on the issues of the day in her typical flamboyant style.

Boston Marriage - David Mamet Play
David Mamet's play: reviews, interview, information. About Boston marriage: marriage-like relationships among women in history.

Boston Marriage
Boston marriage: marriage-like relationships among women in history.

Women and Boxing: Sports
The history of women's boxing, including specific women boxers.

Anne Bradstreet
Anne Bradstreet, colonial American woman, was America's first poet. She wrote of domestic and religious themes. Find links to great resources on this site and on the Net.

Bridget Bishop - Salem Witch Trials
Although Bridget Bishop was not one of the first to be accused of witchcraft in Salem Village in 1692, her confession led to her execution, the first of more than twenty before the witch hunt ended.

Anne Brontë
Information on this site and on the web about Anne Brontë. Anne Bronte also wrote under the name Acton Bell. One of the three Bronte sisters: Charlotte, Anne and Emily.

Gwendolyn Brooks Poems Online
Poems online from the works of African American poet Gwendolyn Brooks. This page includes links to the full text of Brooks poems and to essays and other analysis of specific poems. Her writings about inner city life, informed by her own years living in se

Gwendolyn Brooks Poems Online - page 2 of 2
Poems online from the works of African American poet Gwendolyn Brooks. This page includes links to the full text of Brooks poems and to essays and other analysis of specific poems. Her writings about inner city life, informed by her own years living in se

Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) - African American woman poet - Pulitzer Prize winner
Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000), African American poet from Chicago, winner of a Pulitzer Prize in 1950, poet laureate of Illinois: inspired by Harlem Renaissance poet Paul Dunbar, her poems expressed everyday life in the inner city and often dealt with raci

Olympia Brown - Universalist Minister and Woman Suffrage Activist
Olympia Brown, first woman minister in the US ordained with full denominational authority -- and campaigner for woman suffrage, especially in Wisconsin and Kansas.

Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norway Prime Minister, Director-General of WHO
Norway's first woman prime minister. Dr. Brundtland, a physician, was Prime Minister of Norway 1981, 1986-1989, and 1990-1996. She has worked on health and environment issues internationally, and since 1998 has been the Director-General of the World Healt

Lucy Burns
Lucy Burns was a cofounder of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, a leader in the National Woman's Party, and a militant suffragist working for a federal constitutional amendment.

Businesswomen, Executives, Entrepreneurs
Discover more about women entrepreneurs, millionaires, other women in business and commerce.

Businesswomen, Executives, Entrepreneurs - page 2 of 2
Discover more about women entrepreneurs, millionaires, other women in business and commerce.

Women in the Cabinet - Women Public Officials - Female Cabinet-Level Officers
Women in the cabinet - female public officials who have held cabinet-level positions, in the United States, Canada, England, and other countries.

Kim Campbell - First Woman Prime Minister of Canada
Kim Campbell, first woman to serve as Prime Minister of Canada. Biographies, news stories, and updates on her career after her term as PM.

Canada - Women's History
Notable women in Canada, and women's role in Canadian history.

Canada - Women's History - page 2 of 2
Notable women in Canada, and women's role in Canadian history.

Canadian Women and the Military
Canadian women who served in the military, women in support services, and women back home.

Rachel Carson - Environmentalist - Silent Spring
Rachel Carson, pioneer environmentalist, whose book Silent Spring helped create the environmentalist movement in the late 20th century.

Mary Cassatt
Artist Mary Cassatt: resources include biographies and online galleries of her paintings, which often feature women and children.

Catherine the Great of Russia
Catherine the Great of Russia: more resources on Catherine, her relationship to her husband Peter, and more. Catherine ruled as an absolute monarch after the death of her husband Peter.

Carrie Chapman Catt on the Web
Carrie Chapman Catt was a key organizer in winning the vote for women in the United States. Find out more about her woman suffrage activism and other women's rights advocacy. Biography, writings, and other resources.

Catt Hall Controversy - Iowa - 1990s
In the 1990s, controversy erupted at Iowa State University over naming a hall for Carrie Chapman Catt, woman's rights activist: was she a racist?

Carrie Chapman Catt
Resources on Carrie Chapman Catt.

Carrie Chapman Catt and Organizations
Resources on Carrie Chapman Catt.

Carrie Chapman Catt Writings and Speeches
Writings and speeches by Carrie Chapman Catt, mostly on woman suffrage. Catt was one of the most prominent American women's suffrage activists of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Violeta Barrios de Chamorro
Violeta de Chamorro, first known for her opposition to Somoza, took office as Nicaragua's first female president, defeating Daniel Ortega, Sandinista President.

Coco Chanel - Fashion Designer
Coco Chanel's designs helped set the fashion tone for the 20th century. Find biographies and other information about one of the best-known designers especially in the 1920s and 1950s.

Dame (Mary) Eugenia Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica, 1980-1995
Dame (Mary) Eugenia Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica, 1980-1995. Biographies, new stories and background information.

Linda Chavez
Linda Chavez, conservative columnist, George W. Bush nominee for Labor Secretary.

Linda Chavez-Thompson
Linda Chavez-Thompson, labor union activist, was the first woman of color elected to an executive office in the AFL-CIO.

Judy Chicago - Images of Women in Art
Biographical information on contemporary artist Judy Chicago, plus information on her feminist art project, The Dinner Party.

Lydia Maria Child
Lydia Maria Child: an early American writer and abolitionist, she is known for her fiction including imaginative depictions of Native American life, for her domestic advice books and for her anti-slavery writings.

China and Women
China and women's history: more resources.

Women and Christianity - Saints - Churchwomen - Ministers - Christian Perspectives
Historical perspectives on women in Christianity. Resources and links.

Early Christianity and Women's History
Gospel women, early saints, the teachings about women by the early church fathers, and the status of women in early Christian communities.

Medieval Christianity and Women - Female Roles in the Medieval Church - Saints - Abbesses - Witchcraft
Women in the medieval Christian church: resources and links.

Christine de Pizan
Christine de Pizan, author of the Book of the City of the Ladies, a fifteenth-century writer in France, and an early feminist.

Tansu Çiller - Prime Minister - Turkey - 1993-1995
Tansu Çiller, Prime Minister of Turkey, 1993-1995, and active politician. Biographies, news stories and background information.

Women and the Civil War - female soldiers - women on the homefront - Confederate and Union - North and South
More resources on women in the Civil War, the War Between the States, including those who fought, those who worked as nurses or spies or laundresses, and those who kept the home fires burning. Confederacy and Union women, North and South, and their roles.

Women and the Civil War - female soldiers - women on the homefront - Confederate and Union - North and South - page 2 of 2
More resources on women in the Civil War, the War Between the States, including those who fought, those who worked as nurses or spies or laundresses, and those who kept the home fires burning. Confederacy and Union women, North and South, and their roles.

