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Women's HistoryGail Borden librarians listed their suggestions on Women's History now it's your turn; click on Edit Page to add your picks.
NonfictionChanging The Future Blanche Linden-Ward and Carol Hurd GreenA Vital text and resource for students of recent American history and women's studies.American Women in the 1960s is a landmark cotribution to the existing literature.The Age of Homespun by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, 2001 The author delves into American history to discover how common place textiles and other goods (a cupboard, a basket or a half knit stocking) and the tools used to produce them were vital ingredients in the evolution of the American character.
The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage Daniel Mark Epstein, 2008. First full length portrait of the marriage of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln in more than fifty years. This is a fresh close up view of the couple's life in Springfield, IL as well as a glimpse into their troubled courtship and their ascent to the White House.
America’s Women: Four Hundred Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines Gail Collins, 2003. This title expertly chronicles what women have done since arriving in the New World, and also how and why. The narratives are rich with direct quotes from both celebrated and everyday women.
Karin Coddon, 2004. This title discusses 11 women who have been instrumental in the fight for black freedom. Excerpts from biographies, autobiographies, and interviews are used to tell the story of these women’s lives.
Geoffrey Ward, 1999. For more than half a century Elizabeth Stanton and Susan B. Anthony led the struggle to win basic civil rights for women. This volume, with many illustrations and excerpts of their speeches, outlines the history of their groundbreaking work for women’s rights.
The Rise of the New Woman: the Women’s Movement in America, 1875—1930 Jean Matthews, 2003. The status of American women changed dramatically in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This volume follows the changes that women experienced in higher education, the workforce, voting rights, and political power.
Sisters: The Lives of America’s Suffragists Jean Baker, 2005. This volume examines the personal and professional lives of five of the most influential leaders of the women’s suffrage movement.
Women in Early America: Struggle, Survival, and Freedom in a New World Dorothy Mays, 2004. This alphabetically arranged encyclopedia contains dozens of articles on individual women as well as general topics. Each entry contains a bibliography for additional information and a detailed index helps the user find needed information.
Women’s Letters: America from the Revolutionary War to the Present Lisa Grunwald, 2005. Historical events of the last three centuries and personal milestones in womens’s lives come alive through these singular correspondences which include over 400 letters and 100 photographs.
Jane Fonda
E. C. Alft, 2008. Biographical sketches of notable women in Elgin history, written by noted Elgin historian Mike Alft.
Man and Wife in America: a History Hendrik Hartog History of marriage in the United States
Public Vows: a History of Marriage and the nation Nancy F. Cott History of marriage in the United States
Eat my words : reading women's lives through the cookbooks they wrote Janet Theophano New York: Palgrave, 2002. Nonfiction 808.06641 Theophano
Part history, part sociology, this is a fascinating look at the lives of American women through the perspective of the humble cookbook.
Ending Slavery: How We Free Today's Slaves Kevin Bales
Human trafficking in the modern world is widespread, whether as servitude, forced labor, or outright slavery. In this fervent plea and manifesto, Bales, president of Free the Slaves, goes behind the scenes to show how the system works, expose its inherent cruelty, and offer concrete proposals for overcoming it. 273 pages, hardcover.
Revolutionary heart : the life of Clarina Nichols and the pioneering crusade for women's rights Diane Eikhoff
Biography of Clarina Nichols, who worked for the rights of married and divorced women in the first half of the 19th century.
Reference
Darlene Hine, 2005.
Encyclopedia of American Women in Business: From Colonial Times to the Present Carol Krismann, 2005.
Encyclopedia of Women in the American West Gordon Bakken, 2003.
A History of Women in the United States: State by State Reference Doris Weatherford, 2004.
Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia Vicki Ruiz, 2006.
U.S. House of Representatives, 2006.
Encyclopedia of women's history in America / Kathryn Cullen-DuPont.
Websites/ Databases
Journeywomen Website dedicated to empowering women to travel with other like-minded women and sharing their travel findings.
300 Women who Changed the World Encyclopaedia Britannica profiles 300 women whose actions changed the world, and whose contributions have endured through the ages.
National Organization for Women Founded in 1966, NOW’s goal has been to take action to bring women into full participation in society, sharing equal rights, responsibilities, and opportunities with men, while living free from discrimination.
National Women’s History Project The NWHP, founded in 1980, is an educational nonprofit organization whose mission is to recognize and celebrate the diverse and historic accomplishments of women by providing information and educational materials and programs.
Women’s History Month —The Library of Congress This Library of Congress collection of resources highlights the wisdom and tenacity of women throughout U.S. history.
Movies
The dramatized story of Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, leaders of the suffragist women who fought for the passage of the 19th Amendment. They broke from the mainstream women's rights movement to create a more activist wing, daring to push the boundaries to secure women's voting rights in 1920.
Josey Aimes needs a job and goes to work at a Minnesota steel mine after splitting with her violent husband. But the job proves to be almost as harrowing as her marriage. The male miners are resentful of women taking their jobs, so the men verbally abuse and play humiliating pranks on the female miners. After being physically assaulted by a coworker, Josey tries to fight against the harassment, but none of the other women will join her case for fear that things will only get worse. A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the U.S. - Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won a landmark 1984 lawsuit.
