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Women's History Month
A service of the Connecticut State Library and your local library

These resources will be freely available in the month of March

EBSCO
Women's Studies International - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=uid&user=csl&password=password&profile=ehost&defaultdb=fyh

Women's Studies International™ covers the core disciplines in Women's Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research. Coverage includes more than 871,000 records and spans from 1972 and earlier to the present.
 
This database supports curriculum development in the areas of sociology, history, political science & economy, public policy, international relations, arts & humanities, business and education. Nearly 800 essential sources include: journals, newspapers, newsletters, bulletins, books, book chapters, proceedings, reports, theses, dissertations, NGO studies, web sites & web documents and grey literature. Over 2,000 periodical sources are represented.

Gale Cengage - http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/

 Includes activities, biographies, links, a quiz, rights and a timeline.

ProQuest
The Gerritsen Collection of Aletta H Jacobs - http://gerritsen.chadwyck.com/home.do?instit1=T152214&instit2=NQWYSAPFXR

This database is the definitive cross-cultural resource for information on women's history. It spans more than four centuries and includes over two million pages. 

ProQuest Historical Newspapers — http://search.proquest.com/embedded/3BMJ4B6IUMNT1K9H?accountid152214

Selected regional, national, and international historical newspapers provide invaluable insight into the daily lives of women and the impact of major news events – including coverage of the Suffrage March of 1913 through events in the 20th century.

Other Useful Resources

The Brown University Women Writers Project
Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame
Library of Congress American Memory Women's History: 7 Collections
The Library of Congress Women's History Month
NARA American Women! A Celebration of Our History
National Women’s History Project
Research Guide to Women's History Archival Resources at the Connecticut State Library
The U.S. Census Bureau Facts for Features Women's History Month


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