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Accounting
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American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
is the premier national professional association for CPAs in the United States.
[http://www.aicpa.org/index.htm]
Financial Accounting Standards Board The mission of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is to establish and improve standards of financial accounting and reporting for the guidance and education of the public. [http://accounting.rutgers.edu/raw/fasb/]
Governmental Accounting Standards Board The mission of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) is to establish and improve standards of state and local governmental accounting and financial reporting that will result in useful information for users of financial reports and guide and educate the public. [http://www.rutgers.edu/Accounting/raw/gasb/main.html]
History of Accounting A short history of accounting and the contribution that accounting has made to society. From the Association of Chartered Accountants in the U.S. [http://www.acaus.org/acc_his.html]
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American Anthropological Association
The American Anthropological Association (AAA), the primary professional
society of anthropologists in the United States since its founding in
1902, is the world's largest professional organization of individuals
interested in anthropology. [http://www.aaanet.org/]
Anthropology Tutorials ...is a collection of interactive modules in Physical (Biological Anthropology) and Cultural (Social) Anthropology. The site is searchable and covers a broad range of topics including: human and hominid physiology, evolution, adaptation, kinship, marriage, religion and other cultural practices. Several awards and reviews. [http://anthro.palomar.edu/tutorials/]
Edwin Curtis' North American Indian A part of the Library of Congress' Digital Collection, these plates illustrate Native American of the American West, Canada and Alaska. It contains all facets of tribal life from artifacts to inhabitants. [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html]
Kinship and Social Organization is an interactive tutorial on familial relationships. [http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/anthropology/kintitle.html]
Anthropology and Sociology Page of Diane C. Freedman Home page of a cultural anthropologist teaching Anthropology and Sociology courses here at the College. [http://faculty.ccp.cc.pa.us/faculty/DFreedman]
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Alzheimers Sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIH), this web site offers free publications, resources, and directories for older adults and their families. [http://www.nia.nih.gov/Alzheimers/]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Autism Government sponsored site with a wide variety of information and resources regarding the Autism Spectrum Disorders. [http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/index.htm]
National Association of Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counselors NAADAC's mission is to lead, unify and empower addiction focused professionals to achieve excellence through education, advocacy, knowledge, standards of practice, ethics, professional development and research. [http://www.naadac.org]
National Association of Social Workers The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is the largest membership organization of professional social workers in the world, with more than 155,000 members. NASW works to enhance the professional growth and development of its members, to create and maintain professional standards, and to advance sound social policies. [http://www.naswdc.org]
National Institute of Mental Health The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is one of 27 components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Federal government's principal biomedical and behavioral research agency. NIH is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [http://www.nimh.nih.gov]
The Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures, Signs & Body Language Cues is an inventory of facial and body gestures that have been researched by anthropologists, archeologists, biologists, linguists, psychiatrists, psychologists and other students of human communication. [http://members.aol.com/nonverbal2/diction1.htm]
Office for Victims of Crime Web site offers resources for victims of crime ranging from dating violence to domestic abuse to terrorism. [http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/]
Social Gerontology and the Aging Revolution Description from the website: Aging is not a singular process: we age biologically, psychologically, and sociologically, and the "aging experience" is determined by the unique interactions between these various clocks. [http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/geron.html]
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American Management Association is the web
site for the world's leading membership-based management development organization. [http://www.amanet.org/index.htm]
BigCharts offers historical stock quotes. [http://www.bigcharts.com/historical/]
Business Plans From the Small Business Development Center National Information Clearinghouse. [http://sbdcnet.utsa.edu/SBIC/bplans.htm]
CNN/Money - the Financial Network Good site for stock quotes, mutual funds, bonds and other financial information. [http://cnnfn.cnn.com/]
