Women's History Research in Archives : Women's Archives
How to research women's history in archival sources
Women's Archives in the United States
NORTH EAST
- Feminist Theory Archives Providence, RI
- General Federation of Women's Clubs Washington, DC
- Margery Somers Foster Center New Brunswick, NJ
- Schlesinger Library Cambridge, MA
- Sophia Smith Collection Northampton, MA
- Riot Grrrl Collection New York, NY
- Lesbian Herstory Archives Brooklyn, NY
- Jewish Women's Archive Brookline, MA
- Women, Enterprise and Society Boston, MA
- Archives for Women in Medicine Boston, MA
- Archives of Women in Theological Scholarship New York, NY
- History of Nursing Archive Boston, MA
- Sisters of St. Joseph Boston, MA
SOUTH EAST
- Newcomb Archives New Orleans, LA
- Sallie Bingham Center Durham, NC
- Native American Women Playwrights Archive Oxford, OH
- National Archives for Black Women's History Washington, DC
- International Archive of Women in Architecture Blacksburg, VA
MIDWEST
- Iowa Women's Archives Iowa City, IA
- Women and Leadership Archives Chicago, IL
- Archives of Women in Science and Engineering Ames, IA
SOUTH WEST
- Nevada Women's Archives Las Vegas, NV
- Nevada Women's Archives Reno, NV
- Oaklahoma State Women's Archives Stillwater, OK
- Carey Shuart Women's Archive and Research Center Houston, TX
- The Woman's Collection Denton, TX
NORTH WEST
- June Mazer Lesbian Archives Los Angeles, CA
- Sisters of Providence Archives Seattle, WA
International Women's Archives
- Archif Menywod Cymru Women's Archive of Wales Swansea, UK
- Archiv der deutschen Frauenbewegung Kassel, Germany
- Archiv zur Neuen Frauenbewegung Berlin, Germany
- Archiv zur Geschichte de schweizerischen Frauenbewegung Worblaufen, Switzerland
- Archivio per la Memoria e la Scrittura delle Donne Firenzi, Italy
- Archivio Storico del Movimento Femminista Torrino, Italy
- Aletta Institute for Women's History Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Canadian Women's Movement Archives Ottowa, Ontario
- Centre des Archives du Féminisme Angers, France
- Frauenstadtarchiv Dresden Dresden, Germany
- Das Frauenkulturarchiv Graubünden Chur, Switzerland
- Glasgow Women's Library Glasgow, Scotland
- Kandin Eserleri Kütüphanesi Istanbul, Turkey
- Jessie Street National Women's Library Ultimo, Australia
- Stichwort Vienna, Austria
- The Women's Library London, UK
- Women's History Collections Göteborgs, Sweden
Guides to Women's History Archives
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