Research Guides: Women's and Gender Studies: History & Archives

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Internet Women's History Sourcebook
A collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts curated by the History Department at Fordham University.
People with a History: An Online Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans History
People with a History presents the history of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people. It includes hundreds of original texts, and discussions and addresses LGBT history in all periods, and in all regions of the world.

Independent Voices This link opens in a new window
Collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines, and journals. Includes content from feminists, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, LGBT activists, and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century.
Women and Social Movements in the United States (1600-2000) This link opens in a new window
The collection contains document projects, archives, and full-text documents. It also includes book, film, and website reviews, notes from the archives, and teaching tools.

Archives on Black Women - A List of Collections
A list of digital archives featuring the lives and work of black women.
Lesbian Herstory Archives - Collections
Archive with a mission to gather and preserve records of Lesbian lives and activities
National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection
Digitized archival collection from the Library of Congress.
Schlesinger Library - Collections
A part of the Harvard Radcliffe Institute, the Schlesinger Library is a leading center for scholarship on the history of women in the United States.
Women's History at the Archives of American Art
Through diaries, notebooks, essays, and correspondence, learn about the life and careers of painters, sculptors, writers, critics, art historians, and other creative women who made their mark on American history.
Women of Protest: Photographs from the Records of the National Woman's Party
Digitized archival collection from the Library of Congress.