Jewish Women and the Civil War
Jewish women in the United States' Civil War: diaries, biographies, and other resources.

Cleopatra
Cleopatra was the last Pharaoh of Egypt, history's infamous "Queen of the Nile." Find biographies and other resources on the ruler Cleopatra, her world in history and geography, and images of Cleopatra in film, art and literature.

Cleopatra - Her Life
Cleopatra was the last Pharaoh of Egypt, history's infamous "Queen of the Nile." Find biographies of Cleopatra.

Cleopatra - Historical and Archeological Context
Cleopatra was the last Pharaoh of Egypt, history's infamous "Queen of the Nile." Find information on the historical and archeological context of her life.

Cleopatra - Images in Art, Literature and Film
Cleopatra was the last Pharaoh of Egypt, history's infamous "Queen of the Nile." Find resources on images of Cleopatra in Art, Literature and Film.

Cleopatra - Lesson Plans
Cleopatra was the last Pharaoh of Egypt, history's infamous "Queen of the Nile." Find lesson plans on Cleopatra.

Collections
Collections of women's history resources, both online and offline. Sites to browse for fun or research. Each has a wealth of resources on women's history, most on a particular theme.

Computers - Programming - Internet - Cyberculture
Women who have made a difference in the world of computers, the internet, and cyberspace.

Women and the Concentration Camps - Female Prisoners - Nazi Victims and Gender
Women in the Nazi concentration camps of World War II - from Anne Frank to many whose names are forgotten. How did gender influence one's fate in the camps?

Women in the United States Congress - Female Public Officials - Congresswomen - House of Representatives
Women who have served in the United States Congress - part of a directory of female public officials.

Cookbooks of History - Women's Lives - Housework - Advice
Women traditionally did most of the home's cooking and housework, so historical cookbooks often shed light on the ordinary lives of women. Recipes show the preparation methods common in historical times. Many cookbook authors were women. Cook books of his

Susan Fenimore Cooper
Susan Fenimore Cooper, daughter of author James Fenimore Cooper, was herself a writer.

Cotton Mather - Puritan minister - Salem Witch Trial figure
Cotton Mather's Puritan theology was part of the environment out of which the Salem Witch Trials grew, and his study of the witchcraft trials is an important part of the historical attempt to understand the witch hunts. His writings on the family are help

Women Criminals - Crimes By Women - Notorious Females - Infamous Women
Women criminals - infamous and famous women suspected or convicted of crime through history. Includes notorious women of history such as Lizzie Bordon, Mary Surratt and others.

Curriculum
Curriculum Resources: assistance with ideas and methods in teaching women's history from elementary school through middle school and high school.

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Curriculum Resources: assistance with ideas and methods in teaching women's history from elementary school through middle school and high school.

Congressional Union for Women Suffrage
The Congressional Committee was a part of the NAWSA (National American Woman Suffrage Association) from its beginnings in early 1913 until late 1913. Then it became the Congressional Union for Women Suffrage, and merged into the National Woman's Party in

Conference on Women and the Civil War
An organization and an annual conference dedicated to the study of women's efforts, 1861-1865. Both Confederate and Union women are covered; women on the home front, women in support roles, and women who fought are included. Professional and amateur histo

Dance - Women Dancers - Female Choreographers
Women dancers: ballet, modern and other genres. Choreographers and performers are included.

Emily Dickinson - Bibliography and Research Help
Print resources and a few web collections for further research. While there's a lot of information on the web about Emily Dickinson, there are also many resources in books and articles.

Emily Dickinson - Biographies and Biographical Resources
Resources to help understand the life of Emily Dickinson: biographies, essays on aspects of her life history, and other treatments of her life. Excellent material for research papers here.

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Resources to help understand the life of Emily Dickinson: biographies, essays on aspects of her life history, and other treatments of her life. Excellent material for research papers here.

Emily Dickinson - Internet and Library Collections
Larger collections of Emily Dickinson resources, online and in libraries.

Emily Dickinson - Commercial Sites
Emily Dickinson, American poet. Sites with commercial products related to Emily Dickinson: audiocassette tapes, tee shirts, sweatshirts, rare books.

Emily Dickinson - Literary Criticism
Emily Dickinson, American poet: commentary and analysis of Dickinson's poems, looking at structure, imagery, themes, and connections to her life. Useful for researchers, interesting to Emily's fans.

Emily Dickinson - Discussions
Emily Dickinson, American poet: find online discussions of Emily Dickinson, including internet mailing lists, forum or bulletin board, and even a MOO for Emily. Also info for students on using mailing lists for research.

Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson, American poet: an exhaustive list of resources you can find at the About.com Women's History website, from feature articles by the Guide to biographies and bibliographies to portraits and letters to the poems themselves.

Emily Dickinson - Photographs and Portraits
Emily Dickinson, American poet: find images of Emily Dickinson, her home, and her grave on the web.

Emily Dickinson's Letters
Emily Dickinson, American poet: find letters of Emily Dickinson on the net, including information about her longtime correspondent and mentor, Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginson.

Emily Dickinson - Organizations, Magazines and Journals
Emily Dickinson, American poet: find links to organizations, magazines and journals concerned with Emily Dickinson.

Emily Dickinson's Poems
Emily Dickinson, American poet: find poems of Emily Dickinson on the web, including poetry read aloud in audio and video clips.

Emily Dickinson - Related Topics
To understand American poet Emily Dickinson, you'll want to explore some of the topics here. Her friends, family, home, the Transcendentalist literary movement, and more.

'Babe' Didrikson Zaharias - Female Athlete - Olympics - Track and Field - Basketball - Golf
Find out about the life and athletic accomplishments of a great woman athlete: Olympic track and field medalist, basketball player, golfer.

Disabilities and Women's History
Women with disabilities and women who've pioneered in disability rights and activism.

Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart was a woman pilot whose disappearance in the 1930s has been one of aviation's great mysteries.

Early America: Colonial and Revolutionary Era Women
Notable women and women's contributions and roles in colonial and early America.

Mary Easty - Salem Witch Trials - Convicted and Executed
Mary Easty was convicted of and executed for witchcraft at Salem Village in 1692. Her letter to the judges challenged the court's behavior and asserted her innocence. Also spelled Eastey or Esty.

Education
Resources for finding out more about women educators, theories of women's education, and resources for education.

Women and Education - Teachers - General
Resources on women and education: general information, overviews, women's education in different cultures, and other resources. Kindergarten, ancient and medieval history, philosophy of women's education.

Women and University Education - Female Higher Education - Colleges for Women
History of women's higher education: colleges and universities have not always admitted or encouraged women students.

