About This Database

A Veritable Treasure Trove of Women's History Materials

American Women's History Online is an authoritative reference database containing biographies, historical and topical subject entries, primary sources, maps and charts, images and videos, and general and subject-specific timelines encompassing more than 500 years of American women's history. More than 60 historical videos cover such topics as working women, women in politics, and changing women's fashions. Users can search for entries by keyword or phrase, or they can browse by topic and by time period-from nine historical periods relevant specifically to women's history.
 

Highlights:

• Complete Coverage: more than 500 years of American women's history
• Unique Learning Centers: specially selected entries on different eras of women's history to help users find a starting point for their research
• Four Unique Timelines: a general timeline spanning more than 500 years of American women's history; a timeline of the American women's suffrage movement; a timeline covering the history of reproductive rights and technology; and a timeline on women in politics, all updated monthly.

Features:

• Biographies
• Events and topics
• Primary sources
• Images and videos
• Maps and charts:
• Learning Centers:
• "Focus On" feature
• "Editor's Selection of the Month"
• Dictionary
• "Did You Mean...?" search feature
• Persistent record links
• Examples of full citations in MLA, Chicago, and APA styles.