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Women's History: Archival & Primary Resources : Other Useful Resources
An introduction to resources available through Western Libraries' Heritage Resources programs.
Related Guides and Websites
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Databases on Women, Gender and Sexuality StudiesDatabases require WWU log-in.
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GenderWatch [ProQuest]GenderWatch™ provides authoritative historical and current perspectives on the evolution of gender roles as they affect both men and women. GenderWatch supports gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) studies; family studies; gender studies, and women's studies with a unique interdisciplinary approach. Combining hundreds of academic, gray, and popular literature titles, on wide-ranging topics like sexuality, religion, societal roles, feminism, masculinity, eating disorders, day care, and the workplace.
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National Archives - Research by TopicSelected online documents, links, and articles supporting research re: women's history.
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Women's History MonthOnline exhibits, images, audio-visual and educational materials provided by the Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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Women's History Research in ArchivesLibrary Guide by Virginia Corvid, University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. Includes information about research strategies, and links to a variety of "women's history" collections at U.S. and international repositories.
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Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies: Feminist TheoryWomen, Gender, Sexuality Studies: Feminist Theory
WWU Library resource guide for feminist theory courses including women studies 212 course on feminist theory.
Campus Connections
Primary Source Collections
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Documenting The American South - Southern WomenSelect oral histories from the Southern Oral History Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library. "These interviews reflect the influence of women in science, medicine, education, law, politics, activism, as well as in factories, where a significant portion of the workforce was and is made up of women."
This is a select list only - contact us or the Libraries' Reference Desk for more information and assistance.
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HerStoryCall Number: HQ1154 H57 Wilson 2 East
WHAT: A comprehensive collection of materials produced by and about the women's movement. The collection has been assembled from the holdings of the International Women's History Research Centre. It includes newsletters, journals and newspapers produced by civic, professional, religious, political and peace groups. The bulk of materials included are from 1968 onward.
* FORMAT & SCOPE: Microfilm, 1956 - 1974 -
Herstory: a woman's view of American historyContents: Spokes on the wheel of western culture, 1600-1775 -- The defiant ones, 1600-1775 -- Independence for whom? 1775-1800 -- The workers of America, 1800-1860 -- Woman's superior moral power, 1800-1860 -- The more things change, the more things stay the same, 1861-1880 -- Old and new problems, 1880-1900 -- Women remaking the world, 1900-1914 -- The hope dashed, 1914-1920 -- Buy, buy, buy, 1920-1929 -- Human miseries and joys, 1929-1945 -- New and old anxieties, 1945-1960 -- The new frontier? 1960-1973 -- The future is now.
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Library of Congress American Memory ProjectDigital collections re: women's history and suffrage. Digital resources can be searched by keyword.
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Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History ProjectResources for exploring the civil rights activism of women in the Pacific Northwest. Provides online access to a number of oral histories.
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Sophia Smith Collection at Smith's CollegeInternationally recognized repository of manuscripts, archives, photographs, periodicals and other primary sources in women's history. Website provides access to significant oral history projects (full transcripts online) as well as digital collections.
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Swathmore College Peace CollectionProvides access to digitized resources on topics including feminism and women's role in the peace movement, drawn from collections at Swathmore College, Pennsylvania.
Heritage Resources
OUR MISSION
Western Libraries Heritage Resources provides for responsible stewardship of and access to unique and archival resources in support of teaching, learning and resarch at Western Washington University and beyond. The Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Special Collections, and University Archives and Records Management work together to document the culture and history of Western, the local community and Pacific Northwest region, and to promote public and scholarly access to holdings.