LinksFor further research on the Women's Rights Movement and women's issues, here are some very useful Web sites:
Distinguished
Women Past and Present
www.DistinguishedWomen.com One of those rich resource sites
and labors of love created by many individuals out on the Internet, in
this case Danuta Bois (each of the hundreds of profiles includes a bibliography).
The
Huntington Library's "Votes for Women"
www.huntington.org/vfw/index.html Online exhibit - includes
the text of the 1848 Declaration
of Sentiments.
The
Women's Museum: An Institute for the Future
www.thewomensmuseum.org The Women's Museum will open in October
2000 in Dallas Texas. This site provides information about the development
of the museum, its mission, prospective exhibits, and the opportunity
to vote for the women you consider to be truly unforgettable in American
history. The women receiving the most votes will be in a permanent exhibit
in the new museum.
National
Museum of Women in the Arts
www.nmwa.org Most of this site
is about what you can find at the museum and its library and research
center in Washington, D.C. But there are selected bibliographies about
20 women artists, among them Mary Cassatt, Helen Frankenthaler, Frida
Kahlo, and Clara Peeters, in case some of this material is on the Web
or in a library closer to you.
National
Museum of Women's History
www.nmwh.org - The NMWH's CyberMuseum,
launched in September 1998. It includes a featured exhibit, a museum store,
and information about the museum in Washington. NMWH is "a non-profit,
non-partisan educational institution dedicated to preserving and celebrating
the historic contributions and the rich, diverse heritage of women, and
restoring this heritage to mainstream culture."
The
National Women's Hall of Fame
www.greatwomen.org This is
the Hall's own Web site, with a page for each of the inductees (rapidly
approaching 200). The site also includes the Hall's history, a Learning
Center (games and exercises), a Wall of Fame (where visitors can pay tribute
to extraordinary women in their own lives), a Calendar of Events, a Museum
Shop, and a page where visitors can make their own nominations for future
Hall inductees.
The
National Women's History Project
www.NWHP.org The source for updates about events, conferences,
publications, films, and other resources related to US women's history.
The NWHP was founded in 1980 to provide "education, promotional materials,
and informational services to recognize and celebrate women's diverse
lives and historic contributions to society." It is the organization behind
National Women's History Month (each March). On its home page, this site
includes a link to the NWHP's "Living Legacy: The Women's Rights Movement
1848 - 1998" - a site chock full of information and links for deep research
on and off the Web.
Susan
B. Anthony University Center at the University of Rochester
www.rochester.edu/SBA/index.html#info
The Center, named after Susan B. Anthony, who opened the university
to women, aims to support the university's commitment to the equality
of women and men and educate the university and its community about women's
achievements.
Women's
International Center
www.wic.org The site of the WIC, a non-profit organization
founded in 1982 as an education resource and service "to acknowledge,
honor, and encourage women." The site includes biographies of winners
of the WIC's annual "Living Legacy Award."
Women's
Internet Information Network
www.undelete.org A Web site about "Women of Achievement"
whose aim is "to present an encyclopedic coverage of women's lives, herstory,
and achievement to any person, any place in the world who wants the information
- and offer it free here on the Web." The site, created by retired journalist,
grandmother, and women's rights activist Irene Stuber, is a Web-based
peer-reviewed journal and database of women's accomplishments.
The
Women's Rights National Historical Park
www.nps.gov/wori The page in the National Park Service's
Web site dedicated to this location - exactly where it is in Seneca Falls,
entrance fee, etc.
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