Department of Defense
Do Dea: Ap Us History: Unit 6: Becoming a Modern Nation
This extensive learning module examines the role of large-scale industrialization, urbanization, and mass migrations in creating new demands on government and social organizations to design reforms, and looks at the global and domestic...
Other
Women in History: Zora Neale Hurston
Superb site that outlines essential information about Zora Neale Hurston. Links are provided for additional information.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Women and Minorities
Although the colonial period produced several women writers of note, the revolutionary era did not further the work of women and minorities, despite the many schools, magazines, newspapers, and literary clubs that were springing up....
A&E Television
History.com: How the Us Civil War Inspired Women to Enter Nursing
Before the American Civil War, the majority of hospital nurses or "stewards" were men. But the war created a medical crisis that demanded more volunteers, and a lot of the people who took up the call were women. Amid this desperate need...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1754 1800: Women in the American Revolution
Women supported the American Revolution by making homespun cloth, working to produce goods and services to help the army, and even serving as spies.
A&E Television
History.com: How Black Women Fought for Civil War Pensions and Benefits
In a time when military pensions were a large part of the federal budget, Black women faced unique challenges in securing compensation. Widows of Civil War soldiers could begin applying to the Bureau of Pensions during the war, and one...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Women in the 1950s
Learn about the myths and realities of women's lives during the 1950s.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1800 1840: Women's Labor
From the Lowell factory workers to the feminized role of the American schoolteacher, women began to make professional strides during the first half of the 19th century.
A&E Television
History.com: Colonists at the First Thanksgiving Were Mostly Men Because Women Had Perished
According to this account (elements of which continue to be debated by historians, especially regarding the presence and role of Native Americans), the historic event didn't happen on the fourth Thursday in November, as it does today,...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Women's Movement
An overview of the Women's Movement and the changes that took place during the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Algerian Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Algerian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Pocahontas
Encyclopedia Britannica provides a brief biography of Pocahontas, the legendary Native American heroine who saved the life of Captain John Smith.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Zora Neale Hurston
Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a biography of Zora Neale Hurston, a famous novelist and first African American graduate of Barnard College.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Classroom: Women's Rights
This website contains an interactive timeline about the history of women's rights in the United States.
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Women During the Civil War
Article that takes a look at the role of women in the South during the American Civil War especially in Georgia.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Toni Morrison
Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a biography of Toni Morrison, noted novelist. The entry focuses on the black American experience.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Rosa Parks
Provides information on Rosa Parks, a "black American civil rights activist" who refused to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Afghan Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Afghan Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Argentinean Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Argentinean Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Basque Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Basque Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Bolivian Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Bolivian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Bosnian Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Bosnian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Cypriot Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Cypriot Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Egyptian Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Egyptian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)