Biographical Collections / Museums and Online Exhibits / Digital Primary Source Collections / Blogs, Publications, and Projects / Wikipedia, Podcasts & Other Digital Media / Teaching Resources / Bibliographies and Databases of Historical Research / Allied Professional Organizations
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Biographical Collections
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Archives of the Society of Women Engineers
Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University Biographies of Women Mathematicians Agnes Scott College Borinqueña A blog featuring profiles of Puerto Rican women in science and technology, including historical figures. Ciencia Puerto Rico Camping with the Sioux: Fieldwork Diary of Alice Cunningham Fletcher National Anthropological Archives Celebrating Women's Achievements Library & Archives Canada Chemical Heritage Foundation: Historical Biographies Includes many women chemists. Chemical Heritage Foundation |
Cold Spring Harbor Oral History Site
Interviews with scientists documenting their experiences at the CSH Laboratory. Contributions of 20th c. Women to Physics University of California, Los Angeles Early Women in Science Biodiversity Heritage Library ECHO: Women in Science & Engineering Center for New Media Studies, George Mason University History of Women @ University of Wisconsin Includes Flickering Clusters on women and science education. University of Wisconsin Digital Collections |
NASA Oral History (scroll down for "Herstory"), see also Women@NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Profiles in Science US National Library of Medicine ScienceMakers A collection of archival documents and interviews with African American scientists The History Makers The Human Computer Project Celebrating the pioneering women who worked as mathematicians and "computers" at the NACA and NASA in the early days of aeronautics and the American space program. TrowelBlazers Celebrating women in archaeology, geology, and paleontology. |
University Women's International Networks Database
Biographies of female academics who were closely affiliated with the International Federation of University Women (IFUW), 1917-1955. Max Planck Institute for the History of Science WISE: Women in Science & Engineering Iowa State University Library Women in Ecology, Then and Now Ecological Society of America Historical Records Committee Women's Intellectual Contributions to the Study of Mind and Society Biographical resources on anthropologists, psychologists, and sociologists, Webster University |
Museums and Online Exhibits
Online Primary Source Collections
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American Social Hygiene Posters, 1910-1970
Social Welfare History Archives University of Minnesota Libraries Feeding America: The Historic American Cookbook Project Michigan State University Library |
HEARTH: Home Economics Archive
Cornell University Library History of Science Collections University of Oklahoma Library Image Archive on the American Eugenics Movement Dolan DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory |
MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters & Social Sciences Online
MATRIX houses major digital library repositories including the African Online Digital Library, Detroit Pubic Television’s American Black Journal video archives, Historical Voices, and The Quilt Index. Michigan State University |
Other Women's Voices: Translations of Women's Writing Before 1700
Dorothy Disse Women and Botany: 18th and early 19th c. England Michigan State University Library |
Blogs, Publications, and Projects
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Against Their Will: North Carolina's Sterilization Program
Winston-Salem Journal and JournalNow.com Ada Lovelace Day An international celebration day of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and math. Ada Project Resources on women and computing. Carnegie Mellon University Darwin and Gender A blog for the gender research stream. Darwin Correspondence Project |
Distillations
Chemical Heritage Foundation Feminist Philosophers Group blog about feminist philosophy and women philosophers. Gendered Innovations Employs sex and gender analysis as a resource to create new knowledge and technology. Stanford University Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Anita Borg Institute |
Lady Science
A collaborative writing project focused on women in science, technology, and medicine. Nursing Clio An open access, peer-reviewed, collaborative blog project that ties historical scholarship to present-day issues related to gender and medicine. Psychology's Feminist Voices York University, Canada Science Visions Blog of the Philosophy of Science Association's Women's Caucus |
TrowelBlazers
Celebrating women in archaeology, geology, and paleontology. WISRNet Exploring women's participation in science & learned societies in Britain, 1830-2000. Women in Science Research Network Women's History Month The Library of Congress National Endowment for the Humanities National Gallery of Art National Park Service Smithsonian Institution United States Holocaust Memorial Museum US National Archives and Records Administration Women in Science Project Michigan State University |
Wikipedia, Podcasts & Other Digital Media
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Linking In: How Historians Are Fighting Wikipedia's Biases
Perspectives on History, American Historical Association WikiEdu |
Podcast Episode: Harassment in the Lab [2017.12.02]
To The Best Of Our Knowledge Podcast Episode: When Women Stopped Coding [2014.10.17] NPR: Planet Money Podcast: Lady Science Monthly podcast from Lady Science editors on issues related to women, gender, and science |
Teaching Resources
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American Institute of Physics: Teaching Guides on Women and Minorities
Over 40 teaching guides that highlight the historical contributions of women and minorities to the physical sciences. These teaching guides meet national educational standards and can fit into social and natural science courses. Doing Biology Includes lessons on Lynn Margulis, Nettie Stevens, and Rachel Carson. Facing History and Ourselves A non-profit organization that provides teaching resources for engaging students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism in order to promote the development of a more humane and informed citizenry. Includes material on the history of eugenics and racial science. |
National Museum of American History Women’s History Resources Includes lesson planning guides. SHiPS Resource Center For science teachers using Sociology, History and Philosophy of Science. Women, Gender & Science Curriculum Module: Women in Science: Maria Merian & Hildegard von Bingen Rachel Carson & Silent Spring Syllabus Project Women's Caucus of the History of Science Society The Syllabus Project: Decolonizing the Env. History Syllabus Twitterstorian-sourced Zotero bibliography to aid in diversifying environmental history syllabi |
Bibliographies and Databases of Historical Research
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African-American Women in the Sciences and Related Disciplines
Library of Congress Center for the Historical Study of Women and Gender Binghamton University IsisCB Current bibliography of the history of science. History of Science Society |
Margaret Sanger and the Birth Control Movement
Library of Congress Women and Minorities in Science and Technology: A Guide to Selected Resources Library of Congress Women of Invention: Women Inventors and Patent Holders Library of Congress |
Allied Professional Organizations
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AmericanScience
Sponsored by the Forum for the History of Science in America, an interest group within the History of Science Society. Commission on Women and Gender Studies Division of History of Science and Technology of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science (DHST/IUHPS) Exploring Diversity in Technology’s History (EDITH) The Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) Special Interest Group EDITH supports scholars and scholarship currently underrepresented in the history of technology and SHOT. |
Forum for the History of Science in Asia
Graduate and Early Career Caucus History of Science Society Seeks to address the concerns and issues of graduate students and scholars in the early stages of their careers. GECC offers a mentoring program and sponsors a session and social events at the annual meeting. HSS at Work Devoted to improving opportunities and support for historians of science (and related scholars) interested in employment options beyond the academy. |
Joint Caucus of Socially Engaged Philosophers and Historians of Science Founded to promote research, educational and public activities in history and philosophy of science that constructively engages matters of social welfare. Philosophy of Science Association Women's Caucus Women Also Know History A media and curriculum tool for promoting the work of women historians. @womnknowhistory Women's Environmental History Network (WEHN) A space for newcomers to environmental history to meet with and network with senior scholars in the field, particularly women seeking role models as they chart their professional paths. Women in Technological History (WITH) Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) Special Interest Group. |
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