Welcome! Organized around a collection of over 750 primary documents, the Women and Social Movements website offers new ways for students, teachers, and scholars to study American History. Quick Search! Enter Keywords or go to Advanced Search Supported by funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and ProQuest Company. Women and Social Movements, 1775-2000 Copyright 1997-2002 by ...

Over 1600 citations to Internet and print sources (digital collections of primary sources, archival collections, bibliographies, biographical sources, etc.).

Britannica Online presents a special multimedia exhibit on women in American history, featuring biographies, interactive timelines, Internet resources, and more.

A collection of manuscripts and pamphlets of the Women's Liberation Movement, from the Duke University Special Collections Library.

Mary Lyon, founder of Mount Holyoke College, was a pioneer in the struggle to establish institutions of higher education for women. This site celebrates her 200th birthday and her achievements. It is intended primarily for younger students and teachers. Introduction Mary Lyon's Childhood Mary Lyon, Student and Teacher The Founding of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary Opening Day--November 8, 1837 ...

The By Popular Demand: Votes for Women Suffrage Pictures, 1850 - 1920, collection contains pictorial portraits and scenes document the fight to gain women the vote.

African-American Women On-line Archival Collections Special Collections Library, Duke University Elizabeth Johnson Harris: Life Story Elizabeth Johnson Harris was born in Augusta, Georgia, in 1867 to parents who had been slaves. Her 85 page handwritten memoir provides glimpses of her early childhood, of race relations, of her own ambivalence about her place as an African-American in society, and ...

Women of the West Online Images, biographies, and classroom activities for twenty-six remarkable women in the arts, sports, science, social justice, entertainment, and the environment. Revealing Our Routes: Women of Boulder County Explore the diverse contributions of women to Boulder County and their lingering traces on the county's remarkable landscape. Women of the West Museum to Merge with ...

Living the Legacy: The Women's Rights Movement 1848 - 1998 History of the Movement Detailed Timeline Today's Issues History Organizations Sponsored by the National Women's History Project - and endorsed by National and State Organizations About Legacy '98: 1998 was the 150th Anniversary of the Women's Rights Movement, launched at the world's first Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New ...

Find out more about the General Federation of Women's Clubs!

NWHM is a non-partisan, non-profit educational organization dedicated to restoring the historic contributions and the rich, diverse experiences of women to mainstream culture. ...

Travelers, researchers, historians, preservationists, and anyone interested in American history to the wide range of historic places associated with the many varied aspects of women's history. The itinerary highlights 74 historic properties in Massachusetts and New York that are listed in the National Register, America's official list of places important in our history and worthy of preservation.

During the first half of the nineteenth century, Tocqueville and Beaumont were joined by scores of other European travelers curious about the new republic, and anxious to fill the European demand for accounts of American life. Hundreds of these travelogues were published by persons whose reasons for their journeys were just as varied as their responses to what they saw. Some came to America to ...

Exploring Jewish women's roles in transporting their culture from the Old World to the Upper Midwest; learning to adjust to new geography and new neighbors, establishing Jewish homes; finding ways to augment the family income, maintaining the synagogue and founding social welfare institutions.

The Chicago Women's Liberation Union was organized in 1969 to challenge the suffocating male supremacy of the time.

Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center Dedication At the Re-dedication ceremony, Professor Babcock presented the portrait of Clara Foltz, reproduced on this website, to the City of Los Angeles for display in the newly christened: Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center. Read Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's speech for the event Read Professor Babcock's program notes for the ceremony ...

Women's History in America Presented by Women's International Center WOMEN'S RIGHTS. Throughout most of history women generally have had fewer legal rights and career opportunities than men. Wifehood and motherhood were regarded as women's most significant professions. In the 20th century, however, women in most nations won the right to vote and increased their educational and job opportunities.

Women in the Gold Rush, Women, Gold Rush, California Gold Rush, California, History, JoAnn Levy Women in the Gold Rush Welcome to the Home Page of the women who saw the elephant -- the women of the California Gold Rush. Woman at Auburn Ravine. Photo courtesy California State Library This page is sponsored by award-winning author and recognized authority on women in the gold rush, JoAnn Levy, ...

Multimedia Sites in Women's History This site has been incorporated into American Women's History: A Research Guide. See the Digital Collections section for general sites that include American women's history sources. The following sections under the Subject Index to Research Sources include links to collections similar to those found on Multimedia Sites in Women's History: American Indian Women ...

Women's Rights National Historical Park Seneca Falls, New York The First Women's Rights Convention This park commemorates women's struggle for equal rights, and the first Women's Rights Convention, held at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, NY on July 19 & 20, 1848. Three hundred women and men attended the Convention, including Lucretia Mott and Frederick Douglass. At the conclusion, 68 women ...

Thank you for visiting the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame. The mission of the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame is to honor and give formal public recognition to Connecticut women, past and present, who have broken new ground or have emerged as leaders in their fields of endeavor. In the spirit of serving the statewide community, inspiring the continued achievements of women, and promoting ...

Fanny Crosby is known as an American hymn writer and poetess, she wrote over 9, 000 hymns during her life (1820-1915). Blessed Assurance is perhaps her most famous. ...

