Research Guides
History : Women: Primary Sources
A research guide to primary and secondary sources for women's history.
General Collections
To find additional collections of primary sources on the web see Discovering American Women's History Online.
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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
Women's Magazines
General Newspapers & Magazines
Search the following general newspapers and magazines to find articles about women. For additional sources see the regional history guides.
15th - 18th Centuries
19th & 20th Centuries
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Archives of Sexuality & Gender: Parts I - IV This link opens in a new window
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Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century This link opens in a new window
Education & Work
Suffrage
Biographical Sites
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Fannie Lou Hamer: Papers of a Civil Rights Activist, Political Activist, and Woman. This link opens in a new window