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- LATEST ARTICLES ON WOMEN'S HISTORYUpdated: 2008-08-27 @ 22:16:14 GMT
The automatically-produced list below is only a list of the latest updated and new articles. It is not necessarily the best place to start looking for articles on this site. Here is a more complete… - Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention - 1848Updated: 2008-08-27 @ 22:12:30 GMT
Seneca Falls 1848 saw the first meeting of women and a few men to call for rights for women. The meeting is often seen as the kick-off of the women's rights movement -- the first wave of feminism… - Sarah Emma Edmonds aka Frank Thompson - Civil War Nurse - Soldier - …Updated: 2008-08-26 @ 23:52:30 GMT
Sarah Emma Edmonds biography - information on the woman who served as a Civil War soldier as Frank Thompson, and wrote about her war experiences… - Dian FosseyCreated: 2008-08-26 @ 13:45:54 GMT
Dian Fossey biography: a profile of Dian Fossey, primatologist and pioneer woman scientist who studied mountain gorillas in their natural habitat, and worked to preserve both gorillas and habitat… - Dolores HuertaCreated: 2008-08-23 @ 22:55:46 GMT
Dolores Huerta biography - profile of Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers… - Photo of Yuliya Chermoshanskaya - 2008 OlympicsUpdated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:19 GMT
Yuliya Chermoshanskaya of Russia celebrates win in women's 4x100m relay, 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing… - Dara Torres Photo - Photo of Dara Torres - 2008 Olympic Medalist at …Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:19 GMT
Dara Torres prepares for the 4x100m freestyle relay final in the 2008 Olympics, where she will win a medal becoming the oldest swimmer to win an Olympic medal… - Olympics Opening Ceremony 2008 - Photo of Woman Dancer - Tang DynastyCreated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:19 GMT
A photo from the 2008 Olympics opening ceremony, with a woman dancer supported by many individuals depicting the historical period in China known as the Tang Dynasty, the period of the Silk Road… - Jackie Joyner-Kersee Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - F…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:18 GMT
Picture of Jackie Joyner-Kersee, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Jackie Joyner-Kersee Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - F…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:18 GMT
Picture of Jackie Joyner-Kersee, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Jackie Joyner-Kersee Photo - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Fam…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:18 GMT
A gallery of memorable photos from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Jackie Joyner-Kersee Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - F…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:18 GMT
Picture of Jackie Joyner-Kersee, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous Women Summer OlympiansUpdated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:17 GMT
A gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Florence Griffith-Joyner Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympics…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:17 GMT
Florence Griffith-Joyner picture, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Zola Budd Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous Women…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:17 GMT
Zola Budd picture, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Wyomia Tyus Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous Wom…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:17 GMT
Wyomia Tyus picture, from a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Women's Volleyball Final Picture 1984 - Pictures of Women at the Oly…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:16 GMT
Women's volleyball 1984 Olympics final picture, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Valerie Zimring Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:16 GMT
Valerie Zimring picture, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - USA Rowing Team Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:16 GMT
USA rowing team 1984 picture, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Mary Lou Retton Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:15 GMT
Mary Lou Retton picture, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Mary Lou Retton Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:15 GMT
Mary Lou Retton picture, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Mary Lou Retton Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:15 GMT
Mary Lou Retton picture, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Mary Lou Retton Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:15 GMT
Mary Lou Retton picture, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Mary Decker Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous Wom…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:14 GMT
Mary Decker picture, gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous Women Summer OlympiansUpdated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:14 GMT
A gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Joan Benoit Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous Wom…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:14 GMT
Joan Benoit picture, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Ecaterina Szabo Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:13 GMT
