Daniel Boone Regional Library

Databases

• Biography Resource Center
  Biographies on more than 340,000 people from key reference sources plus full-text articles from magazines and newspapers.
  

Local Events for National Women's History Month

• Programs at DBRL
• Columbia Parks and Rec Women's History Month Activities
  Scroll down to Women's Month 2012 Activities for special events and programs offered by the Columbia Parks and Recreation Department.

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Women in the United States

• National Women’s History Project
  “Portal for information related to U.S. multicultural women’s history.” Click on Resource Center for biographies, events and links to other sites. The catalog features a wide selection of posters, books, curriculum units, videos and activity guides.
• National Organization for Women
  The “largest organization of feminist activists in the United States.”
• Time Magazine Special Report, October 2009
  Special report on “The State of American Women” with links to all Time’s covers on women and Time’s 1972 cover story “Where She Is and Where She’s Going.”
• Women, Men and the New Economics of Marriage
  A Pew Research Center report released January 2010 reveals that “a larger share of men in 2007, compared with their 1970 counterparts, are married to women whose education and income exceed their own.”

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Biography & History

• Famous Missouri Women
  The State Historical Society profiles of famous Missouri women include:  Helen Stephens, the Olympic gold medal sprinter from Fulton, Jane Froman, singer & entertainer who grew up in Columbia and Lucile Bluford, civil rights’ activist and journalist who tried eleven times to gain admittance to the University of Missouri.
• Women’s History – Free Gale Resources
  Gale, a major source for library subscription databases provides biographies, key documents in women’s history, a timeline and links to other web sites about women’s issues and achievements.
• National Archives
  Organized by topic, these links point to some of the best online resources & digital projects about the many facets of American women’s history and their lives.
• Library of Congress American Memory
  Women’s history collections include timelines, photographs, prints & pamphlets about the suffrage movement.
• Women Come to the Front
  Library of Congress exhibit on women journalists, photographers and broadcasters during World War Two.
• Living the Legacy: The Women’s Rights Movement 1848-1998
  Sponsored by the National Women’s History Project. 
• Digital History Project
  Designed for history teachers and their students, this resource includes a feature on the “History of Private Life” from childbirth, courtship, family life until death.
• A & E Biography
  Featured biographies, places & events, plus an interactive Women’s History timeline and information on upcoming programs on the A&E Biography channel.
• Women’s History (About.com)
  Authored by an expert in the field of women’s history, this site provides links to biographies, issues & events and the history of the Women’s Rights movement.  (Note that About.com has sponsored links.)

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Book List

• Browse a select list of books by and about influential women.

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