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Links: World History
- Ancient Sites Celebration of Women
biographies of many women from U.S. history and ancient world history.
URL: www.ancientsites.com/~Torrey_Philemon/women/celebration.htm
- Canadian Women’s Movement Archives
begun in 1977, includes the Archive’s history, information about its various holdings (from meeting minutes to ticket stubs, early Canadian women’s periodical records, and videos), and links to related sites.
URL: www.uottawa.ca/library/cwma/cwma.html
- Celebrating Women’s Achievements: Canada
biographies of Canadian women, with photos, some audio files, and a list of suggested readings or works.
URL: www.nlc-bnc.ca/digiproj/women/ewomen.htm
- Canadian Women in History
the National Library of Canada posts a new category (music, literature, politics, publishing, social life) of women’s biographies each year, with a list of suggested readings and works.
URL: www.nlc-bnc.ca/digiproj/women/ewomen.htm
- Canada: Women in Alberta and Saskatchewan History
a chronology, quiz, and bibliography, and a bibliography about Canadian women in education.
URL: http://142.3.223.54/~maguirec/
- 100 Celebrated Chinese Women
biographies of Chinese women - information added periodically.
URL: www.span.com.au/100women/index.html
- Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World
a bibliography, course materials, visual images, essays and other resources.
URL: www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/gender.html
- Distinguished Women of Past and Present
by your field of interest or by her last name, you can find most notable women here who appear anywhere on the internet.
URL: www.netsrq.com/~dbois/
- Dominion and Domination of the Gentle Sex: The Lives of Medieval Women
topical survey of medieval women’s history, including biographies, overviews of daily lives, a quiz, samples of medieval art, full biography, many links.
URL: library.advanced.org/12834
- The Emancipation of Women, 1860-1920
thirty-five United Kingdom women who played a part in the struggle for equality — biographies, photos, visual images, and primary source database information.
URL: www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/gender.html
- Indiatime Women
biographies of historic and contemporary Indian women from a variety of fields.
URL: www.indiatime.com/women/women.htm
- Medieval Women
overviews of ordinary women’s lives during this period, as well as biographies of Hildegard von Bingen and Julian of Norwich.
URL: www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/subjects/women/women.html
- Scottish Women’s History Network
people working in Scotland or working on Scottish themes will benefit from these resources, and from participating in this network.
URL: http://swhn.gcal.ac.uk/
- The Witching Hours
starting point for research about the European witch trials of the Medieval and Renaissance periods (1100-1700 AD). Fully footnoted in a rather extensive on-line bibliography.
URL: http://www2.cybercities.com/s/shanmonster/witch/index.html
- Women in World History Curriculum
interactive site about women’s experiences in world history. Ten heroes from other times and geographic regions. Plus a growing list of lessons, resources and information.
URL: home.earthlink.net/~womenwhist/index.html
- Women’s International Center
international biographies with photos. Also a “Birthdates” calendar index, so you can find out whose birthday you share!
URL: www.wic.org/bio/idex_bio.htm
- Women’s Role in World History
essays, historical fiction, comics and art about women, their achievements, their role in different eras, and events they led, created by tenth-graders at South Fork High School (CA)
URL: http://www.asis.com/sfhs/women/main.html