Women's History
Learn about the half of history missing from many history books with biographies, articles, timelines and other resources on the women—famous and lesser-known—who have shaped our world.
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A Brief History of Women in Higher Education
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Women’s Rights in the 1930s in the U.S.
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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Free Love and Women's History
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The Glass Ceiling and Women's History
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The Victims of the Salem Witch Trials
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Women and Work in Early America
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The Women of Transcendentalism
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Combahee River Collective in the 1970s
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Rousseau's Take on Women and Education
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The Fight for Women's Rights in the Past and Present
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What Is Women's History?
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The Seven Sisters Colleges
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Consanguinity and Medieval Marriages
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Abbesses in Women's Religious History
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Hull House
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Clarifying the Terms "Woman" and "Women"
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Boston Marriage: Women Living Together, 19th/20th Century Style
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Rev. George Burroughs and the Salem Witch Trials
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Mother's Day: A History of Celebrations
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The Definition of the Bona Fide Occupational Qualification
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Lady Godiva's Famous Ride Through Coventry
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21 Quotes About Anti-Feminism
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History of Women's Basketball in America
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Why We Celebrate Women's History Month
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Fact or Fiction: Did Pocahontas Save Captain John Smith's Life?
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The Poetry of Anne Bradstreet
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British Royal Weddings from Victoria to Meghan Markle
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A History of the Women's March on Versailles
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Overview of the Title "Goody" During the Salem Witch Trials
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Themis, Goddess of Justice
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Celebrate Women's History Month
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How Did Hatshepsut Die?
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Subjectivity in Women's History and Gender Studies
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Feme Sole and Women's Rights
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The History of the Title of Queen
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How Did Feminism Lead to Programs for Displaced Homemakers?
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A Timeline of Women in Aviation
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Who Was Andromache?
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Holiday Albums by Female Artists
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Patrilineal vs. Matrilineal Succession
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Catherine of Aragon - Marriage to Henry VIII
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What Does Suffrage Mean?
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Facts About Catherine of Aragon
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Profile of Amelia Bloomer
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Catherine of Aragon - Early Life and First Marriage
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Women in Space - Timeline
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Petronilla: Learn About the Famous Sibling of Eleanor of Aquitaine
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Catherine of Aragon: The King's Great Matter
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A List of Eleanor of Aquitaine’s Descendants Through John, King of England
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Sarah Josepha Hale
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Nushu, a Woman-Only Language of China
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Women's Fashions of the 17th Century
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Teetotaller
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Frances Dana Gage
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6 Quotes from ‘Female Liberation as the Basis for Social Revolution’
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Feminism in 1960s Sitcoms
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What is a Pink-Collar Ghetto?
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Biography of Victoria Woodhull, Women's Rights Activist
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The Women's Movement and Feminist Activism in the 1960s
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Oppression and Women's History