Gender and Women's Studies: Researching Topics : History
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Databases
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Women's Studies ArchiveArchival collections concerning women’s history from across the globe and from a wide range of sources.
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British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries 1500 - 1950Diaries and letters of British and Irish women from 1500-1900.
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Defining GenderExplores traditional models and contemporary perceptions of gender through correspondence, advice literature, periodicals, ephemera, and government documents covering the 15th to early 20th century.
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Everyday Life and Women in America c.1800-1920Fully transcribed and searchable images of monographs, pamphlets, periodicals and broadsides addressing 19th and early 20th century political, social and gender issues.
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Gerritsen Women's History Collection of Aletta H. JacobsSearchable collection of publications dating from 1543 to 1945 documenting the condition of women, the evolution of feminist consciousness, and women's rights.
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Discovering American Women's History OnlineThis database provides access to hundreds of digital collections of primary sources (photos, letters, diaries, artifacts, etc.) that document the history of women in the United States.
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Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender IndexFeminae is a multilingual scholarly index that covers articles about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages (450 CE to 1500 CE) collected from over 500 journals published from 1990 to the present.
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Independent VoicesOpen access digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals, produced during the latter half of the 20th century.
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The Lily: A Ladies Journal Devoted to Temperance and LiteratureThe first newspaper for women, was issued from 1849 until 1853 under the editorship of Amelia Bloomer (1818-1894). It was published in Seneca Falls, New York and priced at 50 cents a year. It began as a temperance journal for “home distribution” among members of the Seneca Falls Ladies Temperance Society, which had formed in 1848.