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Women's History by and for Kids

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(Note: The Internet is a dynamic place and web sites can come and go quite quickly. This is one of my older articles and some of the links may not work anymore. If you find that this is the case I invite you to look at some of my more recent articles. My links section has my favorite links from past articles and is checked regularly for non working links. Wayne)

As part of Suite 101 celebration of Women's History month I have decided this week to focus on sites that spotlight famous women throughout history that might be of interest to kids. There have been so many famous women throughout history that my choices are totally arbitrary and I apologize if I left out your favorite famous woman.

The first site is a poem about Joan of Arc written by Jessica Foster that I found on kidpub.org. kidpub.org is a site that publishes kids stories and poems on the Internet. I'd also like to point you to a painting by Paul Delaroche titled Joan of Arc in prison.

I came across a report on Marie Curie, the famous scientist, in a collection of that was written as part of a 1997 Summer School Internet Research and Programming course. If you're interested in other famous women in the maths and sciences, drop by Women Mathematicians at Agnes Scott College or Suite 101's own Women in Science.

Florence Nightingale is another famous woman I have decided to feature. You can find out even more about her at the Florence Nightingale Museum Web site.

The British monarchy has produced some famous women over the centuries and you can find most of them at their web site. From Mary I, the first reigning Queen, through Queen Victoria, up to the present day, you can look at pictures and read their histories.

I have one more famous woman before I go. This site is a little different; it's a grammar exercise about the funeral of Mother Teresa. It may sound a bit ghoulish but it's not.

That's it for my quick look at famous women. If you have more to add, why not start a discussion at the

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