Women's History Month (March)

National Women's History Month began as a single week and as a local event. In 1978, Sonoma County, California, sponsored a women's history week to promote the teaching of women's history—at that time a neglected subject in elementary and high school curriculums. The week of March 8th was selected to include International Women's Day. In 1981 Congress passed a resolution making the week a national celebration, and in 1987 expanded it to the full month of March. (Infoplease.com)

BPL Resources
Selected resources held at the Birmingham Public Library:
African American Women
Suffrage -- Women
Women -- History

BPL Online Digital Collections

Women -- Alabama -- Birmingham (photographs, documents, articles)

Internet Resources
Web link policy

General · American History · Biography

General

Feminist Majority Foundation Women's History Month Learn about the successes and setbacks that women have experienced in the last several  decades. http://www.feminist.org/other/womenshistorymonth/wh_menu.html

Gale Women's History Month Resources This site includes a timeline, activities, weekly quizzes, and short biographies of fifty women who made a difference. http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/whm/index.htm

Hot Topics: Women's History Month
"Designed to honor women in every walk of life" this site emphasizes government resources "to inform, enlighten and to close the gender gap in American history."  There are links to women's history, women in the military, education, suffrage, labor, health, science, and family. From the Daniel J. Evans Library of The Evergreen State College (Olympia, Washington).
http://www.evergreen.edu/library/govdocs/hotopics/womenshistory/index.html

National Women's History Project An educational nonprofit organization whose mission is to recognize and celebrate the diverse and historic accomplishments of women by providing information and educational materials and programs.
http://www.nwhp.org/

Women and Society An Internet Reference Project On The World Wide Web An alphabetical list of distinguished women found on the Web. http://www.womenandsociety.buffalo.edu/collationbios.htm

Women's History This well maintained, annotated directory of women's history Web sites covers major meta-indexes, journals, conferences, institutions, and Web resources by time period, geography, and topic. This virtual library site is searchable. http://www.iisg.nl/w3vlwomenshistory/vlwhalph.html

Women's History This About.com site devoted to women's accomplishments in all areas of history--the arts, the sciences, politics, sports, aviation, medicine, suffrage, slavery, and more. Like other About.com sites, this one adds new features every week.
http://womenshistory.about.com/index.htm?terms=women

Women's History Month at Infoplease.com  Find out about the origins of Women's History Month, take a quiz, or find a famous quote. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenshistory1.html

American History

African American Women's History "Find here the history of black women in America, from slavery through Reconstruction, Harlem Renaissance and civil rights. Includes biographies, organizations, events and movements." (About.com)
http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/africanamerican/

American Women's History: A Research Guide American Women's History provides citations to print and Internet reference sources, as well as to selected large primary source collections. The guide also provides information about the tools researchers can use to find additional books, articles, dissertations, and primary sources. http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html

Library of Congress: Women's History Month  Resources from the Library of Congress include images, audio, video and resources for teachers.
http://www.loc.gov/topics/womenshistory/

Places Where Women Made History "This site highlights 74 historic properties in Massachusetts and New York that are listed in the National Register. The itinerary includes interactive maps, descriptions of each place's significance in women's history, photographs, information on public accessibility, essays on women's achievements in American history, and links to other pertinent Web sites." Visit more than seventy sites, including the homes of Abigail Adams, Mary Baker Eddy, Susan B. Anthony, and Clara Barton. From the National Park Service. http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/pwwmh/

National Women's History Museum (NWHM) This site has an online exhibit that defines the "political culture and imagery of American woman suffrage." A timeline covering the period leading to the passage of the 19th amendment (1840-1919), 50 images covering their colors, icons, and slogans, a bibliography, and a quiz are some of the additional resources.
http://www.nwhm.org/

Women in American History  Encyclopedia Britannica created this site. It offers overviews of American women's history, a large number of biographies of American women, articles about women-related aspects of American history, a media gallery with audio and video clips, works by American women, a recommended reading list, and a study guide for teachers. http://www.britannica.com/women/

Women's Labor History This site from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, includes a collection of annotated links to information on the history of women in the labor movement. There are links to general women's labor history resources, labor song lyrics, biographies of women leaders, and histories of women in particular organizations including the Women's Trade Union League. http://www.afscme.org/publications/12441.cfm

Biography

Alabama Women's Hall of Fame The Alabama Women's Hall of Fame was established to provide a permanent place of honor for Alabama's most outstanding women and a place for people to visit and learn about the significant contributions that these women have made to our state and nation. Over sixty Alabama women with photographs are profiled here.  http://www.awhf.org/fame.html

History of Women in Sports Timeline A chronological look at the history of female athletes from around the world, beginning in 776 BCE and continuing through the end of the 20th century.
http://www.northnet.org/stlawrenceaauw/timeline.htm

Index of Women Scientists Profiled in "The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences." Profiled here are African American women who have contributed to the advancement of science and engineering.
https://webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/faces.html

International Women's Air And Space Museum, Inc. "The Museum is dedicated to the preservation of the history of women in aviation and space and the documentation of their continuing contributions today and in the future."
http://www.iwasm.org/

National Women's Hall of Fame The National Women's Hall of Fame's mission is: "To honor in perpetuity these women, citizens of the United States of America whose contributions to the arts, athletics, business, education, government, the humanities, philanthropy and science, have been the greatest value for the development of their country."
http://www.greatwomen.org/

Women in Music Historical women composers from The International Alliance For Women In Music.
http://www.iawm.org/