Norma Rae, a textile worker in a small Southern town, discovers that she has a social conscience when a labor organizer arrives at her mill to establish a union.
Books for Children
Youth Nonfiction
Catherine Gourley, 2008. Learn more about the images and issues that framed perceptions about women in the 1950's and 1960's. Ages 12-14.
Voices of Feminism: Past, Present, and Future JoAnn Bren Guernsey, 1996. Traces the development of the feminist movement from the eighteenth century to the 1990s, discussing such topics as women and the vote, men's rights, and power feminism. Ages 12-14.
The Day the Women Got the Vote: A Photo History of the Women's Rights Movement George Sullivan, 1994. Ages 9-11.
Women of the Civil Rights Movement Stuart A. Kallen, 2005. Profiles American black women who made significant contributions to the civil rights movement and helped change the nation's history. Ages 12-14.
Diana Star Helmer, 1998. A collective biography of important American women who fought for the female right to vote, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Sojourner Truth. Ages 12-14.
Female Firsts in Their Fields. Science & Medicine Gina De Angelis, 1999. Chronicles the lives and accomplishments of notable women working in the fields of medicine and science in general, including Marie Curie, Rachel Carson, and Margaret Mead. Ages 9-11.
I Could Do That: Ester Morris Gets Women the Vote Linda Arms White, 2005. In 1869, a woman whose "can-do" attitude had shaped her life was instrumental in making Wyoming the first state to allow women to vote, then became the first woman to hold public office in the United States. Ages 6-8.
Black Women Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement Zita Allen, 1996. Meet a number of courageous women who laid the groundwork for and worked during the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. Ages 12-14.
Veda Boyd Jones, 1999. Profiles women who have been active in politics and government, including Barbara Jordan, Geraldine Ferraro, and Sandra Day O'Connor. Ages 9-11.
Katherine Krohn, 2000. Presents an account of frontier life for women in the American West through brief biographies of six famous individuals, including Calamity Jane, Molly Brown, Belle Starr, Pearl Hart, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Annie Oakley. Ages 9-11.
Ladies First: Women Athletes who Made a Difference Ken Rappoport, 2005. From Susan Butcher to Babe Didrikson Zaharias, this book covers women athletes who have made a difference in how the world views women in sports. Ages 9-11.
Tonya Bolden, 2002 Uses poems, essays, letters, photographs and more to present the actions and achievements of women in the United States, from its beginnings up through the twentieth century. Grades 6th-9th.
Jacqueline Ching, 2001 Chronicles the history of the women's rights movement in America and also provides a glossary, a bibliography, and a list of related resources.
Youth Fiction
Shana Corey, 2003. Katie Casey, a fictional character, helps start the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which gave women the opportunity to play professional baseball while America was involved in World War II. Ages 6-9.
Darleen Bailey Beard, 2004. In 1916, just four years after getting the right to vote, the women of Umatilla, Oregon band together to throw the mayor and other city officials out of office, replacing them with women. Ages 9-11.
James Duffy, 1999. The life of a twelve-year-old Irish girl living in Albany, New York, in the 1890s undergoes many changes when she and her mother become involved with Susan B. Anthony and her suffragist. Ages 9-11.
Carol Otis Hurst, 2005. Frank witnesses his mother's struggles to muster support for women's right to vote while his family spends a year running a lodge in western Massachusetts in the early 1920s. Ages 9-11.
A Time for Courage: the Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen Kathryn Lasky, 2002. A diary account of thirteen-year-old Kathleen Bowen's life in Washington, D.C. in 1917, as she juggles concerns about the national battle for women's suffrage, the war in Europe, and her own school work and family. Includes a historical note. Ages 9-11.
Zibby Oneal, 1990. An eight-year-old girl deals with the women's suffrage movement that rages during World War I. Ages 8-10.
Dorothy and Tom Hoobler, 2000. An immigrant boy joins the large Aldrich family as they stage a women's suffrage play and receive messages on the wireless radio about the ocean voyage of the Titanic. Ages 8-10.
Ellen Weiss, 2002. After coming to live with nine-year-old Emily and her family in 1916, Hitty, a well-traveled wooden doll, witnesses the efforts of Emily's aunt and other suffragettes to win the right for women to vote. Ages 8-9.
Francesca Vigilucci: Washington, D.C., 1913 Kathleen Duey, 2002. The women's suffrage movement is coming close to victory in 1913, and thirteen-year-old Francesca finds the courage to admit her secret dream of becoming a reporter. Ages 8-12.
Peter Roop and Connie Roop, 2002. A biography of the slave who freed herself and her children from slavery, and went on to work for social reform and women's rights. Ages 9-11.
Elizabeth McDavid Jones, 1999. In New York City in 1914, eleven-year-old Susan encounters a mystery through an independent-minded female boarder and becomes involved in the growing suffrage movement. Ages 9-11.
The Hope Chest Karen Schwabach, 2008 When eleven-year-old Violet runs away from home in 1918 and takes the train to New York City to find her older sister who is a suffragist, she falls in with people her parents would call "the wrong sort," and ends up in Nashville, Tennessee, where "Suffs" and "Antis" are gathered, awaiting the crucial vote on the nineteenth amendment. Ages 9-12
“Funding for this grant was awarded by the Illinois State Library (ISL), a division of the Office of the Secretary of State, using funds provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), under the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).”
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