Women's History and Archival Collections

Women's History

American Women -- Contains a fully searchable version of the Library of Congress guide for the study of women's history and culture, links to digitized material, illustrations, and information on doing on-site research at the Library of Congress.
American Woman Suffrage: A Pathfinder for Sources in Duke Libraries
American Women's History: a Research Guide -- A research guide to American women's history.
DIOTIMA: Materials for the Study of Women & Gender in the Ancient World -- A collection of materials related to the study of women and gender in the ancient world, including syllabi for courses on women in antiquity; bibliographies; links to articles, electronic reviews, and images.
Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement -- Electronic archival collection of documents from the U.S. women's liberation movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
DoHistory -- Introduction to investigating history, based on Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's study of Martha Ballard (A Midwife's Tale).
Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index -- Indexes journal articles, book reviews, and essays about women, sexuality and gender in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, from 450 C.E. to 1500 C.E.
LGBT Life
National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame -- Virtual museum of the National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame (Australia).
National Women's History Project -- Home page for the National Women's History Project offers a wealth of Web resources related to women in respect to the roles they have played in history. Site offers access to several organizations and institutions devoted to promoting the importance of the contributions which women have made.
No More Miss America! (1968-1969) -- Historical information on the 1969 Miss America Contest protest.
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives -- A research source for lesbian history and culture.
Other Women's Voices -- Contains the writings of over 125 women – Sappho, Clare of Assisi, Ban Zhao, Juana de la Cruz, Akazome Emon, Antal, and Hrotsvit, to name a few. Covers literature from approximately 2200 B.C.E. to the 1700s A.D.
The Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia. British History, 1700-1920. The Emancipation of Women, 1750-1920 -- A collection of documents and original articles on people, organizations, and topics pertaining to the women's movement in and around the 19th century in Great Britain. Articles include hyperlinks to other sections of the encyclopedia.
ViVa: a Bibliography of Women's History in Historical and Women's Studies Journals -- ViVa is a current bibliography of articles about women's and gender history. Articles published in English, French, German and Dutch are selected from more than eighty European, American and Indian journals.
Votes for Women: Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921 -- Books, pamphlets and other artifacts on the women's suffrage campaign in the U.S. donated by Carrie Chapman Catt.
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1775-2000 -- An organized collection of primary sources; funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Women's Liberation Movement Pathfinder for Sources in Duke Libraries

Archival Collections

African-American Women: On-Line Archival Collections -- On-line archival collections featuring scanned pages and texts of the writings of African-American women.
Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women -- The library's collections include letters, diaries, and other personal papers of women and families; records of women's organizations; books about women; cookbooks; women's periodicals; photographs; videotapes; and oral histories. The library provides research grants and sponsors exhibitions and other public programs. Materials do not circulate, but the library is open to all, free of charge.
Canadian Women's Movement Archives -- Access to primary source materials on the Canadian women's liberation movement.
Civil War Women: On-Line Archival Collections -- On-line archival collections featuring scanned pages and texts of the writings of women during the American Civil War.
Geographic Guide to Uncovering Women's History in Archival Collections -- "A guide to WWW pages of archives, libraries, and other repositories that have primary source materials by or about women."
In the First Person -- Provides in-depth indexing of more than 2,500 collections of oral history in English from around the world. With future releases, the index will broaden to identify other first-person content, including letters, diaries, memoirs, and autobiographies, and other personal narratives.
International Information Centre and Archives for the Women's Movement (IIAV) -- Features the International Information Centre and Archives for the Women's Movement (IIAV), which preserves the cultural legacy of women in the past and the present and is located in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
Internet Resources -- A gateway site to several archival internet resources.
Women, Enterprise & Society -- Documents women's participation in American business and culture from the 18th to the 20th century.
Women Working, 1800-1930 -- Women's role in the U.S. economy with access to digitized historical, manuscript, and image resources.


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