One Hundred Years toward Suffrage: An Overview compiled by E. Susan Barber 1776 Abigail Adams writes to her husband, John, who is attending the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, asking that he and the other men--who were at work on the Declaration of Independence-- Remember the Ladies. John responds with humor. The Declaration's wording specifies that all men are created equal. 1820 to 1880 ...

Women of Courage Profiles In 1989 the St. Lawrence County, NY Branch, AAUW researched and published Women of Courage, Ten North Country Pioneers in Profile . This booklet featured the stories of local women who had made an impact on the North Country and were pioneers in their fields, which included education, medicine, art, politics, and music. Since the original publication, the Branch has ...

One Hundred Years toward Suffrage: An Overview compiled by E. Susan Barber with additions by Barbara Orbach Natanson 1776-1850 | 1851-1899 | 1900-1920 1776 Abigail Adams writes to her husband, John, who is attending the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, asking that he and the other men--who were at work on the Declaration of Independence-- Remember the Ladies. John responds with humor. The ...

The Ladies: A Journal of the Court, Fashion and Society, came chatting into existence in March 1872, offering scientifically precise fashion advice and demanding political rights for women. The weekly London newspaper sought out the burgeoning female readership, explicitly catering to upper-class society women who could pay the sixpenny rate but implicitly offering middle-class women a guide to ...

The Moschovitis Group and publisher ABC-CLIO celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention--the beginning of the American women's rights movement--with the publication of A History of the American Suffragist Movement.

An annotated directory of online resources on American Women's History.

This resource for teachers provides lesson plans in which students create timelines and papers that explore the long route women traveled to receive the right to vote - from the Learning Page, the Library of Congres.

Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress Search the collection | Browse the Subject or Author Index The NAWSA Collection consists of 167 books, pamphlets and other artifacts documenting the suffrage campaign. They are a subset of the Library's larger collection donated by Carrie Chapman Catt, longtime president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, in ...

About the Lucretia Coffin Mott Project About Lucretia Coffin Mott Primary Sources Editorial Board How You Can Help Lucretia Coffin Mott (1793-1880) devoted her life to the abolition of slavery, women's rights, school and prison reforms, temperance, peace, and religious tolerance. Although a major figure in the reform movements of the nineteenth-century, Mott's importance has been under-estimated ...

Guide to live music in Nashville, TN, including upcoming events at the Ryman and the Grand Ole Opry. ...

The seed for the first Woman's Rights Convention was planted in 1840, when Elizabeth Cady Stanton met Lucretia Mott at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London, the conference that refused to seat Mott and other women delegates from America because of their sex. Stanton, the young bride of an antislavery agent, and Mott, a Quaker preacher and veteran of reform, talked then of calling a ...

The Times Capsule Submit your ideas for the Magazine's 1000-year project. Crossword Puzzle With two sets of clues. Letters From the June 13 issue of the Magazine. THE MILLENNIUM ISSUES The Best of the Last 1, 000 Years Best Stories, Best Inventions, Best Ideas. The first of six special Magazine issues. Magazine Cover A Social Glacier Roars After centuries of submission and subordination, women ...

American Women's History: A Research Guide State & Regional History Home Page | Last Update: 3/20/2002.

History of Nancy Ward, Beloved Woman of the Cherokee. Tennessee History. Dragging Canoe.

A Gathering of Women: Arkansas Women 1930-2000 Enter A Gathering of Women Web site created by the Public History Program, University of Arkansas at Little Rock In conjunction with The Arkansas Women's History Institute Sponsored by Historic Arkansas Commission in honor of Louise Loughborough Mary Remmell Wohlleb This project is supported in part by a grant from the Arkansas Humanities Council ...

History of Woman Suffrage in the United States Site Map for Women's Resources (select this link for navigation if you use Lynx or if you have JavaScript turned off) 1776 Abigail Adams writes to her husband, John Adams, asking him to remember the ladies in the new code of laws. Adams replies the men will fight the despotism of the petticoat. 1777 Women lose the right to vote in New York. 1780 ...

Western Women's Autobiographies Database Harriet Fish Backus Tomboy Bride Phyllis Barber How I Got Cultured Maria Campbell Halfbreed Mary Crow Dog Lakota Woman Elizabeth Bacon Custer Boots and Saddles Angela Davis Angela Davis Josephine Sarah Marcus Earp I Married Wyatt Earp Anne Ellis Plain Anne Ellis Elizabeth Chester Fisk Lizzie Emily French Emily E. J. Guerin Mountain Charley Mary Ann Hafen ...

There are many ways in which women helped the cause. Women on the battlefield helped pass water to the soldiers. In the camps, they were laundresses, seamstresses, and companions to the soldiers. Women were stationed in forts and garrisons as servants in high-ranking officers' houses and worked as cooks as well as nursemaids and laundresses and of course, at home, where they took care of family ...

The Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress Search the collection | Browse the Subject or Author Index The NAWSA Collection consists of 167 books, pamphlets and other artifacts documenting the suffrage campaign. They are a subset of the Library's larger collection donated by Carrie Chapman Catt, longtime president of the National American Woman ...