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Biographies of Notable Women On this site: a growing
collection of biographies of notable women: both some who are well-known,
and others you might want to learn about.
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Women
in world history straightforward and useful series of lessons
for schools on key aspects of women's history. Well supported by documents,
activities.
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Distinguished Women of Past and Present
Comprehensive listing of
women in history.
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Emancipation of Women and
Women's
Suffrage from the Spartacus educational Site. Excellent
information
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Internet
Women's History Sourcebook A massive site telling the
story of women's History through the ages. Use the index and choose a time
to read about!
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Women's History Encyclopedia The Encyclopedia of
Women's History needs you! If you've got something to say about women's
history -- about an individual, a topic, an event, a famous first -- you can
add it to this large online project easily. Learn more here. Easy to use.
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Women in
uniform US site looking at the role women
have played in the US armed forces from the war of Independence to Iraq.
casahistoria
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for updates and current topic news
2. Researching Women's
History
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 Genesis
is a mapping initiative, funded by the UK Research
Support Libraries Programme to identify and develop access to women's
history sources in the British Isles. The database holds descriptions of
women's history collections from libraries, archives and museums from around
the British Isles. Use it to search the Genesis database by using a search
box on the opening page.
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A-Z
facility
of the Genesis site. This is an excellent
listing of sites relating to women's history held in the Genesis database.
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H-Women Discussion
Group
Scholarly discussion to
communicate current research and teaching interests, to test new ideas and
to share comments on current historiography.
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WWW Virtual Library of Women's History
This virtual library contains a very comprehensive
list of women's history in institutions and organizations
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Uncovering Women's History in Archival Collections
Maintained by the Archives for Research on Women
and Gender at the University of Texas at San Antonio, this list is the most
comprehensive source of information about Internet sites related to women's
archival collections. Over 70 collections are identified and listed
geographically. A massive, serious, list arranged geographically, this is
the place for one-stop shopping
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Library Collections
Library collections of original sources (letters, diaries, papers, etc.) on
the topic of women's history. From about.com
Documents
Documents of Women's History A growing library of documents
for studying women's history. Speeches, articles, biographies, stories and
more
Etexts and Women's History: about.com Where to find etexts on women's history on
the Net.
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 very extensive range of documents. Each category of
documents begins with a useful thematic essay. About a third of the document
projects on Women and Social Movements are freely available on the web. This
is well worth searching through.
Other Women's Voices Interesting site that
takes you to passages from over 125 women writers. The entries are on women
who produced a substantial amount of work before 1700, some or all of which
has been translated into modern English. Each entry tells you about the
print sources from which the translated passages are taken; it also tells
you of useful secondary sources and Internet sites
The Girl's
Own Paper, 1880-1941 This site contains an
index of all the fiction stories and non-fiction articles from the Girl's
Own Paper covering the period 1880 to 1941 (Volumes 1 to 62). The index was
compiled by Honor Ward, and a version of the fiction index has appeared in
the Girl's Own Guide
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3. Ancient & medieval
Medieval Women
Selection of documentary extracts set out in a clear question &
answer format.
Dominion and Domination of the Gentle Sex
Lives of Medieval women with historical information and
biographies. Site includes many links on Medieval times and women.
Edith (Eadgyth) of England
Daughter of King
Edward the Elder of England, she was married off to the Emperor Otto I as
his first wife.
Margaret Douglas Countess of Lennox
A biographical
profile of Margaret Douglas, grandmother of James VI of Scotland who became
James I of England, and granddaughter of Tudor King Henry VII.
Huneberc Eighth century C.E. English woman writer, with
translations, background and bibliography.
Julian of Norwich Website
Despite the name, this website includes essays on
many medieval religious women, in addition to rich resources on Julian
herself. rather strange in its polemic layout. Available also in
Latin,
Italian,
Portuguese;
Spanish;
French
Early English Costume: Women/Girls Source: Calthrop, Dion Clayton.
English Costume: I. Early English. London, 1906 Includes colour plates
and line drawings as well as detailed articles about historical English
fashion. the origin of ladybird pictures?????
Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index
An academic site which covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in
books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages.
The Ducking Stool BBC audio report (about
10mins). The middle ages were not kind when it came to
punishments. The ducking stool was reserved for women who could be publicly
humiliated for simply speaking their minds - or, as it was put at the time,
being a nag or a scold. One of the few ducking stools still remaining is in
the 13th century Priory Church in Leominster. Jane Gething-Lewis is taken on
a guided tour by the historian, Eric Turton.
casahistoria
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for updates and current topic news
4. Pre Industrial Society
16th & 17th century
Astell, Mary: Some Reflections Upon Marriage Full text of a
1700 essay on marriage, including reflections on inequality and the
submission of wives to husbands.
The Journeys of Celia Fiennes Three hundred years ago, a
remarkable woman travelled alone through every county in England. Today, her
journal provides us with a glimpse of 17th-century England. By Jean
Ducey for British Heritage Magazine
Women's Fashions of the 17th Century Drawings by Wenceslaus Hollar,
published in the middle of the 17th century, are invaluable resources for
what women were wearing at that time. This about.com resource includes many
of Hollar's illustrations in thumbnail images, clickable for much larger
versions.
Aphra Behn (1640 - 1689), the first known English woman to earn her
living by the pen
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more on women in 17th century England go to the casahistoria
Civil War
site
Men's views on women
Witches and witchcraft
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Witchcraft Documents (15th Century) From Medieval Sourcebook. If you
need a quick read of excerpts from the basic documents, here's where to
start.