EDGAR Database EDGAR, the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Its primary purpose is to increase the efficiency and fairness of the securities market for the benefit of investors, corporations, and the economy by accelerating the receipt, acceptance, dissemination, and analysis of time-sensitive corporate information filed with the agency. [http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml]
Researching Companies Online is a business research tutorial which presents a step-by-step process for finding free company and industry information on the World Wide Web. [http://home.sprintmail.com/~debflanagan/index.html]
Small Business Administration This federal agency exists to help small businesses develop and grow. Sample business plans are found under the Starting Your Business button. Use the "Search All" SBA box to search for marketing guides. [http://www.sba.gov]
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Autism Fact Sheet from Child Development Institute This site includes definitions, diagnostic signs, and treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders with links to other resources. [http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/disorders/autism_fact_sheet.shtml]
Early Childhood Education Home page of the Early Childhood Education program. [http://faculty.ccp.cc.pa.us/dept/ece]
Child Care and Early Education Research Connections A collection of resources from various disciplines related to child care and early education. [http://www.childcareresearch.org/discover/index.jsp]
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is the nation's largest organization of early childhood educators. This group is dedicated to improving the quality of educational programs for children from birth through third grade and to building public support for quality early childhood education. [http://www.naeyc.org/]
National Center for Early Development and Learning This Web site provides links to research reports & publications for the national research and development centers of the Institute for Education Sciences (IES), formerly the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI). [http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~ncedl/]
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American Land Conservancy Founded in 1990, ALC is a
national, non-profit organization that works in close partnership with communities, private
landowners, local land trusts, public lands agencies, and elected officials to create effective
conservation solutions for threatened land and water resources. [http://www.alcnet.org/]
Atmospheric Optics Light playing on water drops, dust or ice crystals in the atmosphere produces a host of visual spectacles - rainbows, halos, glories, coronas and many more. This site contains images of these spectacles. [http://www.atoptics.co.uk/phen800.htm]
Extreme Weather Sourcebook Economic and other societal impacts related to hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, lightning, and other weather phenomena. [http://www.sip.ucar.edu/sourcebook]
GIS.com Guide to geographic information systems. Includes career information. [http://www.gis.com]
GIS Dictionary The on-line GIS Dictionary Web site is maintained by the Association for Geographic Information and the University Of Edinburgh Department of Geography. The database contains definitions for 988 terms compiled from books, articles, proceedings and the World Wide Web. It is supplemented by 52 diagrams. [http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/agidict/welcome.html]
Greenhouse Gas Online Research abstracts from peer-reviewed journals from Dave Reay, environmental scientist at the University of Edinburgh. [http://www.ghgonline.org]
Major Biomes of the World Radford University in Virginia produced this site as part of a Virtual Geography Department Project sponsored by the University of Colorado. GO DIRECTLY TO THE BIOMES. [http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/main.html]
NatureServe An online encyclopedia of life. Conservation status, taxonomic, and distribution information for over 50,000 plants, animals, and ecological communities. [http://www.natureserve.org/index.htm]
NOAA Stratospheric Ozone National Oceanic & Atmospheric Adminstration (NOAA) uses satellite, airborne and ground-based systems to continuously monitor stratospheric ozone as well as the chemical compounds and atmospheric conditions that affect its concentration. [http://www.ozonelayer.noaa.gov]
Portals to the World Links to electronic resources selected by the Library of Congress subject experts – authoritative, in-depth information about nations and other areas of the world. [http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html]
UNEP.Net The United Nations Environment Network. Use this site for authoritative environmental information from a broad range of information and data providers, committed to making their information freely available to the whole spectrum of users of environmental information. [http://www.unep.net/]
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Economic Statistics Briefing Room From the White House, this site provides easy access to current Federal economic indicators. It provides links to information produced by a number of Federal agencies. All of the information included in the Economic Statistics Briefing Room is maintained and updated by the statistical units of those agencies. All the estimates for the indicators presented in the Federal Statistics Briefing Rooms are the most currently available values. Statistics on Employment, Income, International, Money, Output, Prices, Production, and Transportation are included.
