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    General
    Ancient History
    • Diotima: Women & Gender in the Ancient World Extensive site offering course materials, a searchable bibliography and links to many online articles, book reviews, databases and images. (University of Kentucky)
    • Images Of Women In Ancient Art Pictures, texts, and bibliographies referring to the "Venus" of Willendorf, the Minoan "Snake Goddess" and other images of women in prehistoric and ancient Europe, Egypt and the Middle East. Educational site by Christ Witcombe, Sweet Briar College, Virginia.
    • Marriage & Divorce Papyri of the ancient Greek, Roman and Jewish world A collection of papyri from 4th C BCE to 4th C CE. By David Instone-Brewer, Cambridge.
    • Romanae Antiquae "An informal look at the lives of women in ancient Rome". Web presentation for a broad audience of various aspects of women's life in Ancient Rome.
    • Women and Gender in Ancient Egypt Online version of a Kelsey Museum exhibition. Texts, images of artifacts, curated by Terry G. Wilfong. One section documents the University of Michigan excavations in Egypt, 1924-1935, and the participation of women.
    • Women in the Ancient Near East A select bibliography of recent sources in The Oriental Institute Research Archives, University of Chicago. Compiled by Terry Wilfong.
    • Women's Life in Greece & Rome Translated fragments of classical texts referring to women. By Mary R. Lefkowitz and Maureen B. Fant.
    Medieval History
    • Anthology of Middle English Literature (1350-1485) Bibliographies and other resources related to (a.o.) Margery Kempe and Julian of Norwich. The site is maintained by Anniina Jokinen.
    • Bibliography on Medieval Women, Gender, and Medicine By Monica Green: available for download in PDF from the Sciència.cat website. The bibliography is a revision of those published earlier in the Medieval Feminist Newsletter.
    • Bibliography on Women in Byzantium 2003 Founding editor: Thalia Gouma-Peterson. This bibliography was prepared by Thalia Gouma-Peterson, Alice-Mary Talbot, Judith Herrin, Margaret Schaus, and others. It includes material from bibliographies by Chris Africa, Gillian Clark, Monica Green, Paul Halsall, Judith Herrin, and Abdulaziz Ramadan.
    • Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index It covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages. Margaret Schaus is the editor.
    • Gender and Medieval Studies Group (GMS) A UK-based organization devoted to putting together an annual interdisciplinary conference on the study of medieval gender.
    • Grundkurs Bibliographie 'Minne' and 'Frauen'. Mainly German titles. Bibliography from the server Mediävistik der Universität GH Essen (Germany).
    • Grupo de Estudios sobre la Mujer en España y las Américas (pre-1800) GEMELA GEMELA strives to unite scholars across traditional disciplinary boundaries through its focus on women's cultural production in medieval and early modern Spain and colonial Latin America through 1800; continues the Asociación de Escritoras de España y las Américas (1300-1800) AEEA. General information, mailing list, newsletter, links.
    • International Joan of Arc Society (Société Internationale de l'étude de Jeanne d'Arc) is a WWW repository of scholarly and pedagogic information about Joan of Arc collected by faculty, independent scholars, and students. The site features texts related to Joan of Arc, a discussion list, a bibliography, maps, a catalogue of Joan-of-Arc films, pedagogic resources and links to related websites.
    • medfem-l A forum for discussion of feminist approaches to medieval studies.
    • Medieval and Renaissance Wedding Page Bibliographies and Internet resources compiled by Kirsti Thomas for a broad audience.
    • Medieval Women Links to online bibliographies and other resources. At Labyrinth: a WWW server for Medieval Studies.
    • Monastic Matrix A scholarly resource for the study of women's religious communities from 400 to 1600 CE
    • NWSA Medieval Women Interest Group Information about the aims and activities of this interest group of the National Women's Studies Association.
    • SheelaNaGig.org a guide to Sheela Na Gig carvings in the UK Sheela Na Gigs are quasi-erotic stone carvings of a female figure usually found on Norman churches. The site includes information on Irish and French sheelas.
    • SIEFAR: Société Internationale pour l'Etude des Femmes de l'Ancien Régime Société Internationale pour l'Etude des Femmes de l'Ancien Régime. The Association is devoted to French women's history from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution. Besides information on SIEFAR's mission and activities, its website offers news on events and new publications, a directory of researchers, a biographical dictionary with home made entries and entries taken from other historical dictionaries, and a list of researchers and their publications.
    • Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship Based at Minot State University, North Dakota. General information on the Society and its journal, Medieval Feminist Forum (MFF).
    • Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship / Medieval Feminist Forum (MFF) Minot State University is the institutional home of the Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship (SMFS) and its journal, Medieval Feminist Forum (MFF).
    • Women Writers of the Middle Ages Links to web sites, (translated) texts, and other online materials concerning medieval women. Compiled by Bonnie Duncan, at Millersville University.
    Early Modern History
    • Arbeitskreis Geschlechtergeschichte der frühen Neuzeit (AKGG-FNZ)
    • Bibliography on cookery, food, wine etc., mainly 1350-1800 Compiled by Thomas Gloning, at the University of Marburg, Germany.
    • Early Modern Women Database This database provides links to web resources useful for the study of women in early modern Europe and the Americas. It focuses on the period ca. 1500 to ca. 1800. Resources have been selected for their scholarly value by librarians on the Arts and Humanities Team of the University of Maryland Libraries. Materials range from bibliographic databases to full-text resources, images, and sound recordings. Most of the resources linked here are free. Some require a license for access.
    • Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal
    • Filles du Roi These young women of marriageable age and capable of bearing children who settled in New France after the founding of Québec, in 1608, and of Montréal, in 1642, are so called because their transportation and settlement expenses, as well as the dowry for some of them, were assumed by the royal treasury; from the Virtual Museum of New France website.
