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Women in American History

ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA

300 Women who Changed the World
Read all about them in this Britannica Online feature.

WEB SITES

National First Ladies' Library
This Web site is devoted to the history and legacy of America's first ladies and contains 40,000 selected books, manuscripts, journals, newspaper articles and other materials for each first lady.

Women who Changed History
Meet five amazing women who really made a difference.

Women's History Month
The Library of Congress celebrates the imagination, creativity and vitality of American women throughout history.

National Women's History Museum
Use the CYBERMUSEUM menu at the top of the page for interesting exhibits.

Places Where Women Made History
This site from the National Park Service features historic places in Massachusetts and New York.

Fly Girls: Women Air Force Service Pilots of WW II
In the midst of World War II, women with flight experience were needed by the U.S. military. This is the companion to the PBS American Experience episode telling their story.

Women Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers and Broadcasters during World War II
Articles and photos from the Library of Congress.

American Women Through Time
Browse the timeline, search for someone specific and use the guide for further research for each section of the timeline.

Women of the Century
100 years of American heroes from Discovery Education.

History of Women in Sports Timeline
This international timeline begins in 776 B.C. and continues to the present.

National Women's History Project
The mission of this group is to recognize and celebrate the diverse and historic accomplishments of women. Use the RESOURCE CENTER menu at the top of the page.

The National Archives: Women
Links to documents relevant to American women's history.

SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES

American History Online
Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, highlighting the important people and events of the American experience.
To use American History Online at home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name and password. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.

Biography Resource Center
For information about a person, try the Biography Resource Center, one of the Gale Databases (InfoTrac) databases.
To use Biography Resource Center at home, enter a library card number from Fay School (see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder) or any public library in Massachusetts in the box below. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.

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