Resources by State

A Guide to Uncovering Women’s History in Archival Collections
state-by-state listing of links to archives, libraries, and other repositories that have primary source materials by or about women.
URL: lib.utsa.edu/Archives/links.htm

Alabama
Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame provides biographies of the state’s inductees.
URL: www.judson.edu/extra/fame/fame.html

Alaska
Women in Alaska’s History introduces the diverse women who helped shape today’s Alaska. Teachers: check out the activities section.
URL: library.advanced.org/11313/index.html

California - Humboldt County
information and photographs of historically important women from Humboldt County.
URL: www.northcoast.com/~bbn/aauw/Main_Wo_Hist.html

Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame
meet the women inducted into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame, and learn about their organization.
URL: http://www.cogreatwomen.org

Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame
illustrated biographies of women who have broken new ground or emerged as leaders in their fields.
URL: www.cwhf.org

Finding Aid to Women’s History Archival Resources at the Connecticut State Library
provides information about the content of the collection, not the documents and artifacts themselves.
URL: www.cslnet.ctstateu.edu/women.htm

Florida State Archives
collections pertaining to women’s history and women’s issues, including the records of private individuals and organizations, state and local government records, and manuscript collections.
URL: dlis.dos.state.fl.us/barm/fsa/women’sguide.htm

Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame
biographies of inductees from 1975 to the present.
URL: http://www.sos.state.ia.us/redbook/profile/8-17.html

Iowa Women’s Archives
index for the women’s history archives of the University of Iowa library.
URL: www.lib.uiowa.edu/iwa/

Michigan Women’s Historical Center and Hall of Fame
biographical and other historical information; calendar of events.
URL: members.tripod.com/mw/fame

Greater Grand Rapids Women’s History Council
URL: www.grpl.org/whc

Nevada Women’s Archives
provides information about the content of the collection, not the documents and artifacts themselves.
URL: library.nevada.edu/women/index.html

Nevada
Nevada Women’s History Project biographical database for women of distinction, indexed in various ways.
URL: www.unr.edu/unr/sb204/nwhp/

New York – North Country
biographies of pioneering women in various fields and details of local school programs for March.
URL: www.northnet.org/stlawrenceaauw/profiles.htm

New York and Massachusets
Places Where Women Made History
Visit 74 sites in Massachusetts and New York from the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places, with information to set the women’s lives in context.
URL: www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/pwwmh/

Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame
Biographies of the many honorees.
URL: www.state.oh.us/obes/HOF

The Women’s Archives at Oklahoma State University
Women’s Archives at Oklahoma State University detailed biographies of notable women in Oklahoma history including Angie Debo, Jessie Thatcher Bost, Hannah Atkins, and The WAVES.
URL: www.library.okstate.edu/dept/scua/women/women.htm

Texas (Southern)
Archives for Research on Women and Gender specializes in materials documenting the lives of women of South Texas
URL: www.lib.utsa.edu/Archives/

Tennessee Women in History
an indexed bibliography and research guide.
URL: www.mtsu.edu/~library/wtn/wtn-home.html

Manuscript Sources for Women’s History Research in the Special Collections
provides information about the content of the collection, not the documents and artifacts themselves.
URL: scholar2.lib.vt.edu/spec/women/wmnunidx.htm

Washington State
history of woman suffrage in Washington State.
URL: www.everett.net/users/kat/page2.html

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