Women's History Pathfinder

 

Books you can take with you are in this number range:

• B
• 305
• 920

      

When searching our catalog or the internet, use these keywords:

• Last Name of the woman, i.e. Parks, as a subject search
• Women
• Women's history
• If you know the woman's field, i.e. astronaut, use it
  
  

Helpful reference books:

• Ref 920 One/ 1000 Makers of the Millennium
       Short bios of the people who have shaped the last 1000 years.
• Ref 920.073 Ame/ The American Scene: Lives
      Provides a broad survey of American history, personalities, arts, culture, lives, places, and ideas.
  
      

WMS Library Computer Resources:

Click on the title below to go to the site. Passwords available in the library or on Alexandria Bulletin Board.

• Grolier On-line Encyclopedias   Contains shorts biographies with excellent web links to your person. An excellent starting poing. Search using your person's full name, i.e. Marie Curie.
• Junior Reference Colection    Contains excellent biographies as well as pictures. Click on "Person Search." Use your person's last name as your search term.
• SIRS Discoverer Contains biographies as well as other information. Search using your person's full name, i.e. Ida B. Wells..

 

Websites:

 

All National Women's History Month Honorees
http://www.nwhp.org/whm/all-honorees.html
Biographies

Gale-Free Resources-Women's History
http://www.gale.com/free_resources/whm/
Includes an article on women's history, extensive biographies and an interactive quiz.

Hear the words of women  who changed America
http://www.nwhp.org/tlp/speeches/speeches.html
Listen to the actual voices of some famous women.

Living the Legacy: Women's Rights Movement 1848-1998
http://www.legacy98.org/
History and Timelines of  Women's Rights Movement

National Women's Hall of  Fame: Women of the Hall
http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php
Brief biography, photo and factoid.

NWHP Center Biography Main Page
http://www.nwhp.org/tlp/biographies/biographies.html
Biographies of 2006 honorees

Women's History Biographies
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/School_Bell/Social_Studies/History/By_Subject/Women_s_History/Biographies/
List famous women by categories; however, many of the listings are links to further sites.

Women's History Month Features
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenshistory1.html
Very extensive listing of resources including history,, biography,  achievements, statistics, puzzles, social issues and more.

Women's History Resource Sites
http://www.nwhp.org/tlp/links/links.html
Sites are categorized and annotated