Women's History Month 2007
Non-Fiction | Literature | Films & Documentaries | Websites
In celebration of Women's History Month, Langsdale Library is highlighting works that touch on this year's theme: “Generations of Women Moving History Forward." We have also highlighted some other works by or about women that may be of interest.
For more resources, please see our Women's Studies Guide.
For help locating these titles, or to locate additional resources, please stop by or contact the Reference Desk.
Non-Fiction
Berkin, Carol
Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America’s Independence
New York: Knopf, 2005
E276 .B47 2005
Cott, Nancy F.
No Small Courage: A History of Women in the United States
New York: Oxford University Press, 2000
HQ1410 .N6 2000
Durr, Virginia Foster
Outside the Magic Circle: The Autobiography of Virginia Foster Durr
Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 1990
Net Library E-Book (Access to this electronic book is available to students, faculty, staff, and on-site users at USMAI institutions)
Height, Dorothy I.
Open Wide the Freedom Gates: A Memoir
New York: PublicAffairs, 2003
E185.97 .H444 A3 2003
Hewitt, Nancy A.
A Companion to American Women’s History
Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2002
Net Library E-Book (Access to this electronic book is available to students, faculty, staff, and on-site users at USMAI institutions)
Krismann, Carol
Encyclopedia of American Women in Business: From Colonial Times to the Present
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2005
Reference HD6054.4 .U6 K753 2005
Mara, Melina
Changing the Face of Power: Women in the U.S. Senate
Austin: University of Texas Press, 2005
TR681 .L4 M37 2005
Motley, Constance Baker
Equal Justice Under Law: An Autobiography
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998
KF373 .M64 A34 1998
Rappaport, Helen.
Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers.
Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2001. Net Library E-Book (Access to this electronic book is available to students, faculty, staff, and on-site users at USMAI institutions)
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Literature
Buchan, Elizabeth
Everything She Thought She Wanted
New York: Viking, 2005
PR6052 .U214 E94 2005
Correas de Zapata, Celia
Short Stories by Latin American Women: The Magic and the Real
New York: Modern Library, 2003
PQ7087 .F5 S46 2003
Delahunt, Meaghan
In the Casa Azul: A Novel of Revolution and Betrayal
New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2002
PR6104 .E53 I5 2002
Donawerth, Jane
Frankenstein’s Daughters: Women Writing Science Fiction
Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1997
PS374 .S35 D66 1997
Glancy, Diane
Stone Heart: A Novel of Sacajawea
Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 2003
PS3557 .L294 S7 2003
Piercy, Marge
Sex Wars
New York: William Morrow, 2005
PS3566 .I4 S49 2005
Raboteau, Emily
The Professor’s Daughter
New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2005
PS3618 .A326 P76 2005
Rawles, Nancy
My Jim
New York: Crown Publishers, 2005
PS3568 .A844 M9 2005
Stevenson, Jane
Good Women: Three Novellas
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006
PR6069 .T4535 G66 2006
Torti, Sylvia
The Scorpion’s Tail
Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 2005
PS3620 .O68 S37 2005
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Films & Documentaries
The Hours (2003)
PN1997.2 .A23 H6828 2002 DVD
Iris (2002)
PN1997 .I73 2002 DVD
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
PN1997.2 .M55 2005 DVD
North Country (2005)
PN1997.2 .N67 2006 DVD
Real Women Have Curves [Sundance Film Festival Collection, Vol. 8] (2003)
PN1590.F47S863 2005 DVD
Silkwood (1983)
PN1997 .S54 2003 DVD
Willa Cather: The Road Is All (2005)
PS3505.A87 Z69 2005 DVD
Women as Citizens: Vital Voices Through the Century (1999)
HQ1410 .W63 1999 VHS
Women of Triumph II (1998)
HQ1438.M3 W55 1998 VHS
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Websites
American Women: A Gateway to Library of Congress Resources for the Study of Women’s History & Culture in the United States
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/index.html
Facts for Features: Women’s History Month
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/
facts_for_features_special_editions/009383.html
An annual press release from the Census Bureau containing interesting facts about women in the U.S.
National Register of Historic Places - Women’s History Month 2007 http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/feature/wom/index.htm
From the website: "This site showcases historic properties listed in the National Register, National Register publications, and National Park units commemorating the events and people, the designs and achievements that help illustrate the contribution of women to the Nation's history."
National Women’s History Project
http://www.nwhp.org/
Founded in 1980, this organization sets the theme for U.S. Women’s History Month each year. The site also contains a list of Women’s History Month honorees past and present, as well as links to other resources.
Smithsonian Education – Women’s History Month http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/heritage_month/
Find a list of resources, events, and visitor information.
Women at War: Stories from the Veterans History Project
http://www.loc.gov/vets/stories/ex-war-womenatwar.html
These stories were chosen from the 3,000+ collections of women’s experiences across four wars (WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf).
Women’s History Month Free Resources Site (Gale)
http://www.gale.com/free_resources/whm/index.htm
Includes screensavers, calendars, activities, biographies, a quiz, and other materials.
Women’s History Month Teaching & Learning Resources http://www.free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=26&res_feature_request=1
This is a list of online exhibits and links courtesy of FREE (Federal Resources for Educational Excellence).
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