Ecaterina Szabo picture, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Nadia Comaneci Picture - Gymnast Picture - Pictures of Women at the …Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:13 GMT
Nadia Comaneci picture, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Evelyn Ashford Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous …Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:13 GMT
Evelyn Ashford picture, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Janice Lawrence Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:13 GMT
Janice Lawrence picture, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Nadia Comaneci Picture - Gymnast - Pictures of Women at the Olympics…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:12 GMT
Nadia Comaneci picture, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes including gymnasts… - Tatyana Kazankina Picture - Olympic Race Picture - Pictures of Women…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:12 GMT
Picture of Tatyana Kazankina in an 800m Olympic race, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Renate Stecher - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous Women Su…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:12 GMT
Renate Stecher picture, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Heide Rosendahl - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous Women S…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:12 GMT
Heide Rosendahl picture, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Wilma Rudolph Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous W…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:11 GMT
Picture of Wilma Rudolph at the 1960 Rome Olympics, from a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Mary Rand Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous Women…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:11 GMT
Mary Rand picture, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Wilma Rudolph Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous W…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:11 GMT
Wilma Rudolph picture, from a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - 1912 Olympics Gymnastic Team Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olym…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:10 GMT
1912 Olympics Norwegian Women's Gymnastic Team picture, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Babe Didrikson Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous …Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:10 GMT
Babe Didrikson picture, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Suzanne Lenglen Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:10 GMT
Suzanne Lenglen picture, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Babe Didrikson Picture - Picture of Mildred Babe Didrikson Throwing …Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:10 GMT
Babe Didrikson picture, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous Women Summer OlympiansUpdated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:09 GMT
A gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Sheryl Swoopes Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous …Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:09 GMT
Sheryl Swoopes picture, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous Women Summer OlympiansUpdated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:09 GMT
A gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Lindsay Davenport Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famo…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:09 GMT
Lindsay Davenport picture, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Li Ting and Tian Tian Sun Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympic…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:08 GMT
Li Ting and Tian Tian Sun picture, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Justine Henin-Hardenne Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympics -…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:08 GMT
Justine Henin-Hardenne picture, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Jennifer Capriati Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famo…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:08 GMT
Jennifer Capriati picture, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Tracy Caulkins Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous …Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:07 GMT
Tracy Caulkins picture, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Kornelia Ender Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous …Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:07 GMT
Kornelia Ender picture, part of a gallery of memorable images from the Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Lisa Curry-Kenny Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famou…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:07 GMT
Lisa Curry-Kenny picture, part of a gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Picture of 1912 British Women's Swim Team - Pictures of Women at the…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:06 GMT
Part of a gallery of memorable images from the Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Olga Korbut Picture - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous Wom…Updated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:06 GMT
Picture of Olga Korbut at the 1972 Olympics, from a gallery of memorable images from the Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Mary Lou Retton Picture - Pictures of Women at the OlympicsUpdated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:56:06 GMT
