- Sandra Day O'Connor
- First woman Supreme Court Justice. Appointed in 1981. In 2009, her accomplishments were acknowledged by President Obama with a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
- Related
- History of Women and Women's Studies subject research guides.
Women's History Month
During the month of March, the library recognizes the contributions and impact women have made throughout history--in the political arena, in the arts and sciences, in sports and in social reform. Extraordinary women have fought hard for women's equal rights and have added value and dimension to our lives. Martha Carey Thomas, suffragist and president of Bryn Mawr College sums it up nicely when she says, "Women are one-half of the world, but until a century ago it was a man's world. Now women have a right to higher education and economic independence."
Suggested catalog searches
- african american women
- asian american women
- biographies of women
- feminism
- films
- sex roles
- Hispanic women
- lesbians
- motherhood
- native american women
- suffrage
- trafficking
- women - 18th century
- women - 19th century
- women - 20th century
- women in africa
- women in asia
- women in latin america
- women in the middle east
- women's rights
Related databases
- Alt-Press Watch
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ProQuest. A full text collection of newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press.
- Ethnic NewsWatch
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ProQuest. Full text newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic minority and native press. Provides a rich collection of articles, editorials, and reviews with a broad diversity of perspectives and viewpoints. Also a good source of ethnic recipes. Coverage is from 1980 to the present.
Recommended reading
- Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
- Pulitzer Prize winning authors Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn give a compelling account of the treatment of women in developing countries and make a brilliant case for investing in the health and autonomy of women worldwide.
- Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- Henrietta Lacks was a black mother of five when she died of cervical cancer in 1951. Without her knowledge or consent, her physicians used tissue samples from her cervix for research. The immortal cell line they created, known as HeLa, has aided in key medical discoveries from the polio vaccine to AIDS treatments. Author Rebecca Skloot, a former Portland Community College student, compassionately tells the story of a family wronged in the pursuit of scientific research.
- A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s
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Stephanie Coontz illuminates how a generation of women came to realize their dissatisfaction of domestic life didn't reflect their personal weaknesses but rather a social and political injustice in this reappraisal of Betty Friedan's bestselling book.
- When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960s to the Present
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Gail Collins interviewed over 100 women for this lively account of women's progress over the past 5 decades. She previously wrote America's women: four hundred years of dolls, drudges, helpmates, and heroines.
Related videos
- Ladies of the Land [video]
- Ladies of the Land tells the story of four women who have dedicated their lives to goats, grains and green beans.
- Pickles, Inc. [video]
- Director Dalit Kimor follows these women as they establish a tiny factory for pickling vegetables and develop a market for their product in local stores.
- Shayfeen.com [video]
- An intimate look at the recent multi-party elections in Egypt through the eyes of three women.
- A Woman's Touch [video]
- The National Museum of Women in the Arts offers the most important collection of art by women in the world.
Related websites
- American History: Quotes by Women
- Enjoy these famous quotes from women who have helped shape our nation.
- American Memory - American Women
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From the Library of Congress, this website contains documents and images related to U.S. women's history and special exhibits including "Women of Protest" and "Women Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters During WWII."
- Fact Monster: Women Who Left Their "Stamps" on History
- Learn about the many women who made significant contributions to society, and who have their pictures (or their works) on U.S. postage stamps.
- Fact Monster: Women Political Leaders
- Features the history of female political leaders.
- Gifts of Speech
- Selected women's speeches from around the world, 1848 to the present.
- National Women's History Museum
- This website's cyber museum presents online exhibits about U.S. women's history including women and the progressive Era, female journalists, rights for women, and women who ran for president.
- Places Where Women Made History
- Includes a list of women who made history in New York and Massachusetts.
- Women at War
- This digital collection includes photographs, interviews, letters, and personal recollections from women who served in World War II, Korea, Vietnam,and the Persian Gulf.
- WomenWatch: The UN Gateway to the Advancement and Empowerment of Women
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Information and resources on gender equality and empowerment of women.
- Women of our Time: Twentieth Century Photographs from the National Portrait Gallery
- An interactive gallery of some of the twentieth century's most influential women.
- Women's History Month - Biographies
- Short biographies of famous women, provided by Gale Cengage Learning.