Living the Legacy: Advocates for Women -- Past, Present, Future
A Bibliography for Middle School
and High School Students

Web Sites:

4000 Years of women in Science
http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/
Stories of the women who have contributed to the technical advancement of humanity, including inventors, scholars, writers, mathematicians, and astronomers.

American Women's History: A Research Guide
http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html
American Women's History is designed to assist serious researchers in locating resources in print and on the web.

Beauty Be Woman
http://www.fayettenam.com/history/
This site is based on the book "The History of Women in America" by Carol Hymowitz & Michaele Weissman, and college level course work.

Distinguished Women of Past and Present
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/
An expanding list of biographies introducing notable women in many fields of activity, cross-indexed for easy retrieval.

Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/wlm/
An on-line archival collection of primary documents from the Women's Liberation Movement that occurred in the United States during the late 1960's and early 1970's. (Some copyright restrictions may apply.)

Feminist Activists Resources on the Net
http://www.igc.apc.org/home/womensnet/index.html
Listing of internet links for activist feminists.

The Feminist Majority Foundation Online
http://www.feminist.org/
The Feminist Majority Foundation views feminism as a global movement dedicated to equality and seeks to eliminate discrimination of all kinds -- sex, race, sexual orientation, age,religion, national origin, disability, and marital status.

Feminista!: The Online Journal of Feminist Construction
http://www.feminista.com/
Feminista! is a journal of art, literature, social commentary,
philosophy, wit, humor, and respect.

First Ladies
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/index.html
Portraits and biographies of Presidents' wives from Martha Dandrige Washington to Hillary Rodham Clinton.

History of the Suffrage Movement
http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/suffrage/home.htm
History of the struggle to pass the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution with biographies of the major suffragettes.

Living the Legacy: 150 Year Anniversary of the Women's Rights Movement 1848-1998
http://www.Legacy98.org
The National Women's History project has sponsored this site to celebrate women and their struggle for equality, and includes the history of the American women's movement, its major contributors, a detailed chronology and links to other sites.

Ms. Magazine
http://www.Msmagazine.com/
The website from the magazine that helped to
shape contemporary feminism as we know it.

National Women's History Project
http://www.nwhp.org
Committed to providing educational and promotional materials, informational services that recognize and celebrate women's diverse lives and historic contributions.

NOW: The National Organization for Women
http://www.now.org/
The National Organization for Women is the largest organization of feminist activists in the United States. Since its founding in 1966, NOW's goal has been "to take action" to bring about equality for all women.

One Hundred Years toward Suffrage
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vfwhtml/vfwtl.html
A timeline of the Suffragist movement from the Library of Congress.

Suffragists Oral History Project
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/BANC/ROHO/ohonline/suffragists.html
Collected interviews with twelve leaders and participants in the woman's suffrage movement.

"Votes for Women" Suffrage Pictures from the Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vfwhtml/vfwhome.html
This selection of 38 pictures includes portraits of many individuals who have been frequently requested from The Library of Congress's extensive resources related to the campaign for woman suffrage in the United States.

Women.com
http://www.women.com/
This site has a little of everything for women including information on health, home, politics, career, family, food, and more.

Women's Rights National Historic Park
http://www.nps.gov/wori
Includes photos, graphic images and primary documents relating to the first Women's Rights Convention (1848) with historic sites related to the movement and biographies of its leaders.

About the Women's Rights Movement:

AMERICAN WOMEN: THEIR LIVES IN THEIR WORDS
by Doreen Rappaport [j301.412 / Ra]
Excerpts from women's diaries, letters, speeches, and autobiographical writings that provide first hand accounts of the lives and struggles of American women.

BREAKING BARRIERS; THE FEMINIST REVOLUTION FROM SUSAN B. ANTHONY TO MARGARET SANGER TO BETTY FRIEDAN
by Jules Archer [j301.412 / Ar]
An exploration of the biographies of three remarkable women placed in the context of the women's movement of their day.

