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Women's History

Building the Foundation: Business Education for Women at Harvard University, 1937-1970
Building the Foundation traces the early history of business education for women at Harvard University from the founding of the one-year certificate program at Radcliffe College in 1937 to the integration of women into Harvard Business School (HBS) by 1970.
Discovering American Women's History Online
Provides access to digital collections of primary sources (photos, letters, diaries, artifacts, etc.) that document the history of women in the United States.
Women's History Sourcebook
This site is part of the Fordham University Sourcebook series. It provides primary sources from a variety of places and time periods, and it also provides some guides to women's history generally.
Women's Liberation Movement Print Culture
Manifestos, speeches, essays, and other materials documenting various aspects of the Women's Movement in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s.
Women's Travel Diaries
Diaries written by British and American women who documented their travels to places around the globe, including India, the West Indies, countries in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, as well as around the United States.
Women (National Archives)
The struggle for women to gain acceptance, recognition and equal rights in society has been a long process. In recognition of the contributions of American women, ALIC presents a listing of web sites relevant to women in the United States.
Women in World History
This website is provided through George Mason University and is free to those who access it. The site provides primary sources along with reviews of the primary sources.
Women Working 1800-1930
Women Working, 1800–1930 is a digital exploration of women's impact on the economic life of the United States between 1800 and the Great Depression. Working conditions, workplace regulations, home life, costs of living, commerce, recreation, health and hygiene, and social issues are among the issues documented in this online research collection from Harvard University.

America: History and Life with Full Text This link opens in a new window
History journals and articles relating to the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to present.
Black Freedom Struggle in the United States This link opens in a new window
Primary source documents relating to critical people and events in African American history.
Diversity Studies Collection This link opens in a new window
Scholarly and other types of articles relating to cultural differences and diversity.
Harpweek - The Civil War Era: 1857-1865 This link opens in a new window
Full-text and images from Harper's Weekly for the Civil War period, 1857-1865
Humanities Source This link opens in a new window
Scholarly and other types of articles relating to the humanities.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Scholarly and other types of articles covering many areas of study. Also includes images previously available in ARTstor.
LGBTQ+ Life with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Scholarly and other types of articles relating to LGBTQ+ studies, including primary sources and a thesaurus.
LGBTQ+ Rights This link opens in a new window
Collection of laws relating to LGBTQ+ rights in America.
Military & Government Collection This link opens in a new window
Scholarly and other types of articles relating to military and government.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
MLA citations from articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, and other scholarly sources. Primarily contains abstract-only content.
New York Times with Index (1851-2019) This link opens in a new window
Provides searchable full text, full page, and article-level images from the New York Times from 1851 to 4 years ago.
Project MUSE - Standard Collection This link opens in a new window
Scholarly and other types of articles relating to the humanities and social sciences.
PsycINFO 1887 to Present This link opens in a new window
Indexes psychology articles, books, dissertations, and technical reports. Produced by the American Psychological Association (APA).
Social Sciences Full Text This link opens in a new window
Scholarly and other types of articles relating to the social sciences.
SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Authoritative database for scholarly sociology articles..
Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000 This link opens in a new window
Primary sources and interpretive documents related to women's history in the United States

Autobiography of a Female Slave by Martha G. Browne
Call Number: E449 .G754 1857a
ISBN: 9780837121949
Publication Date: 1970-01-13
A Kind of Grace by Jackie Joyner-Kersee; Sonja Steptoe
Call Number: GV697.J69 A3 1997
ISBN: 9780446522489
Publication Date: 1997-10-01
Second to None by Ruth B. Moynihan (Editor); Cynthia Eagle Russett (Editor); Laurie Crumpacker (Editor)
Call Number: HQ1410 .S43 1993
ISBN: 9780803231658
Publication Date: 1994-04-01

Archives for Diversity and Inclusion
Formerly known as the Archives for Women in Medicine, the Archives for Diversity and Inclusion comprises over 50 collections of underrepresented leaders in medicine and the medical sciences. Over half of these collections are open and accessible to researchers, while the remainder are in the queue to be processed.
Archives of Women in Science and Engineering
The Archives of Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) includes personal and professional papers of women in all areas of the sciences and engineering, except that of the medical sciences, as well as records of women’s organizations in these fields. WISE collections document a number of areas of the professional lives of individual women scientists and engineers, including their education, mentoring relationships, research, teaching, and professional careers in work settings primarily in universities and governmental agencies.
Feminist Theory Archive
A research collection documenting the lives and scholarship of feminist theorists and scholars of difference in the academy, spanning from the 1970s to the present.
Jewish Women's Archives
The Jewish Women's Archive has developed online exhibits that use digital technology to explore in-depth the struggles and successes of American Jewish women.
Lesbian Herstory Archives
The Lesbian Herstory Archives is home to the world's largest collection of materials by and about lesbians and their communities.
The Word on Women
Directory of Historical Record Collections Documenting Women in History in Upstate New York.