FED 101 This site is maintained by the Federal Reserve Bank of KC. Provides information about the history, structure, policies and services of the Fed. [http://www.kc.frb.org/fed101html]
Library of Economics and Liberty From the Liberty Fund, Inc., this site contains full-text articles on economics. [http://www.econlib.org]
Online Statistics: An Interactive Multimedia Course of Study Online introductory statistics book which includes interactive demonstrations and simulations, case studies, and an analysis lab. [http://onlinestatbook.com]
Path to Investing Learn about investing from the SIFMA Foundation for Investory Education. [http://www.pathtoinvesting.org]
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The American Association of Community Colleges Headquartered in the National Center for Higher Education in Washington, D.C., the AACC is the primary organization that advocates for community colleges nationally, and works at the state level to inform and affect policy. [http://www.aacc.nche.edu/]
National Education Association is America's oldest and largest organization committed to advancing the cause of public education. [http://www.nea.org/]
Nation's Report Card: National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) A nationally representative and continuing assessment program of what America's students know and can do in various subject areas. Click on "Select Jurisdiction" and choose "Pennsylvania" [http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/states/profile.asp]
Digest of Education Statistics 2001 is a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from kindergarten through graduate school. [http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/digest2001/]
National Association for Developmental Education NADE seeks to improve the theory and practice of developmental education at all levels of the educational spectrum, the professional capabilities of developmental educators, and the design of programs to prepare developmental educators. [http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/]
Pennsylvania Association of Developmental Educators PADE is a statewide professional, non-profit, educational organization addressing the needs and interests of developmental educators from every type of postsecondary institution in the state. [http://www.pade-pa.org/]
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FED 101 This site is maintained by the Federal Reserve Bank of KC. Provides information about the history, structure, policies and services of the Fed. [http://www.kc.frb.org/fed101html]
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African-American Mosaic A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History & Culture. Covering the nearly 500 years of the black experience in the Western hemisphere, the Mosaic surveys the full range size, and variety of the Library's collections, including books, periodicals, prints, photographs, music, film, and recorded sound. [http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html]
AFRO-American Almanac The Afro-American Almanac is an online presentation of the African in America. An historical perspective of a nation, its people, and its cultural evolution. Scope: the beginning of the slave trade to the present. Includes biographies, historical documents, events and search site capability. Full text and citation information. [http://www.toptags.com/aama/]
First-Person Narratives of the American South This site documents the American South from the viewpoint of Southerners. It focuses on the diaries, autobiographies, memoirs, travel accounts, and ex-slave narratives of relatively inaccessible populations: women, African Americans, enlisted men, laborers, and Native Americans. Part of the "Documenting American South" project from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries. [http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/fpn.html]
History Matters Serves as a gateway to web resources and offers other useful materials for teaching U.S. history. [http://historymatters.gmu.edu/]
The Internet African American History Challenge - The Internet African American History Challenge© is an interactive quiz that helps you sharpen your knowledge of African American History. It's an "open book" test. [http://www.brightmoments.com/blackhistory/]
Secret Routes to Freedom The Underground Railroad Experience – includes information about the routes taken, stories, themes, exhibitions and underground news. [http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/undergroundrailroadexperience]
Timeline of Computer History The history of computing from 1939 to 1994. [http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline]
Women and Social Movements in the U.S. 1775-2000/Projects in Women's History Useful for HIST 180, Women in History. The entire site is called editorial projects, each present an overall question and 15-20 primary documents to help answer the question. Searchable by keyword. [http://womhist.binghamton.edu/links/projlink.htm]
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Foreign Trade Statistics
Compiled by the Foreign Trade Division, US Census Bureau, Washington DC.
[http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/index.html]
International Trade Administration
(ITA) is headed by the Under Secretary
for International Trade. It exists to help U.S. businesses participate fully in
the growing global marketplace. It provides information on selecting markets
and products; ensures access to international markets as required by trade
agreements; and, safeguards businesses against unfair competition from dumped
and subsidized imports.[http://www.ita.doc.gov/]
International Trade Centre - The ITC's mission is to support developing and transition economies with particular emphasis on their business sectors. The ITC assists these economies in their efforts to realize their full potential for developing exports and improving import operations, with the ultimate goal of achieving sustainable development. Site provides links to national trade support institutions and country-specific business information. In addition, it presents trade and market profiles based on trade statistics which benchmark national trade performance and provide indicators on export supply and import demand. [http://www.intracen.org/]
Trade and Economy Data and Analysis Information related to research and analysis on international and domestic trade provided by the Office of Trade and Economic Analysis. [http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/index.html]
United States International Trade Commission (USITC) provides trade expertise to both the legislative and executive branches of government. It determines the impact of imports on US industries and directions against unfair trade practices such as patent, trademark and copyright infringement. [http://www.usitc.gov/]
World Trade Organization (WTO) is an international organization dealing with the global rules of trade between nations. Its main function is to ensure that trade flows as smoothly, predictably and freely as possible. [http://www.wto.org/]
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Bureau of Justice Statistics
collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders,
victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.
