Links to Women and Gender in Europe

Ancient World Web
http://www.julen.net/ancient/
Offers a compendium of Internet sites discussing, spot-lighting, or otherwise considering the Ancient World.

Archives for Research on Women and Gender
http://www.lib.utsa.edu/Archives/WomenGender/
Contains links to repositories with primary sources about women's history, arranged geographically.

The British Monarchy
http://www.royal.gov.uk/index.htm
Gives profiles of various royal figures throughout the centuries. Very nice essays on Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth I. Also has some material on Princess Diana.

The Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse
http://www.hti.umich.edu/c/cme/bibl.html
Provides links to literary texts by women and with references to gender roles and identities. This collection of Middle English texts was assembled from works contributed by University of Michigan faculty and from texts provided by the Oxford Text Archive.

DIOTIMA: Women in Greek and Roman Antiquity
http://www.stoa.org/diotima/
Serves as an interdisciplinary resource for anyone interested in patterns of gender around the ancient Mediterranean and as a forum for collaboration among instructors who teach courses about women and gender in the ancient world. Diotima includes course materials, the beginnings of a systematic and searchable bibliography (with an emphasis on recent work), and links to many on-line articles, book reviews, databases, and images.

Distinguished Women of Past and Present
http://distinguishedwomen.com/
Highlights notable women through history. Distinguished Women of Past and Present offers brief bios of female writers, scientists, politicians, crusaders, artists, entertainers, and others. Visitors can browse alphabetical listings by name or field of activity.

Genesis: Developing Access to Women's History Sources in the British Isles

Genesis is a mapping initiative, funded by the Research Support Libraries Programme (RSLP) to identify and develop access to women's history sources in the British Isles. The database holds descriptions of women's history collections from libraries, archives and museums from around the British Isles.

Hanover Historical Texts Project: Europe
http://history.hanover.edu/project.html
Offers a good collection of primary materials on Europe. In the spring of 1995, the History Department and Hanover students launched The Hanover Historical Texts Project, with the goal of scanning and making available texts that would be used in history and humanities courses.

The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies
http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/
Lists numerous sources valuable for studying women and gender in the Middle Ages. The Labyrinth is a global information network providing free, organized access to electronic resources in medieval studies through a World Wide Web server at Georgetown University.

The National Women's History Project
http://www.nwhp.org/index.html
Offers numerous links to resources about women, especially in the United States but also throughout the world. The National Women's History Project was founded in 1980 as a nonprofit educational organization with the overarching goal of promoting gender equity through education about women's diverse lives and accomplishments.

NetSerf: The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources
http://www.netserf.org/
Has link to sites on marriage and everyday life .

Soviet Women Pilots in the Great Patriotic War
http://pratt.edu/~rsilva/sovwomen.htm
Site honors women pilots of World War II. Includes biographies of many individuals, information on their aircraft, and links. Music on site

Women’s Life in Greece and Rome
http://www.stoa.org/diotima/anthology/wlgr/
Includes primary sources covering legal status, family life, medicine, religion, public roles, philosophy, etc., relating to women in Ancient Greece and Rome. From the volume by Mary Lefkowitz and Maureen Fant.