March is Women's History Month
“Women taking the lead to save our planet” is the theme for 2009.
See the honorees at the National Women’s History Project and explore their activities.
Check out the photographs and articles available at the Library of Congress.
The National Endowment for the Humanities includes travelogues and articles about suffrage and literature.
Interested in the real Rosie the Riveter? See the places and faces at the National Park Service celebration of Women’s History Month.
While the campaign is underway to raise interest and funding for a National Women’s History Museum, check out the CyberExhibits.
Search the special collection of Women’s History and find out about influential women in American history in the American National Biography including the first woman US Treasurer, Georgia Neese Clark.
Civil Rights Digital Library
Explore events from 1954-1968 at the Civil Rights Digital Library
This digital archive provides access to primary source including news film and television archives.
Browse events by year; 1954 features Brown vs. Board of Education and provides a brief description of this historic case as well as links to archival collections and reference resources including the Library of Congress, Georgia Public Broadcasting and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library.
Interested in following Tropical Storm Gustav’s progress?
Check out Twitter posts that provide reports on TS Gustav in real time. http://search.twitter.com/search?q=Gustav
Twitter is a micro-blogging service that allows users to post short (140 characters) updates to their list of friends. The Gustav link above aggregates all posts that reference Gustav, giving followers an update on the storm’s progress from individual people, news services, and agencies. Some of the updates are news, some are personal observation.