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Women's History Month (March)

Library Databases

Research Areas

Women in the Professions

  • Main ideas: women’s roles and advancements in diverse careers, breaking barriers in professional fields
  • Keywords: leadership, workplace inclusion, career development, gender equity

Leadership in Women

  • Main ideas: women as leaders across sectors, achievements, and challenges in leadership positions
  • Keywords: executive roles, organizational leadership, empowerment, female leaders

Women Executives | Businesswomen

  • Main ideas: representation and impact of women in business and executive management
  • Keywords: entrepreneurship, corporate leadership, business innovation, economic influence

Women – Biography

  • Main ideas: life stories and achievements of notable women, past and present
  • Keywords: personal history, memoirs, influential women, biography collections

Women Social Reformers

  • Main ideas: women’s contributions to social justice movements, advocacy, and reform
  • Keywords: activism, social change, reform leadership, organizing

Women and Literature

  • Main ideas: women as authors and literary subjects, gender perspectives in literature
  • Keywords: literary criticism, women writers, representation in fiction, literary history

Women Scientists | Women Authors (American/Other Regions)

  • Main ideas: achievements of women in scientific fields and as writers, and regional studies
  • Keywords: STEM, scientific breakthroughs, literary authorship, cross-regional comparison

Women’s Studies | Women – Study and Teaching

  • Main ideas: interdisciplinary exploration of women’s roles, histories, and issues in academia
  • Keywords: gender studies, feminist pedagogy, research topics, curricular integration

Women’s Rights | Women – Civil Rights | Women – Legal Status, Laws, Etc.

  • Main ideas: evolution of women’s rights and legal protections, advocacy for equality
  • Keywords: suffrage, equality, legal reform, human rights, discrimination

Women – Suffrage

  • Main ideas: history and legacy of women’s suffrage movements in the U.S. and globally
  • Keywords: voting rights, suffragists, political history, enfranchisement

Feminism (U.S. and Cross-Cultural) | Feminist Theory

  • Main ideas: feminist philosophies and movements in diverse cultural and educational contexts
  • Keywords: feminist scholarship, intersectionality, cultural analysis, educational reform

Feminism and Higher Education

  • Main ideas: the role of feminist theory and activism in transforming academia
  • Keywords: gender equity, academic leadership, campus activism, curriculum change