Women Educators - Female Teachers - Biographies
Profiles of women teachers and educators: biographies and other resources.

Elizabeth I of England
Bess, the Virgin Queen: Queen Elizabeth I of England. Her life, her writings, her accomplishments and events of her reign.

English Women's History
English and British women's history: notable women and ordinary lives.

Notable Women of England
English and British women's history: notable women. Biographies and other information on individual British women in history.

Female Environmentalists - Women and the Environment - Rachel Carson and Others
Women environmentalists, including Rachel Carson.

European Women's History - More
European women's history.

Europe - Women's History
Women's history in the countries of Europe, including issues in women's history in Europe.

Fashions: What Women Wore
Women's clothing in different periods both reflected and helped shape women's roles. Find out more about costumes and clothing in different eras.

Fashion History - 19th Century
History of nineteenth century women's fashions, and how fashions have influenced the lives of women in the 19th century including the Victorian period. Historical costumes, essays and more.

Fashion History - 20th Century
History of women's fashions in the 20th century, and how fashions have influenced the lives of women in the twentieth century. Costumes, essays and more.

Fashion History - Ancient - Medieval - Renaissance
History of women's fashions, in the ancient and medieval world through the 17th century. Pages from historical costume books, essays and more.

Feminist Theology and Spirituality
Feminist theology and spirituality of the late 20th century into the 21st century: resources and links.

Ma Ferguson - Miriam Amanda Wallace Ferguson
Governor of Texas, 1924-1928, and controversial Texas figure.

Women Figure Skaters - Olympic Medal Winners - Female Ice Skating
Women figure skaters of the Olympics - medal winners and world champions in the sport of skating.

Women Film Directors
Women film directors from around the world.

Women Film Directors - page 2 of 2
Women film directors from around the world.

Vigdis Finnbogadottir - President of Iceland
First woman in the world to serve as the elected head of state, Vigdís Finnbogadóttír was president of Iceland 1980-1996.

First Ladies Around the World
Find out more about the wives of Presidents of the United States, wives of governors of the states, and wives of international heads of states.

First Ladies - Washington to Adams 2
First Ladies -- Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Martha Jefferson, Dolley Madison, Elizabeth Monroe, Louisa Adams. Wives of American presidents who served 1789-1829.

US First Ladies - Jackson - McKinley
Rachel Jackson, Hannah Van Buren, Anna Harrison, Sarah Polk, Mary Lincoln, Frances Cleveland: Wives of U.S. Presidents 1829-1901.

US First Ladies - McKinley - Eisenhower
Eleanor Roosevelt, Mamie Eisenhower: Wives of U.S. Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1897 - 1960.

US First Ladies - Kennedy - Carter
Jacqueline Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon, Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter: Wives of U.S. Presidents 1961-1981.

US First Ladies - Reagan - Clinton
Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush and Hillary Rodham Clinton: Wives of U.S. Presidents from 1981 - 2001.

Global First Ladies
Global First Ladies -- wives of heads of state, outside the United States.

First Ladies of the States - governors' wives
States' first ladies - wives of governors of states within the United States.

United States First Ladies -- Collectively
First Ladies -- wives of heads of state, including US presidents and US governors. Also information about the role of the First Lady.

Florence Griffith Joyner
Olympic winner and known for her long, painted nails and dramatic running clothes, Florence Griffth Joyner was one of the world's greatest athletes. Her 1998 death was a shocker.

France and Women's History
French women in history: ordinary women and notable women.

Anne Frank Biographies
Anne Frank biographies. Information on the life of Anne Frank and her life in hiding during the Nazi occupation of Holland. Includes sites with general information.

Anne Frank - Her Times
Anne Frank's Times: the world of Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl in hiding during the Holocaust, as the Nazis occupied the Netherlands. Context for understanding the life and death of Anne Frank.

Anne Frank Curriculum Resources
Anne Frank: curriculum resources for studying the life and experience of Anne Frank, a Dutch Jewish girl and author of The Diary of Anne Frank. Holocaust education ideas. Includes curricula for several grade levels.

Diary of Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank: resources about the journal written by Anne Frank, a young Dutch Jewish girl in hiding from the Nazis.

Anne Frank in the Media
Anne Frank: film, drama, musical and other media presentations of the life of Anne Frank in hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands, as told in The Diary of Anne Frank. Related documentaries.

Anne Frank
Anne Frank: a young Dutch Jewish girl caught in the Holocaust and Nazi concentration camps. Includes information on The Diary of Anne Frank. Index to resources for understanding Anne Frank's life and writing, including biographies, context, media versions

Anne Frank Museums and Organizations
Museums and organizations dedicated to the memory and study of Anne Frank: a young Jewish girl caught in the Holocaust and author of The Diary of Anne Frank.

Women and Freethought - Women Atheists - Female Agnostics - Freethinkers
Women who were freethinkers, atheists and agnostics. Articles, resources and net links.

Indira Gandhi - Prime Minister of India
Indira Gandhi, one of the best-known women of the 20th century, was Prime Minister of India, daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, mother of Sanjay and Rajiv Gandhi, mother-in-law of politician Sonia Gandhi. She was assassinated in 1984.

George Burroughs - Salem Witch Trials - Convicted and Executed 1692
George Burroughs, a Puritan minister who served in Salem Village, left over a salary dispute, and later was called back as an accused witch in the infamous 1692 Salem Witch Trials.

Germany and Women's History
Germany and Women's History.

Althea Gibson - Tennis Champion - Wimbledon Winner
Althea Gibson, pioneer African American tennis player, first black player to play or win at Wimbledon.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman - Early Feminist Writer
Woman writer, 1860-1935. She wrote both fiction and nonfiction. Some books are considered classics of early feminism.

Global Perspective
International perspectives on women's history.

Global Women's History by Region
Women's history around the world: find women's history by geographical region and country.

Goddesses and Myths - Asia
Goddesses and myths of Asia: images of the female divine in history. Deities and legendary women in China and India.

Goddesses, Legends and Mythical Women
Resources for information on goddesses and legendary women: images, historical and contemporary writings, and other information on female divinity.

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Resources for information on goddesses and legendary women: images, historical and contemporary writings, and other information on female divinity.

Goddesses and Myths - Europe
Goddesses and myths of Europe: images of the female divine in history. Early religions often used female images of deities.

Goddesses and Myths - General and Overviews
Goddesses and myths: images of the female divine in history, through female deities and legendary women. Overviews and general information.

Goddesses and Myths - Greece
Goddesses and myths: images of the female divine in ancient and classical Greece. Female images of deities and legendary women are common in Greek mythology.

