Women's History Month

March is Women's History Month

Sojourner Truth (image courtesy Library of Congress)

Library of Congress - Women's History Month 2013
Background information, images, videos, and other interesting links highlight the role of women in United States history.

Find articles, e-books, images, statistics, interviews, and more about women's history in the library's databases. Accessible from off campus with the current passwords.

Additional topics related to women's history:

Suffrage
SWC Library - Books and E-books about Suffrage

Pintrest -  "A National Policy of Nagging"

"Suffragists faced a difficult road in their march towards equality. Even women opposed giving women the right to vote. One letter calls it 'an endorsement of nagging as a national policy.' March 3 marks 100 years since suffragists marched on Washington. In honor of this event, the 19th Amendment will be on display from March 1 to March 9, 2013."

Pioneers
SWC Library - Books and E-books about Women Pioneers

Library of Congress - Women Pioneers in American Memory
Journals and letters from women pioneers (1849-1900) and songs and narratives of migrant workers (1930s).

Scientists
SWC Library - Books and E-books about Women Scientists

University of Alabama Astronomy Department - 4000 Years of Women in Science