Elementary Education Resources-Social Studies-History: Women in History
List of Contents (click on topic name for more links)
Women in History
A History of the American Suffragist Movement
Distinguished Women of Past and Present
Educational CyberPlayground --many wonderful resources to help discover the important contributions, discoveries, and achievements made by women throughout our history
Encarta --biographies of notable women in politics, sports, the arts, and literature
Fast Facts about woman --comparisons between the sexes in the areas of education, earnings, income and poverty, jobs, population distribution, marriage and family, sports and recreation, computer use and voting
First Ladies
First Ladies Quiz --It is a QuziBowl game on turn-of-the-century first ladies, any school or classroom can use it
History Channel.com --celebrates each day in March with the life story of a different remarkable woman
Library of Congress --photographs of suffrage parades, picketing suffragists, and an anti-suffrage display, as well as cartoons about the women's movement
Manuscript Diaries --digitized versions of many women's diaries
Meet Women in Science
National Museum of Women's History
National Women's History Project --ideas for community organizations, teachers, librarians, parents, and high school students
Places Where Women Made History
The Suffragist Oral History Project --A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
Votes for Women Suffrage Pictures
Women's Heritage
Women's History Resource
Women's History Sourcebook --A well done compendium of women's history sites
Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment
Women in Congress --185 women have been elected to the House of Representatives; Read their biographies and discover their many accomplishments.
Women In World History Curriculum --Interactive site full of information and resources about women's experiences in world history.
Women Who Changed History
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Bernie Poole, Yvonne Singer, 1996-2005, All rights reserved / poole@pitt.edu, ysinger@worldnet.att.net / (814) 269-2923 / Revised 30 November 2005