{"id":6542,"date":"2021-03-03T12:08:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T18:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/?p=6542"},"modified":"2021-05-29T15:24:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T20:24:46","slug":"4-free-online-resources-for-studying-womens-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/4-free-online-resources-for-studying-womens-history\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Free Online Resources for Studying Women&rsquo;s History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/julietarr.com\/genealogy\/blog\/images\/e2ccb18f994d_D0A2\/WomensHistory_3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"FB Post\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"FB Post\" src=\"http:\/\/julietarr.com\/genealogy\/blog\/images\/e2ccb18f994d_D0A2\/WomensHistory_thumb_3.png\" width=\"575\" height=\"334\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>March is Women\u2019s History Month!<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019t wait to dig in.<\/p>\n<p>In case you want to join me, here are a few general resources you can use to learn more about <em>your<\/em> female ancestors.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.mtsu.edu\/digital\/collection\/women\/search\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Discovering American Women\u2019s History Online<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 There are more than 700 digital collections covering all sorts of women\u2019s history topics. Includes everything from oral histories to manuscripts to artifacts.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.womenshistory.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">National Women\u2019s History Museum<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 Lots of goodies here, including virtual exhibits. Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.womenshistory.org\/womens-history\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Women\u2019s History section<\/a> to check out biographies and articles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.harvard.edu\/collections\/women-working-1800-1930\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Women Working, 1800-1930<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 The Harvard Library has a vast collection of items that cover women\u2019s history, particularly related to economic life. The collection includes more than \u201c650,000 individual pages from more than 3,100 books and trade catalogs, 900 archives and manuscript items, and 1,400 photographs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/collections\/?fa=subject:women%27s+history\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Women\u2019s History Digital Collections at the Library of Congress<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 The Library of Congress has digitized several manuscript collections related to women\u2019s history, including the papers of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, as well as records of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.<\/p>\n<p>Do you know of any other free online resources for studying women\u2019s history? Please share in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March is Women\u2019s History Month! This year, I plan to celebrate by learning more about my female ancestors and what life was like for them. 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