Background/Context: Women's sexuality, and the ways they experience it, has been a major topic in feminist theories and movements throughout history. For the more than 20,000 working-class women who participated in the Free Women movement in Spain (the libertarian women's movement, which started in 1936), women's sexuality was also a key topic in…

The following reports on women in Portuguese or Portuguese American society are included: (1) "The Story of Maria a.k.a. Mary" by Steven Samuel Ussach, (2) "Portuguese-American Women: Portraits in Fact and in Fiction" by Mary T. Vermette, (3) "A Different Vision of a New England Childhood: The Cape Verdean Experience on Cape Cod" by Maria Luisa…

Over 150 resources on women's history are arranged under the following headings: author/title, collective biographies, reference materials, and individual biographies. Within the biography categories, publications are arranged alphabetically by author (collective biographies) or subject (individual biographies). Within the remaining categories,…

This book profiles 66 women who made significant contributions to American education from the early 19th to the late 20th century. Profiles are arranged alphabetically and each opens with an introductory paragraph summarizing the subject's importance. This is followed by a 6- to 10-page profile written by a scholar with special expertise on the…

This article tells the stories of four middle class, white, English women whose participation in educational policy making is little known: Annie Leigh Browne (1851-1936), Margaret MacDonald (1870-1911), Hilda Miall-Smith (born 1861) and Honnor Morten (1861-1913). In doing so, it provides a perspective on the circumstances that enabled or…

Provides information on the social conditions of women during the American Revolution, brief profiles of six women from the time period, and primary source material drawn from personal letters and publications. Includes discussion questions for middle school students and an activity for high school students. (CMK)

Designed for use by school and community groups, this kit is divided into three parts. The "Source Book," the core of the program, provides background information on Gandhi, details on the links between Mahatma Gandhi and UNICEF, and a comprehensive bibliography to facilitate further research. Separate one-page readings relate Gandhi's…

This reference guide catalogs over 700 citations of written material, films, recordings, and photographs about Alaska women from 1896 to 1985. Each entry contains author, title, periodical citation or source, and a brief description. Major subject areas include adventure, agriculture, anthropology, art and music, aviation, churches and missions,…

This paper examines the scope and historical significance of biographies and autobiographies of ex-slaves. The document focuses primarily on accounts of black women published from 1820-1860, but also discusses several narratives from colonial times. Exploits of famous women slaves including Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth are analyzed along…

Data from the 1811 and 1851 census in England and Wales as well as other data from those countries in 1891 and 1921 were analyzed to investigate individuals' timing and extent of departure from the parental home. The authors found the following: (1) there was a gradual increase in the ages at which children left the parental home; (2) the pace of…