Goddesses and Myths - Pacific Cultures including Hawaii - Pele and other goddesses
Goddesses and myths of Pacific cultures, including Hawaii's Pele, Volcano Goddess, are included on this page.

Godey's Lady's Book and Sarah Hale
Godey's Lady's Book was one of the most influential women's magazines of the 19th century, and Sarah Hale its famous editor.

Emma Goldman - Rebel, Anarchist, Birth Control Pioneer
Emma Goldman was known as a rebel, an anarchist, an ardent proponent of birth control and free speech, a feminist, a lecturer and a writer.

Emma Goldman - Writings
Online versions of essays and books by Emma Goldman.

Pamela Gordon - Bermuda - Prime Minister 1997-1998
Pamela Gordon, first woman to be elected Prime Minister of Bermuda, served from 1997-1998 and represented the United Bermuda Party.

Women Governors - Female Public Officials
Women governors: female public officials who have headed state and provincial government.

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Women governors: female public officials who have headed state and provincial government.

Martha Graham - Choreographer
Martha Graham, choreographer, helped create the modern dance techniques still current.

Ella Grasso
Ella Grasso was the first woman in the U.S. elected as a state governor (Connecticut) in her own right - that is, not as a successor to her husband. She served in several other offices, including the U.S. Congress. She resigned for health reasons in 1980

Harlem Renaissance
More resources on the Harlem Renaissance, background and context for understanding the women who were part of this artistic and literary movement.

Harlem Renaissance Women
Women who had active roles in the Harlem Renaissance, the literary and artistic movement in the early 20th century in America among African Americans.

Harlem Renaissance Women: Bibliographies
Bibliographies and print resources on women of the Harlem Renaissance.

Hatshepsut: Pharaoh of Egypt
Hatshepsut, Pharaoh of Egypt: resources for research and study.

Women's Health in Historical Perspective
Historical view of women's health and other physical, health, medical and body issues. Overviews and general information on women in medicine.

Sally Hemings
Where to find the best Net resources about Sally Hemings and the controversy over Thomas Jefferson and Hemings' children.

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Where to find the best Net resources about Sally Hemings and the controversy over Thomas Jefferson and Hemings' children.

Hildegard of Bingen
Religious leader, writer, and composer, Hildegard Von Bingen is the earliest composer whose life history is known. (1098-1179)

Fashion History - 18th Century
History of women's fashions in the 18th century, and how fashions have influenced the lives of women in the eighteenth century, including the Regency period. Costumes, essays and more.

Julia Ward Howe - Battle Hymn of the Republic
Julia Ward Howe wrote the Battle Hymn of the Republic. Here's the story of how and when she wrote it.

Julia Ward Howe Biographies
Julia Ward Howe: biographies, timelines and other resources on the life of Julia Ward Howe, author of the Battle Hymn of the Republic.

Julia Ward Howe - More Resources
Julia Ward Howe: carefully selected and annotated links for further study. Portraits included.

Julia Ward Howe
Julia Ward Howe - best known as the author of Battle Hymn of the Republic, she was also an abolitionist, an advocate for women's rights, an author, and, by the end of her life, one of America's best known women.

Julia Ward Howe - More Writings
Julia Ward Howe: more of her own writings.

Hunter-Gault, Charlayne
African American journalist with CNN, NPR and PBS. The first African American woman admitted to or graduated from the University of Georgia. Author of autobiography, In My Place, reflecting on African American life in the 1940s and 1950s and the civil rig

Zora Neale Hurston
Biography and works of Zora Neale Hurston, an African American novelist, folklorist and anthropologist who died in obscurity and poverty. Among other works, she wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God.

Hypatia
Hypatia, martyred philosopher, mathematician and scientist of Alexandria, Greece.

Increase Mather - Puritan Minister - Salem Witch Trials
Resources on Increase Mather, Puritan minister and figure in the Salem Witch Trials controversy.

International Women's Day
March 8 is International Women's Day. What is the origin of this celebration? What have some organizations done to honor the date?

Women Inventors
Female inventors: women whose inventions have made a difference.

Islamic World
Women: their role and status in the Islamic world. Some famous Moslem women are included, too. Includes a variety of perspectives on the relationship of Islam to women and to women's rights, so that readers can come to their own conclusions about the diff

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Women: their role and status in the Islamic world. Some famous Moslem women are included, too. Includes a variety of perspectives on the relationship of Islam to women and to women's rights, so that readers can come to their own conclusions about the diff

Islam and Women's History - Qu'ran through 13th Century
Women in the Qu'ran (Koran or Quran), women in early Islam, and women in Islam through the 13th century. Includes a variety of perspectives on the relationship of Islam to women and to women's rights, so that readers can come to their own conclusions abou

Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Track and field athlete, Jackie Joyner-Kersee holds records in running, jumping and other events, including the heptathlon.

Japan and Women's History
Notable and ordinary women in Japanese history.

Sarah Orne Jewett & Annie Adams Fields
The novelist Sarah Orne Jewett, plus a few links on her relationship with Annie Fields.

Jewish Women
Women in Jewish history, from Biblical times through the Diaspora to the Holocaust, and more, and notable women of Jewish background.

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Women in Jewish history, from Biblical times through the Diaspora to the Holocaust, and more, and notable women of Jewish background.

Joan of Arc
Learn more about Joan of Arc, Maid of Orleans.

Women Journalists and Editors - Female Newspaper Figures - Newswomen
Women journalists, editors, and others involved in writing and communicating the news. Highlights of notable newswomen.

Women's Journals Diaries and Letters for Studying Women's Lives in History
Women's lives are recalled in journals, diaries and letters written by ordinary -- or notable -- women. Often these primary source documents are helpful in understanding the activities and thoughts of women in history, but the more intimate aspects of the

Helen Keller
Helen Keller, deaf and blind from a very young age, helped change the world's perception of the disabled.

Sylvie Kinigi - Prime Minister - Burundi - 1993-1994
Sylvie Kinigi, Prime Minister of Burundi, 1993-1994, who left politics when her government fell, during the armed conflict between Tutsi and Hutu factions.

Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge - Sri Lanka - President 1994-
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge, whose mother was the first female prime minister in the world (1965), and whose father and husband were both assassinated, was elected President of Sri Lanka in 1994 after serving a short term as Prime Minister.

Central and South America
Women's lives and famous women of Central and South America: contributions and lives of notable and ordinary women

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Women's lives and famous women of Central and South America: contributions and lives of notable and ordinary women

Latinas/Chicanas in the US
Women of Hispanic background in the US. (Mexican, Puerto Rican, etc.)

Latter Day Saints - Mormons - and Women's History
History of women in the Church of the Latter Day Saints (Mormon Church).

