A collection of photographs, posters, newspaper clippings, and other documents telling the stories of American civilians and military personnel during World War II.

In this instructional activity, 5th graders look at causes and consequences of the American Revolution, at nations and individuals that impacted the outcome, at the roles women played, and at how the war affected families, economics, and...

Multimedia collection explores the women's role in the Constitutional Revolution of 32 in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo.

This collection uses primary sources to explore women's work on the home front during World War II.

Online home of the PBS documentary "The Perilous Fight" provides access to an eclectic array of color photographs and films of World War II at home and abroad. Overviews, contextual clues, maps, letters, and similar resources can be...

An extensive lesson plan examining the role of women in the workplace in Connecticut in the late 1800s through World War I. Discussion questions are included.

Although this site focuses on the impact of World War I on Oregon, the information about food rationing and limitations pertains to the entire country. Find out about the Food Administration and its efforts to encourage the conservation...

Take a look at the need for American labor during World War I. It provided second-class citizens, such as women and African Americans, a brief opportunity for better jobs that would help foment in them a desire for more and equal...

Wartime posed many challenges for the retail industry. This brief record includes the contributions of women as they stepped into positions vacated by men who enlisted.

Examines the topic of women and work during WWII through original photographs that highlight the types of places women worked and the sorts of jobs they did.

Click on various stories and dates and learn more about the event plus read eyewitness accounts. The focus in on Great Britain's role in the war.

Uses primary sources to document the role of Southern women in the Civil War.

From the extensive PBS site on World War II, you can read about the mobilization of American industry in support of the U.S. troops in World War II. Find out why not only industry was changed, but how the mobilization affected society....

The sidebar of this site reads "Understand the War Through People Then and Now." That is the mission of the site, and when you click on each word or phrase, you open up a world of information about the Civil War. Compiled resources help...

Thematic overview of 1920s America that considers the shifts that took place in American society after World War I. Focuses on changing perspectives toward labor, capitalism, women, and immigration, as well as on the American reaction to...

When the United States entered World War II after the 1941 attacks on Pearl Harbor, men shipped overseas by the millions to serve in the war. This left many of the civilian and military jobs on the home front unfilled -- and that's when...

Access Civil War-era documents that give us a rare first-hand glimpse into the lives of African American women at the time: letters of two slave women from the 1830s and 1850s and a hand-written memoir of another woman born shortly after...

Read about the opportunities that women had during World War II to work in jobs that had previously been unimaginable. To assist working mothers, the first childcare programs were begun, and efforts were made to make jobs in the defense...

During World War II American women took news jobs in the military and defense industry.

Discusses what triggered World War I, why the United States joined the war, and the impact the war had on life in the United States. Includes questions for students at end.

[Free Registration/Login Required] World War II had a deep impact on the United States. The war affected all phases of American life both on the home front and overseas in battle. This text document addresses the many and varied ways...

This lesson uses primary sources - diaries, letters, and photographs - to explore the experiences of women in the Civil War. By looking at a series of document galleries, the perspectives of slave women, plantation mistresses, female...

Article that takes a look at the role of women in the South during the American Civil War especially in Georgia.

The women's suffrage movement continued in Texas despite the United State's involvement in World War I. This article highlights some of the events and people in Texas that paved the way for women's voting during this time, and also talks...