Alcove 9: An Annotated List of Reference Websites

Women's Studies: History and Politics

American Women's History: A Research Guide
Provides briefly annotated citations to print sources and links to Internet sources, including large primary source collections.

WWW Virtual Library--Women's History
Dutch site with many international links.

Women in American History
Prepared by the editors of Britannica Online in 1999, this site contains bibliographies, biographies, a small number of full-text works, timelines, and links to other Internet sites.

American Women: A Gateway to Library of Congress Resources for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States
Provides search tips and detailed collection summaries of the Library of Congress's multiformat holdings on women's history with links to catalog record descriptions and digitized material. Gives information on visiting the Library of Congress to do research and using the Library's website.

Center for American Women and Politics
The "Facts and Findings" area of this site contains current and historical information on women in elective office at the national and state levels. There is a also a fact sheet (in PDF) on "Women of Color in Elective Office."