Kirkwood Library: Women's Studies with Renee Schlueter: Women's History

Women's Suffrage

Susan B. Anthony: Vote, Vote Vote - She spent her life fighting for your right to vote... don't mess this up!

The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is 100 years old in 2020.

Online History Resources

Woman's Suffrage History Timeline
Provided by the National Women's History Project, this timeline highlights important events in the history of the movement for women's rights in the United States.
American Memory Women's History Collection
Photographs, newspapers, manuscripts, and other primary sources related to women's history from the Library of Congress.
Brief Timeline of the National Women's Party 1912-1997
Experiencing War (Women at War)
Interviews and pictures from women veterans of four different wars. Brought to you by the Veteran's History Project of the Library of Congress.
Women's History Resources
Great collection of primary and secondary sources related to women's movement and issues.
Women's Liberation Movement
An online archival collection through Duke University. Focus is specifically on the radical origins of this movement during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
American Women Through Time
Timeline from Prehistory through 2001, as well as links to notable women and other topics.
Suffragists Oral History Project
Seven major figures in twentieth-century suffragist history are represented here with full-length oral histories.
Women's History Month
Women's History Month is an annual declared month worldwide that highlights the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society.
National Women's History Museum
The Museum researches, collects and exhibits the contributions of women to the social, cultural, economic and political life of our nation in a context of world history.
American Women Veterans
A site dedicated to the women in our Armed Services.
Women's History Sourcebook
By Paul Halsall at Fordham University, this site provides links on women's history from ancient through modern times.

Featured Suffragist: Lucy Stone

"We, the people of the United States." Which "We, the people"? The women were not included. -Lucy Stone

Biographies

Lucy Stone (1818-1893)
Lucy Stone: Speaking Out for Equality
Library eBook - written by Andrea Moore Kerr

Women's History in the News

Search for history: library databases

ArchiveGrid This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? For scholars who need to locate primary sources in libraries and archives across the world.
- What's included? Detailed descriptions of historical documents, personal papers and family histories held in archives throughout the world, as well as contact information.
Current Biography Illustrated This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? For biographies on the lives of well-known people.
- What's included? Articles that profile celebrities, politicians, and historical figures back to World War II.
This database reflects the entire contents of the printed monthly Current Biography.
European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750 This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? To search an index of writings. This is not a full-text database.
- What's included? Covers the history of European exploration, portrayals of Native American peoples, natural disasters, disease outbreaks and slavery.
Kanopy Streaming Videos This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? For an extensive collection of streaming videos and films.
- What's included? Contains a wide range of films and television series, as well as documentary videos produced by PBS, BBC, Documentary Educational Resources and more.
Our collection also includes Media Education Foundation's Media Studies & Communication Collection.
Salem Press Online This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? To access a unique collection of useful encyclopedias, especially for history and sociology topics.
- What's included? Includes reference sets from Salem Press and Grey House Publishing. Includes important historical primary documents, 1950s and 1960s in America, essays on current topics, financial literacy, Value of a Dollar, Working Americans series, and more.