Mormonism: Reactions to Mormonism in Women's History
Mormon polygamy in the 19th century drew criticism from pro- and anti-suffrage women. In the 20th century, feminists criticized the Mormon Church's positions on women's rights, and some were excommunicated by the Church.

Anna H. Leonowens
Anna of Anna and the King and The King and I, in her exotic and controversial story.

Libraries, Library Collections
Archives and manuscript collections on women's history at various libraries. University libraries, and some other libraries, have collections of original documents and other resources on women's history.

Lilith
Lilith: legendary demon or goddess in Hebrew tradition. Resources on the history of the Lilith stories.

Lilith Texts - Ancient and Medieval References to Lilith - Hebrew Mythological Woman or Monster
An extensive listing of texts in which the mythical figure of Lilith may appear (some are contested), including, often, translations and discussions of the sources for this legend of a femme fatale or monster rooted in ancient Hebrew stories.

Lists - Women of the Century - Women of the Millennium
Lists of "women of the century" and "women of the millennium" -- listings of famous women in history from various Net sources.

Women's Lives
About women's everyday lives and status, in different eras. Recreation, education, social events, marriage, housekeeping, advice, etc. More in biographies and other subjects.

Women's Lives - 16th/17th/18th Centuries
About women's everyday lives, roles and status in the 1500s, 1600s and 1700s. More information under overviews, biographies and other topical subjects.

Women's Lives - 19th Century
About women's everyday lives, roles and status in the 1800s. More information under overviews, biographies and other topical subjects.

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About women's everyday lives, roles and status in the 1800s. More information under overviews, biographies and other topical subjects.

Women's Lives - 20th Century
About women's everyday lives, roles and status in the 1900s. More information under overviews, biographies and other topical subjects.

Women's Lives in History - Overviews
About women's everyday lives, roles and status - resources covering many time periods. More information under biographies and other topical subjects.

Madam C. J. Walker - African American Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
Sarah Breedlove Walker, known as Madam C. J. Walker, was the first African American woman millionaire in America, known not only for her hair straightening treatment and her salon system which helped other African Americans to succeed, but also her work t

Madam C. J. Walker Biographies
Biographies of Madam C. J. Walker, African American entrepreneur, inventor, philanthropist and social activist.

Madam C. J. Walker - Lists
Lists of famous African Americans, inventors, business women and others on which Madam C. J. Walker appears. Compiled by your Women's History Guide, and helpful in understanding the contribution of Madam Walker.

Madam C. J. Walker - Stamp
Information on the commemorative stamp featuring Madam C. J. Walker, including the campaign to convince the United States Postal Service to include Madam Walker in the Black Heritage series.

Marian Anderson -
One of the 20th century's best-known notable African American women, opera singer (contralto) Marian Anderson's career was shadowed by racial prejudice, including the infamous incident in 1937 when the DAR refused to let her sing at Constitution Hall in W

Marriage and Divorce Laws and Practice
Customs, practices and laws for marriage, courtship, divorce, wives and widows.

Marriage History - 16th and 17th Centuries
Marriage, courtship and divorce practices in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, shedding light on the roles and status of women, wives and widows.

Marriage History - 18th Century
Marriage, courtship and divorce practices in the eighteenth century, shedding light on the roles and status of women, wives and widows.

Marriage History - 19th Century
Marriage, courtship and divorce practices in the nineteenth century, shedding light on the roles and status of women, wives and widows.

Marriage History - 20th Century
Marriage, courtship and divorce practices in the 1900s, shedding light on the roles and status of women, wives and widows.

Marriage History - Ancient World
Marriage, courtship and divorce practices in the ancient and classical world, shedding light on the roles and status of women, wives and widows.

Marriage History - Medieval
Marriage, courtship and divorce practices in the Middle Ages, shedding light on the roles and status of women, wives and widows

Marriage History - Overviews
Marriage, courtship and divorce practices, shedding light on the roles and status of women, wives and widows - overviews and general information.

Medicine: Health/Doctors/Nurses/Midwives
Medicine and medical issues in women's history: a history of women in medicine and nursing, including pioneer women physicians and nurses, women's health issues through the ages, and discussions about how women have been viewed in medical history.

Medieval and Renaissance Women's History
Medieval and Renaissance Women: women's lives, women's roles, gender issues and notable women.

Men's Voices on Women's Issues
Men played active roles in women's history: for change and for traditional roles. Writings of men who spoke on women's issues.

Men's Voices on Women - 18th Century
Men's writings on women and women's history in the eighteenth century (1700s).

Men's Voices on Women - 19th Century
Men's writings on women and women's history in the nineteenth century (1800s).

Men's Voices on Women - 20th Century
Men's writings on women and women's history, from the twentieth century (1900s).

Men's Voices on Women - Ancient/Classical History
Men's writings on women and women's history, from the ancient and classical world.

Men's Voices on Women - Through the Ages
Men's writings on women and women's history, from many perspective and from ancient times to recent times

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Men's writings on women and women's history, from many perspective and from ancient times to recent times

Men's Voices on Women - Medieval and Renaissance Perspectives
Men's writings on women and women's history during the medieval and renaissance periods.

Middle East and Women's History
The role and status of women in the Middle East through history, including notable women.

Midwives and Midwifery
Midwives and midwifery in women's history: delivering babies and taking care of the mother's health has been a woman's job through much of history.

Women and the Military - 1970s through 1990s
Women in the military in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Includes section on sexual harassment in the military in those decades.

Women and the Military - General and Other
More links on women and the military and women and war. Includes general and overview pages and sites, plus information on women in wars and time periods not included on other pages on this site.

Women and the Military - Museums and Memorials
Museums and memorials honoring women's service in the military and in wars.

Military and War: Women's Roles
Women in the military, women at war, women on the home front. From ancient times through the 1990s, the role in the military and in wars.

Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) Impressionist Painter
Biographies of painter Berthe Morisot and links to images of her works. Berthe Morisot's impressionist art was influenced by Edouard Manet, and she married his brother.

Mother Jones - Labor Agitator
Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones) has been called the most dangerous woman in America. Taking up labor union agitation when she was sixty by her reckoning, she continued her activism into her nineties, working for the United Mine Workers, against child lab

Mother's Day: History of the Celebration
Find resources on the different stories of the history of Mother's Day: Anna Jarvis, Julia Ward Howe, and other versions. From a day for peace to a sentimental and commercial holiday.

Murasaki Shikibu
Japanese woman writer who wrote The Tale of Genji - Genji monogatari - in the eleventh century C.E.

Museums of Women's Issues
Museums connected with women's history: focusing on particular issues in women's lives.

Museums of Women's History
Museums connected with women's history: honoring individual women, with specific women's history collections, as well as museums dedicated primarily to the topic of women's history.

