Women's History

Ohio Women

Temperance Movement

Woman's Suffrage

Women in Science

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Women's History

This site has biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways. There are writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers, and others.  Some were alive hundreds of years ago and some are living today.

Established in 1978 in the Women's Division at the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services, The Ohio Women's Hall of Fame provides public recognition of the contributions Ohio women have made to the growth and progress of our state, our nation and our world.

Temperance Movement

• Anti-Saloon League 1893 - 1933 - This site was developed by the Westerville Public Library which houses the Anti-Saloon League Museum.
• Ohio Crusade Quilt, Woman's Christian Temperance Union, made in 1876 to raise money for social reform.  The WCTU fought alcohol abuse even though women were denied the right to vote.  They would kneel in front of saloons and pray for those within.  The quilt contains signatures on the back and represents counties through out Ohio.

Woman's Suffrage

Not For Ourselves Alone

The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, a PBS Documentary by Ken Burns.  Excellent web site with kids activities and historical information about the suffrage movement.

This website is intended to introduce students, teachers, and scholars to a rich collection of primary documents related to women and social movements in the United States between 1830 and 1930. It is organized around editorial projects completed by undergraduate and graduate students at the State University of New York at Binghamton. Each project poses a question and provides 15-20 documents that address the question.

Woman's Suffrage and Abolition Movement, researched, written and compiled by: Leslie Blankenship, Kelton House Museum and Garden, Columbus, Ohio

This site introduces you to the issues and arguments as Americans in 1912 witnessed and experienced them. In 1912 the debate over woman's suffrage was a public one, contested in editorial pages, in political cartoons, in the streets, and in the homes of American families.

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Women's Rights National Historical Park Seneca Falls, New York
This park commemorates women's struggle for equal rights, and the first Women's Rights Convention, held at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, NY on July 19 & 20, 1848.

Motherhood, Social Service, and Political Reform: Political Culture and Imagery of American Woman Suffrage

1998 marks the 150th anniversary of the first American women's rights convention, held in 1848 at Seneca Falls, New York. At that convention, the delegates adopted a platform that called for a broad range of social, economic, legal, and political reforms that would dramatically raise the status of women in American life. To the surprise of most of us today, the demand for women's right to vote (called woman suffrage) was the most controversial reform proposed at the convention. From the time it was first formally proposed in 1848, gaining the right to vote took the women's movement 72 years of struggle to achieve. This exhibit examines the development of a distinct female political culture and imagery that evolved to promote voting rights for women.

Women of NASA

The Women of NASA resource was developed to encourage more young women to pursue careers in math, science, and technology. Throughout history, women have made valuable contributions to these fields. Although these disciplines are still dominated by men, and these women are seen as exceptions, there is a growing appreciation of cultural and gender diversity in the workplace. The Women of NASA interactive project showcases outstanding women who are enjoying successful careers and how these women balance personal and professional responsibilities. The main components of the project are the profiles and the weekly web chats. Participants have the opportunity to dialogue with the featured mentor during the chats and will also find the profiles and archived chats a rich source of  information on the NASA women and their work.

4,000 years of women in science! Did you know that? Women are, and always have been, scientists. This site lists over 125 names from our scientific and technical past. They are all women! This site grew out of the public talks given by Dr. Sethanne Howard, currently with the National Science Foundation.

The Ada Project Tapping Internet Resources for Women in Computer Science

Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment

Primary Sources, Activities, and Links to Related Web Sites for Educators and Students; includes the Failure Is Impossible script

Suffragists Oral History Project collected interviews with twelve leaders and participants in the woman's suffrage movement. Tape-recorded and transcribed oral histories are made accessible for future scholarly research and public information via the Internet. 

The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) brings recognition to the achievements of women artists of all periods and nationalities by exhibiting, preserving, acquiring, and researching art by women and by educating the public concerning their accomplishments.  See Teacher Resources Section.

Using primary source materials from Fall River and the Lizzie Borden axe murder trial, this project teaches students at all levels to re-construct the historical past using their own ideas and explorations to explore the evidence at hand. The virtual archive and tools developed for this project include materials not generally available anywhere else for study.

Perspectives of travelers to America on the women living there.  Diaries and observations, for older students interested in differing accounts of women's lives in America during that time period.

On-line Archival Collections from Duke University.  Features primary source documents of civil war era women.

An electronic version of an exhibit that originally appeared in the Alderman Library at the University of Virginia in 1997. The online exhibit features scanned images of manuscripts, letters, journals, and other documents showing the many aspects of life for Southern women during the US Civil War.

An Oral History of Rhode Island Women during World War II, written by students in the Honors English Program at South Kingstown High School

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