[http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/]
Civilrights.org is a social justice network which serves as a portal to resources on Civil Rights issues in the United States. It provides links to news, press releases, and a calendar of events; a documents library; Civil Rights directory; technical assistance and activist tools; contact information and links to a variety of programs and publications. From the Progressive Coalition for Equal Opportunity and Justice. [http://civilrights.org]
Constitution Finder Constitutions, charters, amendments and other related documents - search by country. [http://confinder.richmond.edu/]
Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center contains information about suspects and defendants processed in the Federal criminal justice system. From the Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs. [http://fjsrc.urban.org/]
Handbook of Forensic Sciences provides guidance and procedures for safe and efficient methods of collecting and preserving evidence and describes the forensic examinations performed by the FBI Laboratory. [http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/handbook/intro.htm]
Human Rights Watch:US View Human Rights Watch documents on Human Rights in the U.S. and U.S. Foreign Policy and Human Rights. [http://www.hrw.org/us/index.php]
The Justice Project.org is a study undertaken by Professor James Liebman of Columbia University School of Law. The study is entitled A Broken System: Error Rates in Capital Cases, 1973-1995. [http://http://justice.policy.net/jpreport/]
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is one of the most extensive sources of information on criminal and juvenile justice in the world, providing services to an international community of policymakers and professionals. NCJRS is a collection of clearinghouses supporting all bureaus of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs: the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the OJP Program Offices. It also supports the Office of National Drug Control Policy. [http://www.ncjrs.org/]
Philadelphia Division FBI [http://philadelphia.fbi.gov/phila1a.htm]
Philadelphia Police Department [http://www.ppdonline.org]
Virtual Exhibit on Forensic Science Criminal investigation website for "anyone with an interest in the different scientific methods used to solve crimes." [http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Myst/en/index.html]
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American Law Sources On-line This site provides a comprehensive
collection of links to sources of law for the United States and Canada. You can search for federal or state or provincial
law. There are also links for law schools, law reviews and periodicals, uniform laws, and legal monographs.
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
Delaware
[Main Site = http://www.lawsource.com/also/]
BitLaw is a comprehensive Internet resource on technology law, containing over 1,800 pages on patent, copyright, trademark and Internet legal issues. [http://www.bitlaw.com]
Code of Federal Regulations From Findlaw, searchable by keyword, or section or subpart. [http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/cfr.html]
Code of Federal Regulations Provided by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). [http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html]
Court Rules Search for the State of Pennsylvania. Sponspored by LLRX.com. [http://www.llrx.com/courtrules-gen/state-Pennsylvania.html]
Famous Trials Website created by Professor Douglas Linder of the UMKC School of Law. Trials are lsited by date. [http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm]
Federal Register available online via GPO Access. [http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html]
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure From Cornell’s Legal Information Institute. [http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/overview.htm]
Federal Rules of Evidence From Cornell’s Legal Information Institute. [http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/fre/]
History of the Federal Judiciary contains the Federal Judges Biographical Database of all federal judges since 1789. [http://air.fjc.gov/history]
JURIST: The Legal Education Network at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law presents this guide as a non-partisan educational resource on the law of Presidential pardons. [http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/pardons.htm]
Law Library of Congress The Library of Congress began its existence in 1801 essentially as a collection of law books. But in 1832, Congress ordered the 2,011 law books of the Library of Congress separated from its general collection, and the Law Library of Congress was thereby established. Its mission is to provide research and legal information to the U.S. Congress as well as to U.S. Federal Courts and Executive Agencies, and to offer reference services to the public. [http://www.loc.gov/law/]
Legal Encyclopedia From Nolo.com. Plain-English articles on the legal topics that affect you most. [http://www.nolo.com/encyclopedia/index.html]
Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator Search for lawyers by name, firm, location, or law school attended. [http://www.martindale.com/xp/Martindale/Lawyer_Locator/Search_Lawyer_Locator/lawyer_search.xml]
Oyez Oyez Oyez U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia Database contains a searchable database on cases, supreme court justices, a virtual tour of the Supreme Court building, and other information about the U.S. Supreme Court. [http://www.oyez.org/oyez/]
