Black History Month, February 2005, 2006with a special focus on
African-American women, and women and race women in history,
2006 Slave Women to Free Women: The National Archives and Black
Women's History in the Civil War Era By Noralee Frankel, 1997
African American Women: 1901-1950 Black women in the earlier
20th century, during a time of great social change. Includes the
Harlem Renaissance, World War II, more. On a large resource site
(about.com) offering brief profiles and further links on well-
known (or should be) women, but many are named and not linked
with information.(Much information but some obnoxious sponsors
and ads - editor's comment). The three following links are also
from this site: African American Women: 1951-2000 Women of the
Harlem Renaissance Women in The West: Syllabus for Readings in
Western Women's History from Spring 1993, but still lots of
interesting references Louisiana Black Women: An Ignored History
by Jan Doherty (This paper was selected by the Department of
History as the Outs