See how the people at home stepped up to support the war effort in World War II.

The Baldwin Project is a site which presents books from the past on the internet. This excerpt from American History Stories, Volume II by Mara L. Pratt provides a description of the Daughters of Liberty from a different point of view.

This site from the Library of Congress provides posters and information on the home front during World War II and World War I. What were the people at home doing to help the men and women in the armed forces? See posters on Volunteer...

This site is provided for by the Library of Congress. Do you know when "the Virginia Company founded the first permanent English colony at Jamestown?" Do you know what the capital of the Confederacy was? Explore the history of Virginia...

A thumbnail look at the many things occurring in the United States in the last half half of the 19th century. The topics covered are Gilded Age Politics, the "New Imperialism," Industrial America, Growth of Labor, Urbanization,...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A directory of history resources (games, activities, puzzles, graphics) to be used as part of elementary study of Ancient Egypt and Greece, the Middle Ages, the Revolutionary War, and other topics....

This lengthy article from the Prologue Magazine discusses the general state of food production in World War II. In particular the article focuses on thw Women's Land Army, women recruited from both farm and city to grow and harvest the...

Read and listen to firsthand accounts of Chinese men and women who served in the Second World War. At that time, the Chinese were not even allowed to vote and their courageous efforts in the war went unacknowledged. This article tries to...

Read and listen to firsthand accounts of Chinese men and women who served in the Second World War. At that time, the Chinese were not even allowed to vote and their courageous efforts in the war went unacknowledged. This web site tries...

This extensive learning module examines the role of large-scale industrialization, urbanization, and mass migrations in creating new demands on government and social organizations to design reforms, and looks at the global and domestic...

Margaret Chase Smith was the first woman elected to both houses of Congress. She was the first woman to enter the Senate without being appointed to the position. During World War II, she was the only civilian woman to go to sea in a Navy...

This site presents a general picture of what life was like in the United States at the turn of the century. Content includes compelling images, information, and documents about American life.

This extensive learning module examines the impact of the Gilded Age upon new cultural and intellectual movements, expansion of foreign trade, and political debates over economic and social policies, as well as the impact of the rise of...

This is an introduction to 20th Century and Modern Poetry. It focuses on disillusionment in British attitudes, World War I's influence on the literature, changing role of women in British society, and major writers of the time and their...

At this site from Fordham University you will find the text of the Women's Petition of 1649, England.

An essay that looks at issues affecting Americans leading up to the Civil War. These included economic changes that led to new ideological, social, cultural, and political issues that further divided the nation along moral and regional...

Eighteen primary sources-historical documents, literary texts, and visual images-that explore the industrial, racial, and technological progress of the late-nineteenth century.

Students use video segments from the PBS series Women, War & Peace, as well as information from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre and the United Nations to learn more about internally displaced populations.

This comprehensive lesson plan examines at the Chautauqua phenomenon in the early 20th century with looks at topics such as World War I, women's suffrage, the Progressive Era, and science and technology. Discussion questions are...

A brief description of the role women played during World War One. Describes the changes undergone at this time for the role of women. A good overview of a unique perspective of world history.

Pioneering female aeronautical engineer Laurel van der Wal (d. 2009) (later Laurel van der Wal Roennau) had had a brief career as a model, art instructor, and deputy sheriff before training to be a pilot during World War II; she returned...

left to right: French physicist and engineer R. Adrienne Weill (b. 1903) and John Phillip Nielsen (b. 1911). Nielsen, head of the metallurgical laboratory at New York University's College of Engineering, is shown demonstrating a...

Dorothy Maud Wrinch (1894-1976), Mathematical Institute, Oxford University, was an English-American philosopher and mathematician known for her theoretical work on protein structure. In 1939, she came to work at Johns Hopkins University...

Biochemist Florence Barbara Seibert (1897-1991) developed the skin test for tuberculosis. After graduating from Goucher College, she worked as a chemist during World War I and then went to Yale University, where she earned a Ph.D. and...