Women

Resources in this category:

African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/writers_aa19/

African American Women Writers of the 19th Century is a digital collection of some 52 published works by 19th-century black women writers. A part of the Digital Schomburg, this collection provides access to the thought, perspectives and creative abilities of black women as captured in books and pamphlets published prior to 1920. A full text database of these 19th and early 20th- century titles, this digital library is key-word-searchable. Each individual title as well as the entire database can be searched to determine what these women had to say about "family", "religion", "slavery" or any other subject of interest to the researcher or casual reader.

African American Women's History
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/africanamerican/

"Uncover the history of African American women: the history of black women in America, from slavery through Reconstruction, Harlem Renaissance and civil rights." This website lets you search by time period, topic, and person and includes biographies, brief historical information, and links to other resources.

Index of African-American Women Scientists
https://webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/women.html

The Index of African American Scientists is a sub-collection of "The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences," resource. The index is broken down into the different science research areas. Typically, each profile includes a photo, bibliographic information, and links to other web sources.