"This useful Internet resource...is divided into four main components: Beginnings, 19th Century, 20th Century, and Other Timelines. The Beginnings section comprises three chapters: Prehistory to 1599, 1600s, and 1700s...The second section, which is devoted to the 19th century, offers five chapters that each cover 20 years. The third section spans the 20th century to the present, with a chapter on each decade from the 1900s through the 1960s. The last chapter in this section covers the 1970s to the present.

"[T]his is not merely a presentation of digital materials, but a gateway to doing research on the history of women in the US... [T]he Web site...offers information on doing on-site research at the Library of Congress. Users are guided through searching LC catalogs, finding digital materials in the American Memory collections and other LC online exhibits, and finding relevant Web broadcasts. Each of the LC collections is described in the context of women's history resources and how to search and use the specific collections. Links are provided to online finding aids and relevant external sites. Introductions and use guides are illustrated with LC holdings, but emphasis on types and categories of materials makes this an excellent research guide to libraries in general." (Choice Reviews online, 2006 suppl.)

CRS Reports (Congressional Research Service) was established to provide members, committees and congressional staff with nonpartisan and objective research and analysis on all public policy issues.  Research divisions include: American Law, Domestic Social Policy; Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade; Government and Finance; Knowledge Services; and Resources, Science and Industry.  Many CRS reports are updated at varying intervals, so it is always important to note the exact date of issuance rather than just the title and year of publication.

Full-text of approximately 35 scholarly journals published by Duke University Press.

Available on-line through CREDO Reference, this is the first comprehensive guide to women activists from every part of the world, illuminating the broad range of women's struggles to reform society from the 18th century to the present.

"...The Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF)...publishes Ms. Magazine and participates in action, education, and research on feminist issues... [T]his site is a unique informational resource with, for example, news compilations not available from other media outlets. Up-to-date RSS feeds conveniently disseminate national and international news, job/internship listings, and an events calendar. The site highlights FMF's work with campus activism. The Feminist Research section provides links such as Women's History, which takes users to archival collections and other history resources. The lists of women's journals, magazines, bookstores, and presses could assist collection development in the field. Many of the linked periodicals in this section offer free full-text material online..." (Choice Reviews online, Dec. 2007)

Gender Studies Database produced by NISC, combines NISC’s popular Women’s Studies International and Men’s Studies databases with the coverage of sexual diversity issues. GSD covers the full spectrum of gender-engaged scholarship inside and outside academia. Several thousand links to freely available and indexed full-text articles and documents on the Web are available. Source documents include professional journals, conference papers, books, book chapters, government reports, discussion and working papers, theses & dissertations and other sources. Several hundred links provide access to carefully selected and important websites. This database includes more than 696,750 records.(from publisher web site)

Hypatia is the only journal for scholarly research at the intersection of philosophy and women's studies and is a leader in reclaiming the work of women philosophers.

Journal of Women's History is the first journal devoted exclusively to the international field of women's history.

Available on-line through CREDO Reference, this superb biographical dictionary covers the lives of exceptional women throughout three and a half centuries of American history.

"[T]his Web site collects full texts and excerpts of works by over 125 women from Europe, Asia, and the Middle East writing from 2200 BCE to 1700...an overview surveys entries by genre. Outlines present the works in alphabetical or chronological order. The literature ranges from the personal and devotional poetry of Sappho and Bahina Bai to the memoirs of Jeanne d'Albret, the sacred narratives of Lucrezia de'Medici, eyewitness Byzantine history by Anna Comnena, and the fairy tales of the Baronne d'Aulnoy. Entries include biographies, links to transcriptions and portraits, and annotated bibliographies of primary and secondary sources. Some--including drama and hymns by Hildegard of Bingen, chivalric verse by Marie de France, and the love letters of Heloise to Abelard--appear in the original language and in translation." (Choice Reviews Online, Jan. 2006)

Although this is only the catalog of the collection (not full-text) it is an amazing resource of approximately 400 manuscripts created by women in the British Isles during the 16th and 17th centuries. The manuscripts consist of accounts, autobiographical material, cooking recipes, medicinal recipes, poetry, and religious writings.

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