March is Women’s History Month!
This year, I plan to celebrate by learning more about my female ancestors and what life was like for them. There are a lot of fabulous free resources available online and I can’t wait to dig in.
In case you want to join me, here are a few general resources you can use to learn more about your female ancestors.
Discovering American Women’s History Online – There are more than 700 digital collections covering all sorts of women’s history topics. Includes everything from oral histories to manuscripts to artifacts.
National Women’s History Museum – Lots of goodies here, including virtual exhibits. Visit the Women’s History section to check out biographies and articles.
Women Working, 1800-1930 – The Harvard Library has a vast collection of items that cover women’s history, particularly related to economic life. The collection includes more than “650,000 individual pages from more than 3,100 books and trade catalogs, 900 archives and manuscript items, and 1,400 photographs.”
Women’s History Digital Collections at the Library of Congress – The Library of Congress has digitized several manuscript collections related to women’s history, including the papers of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, as well as records of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
Do you know of any other free online resources for studying women’s history? Please share in the comments below!
