Women in History

 

 

Learn about these interesting women. Try the quiz. Notice the representations of fertility and beauty at the bottom of the page.

 

Click here to visit a page dedicated to women's issues.

Women of Note

Eleanor of Aquitaine

The Troubador's Daughter

An Annotated Bibliography

 

Nefertiti

Where is Nefertiti?

Who was Nefertiti?

 

Cleopatra

Biography

A multimedia guide to the ancient world.

 

Catherine de Medici

Biography

Catherine de Medici, Queen of France

 

Joan of Arc

Distinguished women of the past and present

Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc) Trial Transcripts - English translation of portions of the transcripts from both trials, courtesy of the Saint Joan of Arc Center.

 

Mary, Queen of Scots

Biography, portraits

Mary, from the official UK monarchy website

 

Amina, Nigerian Queen. 1560-1610

Distinguished women of the past and present

Queen Amina of Zaria

 

Sandra Day O'Connor

 

Sandra Day O'Connor | The Oyez Project

National Women's Hall of Fame

 

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

With a great photograph of the Executive Committee of the National Woman Suffrage Association, as well as some of Stanton's speeches

 

Elizabeth I

Semper Eadem

Elizabeth R

 

Jane Addams

Hull House Museum

From Nobleprize.org

 

The Trung Sisters

Distinguished women of the past and present

Trung Trac & Trung Nhi

 

Nur Jahan

Nur Jahan: Biography from Answers.com

Biography

 

Empress Adelaide

ABOUT: Adelaide

Adelaide

 

Mbande Nzinga

Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba

Ann Nzinga Mbande

 

Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia

Modern History Sourcebook

Alexander Palace. The Time Machine

 

Queen Victoria

Victorian Station

Queen Victoria's Empire

 

Tzu-Hsi

Empress Dowager Tzu Hsi

Cixi_full

 

Liliuokalani

Queen Lydia Liliuokalani

Royal Family of Hawaii

Can you identify the following women?

Click on the picture to find the name.

Golda Meir

Women's International Center

The Golda Meir Center for Political Leadership

 

Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi assassinated

Gandhi: Prime Minister of India

 

Zenobia

From Women's History

Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra

 

Sacagawea

From PBS

Corps of Discovery - The Others - Sacagawea

 

Harriet Tubman

From PBS

The Harriet Tubman Home

 

Marian Anderson

Marian Anderson: A Life in Song

A voice of Hope

 

Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth Institute

This Far by Faith. Sojourner Truth | PBS

 

Rosa Parks

Academy of Achievement

Rosa Parks Museum

 

Jane Goodall

The Jane Goodall Institute

Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees

 

Anne Frank

Anne Frank Museum

The Anne Frank House

 

Margaret Mead

Mead's Life

American Museum of Natural History

 

Mother Teresa

Nobelprize.org

MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA - Official Site of the Cause of Canonization

 

Marie Curie

Marie Curie and the science of radioactivity

National Atomic Museum

 

Martha Jane Cannary

Calamity Jane

Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane by Herself

 

Sappho

The Greek Poet Sappho

The Poetry of Sappho

 

Aspasia

First Lady of Athens

Aspasia of Miletos

 

Benazir Bhutto

Benazir Bhutto Biography -- Academy of Achievement

Benazirbhutto.org - The Official Website of PPP Chairperson

 

Mary Harris Jones

The Miners' Angel

MotherJones.com

 

Mary Wollstonecraft

A Vindication of the Rights of Women

The History Guide

VENUS

Venus of Willendorf c. 24,000-22,000 BCE. Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna Discovered in Austria, 1908	Cypriot Venus, Cyprus , c.3000 - 2500 BCE. Getty Museum, CA	Capitoline Venus, Capitoline Museum, Rome. c. 2nd Century, CE

American Women's History: A Research Guide
    A scholarly site for research.

Distinguished Women of Past and Present
    Search by field of activity, or name.  Many links to related sites

Feminist Theory Website
    Tap in on women leaders and women's problems in different parts of the world

The National Women's Hall of Fame

Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1830-1930
                        A rich collection of primary documents.  Some 25 projects are presently included, each asking a question and responding with an historical introduction and a document collection.  

Women's History Internet Resources
    Women in world history, biography index, women in war, plus many other links

Women's History Month
From the History Channel

Women's History Month Biographies

Reference Books For Women's History

REF 305.4 H	Handbook of American Women's History
REF 920.72 N	Notable American women, 1607-1950; a biographical dictionary.
REF 920.72 N	Notable American women: the modern period
REF 305.4 G	The timetables of women's history: a chronology of the most important people and events in women's history.
REF 920.72 W	Who's who of women in the twentieth century