Mary Lou Retton picture, 1984 Olympics, from a gallery of memorable images from the Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Zhang Yining and Wang Nan - Women's Singles Table Tennis Finals - 20…Created: 2008-08-23 @ 20:55:05 GMT
Zhang Yining and Wang Nan of China compete in final in women's singles table tennis, 2008 Olympics, Beijing… - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous Women Summer OlympiansUpdated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:55:04 GMT
A gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous Women Summer OlympiansUpdated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:55:03 GMT
A gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Pictures of Women at the Olympics - Famous Women Summer OlympiansUpdated: 2008-08-23 @ 20:55:03 GMT
A gallery of memorable images from the summer Olympics, featuring women athletes… - Golda MeirUpdated: 2008-08-23 @ 17:00:09 GMT
Golda Meir biography - a profile of Golda Meir, prime minister of Israel during a key time in Israel's history, and one of the earliest women prime ministers in the world… - Jeannette RankinUpdated: 2008-08-23 @ 01:52:29 GMT
Jeannette Rankin biography: the first woman elected to Congress, a feminist and pacifist… - Jeannette Rankin Photos - Photo Gallery of Jeannette Rankin PicturesUpdated: 2008-08-23 @ 01:51:27 GMT
A gallery of photos of Jeannette Rankin, a feminist and women's suffrage advocate also known for voting against entry into both World War I and World War II… - Jeannette Rankin Photos - Photo Gallery of Jeannette Rankin PicturesUpdated: 2008-08-23 @ 01:51:26 GMT
A gallery of photos of Jeannette Rankin, a feminist and women's suffrage advocate also known for voting against entry into both World War I and World War II… - Jeannette Rankin Photos - Photo Gallery of Jeannette Rankin PicturesUpdated: 2008-08-23 @ 01:51:26 GMT
A gallery of photos of Jeannette Rankin, a feminist and women's suffrage advocate also known for voting against entry into both World War I and World War II… - Jeannette Rankin Photos - Photo Gallery of Jeannette Rankin PicturesUpdated: 2008-08-23 @ 01:50:35 GMT
A gallery of photos of Jeannette Rankin, a feminist and women's suffrage advocate also known for voting against entry into both World War I and World War II… - Jeannette Rankin Photos - Photo Gallery of Jeannette Rankin PicturesUpdated: 2008-08-23 @ 01:50:35 GMT
A gallery of photos of Jeannette Rankin, a feminist and women's suffrage advocate also known for voting against entry into both World War I and World War II… - Jeannette Rankin Photos - Photo Gallery of Jeannette Rankin PicturesUpdated: 2008-08-23 @ 01:50:34 GMT
A gallery of photos of Jeannette Rankin, a feminist and women's suffrage advocate also known for voting against entry into both World War I and World War II… - Jeannette Rankin Photos - Photo Gallery of Jeannette Rankin PicturesUpdated: 2008-08-23 @ 01:50:34 GMT
A gallery of photos of Jeannette Rankin, a feminist and women's suffrage advocate also known for voting against entry into both World War I and World War II… - TheodoraUpdated: 2008-08-22 @ 02:31:28 GMT
Theodora biography: profile of Byzantine empress Theodora, a powerful woman whose story is told primarily by Procopius… - Maria AgnesiCreated: 2008-08-20 @ 12:24:36 GMT
Maria Agnesi biography - she wrote the first book on mathematics written by a woman that survives… - Women's Suffrage QuizUpdated: 2008-08-20 @ 10:24:40 GMT
A few trivia questions on the American women's suffrage movement… - Joan BaezCreated: 2008-08-20 @ 01:20:39 GMT
Joan Baez biography, with a bibliography and discography… - Christa McAuliffe - Teacher in SpaceUpdated: 2008-08-19 @ 22:44:28 GMT
Christa McAuliffe, America's selected Teacher in Space, was on the space shuttle challenger that exploded in 1986. Her commitment to science and space education survives her in many projects. A bio… - Delia BaconCreated: 2008-08-19 @ 22:12:50 GMT
Story of Delia Bacon, who speculated that Shakespeare didn't write the plays we call Shakespeare's… - Lucy Stone - A Soul As Free As the AirUpdated: 2008-08-18 @ 17:02:16 GMT
Lucy Stone: known as the woman who kept her own name after marriage, but involved far more deeply in the struggle for women's rights… - Jackie Joyner-Kersee QuotesUpdated: 2008-08-18 @ 17:02:11 GMT
Quotes by Jackie Joyner-Kersee - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women… - Famous African American Women - Women of Black HistoryUpdated: 2008-08-18 @ 17:02:01 GMT
Find biographies, quotes, and other information on notable African American women in history… - Babe Didrikson Zaharias QuotesUpdated: 2008-08-18 @ 17:01:51 GMT
Quotes by Babe Didrikson Zaharias - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women… - Wilma Rudolph QuotesUpdated: 2008-08-18 @ 17:01:41 GMT
Quotes by Wilma Rudolph - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women… - Marilyn Monroe QuotesUpdated: 2008-08-18 @ 17:01:26 GMT
Quotes by Marilyn Monroe - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women… - Sophonisba BreckenridgeCreated: 2008-08-17 @ 11:11:31 GMT
Sophonisba Breckenridge - profile of Sophonisba Breckenridge, social work pioneer and women's rights activist… - Olga Korbut QuotesUpdated: 2008-08-15 @ 11:44:57 GMT
Quotes by Olga Korbut - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women… - Coco Chanel - Biography and LinksUpdated: 2008-08-10 @ 22:43:24 GMT
Coco Chanel brought us the little black dress, the Chanel suit and jacket, bell bottoms and Chanel No. 5 perfume. Read about her life history, then find more resources on the Net and in print to l… - Posters of GoddessesUpdated: 2008-08-09 @ 23:45:22 GMT
