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Covering large parts of the nineteenth- and twentieth-centuries, this series supports research into the social, political, and professional aspects of women’s lives, and offers insight into the pioneers of women’s history and their achievements, with focus on material created by women.
Women's Studies Archive: Female Forerunners Worldwide
Female Forerunners Worldwide concerns individual women and women's organizations that have impacted society. It hosts women's history collections focusing on advertising, birth control and sex education, the Civil Rights Movement, health care and women in medicine, religion and women's missionary work, etc. The materials collected here, largely dating from 1741 to 1986, focus on the United States, Britain, and Australia but also include coverage of New Zealand, South Africa, Nigeria, Zambia, the Philippines, Jamaica, Germany, India, Norway, Canada, and China.
Women's Studies Archive: Issues and Identities
As the first module in the Women's Studies Archive, Issues and Identities traces the path of women's issues from past to present—pulling primary sources from manuscripts, newspapers, periodicals, and more. It captures the foundation of women's movements, struggles, and triumphs, providing researchers with valuable insights, focusing on the social, political, and professional achievements of women throughout the nineteenth and twentieth century. Along with providing a closer look at some of the pioneers of women's movements, this collection offers scholars a deep dive into the issues that have affected women and the many contributions they have made to society.
Women's Studies Archive: Rare Titles from the American Antiquarian Society, 1820–1922
Module three brings together over one million pages of women-authored works from the American Antiquarian Society, the pre-eminent collector of pre-20th century Americana, covering over a century of female writing. This unique corpus of female-authored literature centres on the American female experience in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The database not only provides women's perspective of history but is an essential resource for researchers wanting to undertake in-depth analysis into women's authorship enabling researchers to track the development of female language, literature, and ideas.
Women's Studies Archive: Voice and Vision
This collection focuses on the mediums through which women have created a voice for themselves, such as female-authored literature, journals and magazines. Looking beyond women's suffrage, the archive covers multiple areas that are of key importance to the study of women's history from a diverse and global perspective - from the abolition of slavery, alcohol and temperance movements, pacifism, and political activism to domestic service, education, health and hygiene, divorce, and social reform – giving researchers full access to a vital aspect of women's history.
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