-Black Women Oral History Project Interviews, 1976-1981
Oral histories through audio and transcripts with black women about their roles in education, sports, activism. Courtesy of Harvard University.
-College Women: Documenting the History of Women in Higher Education
A collection of diaries, letters, scrapbooks, and photographs from the archives the Seven Sisters colleges.
-Discovering American Women’s History Online
This database links to over 600 collections of primary sources that document the history of women in the United States.
-Gifts of Speech: Women’s Speeches from Around the World
Sweet Briar College’s Gifts of Speech provides access to speeches from influential women from around the globe.
-Library of Congress American Memory Women’s Collection
Images, prints, map, written and spoken words, and sound recordings are available in this Library of Congress database documenting the American experience. This collection specifically focuses on women’s rights.
-Sophia Smith Collection of Women’s History
Digitized images and documents courtesy of Smith College.
-Suffragist Oral History Project
Transcripts of oral histories conducted in the 1970s with leading suffragists: Helen Valeska Bary, Sara Bard Field, Burnita Shelton Matthews, Alice Paul, Jeanette Rankin, Rebecca Hourwich Reyher, and Mabel Vernon. Courtesy of the University of California, Berkeley.
-Women's Human Rights Resources Database
This database lists documents, articles, and links related to international women's rights law. Specific topics include Armed Conflict, Economic Globalization, Indigenous Women, Key Treaties and Texts, Marriage, Migration, Property Law and Housing Rights, Race and Gender, Reproductive Rights, Social and Economic Rights, Violence Against Women, and World Conferences on Women's Rights. Courtesy of the University of Toronto.
-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.” Courtesy of Duke University.
A collection of over 200 primary sources from all geographic areas. Use the advanced search to limit to type, time period, region, and/or topic. Courtesy of George Mason University.
A digital exploration of women's impact on the economic life of the United States between 1800 and the Great Depression. Home life, economics, working conditions and regulations, recreation and social life, health, and social issues are among the issues included in this online research collection courtesy of Harvard University.