Posters featuring goddesses: Athena, Venus, Diana, and some more creative goddess images as well… - Andromeda - Legendary Greek Heroine AndromedaCreated: 2008-08-09 @ 16:47:05 GMT
A description of Andromeda, Ethiopian princess saved by Perseus from the monster sent by Poseidon… - History of Women's BasketballUpdated: 2008-08-08 @ 01:16:22 GMT
The history of women's basketball is as old as the history of basketball -- here's a timeline to see the long path of women's achievements in basketball… - Quotations by Notable Women: IndexUpdated: 2008-08-08 @ 01:12:16 GMT
Quotations from notable women (alphabetical index)… - Madonna QuotesUpdated: 2008-08-08 @ 01:01:19 GMT
Quotes by Madonna - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women… - Women in Jazz - Pictures - Posters - Art Prints - PhotographsUpdated: 2008-08-07 @ 20:07:49 GMT
Posters and art prints featuring the women of Jazz: Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Josephine Baker and Lil Hardin Armstrong… - Women of the Summer OlympicsUpdated: 2008-08-07 @ 15:04:42 GMT
Key women athletes who've made their mark at a summer Olympics… - Women Astronauts and Cosmonauts - Famous Women in Space - Female Ast…Updated: 2008-08-04 @ 18:53:27 GMT
Women astronauts and cosmonauts: famous women in space, and some who are not so famous, highlighting women's firsts and famous women astronauts… - Maria Mitchell - Reminiscences of the Herschels - Caroline HerschelUpdated: 2008-08-04 @ 18:53:27 GMT
An 1889 article by Maria Mitchell about meeting the Herschel family - British astronomers - in 1857… - Linda Chavez QuotesCreated: 2008-08-01 @ 00:00:36 GMT
Quotes by Linda Chavez - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women… - Joan of Arc The Luc Besson MovieUpdated: 2008-07-31 @ 22:35:32 GMT
News about the Luc Besson version of the Joan of Arc story… - A Hundred Years HenceUpdated: 2008-07-31 @ 22:24:30 GMT
A wish for the next hundred years, written by Fannie Gage… - Free Love - 19th and 20th Century Ideas of Free Love and Women's His…Updated: 2008-07-31 @ 21:50:04 GMT
The term Free Love was used for a variety of ideas in the 19th and 20th century about the morality and ethics of sexuality and marriage. Free Love was often a name given by a movement's enemies, an… - Caroline Keene and Nancy DrewUpdated: 2008-07-31 @ 19:40:59 GMT
Who was the real author of the Nancy Drew books? A relative of the creators weighs in with her argument… - Nancy Drew - Who Remembers Nancy DrewUpdated: 2008-07-31 @ 18:21:35 GMT
The history of the series of books which has fascinated several generations of young female readers… - June 15 - Today in Women's HistoryUpdated: 2008-07-31 @ 17:51:31 GMT
June 15 - birthdates of notable women and other important events, plus quote for the day… - September 10 - Today in Women's HistoryUpdated: 2008-07-31 @ 17:50:40 GMT
September 10 - birthdates of notable women and other important events, plus quote for the day… - September 12 - Today in Women's HistoryUpdated: 2008-07-31 @ 17:49:10 GMT
September 12 - birthdates of notable women and other important events, plus quote for the day… - October 5 - Today in Women's HistoryUpdated: 2008-07-31 @ 17:45:59 GMT
October 5 - birthdates of notable women and other important events, plus quote for the day… - Women of the Millennium ListUpdated: 2008-07-31 @ 13:17:33 GMT
A listing of the women named by biography.com as the most important women of the millennium… - March 7 - Today in Women's HistoryUpdated: 2008-07-31 @ 13:12:06 GMT
March 7 - birthdates of notable women and other important events, plus quote for the day… - April 21 - Today in Women's HistoryUpdated: 2008-07-31 @ 13:11:29 GMT
April 21 - birthdates of notable women and other important events, plus quote for the day… - May 11 - Today in Women's HistoryUpdated: 2008-07-31 @ 13:11:06 GMT
May 11 - birthdates of notable women and other important events, plus quote for the day… - DowryUpdated: 2008-07-31 @ 11:44:44 GMT
Glossary entry for dowry, part of an extensive women's history glossary from womenshistory.about.com… - Mother Shipton and the Prophecies of Mother ShiptonUpdated: 2008-07-31 @ 11:40:32 GMT
Mother Shipton was a legendary witch and prophet of Yorkshire, England. Learn more about the development of her legend and the impact of one of her prophecies that was believed by some people in … - Comparable Worth - Women's HistoryUpdated: 2008-07-31 @ 09:47:51 GMT
Brief history and description of the concept of comparable worth: equal pay for work of equal value. From Jone Johnson Lewis… - Comstock Law - History of the Comstock Law in the United StatesUpdated: 2008-07-31 @ 09:46:39 GMT
Brief history and description of the Comstock Law, used to prosecute those who distributed birth control literature… - Myths of Women's History: Hillary Clinton and the Black Panthers: Ex…Updated: 2008-07-30 @ 23:32:28 GMT
The myth of Hillary Clinton and the Black Panthers has grown before our very eyes, right here on the Internet… - Boston Female Medical College - Education of Women PhysiciansUpdated: 2008-07-30 @ 22:58:27 GMT
Boston Female Medical College: A brief history of this early womens medical school, with links for more information… - About Aimee Semple McPhersonUpdated: 2008-07-30 @ 21:59:38 GMT
Information on Aimee Semple McPherson, a pioneer in Pentecostal religion and center of a kidnapping scandal. A biography and carefully selected Net links for more information… - Madeleine L'Engle QuotesUpdated: 2008-07-30 @ 21:54:04 GMT
Quotes by Madeleine L'Engle - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women…