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- Women's History Month Links - Glendale Community College in Glendale, California, created this page in 1996-1997. Includes sites for "Herstory", women in science, women in art, women in business, athletic women, global women, women and language, women and writing, and "Guerrillas, Goddesses and Others".
- Careers and Professions - Abstract - In the 19th century upper class and middle class women were not expected to earn their own living. Women rarely had careers and most professions refused entry to women. It was virtually impossible for women to become doctors, engineers, architects, accountants or bankers. Women were allowed to become teachers. In 1861 over 72% of teachers were women, but teaching was a low status job and poorly paid. By 1900 there were only 200 women doctors. It was not until 1910 that women were allowed to become accountants and bankers.
- Annie's "Women's History Month" Page - Quotes about women, many links to such sites as women authors, Christian women, women in the Bible, biographies, educational links, Victorian women links, international women of history.
- Learn more about Women's History Month - King County, Washington celebrates Women's History Month with links about women's history, distinguished women, proclamations, and an emphasis on western women's history.
- National Center for Excellence in Women's Health - Located at the University of California San Francisco, advances the field of women's health by providing health care for women, promoting women's health research agenda, building partnerships and linkages with community groups and organizations, educating providers about the principles of women's health, and paving the way for women to hold key leadership positions in our institution.
- Celebrating Women's History Month - Tampa Bay Tribune (Florida newspaper) stories and internet links on women's history from Tampa Bay Online. Articles are from various issues of the newspaper over the years and include stories about women pioneers, suffrage, women's social issues, books and culture, health, discrimination, education.
- The National Women's History Project - Official web site of the National Women's History Project: Originator of Women's History Month. Functions of the N.W.H.P.: Clearinghouse for U.S. women's history information; Issues a seasonal catalog of women's history posters, books and materials; Produces videos, posters, guides, and supplies for school and workplace; Conducts in-service training for school teachers; Coordinates the Women's History Network, a national participant organization; Provides consulting services for publishers, media producers, and journalists.
- Women in History - Women in History, a non-profit organization, was founded in 1991 by Sophia Mastrandreas-Dadas, former historian for the city of Norwood, Ohio and group of women from Lakewood, Ohio. Women in History brings American stories to life through the voices of such noted women as Annie Oakley, Marian Anderson, Susan B. Anthony, Mary McLeod Bethune, Margaret Bourke-White, Rachel Carson, Isadora Duncan, Amelia Earhart, Maria Mitchell, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ida Wells Barnett, Hariet Tubman, plus 60 others. Each one-hour program includes two portrayals, audience interaction.
- March is Women's History Month - The Girl Scounts of America present unsung heroes, e.g., women who helped win wars, women who helped with the right to vote, women in the arts, sports, sciences; suggested activities for girls to celebrate Women's History Month.
- Women Writers - Women writers covers women in all aspects of the literary world. Areas ranging from journalism to mainstream writing are included in this collection of articles. Authors as diverse as Louisa May Alcott and the Bronte sisters to Mary Higgins Clark and Jude Devereaux are covered. Content covers what these women write, why they write and what inspires any woman to write, as well as letting the reader know a bit about these women's lives outside of the writing world.
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- Fairfield Stags - Fairfield University is a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) and is classified as Division I-AA in the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its athletic programs. Fairfield sponsors 19 varsity sports - baseball, men's and women's basketball, women's crew, men's and women's cross country, field hockey, men's and women's golf, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's tennis, and women's ...
- Women who have sex with women - Women who have sex with women (WSW) is a term used to identify women who have sex with other women, but may or may not self-identify as lesbian or bisexual. The term includes transwomen.
- Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom - Women were not formally prohibited from voting until the 1832 Reform Act and the 1835 Municipal Corporations Act. It was in 1832 that re-instating women's suffrage became on some level a political topic, although it would not be until 1872 that it would become a national movement with the formation of the National Society for Women's Suffrage and later the more influential National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. Little ...
- UEFA Women's Championship - The UEFA Women's Championship, held every fourth year, is the main competition in women's football (soccer) between national teams of the UEFA Confederation. The competition is the women's equivalent of the UEFA European Championship, and is sometimes called the Women's Euro or European Women's Football Championship.
- Women's American Football League - The Women's American Football League (WAFL) was a women's football league that was formed in 2001. After disbanding, the teams merged with the Women's Affiliated Football Conference (WAFC), the Independent Women's Football League (IWFL) and the American Football Women's League (AFWL), itself now disbanded.