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. www.Legacy98.org
Dedicated to honoring women who have contributed significantly to the development of the country. Includes an extensive collection of biographical profiles. www.greatwomen.org
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; Prod www.nwhp.org
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. www.northnet.org/stlawrenceaauw/profiles.htm
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. www.wic.org/misc/history.htm
The Women's Archives is an integral part of Duke's Special Collections Library, which houses a broad range of rare and unique primary source material. Some print materials are digitized and can be accessed via the web. odyssey.lib.duke.edu/women
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-climb etext.lib.virginia.edu/ladies
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; historica www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/jewwom/jwmain.htm
the museum's first "virtual exhibit" examines the development of the culture and imagery the evolved to promote women's voting rights in the U.S.: extensive collection of banners, buttons, documents. www.nmwh.org/exhibits/exhibit_frames.html
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. www.jewishwomenexhibit.org
Although customs affecting early Native American women varied greatly from tribe to tribe, they often had a great deal of power and authority over their lives. www.bluecloud.org/women.html
The history of the women's movement. Located in Seneca Falls, N.Y., sites include Declaration Park and the house of early feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton. www.nps.gov/wori/home.htm
A schoolteacher from Massachusetts, an American pioneer, a remarkable woman who founded the worldwide model of higher education for women--Mount Holyoke College. www.mtholyoke.edu/marylyon
The National Park Service has developed a travel itinerary featuring 74 different properties from the National Register of Historic Places in New York and Massachusetts. The itinerary includes interactive maps, descriptions of each place's significance in www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/pwwmh
Letters written by women of Goucher College, Class of 1903, from 1919-1938, that document topics about suffrage, war, the depression and family life. Also photographs, yearbook, songbook and links. www.goucher.edu/library/robin
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