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Women -- Biography

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View Resource Robin Flies Again: Letters written by women of Goucher College, class of 1903

Goucher College presents this Web version of a series of round robin letters, kept in volumes that were passed from hand to hand, written by 37 women of the class of 1903. Two volumes dated 1919 and 1937 are available at the Website. The letters speak of many aspects of women's lives during this period of American history: family and children, careers, suffrage, World War I, and the Depression....

http://meyerhoff.goucher.edu/library/robin/
View Resource Women's History Month

In honor of Women's History Month, the History Channel offers this concise but interesting site, featuring brief biographies of 31 notable women, one each day. In addition to the essays, which trace each woman's early life and accomplishments, a suggested reading list is provided in many cases. While any such list is arbitrary, interested but busy users will enjoy these quick daily doses of...

https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/womens-history-month
View Resource Women's Legal History Biography Project

Originating in Stanford Law School Professor Barbara Babcock's course on Women's legal history, this site features a large collection of biographical papers by students on early woman lawyers. These papers, which discuss both living and past women lawyers, are found in the Biographical Chapters section, listed alphabetically. Each includes a timeline and bibliography, and some are in .pdf format....

https://wlh.law.stanford.edu/