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History of Women in the United States - HIST250 - Primary Sources
Resources in Library Catalog
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Before they could vote : American women's autobiographical writing, 1819-1919
The life narratives in this collection are by ethnically diverse women of energy and ambition - some well known, some forgotten over generations - who confronted barriers of gender, class, race, and sexual difference as they pursued or adapted to adventurous new lives in a rapidly changing America. The engaging selections - from captivity narratives to letters, manifestos, criminal confessions, and childhood sketches - span a hundred years in which women increasingly asserted themselves publicly (eBook).
One colonial woman's world : the life and writings of Mehetabel Chandler Coit
This book reconstructs the life of Mehetabel Chandler Coit (1673-1758), the author of what may be the earliest surviving diary by an American woman.
With pen and voice : a critical anthology of nineteenth-century African-American women
Here―in the only collection of speeches by nineteenth-century African-American women―is the battle of words these brave women waged to address the social ills of their century. In this chronological anthology, Shirley Wilson Logan highlights the public addresses of these women, beginning with Maria W. Stewart’s speech at Franklin Hall in 1832, believed to be the first delivered to an audience of men and women by an American-born woman.
Women and slavery in America : a documentary history
Women and Slavery offers readers an opportunity to examine the establishment, growth, and evolution of slavery in the United States as it impacted women-enslaved and free, African American and white, wealthy and poor, northern and southern. The primary documents-including newspaper articles, broadsides, cartoons, pamphlets, speeches, photographs, memoirs, and editorials-are organized thematically and represent cultural, political, religious, economic, and social perspectives on this dark and complex period in American history (eBook).
Women's diaries of the westward journey
Describes the courage of American women who journeyed West between 1840 and 1870.
Resources on the Internet
- Civil War WomenFrom Duke University, three collections of papers from women involved in the Civil War.
- Photographs of Women during the Civil WarBrowse these photos from the Library of Congress that include African-American women.
- Salem Witch Trials: Documentary ArchiveTranscriptions and images of various resources, including court documents, letters, and maps.