Pennsylvania Legal Research Comprehensive web site which lists legal websites. [http://www.pennsylvanialegalresearch.com]
Popular Names of Selected Public Laws From American Law Sources On-Line. Use Edit-Find to search for the law. [http://www.lawsource.com/also/usa.cgi?usp]
Supreme Court Decisions (Full Text) is an archive containing nearly all opinions of the court issued since May, 1990. Includes a collection of over 600 of the most important historical decisions of the court. [http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/]
Supreme Court of the United States The official site of the U.S. Supreme Court. [http://www.supremecourtus.gov/]
Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet includes legislation, Congressional Record, and committee information. [http://thomas.loc.gov/]
Uniform Commercial Code Articles 1-9 [http://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/ucc.table.html]
U.S. Code The full code online. Search by Title. [http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/]
UT System Crash Course in Copyright [http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/cprtindx.htm]
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The American Presidency Project One of the most comprehensive resource on the U.S. presidency. [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/]
Committee of 70 The Committee of Seventy is a non-partisan organization working to improve the Philadelphia region by demanding ethical conduct of public officials, educating citizens and safeguarding elections. [http://www.seventy.org]
Human Rights Watch:US View Human Rights Watch documents on Human Rights in the U.S. and U.S. Foreign Policy and Human Rights. [http://www.hrw.org/us/index.php]
News and Newspapers Online A free service of Walter Clinton Jackson Library at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. An access point to the full-text of many newspapers of the world. Site gives the capability to create a personalized list of newspapers that the user can access. [http://library.uncg.edu/news/]
Political Advertising Research Center Nonpartisan, independent program of the Center for Political Communication and Civic Leadership at the University of Maryland, which offers critical analyses and other research about political ads. [http://www.umdparc.org/]
Teaching Tolerance A project of the Southern Poverty Law Center. [http://www.tolerance.org | http://www.splcenter.org]
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American Psychological Association (APA) Based in
Washington, DC, the American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest scientific and
professional organization respresenting psychology in the United States. [http://www.apa.org]
PsychNet is a topical site produced by the American Psychological Association (APA). [http://www.apa.org/psychnet/]
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American Sociological Association
The home page of the American Sociological Association presents background information on the Association's
mission and activities for sociologists and other social scientists, students, and the general public.
The site is searchable and is divided into sections on publications, membership, the annual meeting, and contact information.
[http://www.asanet.org/]
Sociology Timeline from 1600 Created and maintained by Ed Stephan of Western Washington University. [http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/timeline.html] Women's Studies
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American Association of University Women Promoting
education and equity for all women and girls. [http://www.aauw.org/]
NOW, the National Organization for Women. NOW is dedicated to making legal, political, social and economic change in our society in order to achieve our goal, which is to eliminate sexism and end all oppression. [http://www.now.org]
The Feminist Chronicles, 1953-1993 is excerpted from a larger work in progress, the Feminist Chronicles of the 20th Century. Both Chronicles dramatize the ever-on-going, day-by-day, year-by-year effort of feminist women to improve the lives and status of all women and to empower them as equal players in the world's affairs. [http://www.feminist.org/research/chronicles/chronicl.html]
Feminist Theory Website is divided into 31 fields, including traditional disciplines such as education, history, and law, and topics such as Post-Colonialism, Separatism, and Body Studies. Updated weekly. [http://www.cddc.vt.edu/feminism/enin.html]
GenderStats Database of gender Statistics. Searchable by country and topic. [http://genderstats.worldbank.org/]
Institute for Women’s Policy Research Research findings, resources and publications. [http://www.iwpr.org]
Jewish Women’s Archive Profiles sixteen trailblazing Jewish women. Includes a Virtual Archive which provides links to primary source material. [http://www.jwa.org]
WOW Museum: Western Women’s Suffrage The struggle for Western women's suffrage, 1860-1920, includes biographies and a timeline. [http://www.autry-museum.org/explore/exhibits/suffrage]
WSSLINKS: women and gender studies Web sites Sites are broken down into topical pages.- general, archives, art, business, culture (mostly literature), education, film, health, history, international, lesbian sites, music, philosophy, politics, science & technology, and theology. [http://libr.org/wss/wsslinks/index.html]
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