Links
Here are some links to sites of interest to HerStoria magazine readers. If you would like to suggest a web which should be included here, please email webeditor@herstoria.com
Links marked with * have appeared in HerStoria magazine 'Best Webs' feature.
BOOKSELLERS
The History Press
www.thehistorypress.co.uk
Wide range of local and specialist history publications
Naomi Symes Books
www.naomisymes.com
Specialist source of women's history and social history books, including finding service for rare books
LIBRARIES/ARCHIVES
GENESIS
www.londonmet.ac.uk/genesis
Genesis is a major gateway to sources of women’s history. It has a database describing collections in UK museums, libraries and archives, and provides access to a wide range of web resources worldwide
The Feminist Library
feministlibrary.co.uk
Large archive collection of the Women's Liberation movement, especially Second Wave feminism
The Women’s Library
www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary
Including information on exhibitions, talks and other special events
The UK Centre for the History of Nursing and Midwifery
www.nursing.manchester.ac.uk/ukchnm/
An active research group relating to women's history
Women's Archive of Wales
www.womensarchivewales.org
Archif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales exists to promote the study, and to rescue and preserve the sources, of women's history in Wales. Available in Welsh and English
Yorkshire Women
www.historytoherstory.org.uk
Yorkshire Women’s Lives on-line, 1100 to the Present
PUBLICATIONS
The Hastings Press
www.hastingspress.co.uk
Independent publisher of women's history books with web exhibitions on 'Women of Victorian Hastings' and 'Railway Women 1900-2000'
Project Gutenberg
www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
An ever growing collection of freely available books, many not available in any other format. Includes many early women writers
Trotamundas Press
www.trotamundaspress.com
An international publisher specializing in travel literature written by women travellers from different countries and cultures
SOCIETIES
The Women’s History Network
www.womenshistorynetwork.org
Association of researchers, academics and other scholars involved in researching and promoting women’s history
WEBSITES
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Women's History Month USA
Writing women back into history
National Women's History Project
Women's History Month - Library of Congress
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The Anne Boleyn Files
www.theanneboleynfiles.com
Quirky site with lots of interesting detail about Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII and the Tudors. Also sells Tudor and Anne Boleyn related jewelry and merchandise.
The ATS Remembered
www.atsremembered.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
Remembering the A.T.S. (The Auxilary Territorial Service, forerunner of the British Women’s Royal Army Corps) with historical data, testimonials and research leads
Bolton Women’s Liberation
www.bolton-womens-liberation.org/index.html
Project and web recording the history of the Bolton Women’s Liberation Group, 1971-1986
Chris Wind the writer
www.chriswind.com/writer.htm
Entertaining site of writer Chris Wind. It includes the electronic book, Deare Sister, a collection of letters written from one woman to another. Although fiction, these letters are based on research into real historical women such as Mrs Mozart,one of Ruben’s models and Lady Godiva. One of Chris' letters 'The Experiment' features in the Summer 2009 issue of HerStoria magazine
* Emancipation of Women, 1750-1920 *
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/women
This meticulously-researched resource is constantly updated and includes comprehensive details about a large number of women suffrage campaigners
* Fuzzylizzie Vintage Clothing *
www.fuzzylizzie.com
Comprehensive, entertaining and engaging site for vintage clothing collectors and for students of the history of clothing
Gender, Sex and the sea
genderedseas.blogspot.com
Jo Stanley's lively blog about gender issues on the sea. Informative and entertaining. Jo wrote 'The Trouble with Women Pirates' for the Spring 2009 of HerStoria magazine
‘Her Stories’ Biographies
www.her-stories.co.uk
Website celebrating women’s lives
Jewish Women's Archive
jwa.org
A comprehensive site with the aim to uncover, chronicle, and transmit to a broad public the rich history of American Jewish women.
Lesley Hall’s web
www.lesleyahall.net
Reflective information on history, women, gender, sexuality and other topics. An interview with Lesley features in the Spring 2009 issue of HerStoria magazine
Sylvia Pankhurst
www.sylviapankhurst.com
A comprehensive, wonderfully informative website about Sylvia Pankhurst
* The American War Bride Experience *
www.geocities.com/US_warbrides
After World War Two, some 70,000 British women left to travel to the US as a 'GI Bride'. This site is an Aladdin's cave of their stories, news and even a page dedicated to finding lost family or friends. You can even contribute your own recollections to add to the ever growing site.
* Victorian Page *
www.victorianpage.com
A twenty-first century resource which manages to create an authentic and entertaining Victorian voice
Victorian Turkish Baths
www.victorianturkishbath.org
Site featuring details of the history of Turkish baths during from the Victorian period. Malcom Shifrin, who runs the site, wrote 'Women and the Victorian Turkish Bath' for the Summer 2009 issue of HerStoria magazine
The Virtual World of Girls
www.ju90.co.uk/indexsho.htm
Comprehensive and entertaining information on the history of girl’s literature, especially school stories. Ju wrote 'Girls School Story' for the Spring 2009 issue of HerStoria magazine
Women at War
caber.open.ac.uk/schools/stanway/
The role of women at work during World War Two
* Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership *
www.guide2womenleaders.com
Comprehesive site dedicated to the women who have ruled since the beginning of times
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