Museums Honoring Notable Women
Museums honoring individual famous women and their contributions to history.

Music: Women Composers, Performers
Resources for women in music: from the first female composer whose biography is known, to modern rock, folk and jazz pioneer performers.

Women in Classical Music - Female Musicians - Woman Composers - Opera Sopranos
Women who made their mark in classical music, including many whose names have been undeservedly forgotten.

Women in Music -- Ethnic Music - Gospel - Synthesized Music - Female Composers - Women Performers
Music of the spirit and world: gospel music, other ethnic music and even synthesized music. Women composers and performers.

Feminism and Women's History Through Music
These songwriters and singers have used their art to express feminist ideas and to explore and communicate women's history.

Women in Folk Music - Female Singers and Songwriters
The women of folk music: singers and songwriters. Joan Baez, Judy Collins and more.

Women in Music - General and Multiple Genres
Overviews of women in music, especially across genres of music.

Women and Music -- Jazz - Blues - Soul - Rhythm and Blues - Female Musicians
Women composers and performers in the world of jazz, blues, soul, rhythm and blues, and related music.

Women of Rock and Pop Music - Female Rockers - Female Pop Stars
Rock and roll, rock music, pop music, other popular music of the 1950s - 1990s: women musicians and women's role.

Native American Women
Women's role and women leaders in Native American communities. Resources for reading and research. Includes notable Native American women, from Pocahontas and Sacagawea (Sacajawea) to Zitkala-Sa to Wilma Mankiller, and many more.

Native American Women in History
Native American Women's History: resources for reading and research on individual Indian women.

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Florence Nightingale
Biographies, common questions, information on nurses and nursing, bibliographies, and other resources on Florence Nightingale, the "Lady with the Lamp." She made history with her nursing work in the Crimean War and helped shake up the field of m

National Museum of Women's History
News and information on the planned National Museum of Women's History, Washington, DC

Nobel Prize Winners
Women who have won the Nobel Prize, for peace, literature, medicine and physiology, chemistry, or physics.

Nobel Laureates - Chemistry
Women who have won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

Nobel Laureates - Literature
Women who have won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Nobel Laureates - Medicine and Physiology
Women who have won the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology.

Nobel Laureates - Peace
Women who have won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Nobel Laureates - Physics
Women who have won the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Nurses and Nursing
Nursing and nurses in women's history, including pioneer women nurses.

Olympe de Gouges
French playwright and feminist, author during the French Revolution of the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Citizen. She was executed at the guillotine.

Olympics
History of Women at the Olympics -- notable female athletes, women's events, women champions, sports for women.

Organizations
Organizations connected with women's history: both historical organizations founded by women and aimed at improving women's lot, and organizations today that promote research and study of women's history.

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Organizations connected with women's history: both historical organizations founded by women and aimed at improving women's lot, and organizations today that promote research and study of women's history.

Orthodox Christianity
Orthodox Christianity - notable women. Resources and links for Eastern Christianity.

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Orthodox Christianity: notable women. Resources and links.

Pacific and Women's History
Women's history in the Pacific: Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, and Pacific Islands.

Pankhursts - Emmeline - Christabel - Sylvia
This family of English suffrage activists changed the course of women's history with their radical agitation. Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters Christabel and Sylvia founded the Women's Party and influenced Alice Paul and other Americans.

Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks information, including biographies, quotations, and her crucial role in civil rights including the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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Rosa Parks information, including biographies, quotations, and her crucial role in civil rights including the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Alice Paul
Links to resources on Alice Paul, a major leader in the woman suffrage movement of the early 20th century.

Peace
Women have played a key role in the 19th and 20th century peace movements in America and internationally. Peace activism by women and women's organizations.

Periodicals, Journals, Magazines, Zines
Online periodicals, zines, and web sites for print magazines and journals. Many include online articles. Also information on historical women's magazines and newspapers.

Eva Peron - Evita - Maria Eva Duarte de Peron - Argentinia First Lady
Senora Maria Eva Duarte de Peron, known as Eva Peron or Evita Peron, was an actress who married Argentian Juan Peron and helped him win the presidency, becoming active in politics and the labor movement herself.

Philosophy
Notable women in philosophy, plus how philosophers have viewed women.

Photographers - Photojournalists - Women and Photography
Women photographers and photojournalists: biographies and online versions of their art work.

Female Physicians
Women doctors: women physicians and women's medical education - the role of women in medicine.

Pocahontas - Native American Heroine - Indian Princess
Pocahontas - Matoaka - attempts to find the real story in contrast to media images of one of the best-known Native American women.

Women and Politics
Women and politics - articles and other resources for understanding the role of women in politics.

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Women and politics - articles and other resources for understanding the role of women in politics.

Women in Politics - 1865-1900
The history of women in politics in the later years of the 19th century.

Women and Politics - Twentieth Century - 1900-1930
The history of women in politics in the earlier years of the 20th century.

Living History - Bring Women's History to Life with Live Actresses Portraying Famous and Ordinary Women of History
Living history resources: portrayals of notable and ordinary women of history. For school and club programs, consider hiring an actress who portrays particular historical women and bring women's history to life. Commercial resources: endorsement not impli

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Living history resources: portrayals of notable and ordinary women of history. For school and club programs, consider hiring an actress who portrays particular historical women and bring women's history to life. Commercial resources: endorsement not impli

Theory/Practice
Theory, practice and methodology of 'doing' women's history, from women's history pioneers and others.

Leontyne Price
Information on Leontyne Price, famous African American soprano whose home base was the Metropolitan Opera for several decades until her retirement in 1985.

Elizabeth and John Proctor - Salem Witch Trials
Elizabeth and John Proctor were accused as witches in the Salem Witch Trials; John was executed, while Elizabeth was spared execution because she was pregnant, and then later was pardoned.

Product Reviews - Women's History
Reviews of some of the recommended books and products for exploring women's history.

Female Protestant Leaders - Women and Protestantism - Protestant Churches and Women - Theology and Women
Women's role in various Protestant churches.

Women in Psychology - Psychologists - Psychiatrists - Therapists
Women psychologists, psychiatrists and psychotherapists who have made important contributions to the field of psychology.

Women Public Officials - Female Government Officers
Women who have served in public office: governors, senators, congressional representatives, prime ministers, presidents, cabinet members and others.

Quakers
The Quaker religion accepted women's leadership early, and many women's rights advocates have been Quakers. Here are some important connections between Quakers and women's history.

Eve Queler
A pioneer woman conductor, founder of the Opera Orchestra of new York.

Racial Justice Supporters
White women who worked for racial justice and the rights of African Americans.

