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- African-American Women
An on-line collection of letters and memoirs of 19th century slave women, from Duke University.
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- American Railroad Women Research Project
Interpretation of railroad women's 162 year history. Illustrated with photographs and captions, solicitation of oral histories, description of lectures and exhibits.
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- Duke Women's Archives & Special Collections
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.
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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; historical scholarship from 1970 to the present from journals, anthologies, and monographs.
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- Jane Addams, Mother of Social Work
Biography and links to related sites about this suffragette who gave up a life of affluence to found Hull House, a haven for Chicago's poor.
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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.
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- Marie Elizabeth Zakrzewska
DistinguishedWomen.com biography of an instructor at the New England Female Medical College who convinced the Board of Lady Managers to open a new teaching hospital.
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- Mary Lyon
A schoolteacher from Massachusetts, an American pioneer, a remarkable woman who founded the worldwide model of higher education for women--Mount Holyoke College.
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- Nancy Ward
The last Beloved Woman of the Cherokee, and leader of the powerful Women's Council, by D. Ray Smith.
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- National Museum of Women's History
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.
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- Native American Women
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.
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- Robin Flies Again
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.
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- Sally Hemings
Biography of the slave daughter of Elizabeth (Betty) Hemings and, allegedly, John Wayles, Thomas Jefferson's father-in-law, from the Jefferson Memorial Foundation.
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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-climbing success.
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- The Long Road of Woman's Memory
Jane Addams examines how women's memories shape the past to remove its harshness and changes in women's roles as they addressed industrialization and war.
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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.
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