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History : Women: Primary Sources

A research guide to primary and secondary sources for women's history.

1933 Vogue cover courtesy of the Vogue Archive, 1645 book courtesy of the Witchcraft Collection & 1941 issue of NS-Frauen-Warte, the Nazi Party’s magazine for women

General Collections

To find additional collections of primary sources on the web see Discovering American Women's History Online.

Atria: Institute on Gender Equality & Women's History

Gerritsen Women's History Collection of Aletta H. Jacobs This link opens in a new window
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North American Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
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Women and Social Movements: Development and the Global South, 1919-2019 This link opens in a new window
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Women and Social Movements in Modern Empires since 1820 This link opens in a new window
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Women and Social Movements in the United States This link opens in a new window
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Women and Social Movements, International This link opens in a new window
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General Newspapers & Magazines

Search the following general newspapers and magazines to find articles about women. For additional sources see the regional history guides.

American Periodicals This link opens in a new window
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British Periodicals This link opens in a new window
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Chinese Newspapers Collection This link opens in a new window
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Readers' Guide Retrospective This link opens in a new window
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15th - 18th Centuries

Early English Books Online (EEBO) This link opens in a new window
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new window
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19th & 20th Centuries

Archives of Sexuality & Gender: Parts I - IV This link opens in a new window
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Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project

Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century This link opens in a new window
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Education & Work

Suffrage

Biographical Sites

Fannie Lou Hamer: Papers of a Civil Rights Activist, Political Activist, and Woman. This link opens in a new window
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Last Updated: May 12, 2023 11:37 AM
URL: https://guides.lib.uw.edu/research/history-women
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Subjects: Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, History

Tags: history, women's history