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The
Witch-Cult in Western Europe Margaret Alice Murray's 1921
interpretation of the witch trials of Europe. She quotes extensively from
European witch trials, and takes the evidence quite literally. See God of
the Witches in this set of links for another of Murray's books.
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European Witch-Hunts, c. 1450-1750 An analysis of the evidence from
gendercide.watch about the witch craze of Europe, 15th through 18th century,
with special attention to the question: was this "gendercide"? Were women
especially targeted by male patriarchy? Well argued and linked to other
sources and essays. Much is made of :
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Recent Developments in the Study of The Great
European Witch Hunt
Jenny Gibbons' analysis which ties the European witch-hunts to other
"panics" in early modern Europe.
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Who burned the witches?
For years, feminist scholars have argued that witch
hunts were inspired by a reactionary, misogynistic church. But new
scholarship, like Lyndal Roper's "Witch Craze," reveals that the real
villains were the neighbours. By Laura Miller in Salon.
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New Light on Witchcraft
Joseph McCabe's sceptical approach to the history of witchcraft and the
evolving definition of "witch," part of a larger critique of Christianity.
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Medieval
WitchCraft in Scotland
An illustrated history of incidents of witchcraft
accusations in Scotland, mostly 16th and 17th century.
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Witchcraft
in Salem Village
Original documents, maps and transcriptions from the
Salem Trials of 1692, presented in a clear, well set out site by the Peabody
Institute Library and the Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia.
casahistoria
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Social position
The Cult of True Womanhood, 1820-1860
Very academic essay by Barbara Welter §
The
British Women in the Empire: Obsession with Suttee Chapter 5 of the Victorian Suicide: Mad Crimes and Sad
Histories, by Barbara T. Gates, University of Delaware, 1988.
Queen Victoria's
writings on being a woman, pregnancy, and men Not quite what you may have thought about Victoria!
Tight lacing by Heather Palmer who looks at an 1867 article attacking the
tight corset. The article looks at the implications & significance of this
fashion style.
Victorian Theories of Sex and Sexuality Brief description of views by Elizabeth Lee from
The Victorian Web of
National University of Singapore
Sex,
Scandal, and the Novel Extract of his book by William A. Cohen, Assistant Professor of
English, University of Maryland
Masculinity in Charlotte Brontë, E. B. Browning, and Thomas Carlyle Article by Bryce R. Covert, Brown University, Spring 2004
The
Ladies English Victorian magazine, promoting rights for women and
giving "scientific" fashion advice. Interesting look at contemporary views
Subjects of Punch Cartoons and Caricatures: Images of Women Small, interesting selection from from
The Victorian Web
Work
Modern
History Source Book This article is posted as an example of a very good student term paper
The Plight of Women's Work Early Industrial Revolution in England and Wales Part of the Classroom
lesson series from womeninworldhistory. Concise but with good witness support - includes
testimony to Parliamentary commissions, illustrations, workforce chart.
Women's Work By Professor Pat Hudson who argues that sometimes the earning power of women
contributed to their independence and to their profile in the public arena,
but most often it merely added to their already heavy domestic burdens.
Women Miners in the English Coal Pits
An 1842
Parliamentary Paper describing women's work in the coal mines of Yorkshire.
Includes testimony of two women miners. From
Modern History
SourceBook
Match
Girls BBC audio report (about 10mins) "Pale,
thin, undersized" and "ragged", the match girls were unlikely heroines of
labour militancy. In 1888, a group of women workers went on strike and sparked the birth of
the modern trade union movement.
The
Greenwich Time Lady BBC audio report (about
10mins). In 1892 Ruth Belville took over the role of the Greenwich Time Lady from her
mother. Each week she would visit the Royal Observatory with her Arnold
chronometer to have it checked and would then go to businesses around London
so they could set their clocks. Kristen Lippincott and David Rooney from the
Royal Observatory talk about The Greenwich Time Lady – her life and how,
despite opposition, she managed to continue her service into the 1930s.
Emancipation
Movements
Go
to casahistoria
Women's Suffrage page for extensive links to suffrage
campaigns in
Great Britain
casahistoria
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for updates and current topic news
European
Immigration into the USA See also this casahistoria page
for links to the life of immigrant woman at this time
Work
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 Women
and Work in Early America From the late colonial period through the American Revolution,
women's work usually centred on the home, but romanticizing this role as the
Domestic Sphere came in the early 19th century. An article by
Jone Johnson Lewis,
Women's History Guide
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Women in America: Occupations
Travellers to America in 1820-1842 describe women's occupations, providing
insight into the status and roles of women.
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Women and Finance in the Early National U.S.
An extensive survey by Robert E. Wright, U. of Virginia, on women as
business owners, loan recipients, investors or otherwise involved in
financial issues and the workforce in the United States in the late 18th and
early 19th centuries.
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Woman's right to labor, or, Low wages and hard work
Caroline Wells Healey Dall's 1859 lectures on women and work. Graphic
original facsimile format for the pages. Requires patience to load!
- Hearth
A novel site with much of domestic interest . This is a core electronic
collection of books and journals in Home Economics and related disciplines.
Titles published between 1850 and 1950 were selected and ranked by teams of
scholars for their great historical importance. The first phase of this
project focused on books published between 1850 and 1925 and a small number
of journals.
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