FIRST LADY’S GALLERY
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/
An index to the biographies of all First Ladies of the United States of America, from 1789 to present.

INFOPLEASE SPOT ON WOMEN’S HISTORY
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenshistory1.html
Infoplease.com celebrates Women's History Month with special features, quizzes, biographies, and timelines.

NATIONAL WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME – WOMEN OF THE HALL
http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php
Find pictures and short biographies of women who have been inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.

NATIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY MUSEUM CYBERTOUR
http://www.nwhm.org/exhibits/intro.html
This Web exhibit, hosted by the National Museum of Women's History, offers audio clips and historic photos from significant events of the women's suffrage movement in the U.S., as well as biographies, historical news reports, a time line, and a quiz.

SCHOLASTIC WOMEN’S HISTORY ARTICLE ARCHIVE
http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/articlearchives/womhst/index.htm
This site points to previous scholastic articles on women’s history as well as biographies (profiles) of notable women civil rights activists, artists, athletes, political women, and journalists.

SCHOLASTIC WOMEN WHO CHANGED HISTORY
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/women
This Web site offers interactive profiles of five important women—Dr. Mae Jemison, Amelia Earhart, Rosa Parks, Sally Ride, and Melba Pattillo— as well as an audio clip of an interview with author Penny Colman and the transcript of an interview with Nobel Peace Prize-winner Jody Williams. The site also offers suggestions for Women's History Month activities such as conducting online research, writing mock news stories, and writing persuasive essays.

WOMEN’S HISTORY BY GALE
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/whm/index.htm
Gale has assembled a collection of activities and information for about women’s history including biographies of significant women, a quiz based on women and their achievements, a timeline of significant evenet in women’s history, activities from the Women's History Month Resource Book, and excerpts from Women's Rights on Trial.

WOMEN’S HISTORY FROM ABOUT.COM
http://womenshistory.about.com/
A general site with links to biographies, women’s quotations, today in women’s history, listing and links to major events and concepts in women’s history.

WOMEN’S HISTORY PRESENTED BY WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL CENTER
http://www.wic.org/misc/history.htm
Find biographies, words of wisdom, and what inspiring woman was born on your birthday.

WOMEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY BY ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
http://search.eb.com/women/
This Web site offers primary sources from American female writers; historic audio and video clips of writers reading their own works; a detailed, cross-referenced time line of women's history in the U.S., from 1600 to the present; articles on women's history; and a study guide, which includes activities such as organizing a mock conference of historic women and conducting interviews with local women to create a book of women's memories.

NATIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY PROJECT BIOGRAPHY CENTER
http://www.nwhp.org/resourcecenter/biographycenter.php
This site has short biographies of women highlighted by the national women’s history project.

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