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This site shows photos of gay men holding up banners just like the banner that Donna Gottschalk held. Their banner read "Christopher Street Gay Liberation Day." This was the first of many more celebrations to come. Its 2013 about to be 2014 and the parade is still rocking. I work in a predominately gay area and every year I witness people coming from the annual parade. Now I wonder if these new participants know their history.

This is a great site that breifly sums up the Women's Right Movement from 1848 to 1920, although women fought for many years after. It describes the events that took place at the convention in Seneca Falls, NY where activists gathered to discuss many reforms. It was at this convention that Elizabeth Cady Stanton drafted the treatise that called for women's right to vote and insisted that women be granted "immediate admission to all the rights and privileges which belong to them as citizens of the United States."

This site takes a look into women who attended college during the late 1800s and early 1900s. These women were determined to get an education. In 1870, only .7% of students were women. By 1920, it was still only 7.6%. It wasn't until the Women's Movement that woman made a significant appearance in colleges. I thought this site gave a good background to the presence of women in college before and leading up to the Women's Movement, which helps understand the impact the movement had.

A New Woman is defined as a woman who worked, thus had more economic independence, making her less reliant on her husband or father. Their jobs were generally low paying, and the settings were usually in factories or department stores. They fought to change the idea of male dominance. One woman discussed is Colleen Moore, one of the first flappers, or a woman who wore short skirts, bobbed hair, listened to jazz, and showed disdain for conventional dress and behavior. An interesting fact about this site is that it comes from Prof. Lavender's course in women's studies program through the College of Staten Island/CUNY.

During the Woman's Movement, their were several famous feminists. This site pulls together a list of famous feminists and gives a little background information on who they were. Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman to graduate medical school at the top of her class and open her own clinic since others wouldn't hire her. Amelia Jenks Bloomer was a writer and editor for the first newspaper solely produced by woman, The Lily. Other feminists like Ruth Ginsburg and Emily Murphy, took to the courts to fight for equality for women. All these woman played an important role in achieving the equality and freedom woman have today.

This site is a collection of interview transcripts taken by Kelly Anderson of women describing their experiences during the Women's Movement. One woman by the name of Dolores Alexander describes how her father felt there was no need to educate her and refused to pay for her schooling while he paid for her brother's college in full. His reasoning was that she was a woman and was only going to have kids and had no need for an education. Another woman by the name of Virginia Apuzzo describes growing up as a lesbian in a world that held no tolerance for people like her. I think these transcripts give us a first hand look at what it was like to be in their shoes.

This site talks about a riot that took place in 1969 in New York City. Police raided the Stonewall Inn, which was a popular gay bar located in Greenwich Village section of New York. The streets erupted into violent protests that lasted about six days. The Stonewall Riots, as the incident became known, marked a major turning point in the modern Gay Rights movement. It was also sparked the first Gay Pride parade which took place a year later.

For over forty years gay pride parades have become tradition in several cities worldwide. They have evolved from radical protests to politicians and entertainers being a part of the event. Participants were very wary of the reaction they would get from non gays. Fear was an issue because back in the 70's It was not accepted to express that you were gay. The parade turned out to be a huge success therefore giving courage to supporters and participants to make this event tradition.

This site shows a really cool timeline from 1969 until 2010 of Gay Pride celebrations that have taken place in San Francisco. For instance, the information on the timeline consists of the temperature of the event, the amount of people that showed up, who was the mayor at the time and a picture of the flyer.

The gilderlehrman.org site focuses on American History and is "devoted to the improvement of history education". The site provides tools for both teachers and students to enhance the study of American History. This page contains an article by Susan Ware that talks about women and the Great Depression and the important role played by women in helping their families survive through this time and how little they had to work with in order to do so.

Another angle to this photo is women's roles during the Great Depression. This website examines exactly that. Men and women saw the Great Depression. For women, there became more pressure to take care of their families as food and money were very hard to come by.

This site gives more insight on women's contributions during the Depression. It focuses on the women's roles during that particular time. The women of the depression showed a lot of courage and they were determined to survive during these tough times. Husbands brought home reduced wages and the women did what ever it took at home to take care of the family. An example of this would be when women would buy old bread , eat less and warmed dishes to save on gas.

This site discusses gender roles during the Depression. Women no longer stayed home and took care of the house. They now had to go out a get low paying jobs. Women worked just as hard as men however they would only get paid have as much. I assume not being equal caused added stress. The picture that we are studying shows a young lady who's twenty seven years old but she looks twice her age.

This site also reflects the roles of women during the Depression. However it focuses on the work detail for which women were responsible . When their husbands lost their jobs, women were forced into the labor market. The New Deal was a program created to aid economic recovery and it helped improve women's working conditions. The depression caused more women to have to get jobs than any other time in history. the New Deal also helped women overcome some racial prejudices against non- white women workers.

This site shows many interesting pictures during the Depression. One of my favorites is of a eighteen year old mother with her very young child. The mother is standing behind her baby while the kid is eating something from the ground. After viewing multiple sites on the Great Depression I learned that not everyone struggle during this time. The majority of people who lived during the Depression were poor however there a small percentage of people who were not affected at all. This divided America into two classes: the rich and the poor.

This site explains the difference between women in different social classes. While upper class women were often shopping and being courted by various wealthy men, the lower class women were typically prostitutes just to survive or had a large family to take care of.

This site is a brief summary of the women's movement from the 1950s until the late 1970s. It is a great source for gaining quick perspective on the society during that point in time and how women took measures to improve their livelihood.

Alongside the fight for LGBT equality, women were struggling to raise themselves as a whole as well. This article examines women in the workforce within the 1970s and compares it to the females in the working world today.

This article revolves all around the iconic photo of Donna Gottschalk at the Christopher Street Ga Liberation March in 1970. It chronicles the events leading up to the creation of the march and the evolution of rights for the LGBT community as well as the 40th anniversary in 2009.

This site gives the history of the 1970 Christopher Street march where the famous photograph of Donna Gottschalk was taken. A need for safety, both physical and political was needed for the City's homosexual community and they came together to march for their rights. From this start in 1970 many advances in Gay Pride and Gay Rights became possible.