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Living the Legacy of Women's Rights
The history of the U.S. women's rights movement, from 1848 to 1998. An excellent narrative, extensive chronology and links to contemporary activist organizations.
http://www.legacy98.org/
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The National Women's Hall of Fame
Dedicated to honoring women who have contributed significantly to the development of the country. Includes an extensive collection of biographical profiles.
http://www.greatwomen.org/
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The National Women's History Project
Official web site of the National Women's History Project: Originator of Women's History Month. Functions of the N.W.H.P.: Clearinghouse for U.S. women's history information; Issues a seasonal catalog of women's history posters, books and materials; Pro
http://www.nwhp.org/
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Michigan Women's Hall of Fame
Biographical and other historical information; calendar of events.
http://members.tripod.com/mwfame/
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Women of Courage Profiles
Featured the stories of New York women who had made an impact on the North Country and were pioneers in their fields, which included education, medicine, art, politics and music.
http://www.northnet.org/stlawrenceaauw/profiles.htm
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Women in the Twentieth Century
N.Y. Times magazine review of women's accomplishments and unresolved problems for the past 100 years. Published May, 1999
http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/millennium/m2/index.html
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Women's History in America
Informative essay on the status of women from colonial America through the 19th and 20th centuries. Topic include religious views, legal rights, women at work, feminism, and reform movements.
http://www.wic.org/misc/history.htm
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The Ladies: A Journal of the Court, Fashion and Society
Online version of a 19th century weekly London newspaper that 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 social-clim
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ladies/
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History of Jewish Women in America
List of significant repositories for American Jewish women's history, with information on published guides, examples of collections of oral histories and private papers, location of records of national offices of Jewish women's organizations; historic
http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/jewwom/jwmain.htm
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African-American Women
An on-line collection of letters and memoirs of 19th century slave women, from Duke University.
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/african-american-women.html
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