Contains a collection of documents on the American family from colonial times to the present including letters, diaries, popular songs, advice manuals, laws and trial records, marriage contracts, and government investigations.
Contains primary source materials and sections on black slaves, Lowell, women on the Oregon trail, nursing, white slavery, letters from black migrants, the Lawrence textile strike, the Triangle fire, and child care.
A collection of writings by American female activists highlights the contributions of women involved in environmental protection, wildlife conservation, civil rights, abolitionism, and many other causes. Includes works by Abigail Adams, Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, Margaret Sanger, Amelia Earhart, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and many more.
This volume contains more than 180 papers, most of them by Americans, that were presented at the Congress of Women held in Chicago in 1893 at the World's Exposition. The papers reflect the wide interests of articulate women as the 19th century came to an end. It is also available freely online: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100879635
This informative, detailed text contains 39 writings on the history of reproduction in the U.S. The historical path of reproduction control is viewed in the contexts of politics, law, medicine, sexuality, business, and social change.
Presenting a diverse collection of documents, Root of Bitterness reaches from the colonial era through the nineteenth century, focusing on six dominant themes: women's work, the power of gender, the physical body, women's collective efforts, diversity and conflict among women, and women's relation to state authority. This edition contains about twenty selections from the original volume and almost sixty new ones.
A chronologically organized book of essays dating from 1642 to 1966, by authors such as Anne Bradstreet, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Charlotte Perkins.
Featuring a mix of primary source documents, articles, and illustrations, Women's America: Refocusing the Past has long been an invaluable resource. Now in its eighth edition, the book has been extensively revised and updated to cover recent developments in U.S. women's history.
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An online resource that provides an overview of historical US events of the last 500 years with timelines, videos of newsreels, photographic documentation, biographies, statistics on historic US expeditions and exploration, immigration maps and charts plus links to many primary source documents.
This database provides an overview of historical US events of the last 500 years with timelines, videos of newsreels, photographic documentation, biographies, statistics on historic US expeditions and exploration, immigration maps and charts plus links to many primary source documents on topics such as state charters, Federalist Papers, westward expansion, women’s suffrage, State of the Union addresses and Presidential Inaugural addresses.
An online resource that provides biographies on war leaders, warriors, soldiers, spiritual and religious leaders, and activists plus timelines, maps, graphs, videos and slideshows with links to many primary sources.
This database provides biographies on war leaders, warriors, soldiers, spiritual and religious leaders, and activists plus timelines, maps, graphs, videos and slideshows with links to many primary sources such as treaties, key court cases, landmark legislation and legends.
Perform a keyword search, then select Primary Sources from the tabbed results.
To browse, select Primary Sources and then filter by an appropriate time period or topic.
This is a Topic Center included within the American History Online database.
It provides biographies on key women in politics, influential writers, leading suffragists, modern feminists, and notable scientists plus descriptions of women through different periods of American history with links to many primary sources such as documents on abortion, women’s liberation movement, women’s suffrage and landmark legislation and Supreme Court cases. This is a good resource to review women’s history topics by browsing suggested readings, suggested research topics, key people or reviewing all topics A-Z. To locate this information within the American History Online database, select American Women's History under Topic Centers
The Artstor Digital Library provides access to 2.5+ million images of the world’s cultural heritage, all rights-cleared for use in education. Perform an advanced search to narrow by time period or geographical location.
All images have comprehensive metadata and all content is rights-cleared for educational use. Images can be found for topics such as anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art history, fashion & costume, literature, religion, theater, and world history.
A searchable collection of diaries, letters, scrapbooks, and photographs from colleges belonging to the Seven Sisters, women's colleges in the Northeast United States.
This resource from Middle Tennessee State University provides access to digital collections of primary sources (photos, letters, diaries, artifacts, etc.) that document the history of women in the United States. These diverse collections range from Ancestral Pueblo pottery to interviews with women engineers from the 1970s.
A project sponsored by Sweet Briar College dedicated to preserving and creating access to speeches by inspirational, influential and contemporary women from around the world.