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Online activities and background information from the Library of Congress to help students learn more about women's history.
American Treasures: A Colored Woman in a White World: Mary Church Terrell (Exhibition) Terrell's 1940 autobiography – A Colored Woman in the White World – details her remarkable life.
American Treasures: The Diary of a Confederate Woman (Exhibition) This entry from Betty Maury's diary recounts the difficult experience of relocation that many Confederate women and families faced when the Civil War erupted.
American Treasures: The Woman's Bible (Exhibition) Elizabeth Cady Stanton's controversial views on religion culminated in 1895 with her publication of this book.
American Treasures: Women and the War Effort (Exhibition) During World War II, the U.S. government mounted an extensive propaganda campaign encouraging women to join the war effort.
American Treasures: Women's Trade Union Seal (Exhibition) The National Women's Trade Union League was formed in response to the lack of interest of male unionists in the organization of women workers.
American Treasures: Women's War Relief (Exhibition) This broadside pattern gives directions for making slippers for Union soldiers.
American Women: A Guide to Their History (Wise Guide) A brief introduction to the American Women Library of Congress online gateway to women's resources.
Harriet Tubman (Presentation) Learn about this famous African American activist.
Honor Your Mother (Wise Guide) This article highlights Mother's Day resources in the Library of Congress.
Jump Back in Time: August 5, 1858 (America's Library) Read about Julia Archibald Holmes – the first woman to reach the summit of Pike's Peak.
Jump Back in Time: February 7, 1867 (America's Library) Read about Laura Ingalls Wilder – author of the Little House series.
Jump Back in Time: January 25, 1890 (America's Library) Read about Nellie Bly - the reporter who circled the globe.
Jump Back in Time: July 6, 1957 (America's Library) Read about Althea Gibson – tennis champion.
Jump Back in Time: March 23, 1857 (America's Library) Read about Fannie Farmer – cookbook author.
Jump Back in Time: May 5, 1809 (America's Library) Read about Mary Kies – the first woman to receive a U.S. patent.
Jump Back in Time: November 17, 1878 (America's Library) Read about Grace Abbott – activist and social reformer.
Jump Back in Time: October 11, 1965 (America's Library) Read about Dorothea Lange – photographer.
Jump Back in Time: October 26, 1911 (America's Library) Read about Mahalia Jackson – gospel singer.
Jump Back in Time: September 1, 1773 (America's Library) Read about Phillis Wheatley – the first African American to be published.
Jump Back in Time: September 27, 1939 (America's Library) Read about Kathy Whitworth – professional golf's all-time leading tournament winner
Jump Back in Time: September 6, 1869 (America's Library) Read about Jane Addams – activist.
Meet Amazing Americans: Dorthea Lange (America's Library) Read the life story of this photographer who became famous documenting the lives of migrant workers during the Great Depression.
Meet Amazing Americans: Amelia Earhart (America's Library) Read the life story of this couragous woman who was the first female passenger, and later, the first femaile pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
Meet Amazing Americans: Elizabeth Cady Stanton (America's Library) Read the life story of this early leader of the American woman's rights movement.
Meet Amazing Americans: Harriet Tubman (America's Library) Read the life story of the runaway slave who became known as the "Moses of her people."
Meet Amazing Americans: Pocahontas (America's Library) Read about Pocahontas, the daughter of Powhatan, an important chief of the Algonquian Indians who lived in the Virginia region.
Rediscovering an American Playwright (Wise Guide) Read about Zora Neale Hurston and the rediscovery of 10 of her previously unpublished plays.
Rosie the Riveter (Online Activity) Solve this set of puzzles and discover the theme the pictures have in common.
She Sat Down For What She Believed (Wise Guide) On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus and sparked a 381-day bus boycott that led to a 1956 Supreme Court decision banning segregation on public transportation.
Who Was Lady Lindy? (Wise Guide) Introduction to Amelia Earhart and other women's resources in the Library of Congress.
Who's That Lady? (Online Activity) Use the American Memory collections and other resources to meet the challenge of the Turn-of-the-Century First Ladies' Bowl.
Women's Words of Wisdom (Online Activity) See what wise American women from many walks of life have said over the years.
Last Updated: 11/24/2009