WOMEN'S HISTORY WEB SITE LINKS
Colorado Women's Hall of Fame
This organization's mission is to "inspire by celebrating and sharing the lifetime contributions of Colorado's extraordinary women." Brief biographies of historical inductees include Clara Brown, Helen Hunt Jackson, Molly Brown, Dr. Florence Sabin, and many other notable women from Colorado history.
Autry Museum of Western Heritage/Women of the West Museum
http://www.autry-museum.org/explore/exhibits/suffrageSince the merger of the Autry Museum and the WOW the formerly free standing online exhibits have been incorporated into the Autry website. You get there by going to the Autry site and then going into their exhibits listings. The address above takes you directly into the suffrage pages, an area that has the most to do with Colorado.
Colorado--Lore, Legend and Fact
http://www.ellensplace.net/hcg_fac.html
This site offers a huge collection of links relating to Colorado history, including state archives, museums and travel information.
ArtsLynx
http://www.artslynx.org/colorado/hist.htm
You'll find links here to over 80 Colorado history sites, including most museums and historical associations.
A Taste of Colorado History
http://www.coloradohistory.com
Learn about the eccentric Colorado spiritualist/gold prospector Caroline Mallen at this delightfully nonstuffy site.
Women's Suffrage in Colorado
http://www.aspenhistory.org/womsuf.html
Although women in Denver got much of the credit for achieving state suffrage in 1893, this page on the Aspen Historical Society's website examines the fight for women's suffrage from a local perspective. Also featured are online articles on Aspen women in ranching, business, health and the environment from 1879-1900.
Making It Their Own: Women in the West
http://scholar.library.csi.cuny.edu/westweb/
http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/389auto.htmlBoth links are part of Catherine Lavender's larger WestWeb site, these sections are entirely devoted to western women's history. Included are listings of texts and resources helpful to students and scholars, and biographies of several Western women. The second link is a bibliography of women's western writings.
National Women's History Project
This is one of the largest, oldest, and most extensive women's history sites on the Internet. Features include state-by-state events, listings of women's history organizations and museums, and a "teachers' lounge" section for educators.
The National Consortium for Women's Oral History
The following link is to a Smithsonian Women's History Month site.
http://www.sil.si.edu/SILPublications/womenshistory-2000.htm