Guides: Women's &amp; Gender Studies: Primary Sources

North American Women

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Gerritsen Collection of Women's History (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Collection of books, pamphlets and periodicals reflecting the evolution of a feminist consciousness and the movement for women's rights.
Women and Social Movements in the United States: 1600-2000 (CRKN - Alexander Street Press) This link opens in a new window
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 currently includes 65 document projects with 1,800 documents, and more than 23,000 pages of additional full-text documents. It includes as well book, film and website reviews and teaching tools.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries (CRKN - Alexander Street) This link opens in a new window
The immediate experiences of 1,325 women and 150,000 pages of diaries and letters.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online - ECCO (CRKN - Gale) This link opens in a new window
Contains digitized texts of over 183,000 titles published during the 18th Century.
North American Women's Drama (CRKN - Alexander Street Press) This link opens in a new window
This edition of North American Women's Drama contains 1021 plays by 247 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more.

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Defining Gender 1450-1910 This link opens in a new window
A collection of primary source documents on gender relations in England from the late Middle Ages to the early twentieth century.
British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries (CRKN - Alexander Street Press) This link opens in a new window
This edition of British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries includes the immediate experiences of approximately 500 women, as revealed in over 100,000 pages of diaries and letters.