    • Foundation for Early Modern Women's History (Netherlands)
    • Grupo de Estudios sobre la Mujer en España y las Américas (pre-1800) GEMELA GEMELA strives to unite scholars across traditional disciplinary boundaries through its focus on women's cultural production in medieval and early modern Spain and colonial Latin America through 1800; continues the Asociación de Escritoras de España y las Américas (1300-1800) AEEA. General information, mailing list, newsletter, links.
    • H-Frauen-L Archive of the Women and Gender of Early Modern Europe discussion network. H-Frauen-L ran from February 19, 1998 to June 6, 2002.
    • Huwelijk & Relaties 1500-1800 Marriage & relationships in the early-modern Netherlands. Teaching materials from the National Library of the Netherlands based on Jacob Cats's Houwelick (Marriage) (1625), with related sources (images, literary works, religious and legal documents, first-person narratives, governmental documents) and a timeline, all in Dutch.
    • Infanticide trials in a Reformation context Bibliography by Darryl Ogier, Guernsey (UK).
    • Madame de Pompadour und ihre Zeit This German site is the result of an educational project at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. It contains student reports on several topics, a timeline, biographies, a bibliography and a list of weblinks.
    • Margaret Cavendish Society Website An international organization. The site contains current and past newsletters, contacts, information on joining the Society, images, conference details and links to bibliographies, books, e-text and related sites.
    • MATEO - editio theodoro-palatina online: Frauen des Humanismus Texts by Juan Luis Vives, Olympia Fulvia Morata, Lorenza Stozzi, Anna Maria van Schurman, Giacomo Filippo Tomasini, Elisabetha Johanna Westonia, Cassandra Fedele, Laura Cereta, and others. This edition is part of the Mannheimer Reihe Altes Buch), formerly called Editio Theodoro-Palatina, an online series of rare books and manuscripts of the early modern period originating from old Mannheim libraries. It offers free access to portrait galleries, emblem and fable books, maps, writings of learned women, and other sources. The facsimile color reproductions are accompanied by an introduction and a table of contents.
    • Muse and Confidante: the Angelica Schuyler Church Archive Reproductions of letters and pictures of Angelica Schuyler (1756-1815), her family and such friends as Thomas Jefferson and La Fayette. With explanatory texts and the complete inventory of the Church archive. Online exhibition from the University of Virginia Library.
    • My Lord Katie: Katharina von Bora Luther Online exhibit celebrating the 500th anniversary of the birth of the wife of Martin Luther. Pictures and biographical information for a wide audience. From the Concordia Historical Institute.
    • NWSA Early Modern Interest Group Information about the aims and activities of this interest group of the National Women's Studies Association.
    • Perdita Project, The An online guide to over 400 manuscript compilations in collections around the world of early modern women's writing; from the Raymond Williams Centre for Research at Nottingham Trent University.
    • SIEFAR: Société Internationale pour l'Etude des Femmes de l'Ancien Régime Société Internationale pour l'Etude des Femmes de l'Ancien Régime. The Association is devoted to French women's history from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution. Besides information on SIEFAR's mission and activities, its website offers news on events and new publications, a directory of researchers, a biographical dictionary with home made entries and entries taken from other historical dictionaries, and a list of researchers and their publications.
    • Society for the Study of Early Modern Women A USA based network of scholars who meet annually, sponsor sessions at conferences, maintain a listserv and website, give awards for outstanding scholarship, and support one another's work in the field.
    • Women Writers Archive A website on early modern women's writing. The site contains links, biographical information, and critical resources on Anne Southwell, Elizabeth Egerton, Jane Cavendish, Margaret Cavendish, and Katherine Philips, maintained by Emily Smith.
    Modern History
    • American Women's Dime Novels, 1870-1920 A history of the women's sensational dime novel romance by Felicia L. Carr, at the Center for History and the New Media, George Mason University.
    • Clash of Cultures in the 1910s and 1920s: The New Woman Part of a web site hosted by the Department of History at Ohio State University. Photographs, political cartoons, and historical documents from period newspapers and magazines, as well as government archives. Extra features, such as related links, indices for documents and images, and brief bibliographies, provide tools to research the subject in greater depth.
    • Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls This site is devoted to the Dime Novel and Story Paper Collection at Stanford University Library. It offers thousands of catalogued graphic images of illustrated covers to issues of the dime novels and story papers that were popular in America in the second half of the 19th century and may be interesting for students of graphic representations of gender, class, race, work, and manners of the time.
    • Fashion Plate Collection Over 400 plates from French, American, and British fashion journals of the 19th and early 20th century; from the University of Washington Libraries digitized collection.
    • Flapper Culture and Style: Louise Brooks and the Jazz Age Cartoons, photographs and texts with links to related resources, presented by the Louise Brooks Society.
    • Frauen in Bewegung: 1918-1938. Biographien, Vereinsprofile, Dokumente An information system on women's policy, women's politics and women's movements in the inter-war period 1918 to 1938. A joint endeavour of Ariadne and the Department of Contemporary History at Vienna University.
    • Gendercide Watch Gendercide is gender-selective mass killing. The site contains an expanding series of studies of gendercides against men and women worldwide. These case studies include both current and historical events (e.g., the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Jewish Holocaust, the Nanjing Massacre), and "background" institutions that often exhibit gendercidal characteristics (e.g., maternal mortality, corvée labour).
    • Godey's Lady's Book Online Home Page
    • Victorian Web: Gender Matters Online texts on women and class in the age of Queen Victoria, social and political conditions, science, religion, imagery, writers, a bibliography and more.



    Last updated 22 March 2010