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History and Timelines

• The History of Women's History
• Timeline: U.S. Women's Rights Movement
• Famous Firsts by American Women
• The Wage Gap: A History
• Timeline: Women in Sports New!
• Women's Suffrage Granted, by Country New!
• International Women's Day (March 8)
• Declaration of Sentiments
• Encyclopedia: Feminism
• Five Women's Museums to Know
• Notable Speeches by U.S. Women New!

Special Features

• Biographies of Notable Women
• Women by the Numbers
• Quotations by Women
• The First Ladies Portrait Gallery
• Women Political Leaders Throughout History
• Women in Congress (table)
• Top Female CEOs
• Places Where Women Made History

Especially for Kids

• Women on Pedestals
• Guide to Worldwide Goddesses
• Female Ingenuity
• Like Mother, Like Daughter
• Follow in Their Footsteps
• Mothers of Invention
• Children of Invention
• Crackerjack Kids
• Women and Work
• Quiz: Famous Women World Rulers New!

Prize Winners and Honorees

• Women's Hall of Fame
• Women Nobel Prize Winners
• Women Pulitzer Prize Winners for Letters, Drama, and Music
• Women Pulitzer Prize Winners in Journalism

Fun Stuff

• Quiz: Women Adventurers New!
• Quiz: Famous Women World Rulers New!
• Quiz: Famous Quotations by Women New!
• Quiz: Notable African-American Women New!
• Quiz: First Ladies
• Quiz: Female Writers and Performers
• Quiz: Groundbreaking Women
• Quiz: Women of the Ancient World
• Quiz: Women in History
• Quiz: Suffrage Movement
• Women Who Left Their "Stamps" on History
• Crossword: Women Songwriters
• Crossword: Women Writers
• Crossword: Women in Sports
• Crossword: First Ladies & Kids
• Crossword: "Her-Story"

Awards and Achievers

• Women's Hall of Fame
• Nobelists
• Pulitzers
• Women in Sports

Population

• Ratio of Males to Females
• Persons 65 Years Old and Over: Characteristics by Sex
• Life Expectancy, by Sex

Education

• Educational Attainment by Sex
• Percent of High School Dropouts by Sex
• Mean Annual Earnings by Level of Education
  

Work

• Women in the Labor Force
• Mothers Participating in Labor Force
• Percent of Women Employed in Select Occupations
• Women's Earnings as a Percentage of Men's
• Active Duty Servicewomen by Branch of Service and Rank

Motherhood and Family

• Marital Status
• Median Age at First Marriage
• Births by Age and Race of Mother
• Families by Type, Race, and Hispanic Origin
• Teen Birth Rates Decline

Health and Reproductive Issues

• Contraceptive Use
• Abortion Statistics
• Legal Abortions in Selected Countries
• The Abolition of Female Genital Mutilation
• Smoking Statistics, by Sex
• Heavy Alcohol Use, by Sex

Crime

• National Violence Against Women Survey
• Domestic Violence Statistics
• Total Arrest Trends by Sex
• Women on Death Row

Other Resources

• Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians
• Fathom Knowledge Network: Women's History Month Resources
• The National Women's History Project
• National Organization for Women
• The American Association of University Women
• The National Women's Health Information Center
• MADRE: International Women's Human Rights Organization