| The National Women's History Project features an annual theme and poster for the celebration of Women's History Month. Check this site for the history of the holiday and suggestions for celebrating. |
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| US
Census Bureau's Facts for Features -- Women's History Month statistics on women compiled from Census data. |
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Women of the Century: 100 Years of American Heroes
from Discovery.com
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| Women's History Month -- activities, biographies, featured titles, links, quiz, timeline, and Women's Rights on Trial, provided as free resources by Thomson Gale Publishing. |
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| American Women -- A Library of Congress, American Memory feature, is "A Gateway to Library of Congress Resources for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States." |
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| Women of Our Time: Twentieth-Century Photographs from the National Portrait Gallery |
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| Women -- from the Librarians' Internet Index (Reviewed links to numerous "women" topics) |
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For the younger women --
Girls Health.gov
(Note the URL -- this is a government site -- "the Office on Women’s Health in the Department of Health and Human Services gives girls
between the ages of 10 and 16 reliable, current health information." )
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| Infoplease is
always a rich source of information -- their Women's History Month feature is no exception. Always plenty of quizzes and crosswords to keep you occupied. |
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| From the History
Channel -- another nice Women's History Month feature. |
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| And for Women's Military History -- Women's History Month: Women Sustaining the American Spirit, from the Department of Defense (last updated 2002), but also see the Memorial Site. |
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| And if you would like places to visit (in person or online) -- see the National Park Service's offering for Women's History Month |
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| 300 Women Who Changed the World by Encyclopaedia Britannica (a site rich with information to explore--and an acknowledgment that they didn't all change it for good!) |
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And dear to a librarian's heart --
Women of the Word: A Salute to Women Writers from World Book.
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| Another World Book feature: The Quest for Equality |
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| One more World Book feature: Women in Science and Medicine |
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Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians from the National Library of Medicine (NIH)
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| Scribbling Women
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And don't forget IvyLynks (selected links on women from Ivy Tech librarians)
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