Rebecca Nurse - Salem Witch Trials
Rebecca Towne Nurse was accused of, convicted of and executed for witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Her family had been involved in disputes with the powerful Putnam family. Two of her sisters were also accused in the hysteria at Salem.

Reform Movements: Women & Social Reform
Women's role in transforming society: social reform movements led by women, and women reformers.

Social Reform - More Issues
Women's involvement as individuals and in groups working for social change on issues of child labor, humanitarian aid, mental health, guns, pornography, prostitution, mental health, and more.

Religion: Saints, Heretics, Ministers
Women and their role in religions of the world. From the ancient world to modern major religions. Saints, heretics, goddesses and ministers.

Ancient World - Religion and Women
In the ancient world, the role of women: from queens to ordinary people to goddesses to slaves.

Women and Religion - General and Comparative Interfaith
The historical role of women in religion, from a comparative, general or interfaith perspective.

Women and Religion: More Religions - Buddhism - Freethought - Mormonism - Theosophy
More resources and links on women and religion - for instance, Buddhism, freethought, Mormonism, Theosophy.

Research and Curriculum Resources
Resources for students and researchers in women's history: From library collections to online journals, from the theory and practice of women's history to curriculum resources for teachers.

Women and the Roman Catholic Church - Female Saints - Leaders - Catholicism and Women - Ordination
Women in Roman Catholicism: saints, leaders and ordinary women.

Eleanor Roosevelt - Writings
Columns, speeches and others writings by Eleanor Roosevelt. Also, published interviews of Eleanor Roosevelt.

Rosie the Riveter - Women in the Factories of World War II
Women's work in factories during the war was essential. They were recruited with images of strong women like Rosie the Riveter. And it wasn't just in America.

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Women's work in factories during the war was essential. They were recruited with images of strong women like Rosie the Riveter. And it wasn't just in America.

Betsy Ross
Betsy Ross and the first American flag: her real importance in women's history. She made the first American flag, at the request of George Washington -- or did she?

Wilma Rudolph
The life and athletic accomplishments of African American track star, Wilma Rudolph. Links to biographies, photos, information.

Rulers, Queens, Heads of State
Women Heads of State: Empresses, Queens, Presidents, Prime Ministers, and other leaders.

Rulers, Queens, Heads of State - page 2 of 2
Women Heads of State: Empresses, Queens, Presidents, Prime Ministers, and other leaders.

Women Heads of State in the 20th Century - Female Presidents - Woman Prime Ministers
Female presidents and prime ministers: women as different as Corazon Aquino, Benazir Bhutto, Margaret Thatcher and Eva Peron.

More Women Heads of State before the 20th Century
Queens and empresses and female heads of government, before the twentieth century.

Russia and the former USSR
Russian women's history, plus women's history in the countries of the former USSR: notable women and ordinary women's lives.

Sacagawea - Sacajawea - Guide in the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Sacagawea - often spelled Sacajawea - Shoshone Indian woman who served as a guide to the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Her image graces the new U.S. golden dollar coin.

Salem Witch Trials - Lesson Plans - Curriculum Guides - Teaching Resources
Lesson plans, curriculum guides and other teacher resources on the Salem Witch Trials, Salem Village witchcraft hysteria, witch craze and parallels to Arthur Miller's drama, The Crucible.

Salem Witch Trials - Individuals Involved - Accusers - Accused - Judges - Witnesses
Individuals involved in the Salem witch trials of 1692: accusers, accused, judges and others in Salem Village and the wider Puritan community. Includes biographies, testimony, petitions and other documents.

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Individuals involved in the Salem witch trials of 1692: accusers, accused, judges and others in Salem Village and the wider Puritan community. Includes biographies, testimony, petitions and other documents.

Margaret Sanger
Margaret Sanger, birth control pioneer. Providing information on contraception to women was considered scandalous or even illegal. Resources including biographies, writings, and other links.

Margaret Sanger Biographies
Margaret Sanger, birth control pioneer. Biographies of the founder of Planned Parenthood and other birth control and contraception organizations.

Margaret Sanger Writings and Speeches
Articles and books and speeches by Margaret Sanger, birth control pioneer. Books and articles on contraception, women's rights, family planning, planned parenthood.

Sappho
Sappho: The best known woman writer of the ancient world.

Sarah Good - Salem Witch Trials 1692 - Convicted and Executed
Sarah Good was one of the first women accused of witchcraft in the Salem witch hunts of 1692. Her four-year-old daughter, Dorcas, "confessed" to witchcraft, implicating her mother. The Goods were poor, homeless and beggars in Salem Village befor

Women and Astronomy - Female Astronomers - Studying the Stars and the Cosmos
Female astronomers: women who have studied the planets, stars and the cosmos.

Women and Chemistry - Female Chemists
Female chemists: women who have made a difference in the field of chemistry.

Women in Science and Mathematics - General Information
Women in science and mathematics: general or overview information on women in the sciences, plus information on fairness and discrimination issues for women scientists.

Women and Geology - Female Geologists - Map-Makers
Female geologists and map-makers.

Women and the Life Sciences - Female Biologists - Botanists - Ethologists
Female biologists, botanists, ethologists, and other women in the life sciences.

Science and Mathematics
Women have been scientists and mathematicians, too. Chemistry, physics, computers, cyberspace, and general information on the place of women in science.

Women and Mathematics - Female Mathematicians
Female mathematicians: women in mathematics from ancient times through recent years.

Women and Physics - Female Physicists - Scientists
Female physicists: women in physics and the physical sciences.

Female Senators - Women in Public Office
Women who have served in the Senate - part of a directory of female public officials.

Shakers
A religious movement that taught celibacy and female divinity, and fostered many women leaders. Discover a few important Shaker women, plus feminine images of God found within Shaker religion. Includes Mother Ann Lee and less-known Eldresses.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, author of Frankenstein, and daughter of women's right advocate Mary Wollstonecraft.

Jenny Shipley - Prime Minister New Zealand - 1997-1999
Jenny Shipley, Prime Minister, New Zealand, 1997-1999, representing the National Party (conservative).

Women Olympic Skaters - Speed Skating - Figure Skaters - Ice Dancing - Olympics medals
Women figure skaters, speed skaters and ice dancers who have won Olympic medals, whether gold, silver or bronze. From the first woman to win at a world championship to recent well-known medalists.

African American Women in Early America and in Slavery
The lives of black women in America before the Civil War ended. Slave narratives, notable African American women including Phillis Wheatley, Sojourner Truth, Sally Hemings and Harriet Tubman, bibliographies, and much more black history.

Jennifer M. Smith - Bermuda - Prime Minister 1998-
Jennifer Smith, Prime Minister of Bermuda, 1998-, leader of Bermuda's Progressive Labor Party.

Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth: preacher, anti-slavery and women's rights crusader, known for her "Ain't I a Woman" speech.

Spanish Women's History - Notable Spanish Women - Women of Spain
Women's history in Spain - notable Spanish women and the lives of ordinary and famous women in Spain, including Queen Isabella.

Women Speed Skaters - Olympic Medalists - Female Ice Skating
Women speed skaters of the Olympics - medal winners and world champions in the sport of skating.

Sports: Female Athletes, Women's Status
Female athletes, the history of women's sports organizations, and the role of women in sports and athletics.

Fairness and Discrimination - Women in Sports
Gender bias and Title IX: justice and fairness in the treatment of women athletes, sexual discrimination in athletics.

Individual Sports and Women - Historical Perspective
History of Women in Individual Sports -- Auto racing, boxing, golf, gymnastics, martial arts, skating and tennis.

Women in Sports - Overviews
History of Women in Sports -- notable female athletes, women's sports organizations, and the place of women in athletics and sports.

Team Sports - Women's History
History of Women in Team Sports -- notable female athletes, women's sports organizations, and the place of women in baseball, basketball, hockey, rowing, soccer, and volleyball.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Biographies
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, pioneer woman's rights activist: biographies.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, pioneer woman's rights and suffrage activist: biographies, writings, and other information.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton - More Resources
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, pioneer woman's rights activist: portraits and other images, her home, her relationship with Susan B. Anthony, information on her daughter Harriot Stanton Blatch.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Writings
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, pioneer woman's rights activist: writings by Stanton on woman suffrage and other topics.

United States: by State
Sites honoring women of a state or women's history in that state: for instance, Texas, Tennessee, Wisconsin.

United States: by State - page 2 of 2
Sites honoring women of a state or women's history in that state: for instance, Texas, Tennessee, Wisconsin.

Lucy Stone
Lucy Stone, first American woman to keep her own name after marriage, and activist for women's rights: articles, links and other resources.

Harriet Beecher Stowe
Further information on the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, American woman writer.

Harriet Beecher Stowe - Bibliographies
Bibliographies for further research into Harriet Beecher Stowe. Find out what print resources and collections of net links are available for Uncle Tom's Cabin and Stowe, American woman writer.

Harriet Beecher Stowe - Biography
Further information on the life of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, American woman writer.

Harriet Beecher Stowe - More Resources
Further information on the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, American woman writer. Graphics, family, home, museums, libraries and more.

Harriet Beecher Stowe - Secondary Sources - Reviews and Criticism and Analysis
More resources on Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin: book reviews, analysis and criticism, other secondary sources about her work.

Harriet Beecher Stowe - Works including Uncle Tom's Cabin
Writings by Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, American woman writer.

Ida Straus
Ida Straus was a victim of the sinking of the Titanic, choosing to stay with her husband rather than living without him. A love story, but also a story of a life-long partnership.

Hanna Suchocka - Prime Minister - Poland - 1992-1993
Hanna Suchocka, Prime Minister of Poland, 1992-1993, and member of the Solidarity government. Minister of Justice after her term as Prime Minister.

Suffrage: Women's Vote
Woman Suffrage: women struggle for the right to vote. Find articles and biographies for more in-depth information on the long struggle to win the vote for women. Suffragettes and suffragists who won the vote, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Sta

Suffrage: Women's Vote - page 2 of 2
Woman Suffrage: women struggle for the right to vote. Find articles and biographies for more in-depth information on the long struggle to win the vote for women. Suffragettes and suffragists who won the vote, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Sta

Woman Suffrage - 1848-1864
Woman Suffrage: women struggle for the right to vote, from the 1848 Women's Rights Convention to just before the split in the movement after the Civil War over the priority of black male suffrage.

Woman Suffrage - 1865-1899
Woman Suffrage: women struggle for the right to vote. Find articles and biographies for more in-depth information on the women's suffrage struggle from the end of the Civil War through the healing of the major split in the women's rights movement.

Woman Suffrage - 1865-1899 - page 2 of 2
Woman Suffrage: women struggle for the right to vote. Find articles and biographies for more in-depth information on the women's suffrage struggle from the end of the Civil War through the healing of the major split in the women's rights movement.

Woman Suffrage - 1900-1920
Woman Suffrage: women struggle for the right to vote. The later phases of the suffrage campaign in Britain and the United States, from 1900-1920, ending with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.

Woman Suffrage - 1900-1920 - page 2 of 2
Woman Suffrage: women struggle for the right to vote. The later phases of the suffrage campaign in Britain and the United States, from 1900-1920, ending with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.

Woman Suffrage - Anti-Suffrage
Anti-Suffrage: arguments against women's suffrage. Why women should not have the legal right to vote. Not all women supported woman suffrage

Woman Suffrage - England
Woman suffrage in England: British women struggle for the right to vote.

Woman Suffrage - Overview Articles on Women's Suffrage
Woman Suffrage: overviews on women's struggle for the right to vote. Find articles and biographies for more in-depth information on the long struggle to win the vote for women.

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Woman Suffrage: overviews on women's struggle for the right to vote. Find articles and biographies for more in-depth information on the long struggle to win the vote for women.

Woman Suffrage - before 1848
Woman Suffrage: women struggle for the right to vote. Documents and other resources on the sources of the suffrage movement, before the 1848 Seneca Falls convention.

University Syllabus Collection for Women's History
Syllabus Resources: assistance with ideas and methods in teaching women's history at college and university.

Dorothea Tanning - Surrealist Artist
Dorothea Tanning, born August 25, 1910, became a commercial artist then professional painter. She married Max Ernst in 1946. Directory of biographical information and images of her work on the Net.

Ida Tarbell
Muckraking journalists like Ida Tarbell used their reporting skills to expose exploitation.

Temperance and Prohibition
When husbands controlled the family finances, their drunkenness was a threat to women and family. Resources on women's social reform activity, working for temperance and prohibition.

Women in Tennis - Female Tennis Athletes
History of Women in Tennis: From Mary Outerbridge's introduction of tennis into the U.S., to Althea Gibson breaking the color bar, to Evert, King and Navratilova.

Saint Terese of Lisieux - Saint Térèse
Térèse of Lisieux, canonized in 1925 and declared a Doctor of the Church in 1998, is honored for her Carmelite spirituality, her writings and her organizational skills.

Mary Church Terrell
Activist on behalf of African Americans and women, Mary Church Terrell was a charter member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and helped integrate the American Association of University Women (AAUW).

Margaret Thatcher - English Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher, conservative Prime Minister of England and controversial world leader.

Women and Theosophy - Female Theosophists
Theosophy's founding women. Net links and resources.

M. Carey Thomas
Martha Carey Thomas, pioneer educator,