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Women's History Bookstore!

Dates in Women's History

A Few Women You Should Know

• Belva Lockwood- First woman to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court.  The first woman to receive votes in a presidential election(1884).  Belva didn't enter law school until she was in her late 30's, a widow, and with a four-year-old daughter to raise.
• Harriet Tubman - Conductor of the underground railroad.  Helped free more than 300 slaves.
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Leader of the Women's Rights Movement
• Sojourner Truth - Abolitionist and ex-slave who is known for her "Ain't I a Woman?" speech at the 1851 Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio. She lead the way for African American women and white women alike.
• Maya Lin- Designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.(1982) at the age of 21.  Maya has since gone on to design many more monuments around the country. 
• Hillary Rodham Clinton
• Maria Sklodowska- Curie
• Clare Booth Luce
• Elizabeth Blackwell: First woman Doctor of Medicine in America.

Essentials in Women's History

• The History of Women's Suffrage from World Book
• The Learning Place/National Women's History Project Test Your Women’s History I.Q
• Vote for your favorite woman in History Herstory.

Places to find Powerful, Successful Women in History

• Forbes The 100 Most Powerful Women 2005
• 100 Most Powerful Women from the Washingtonian
• Biographies of Women Mathematicians
• National Women Hall of Fame
• 4000 Years of Women in Science
• Trade Mag Names Hollywood's 100 Most Powerful Women
• Distinguished Women of Past and Present
• The International Archive of Women in Architecture
• Women in Computer Science
• Biographies of this century's greatest sports women by SI
• Women's History in America Women’s International Center
• Women of the World
• Phenomenal Women
• Women of the Hall on Great Women.com
• Jewish Women's Archives
• A Celebration of Women Writers recognizes the contributions of women writers throughout history. Purely a volunteer project, personally organized and maintained by Mary Mark Ockerbloom of Pennsylvania.
• 50 Most Powerful Women in Business -Fortune 2006

Women's History Museums

• The National Women's History Museum
• The International Museum of Women
• The National Women's Hall of Fame
• The National Cowgirl Hall of Fame
• National Museum of Women in the Arts

Resources for Women's Issues

• WoMen's Statistics Watch