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International Women's Day
Learn about International Women's Day, occurring annually on March 8. This day celebrates the contributions women make to the world. This resource includes news, upcoming events and reports on the lives of women from around the globe.
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Isabel Allende
The Chilean author Isabel Allende's official website--includes biographical information as well as summaries and reviews of her work. The site also contains a list of awards, a photo gallery, and other resources.
Other
Ms. Magazine: Homepage
Ms. Magazine is a monthly publication which focuses on international women's issues. Content includes articles from the magazine, book reviews, an action center, and more.
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League of Women Voters
This resource provides information about important issues, relating towards female voters.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: The Modern Era
For a brief overview of the period after World War II until the present, visit this Library of Congress resource. Learn about the Cold War and the first man to walk on the moon.
BBC
Bbc: Week of 5 12 14: The Women in Iran Taking Off the Hijab
Many women in the Middle East no longer want to wear the headscarf called a hijab. Read about the women in Iran who are defying a 35 year old law by going without a hijab.
Other
Ib Times: October 26th Driving Campaign: Some Saudi Women Get Behind the Wheel
In Saudi Arabia, women are legally prohibited from driving. Learn about a recent protest where women drove in protest.
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas: Restoring Women to World Studies [Pdf]
In much of the social studies-especially courses focused on world history, geography, and culture-there has been a long-standing awareness that the experience of women has been left out of the narrative. Recent changes in state,...
University of Maryland
Voices of Democracy: Sojourner Truth "Address at the Woman's Rights Convention "
In a speech given before the Women's Rights Convention in Akron Ohio in 1851, Sojourner Truth argued forcefully for the rights of women, drawing particular attention to the position of women of color in the social and legal hierarchy of...
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Feminism
An encyclopedia article on feminism that discusses its history in the ancient world, the influence of the Enlightenment, the suffrage movement, contemporary feminism in the West and the globalization of feminism.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Lucy Stone
This biographical sketch of Lucy Stone includes numerous links to related sites and articles about this early american feminist and abolitionist.
PBS
Pbs: Pushing Boundaries: Science Fiction and Feminism: Ursula K. Le Guin
In this series of videos from the American Masters film Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin, learn how Le Guin and her contemporaries pushed science fiction from a male-dominated genre into a more inclusive form. By redefining the parameters of...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Hedy Lamarr: Feminism in Hollywood
Learn how Hedy Lamarr struggled to transcend the "bombshell" label placed on her by Hollywood in this media gallery (three videos) from the American Masters film Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story. During a time when women in Hollywood...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Feminist Theory
From politics, class, and economics, to sexuality probe into the many theories of feminist theory with materials provided here.
Digital History
Digital History: Feminism Reborn
This comprehensive survey of the women's movement during the 1960s and 1970s documents women and politics, women's wages, legal discrimination against women, stereotypes of women, women's rights legislation, and women's rights...
Country Studies US
Country Studies: The Women's Movement
Taking its cue from the Civil Rights movement, the Women's Movement gained momentum throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Current Events and Social Issues
This course outline offers resources for studying controversial social issues of both the present and past.
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech: Feminist Literary Criticism and Theory
The Feminist Theory Website at Virginia Tech University provides a list of all types of feminist literary criticism and theory.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Emma Goldman
Tells the story of a young, brilliant, Russian immigrant who taunted mainstream America with her outspoken attacks on government, big business, and war.
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: 19th Century "Isms"
There are several politically driven "-isms" introduced and built on throughout the nineteenth century. Challenge studies with the help of this PowerPoint presentation to understand the details of each "-ism."
Philosophy Pages
Philosophy Pages: Engels, Friedrich (1820 1895)
Brief entry provides links and a list of recommended reading for understanding Engels (1820-1895 CE) and his work.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Tales of Passion
Author and activist Isabel Allende discusses women, creativity, the definition of feminism, and, of course, passion in this Talk. [18:30]
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Three Girls in a Flat by Enid Yandell Et Al
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Three Girls in a Flat by Enid Yandell et al (1892). This is an illustrated children's book about the trials and tribulations of three young women trying to make a...
PBS
Pbs: Half the People
An overview of the continuation of the women's movement - the spread of the ideas to mainstream America. Women were beginning to feel the freedom of equality. Read two interviews from women who rode the wave of change.