LET WOMEN VOTE!
by Marlene Targ Brill [j324.3 / Br]
Discusses the fight for the passage of the 19th Constitutional Amendment which succeeded in 1920.

VOICES OF FEMINISM: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
by JoAnn Bren Guernsey [j301.412 / Gu]
Traces the development of the feminist movement from the 18th century to the 1990's.

WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE
by Miriam Sagan [j324.73 / Sa]
Chronicles the history of the fight for women's voting rights from abolitionism to the feminist movement of the late 20th century.

Collective Biographies:

EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN SCIENTISTS
by Darlene R. Stille [j920 / Stille]
An overview of women scientists' activities with short biographies of those who worked in a wide variety of scientific fields.

LIVING DANGEROUSLY
by Doreen Rappaport [j920 / Ra]
Six stories of American women who risked their lives for adventure, including the first woman to go over Niagara Falls, the first black woman aviator and the first woman to climb Peru's Huascaran Mountain.

THE NEW POWER OF WOMEN IN POLITICS
by Kathlyn Gay [j320.97 / Gay]
A review of the history of women in the United States politics from the suffrage movement to today.

WOMEN OF PEACE: NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS
by Anne Schraff [j920 / Schraff]
The lives and struggles of eight women who were recognized for their contribution by being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

WOMEN WHO WRITE
by Lucinda Irwin Smith [j920 / Smith]
From Jane Austin to Lorraine Hansberry, from Dawn Garcia to Anne Tyler, this book explores many women writers, their lives and their expressions as authors.

Individual Biographies:

BETTY FRIEDAN: FIGHTER FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS
by Sondra Henry & Emily Taitz [jB / Friedan, B / Henry]
A biography of the feminist spokesperson, author of the "Feminist Mystique," and founder of the National Organization for Women.

ELIZABETH CADY STANTON AND WOMEN'S LIBERTY
by Kathryn Cullen-DuPont [jB / Stanton, E / Cullen-DuPont]
A biography of one of the first leaders of the Women's Rights Movement whose work led to the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment, granting women the right to vote.

GLORIA STEINEM: FEMINIST
by Carolyn Daffron [jB / Steinem, G / Daffron]
The early life and career of this feminist is explored with a look at her efforts in the women's movement of the 1970's and the beginning of "Ms." magazine.

JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE: CHAMPION ATHLETE
by Geri Harrinton [jB / Joyner-Kersee / Harrinton]
The biography of a great heptathalon athlete who overcame debilitating asthma to compete and win on the Olympic level.

JANET RENO: UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL
by Virginia Meachum [jB / Reno, J / Meachum]
Traces her early life in Florida and her appointment as the first female United States Attorney General.

JUMP AT DE SUN: THE STORY OF ZORA NEALE HURSTON
by A.B. Porter [jB / Hurston, Z / Porter, A. B.]
Describes the life of an anthropologist and author who revolutionized American thought by celebrating African American life and art.

LUCRETIA MOTT: A GUIDING LIGHT
by Jennifer Bryant [jB Mott, L / Bryant]
A look at the life of Lucretia Mott who was an active leader of the abolitionist and feminist movements from her humble roots in New England to her days of social service in Philadelphia.

MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE: PHOTOGRAPHING THE WORLD
by Eleanor H. Ayer [jB / Bourke-White, M / Ayer]
Examines the life of a female photojournalist who broke barriers and traveled the world covering wars and important events as a foreign correspondent.

MARTHA GRAHAM
by Kathlyn Solomon Probszy [jB / Graham, M / Probszy]
The life of a woman who successfully created a new and unique dance form, ran her own dance company, and did original and innovative choreography.

SANDRA DAY O'CONNER: SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
by Pete Huber [jB / O'Conner, S. Day / Huber]
Examines the life and struggles of the first woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court.

SUSAN B. ANTHONY: VOICE FOR WOMEN'S VOTING RIGHTS
by Martha E. Kendall [jB / Anthony,S / Kendall]
Describes the life of an early fighter for women's right to vote in the United States.

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