(Duke Univ.)
Collection of materials documenting the history of women and women’s organizations. Established in 1935 as the International Archive of the Women’s movement, one of its first collections were the papers of Aletta Jacobs (1854-1929), a campaigner for women’s suffrage and the first female physician in the Netherlands. Also provides Aletta Jacob’s papers and Rosa Manus’ papers.
(Duke Univ. Libraries)
(National Park Service)
(Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University)
(Ken Middleton, MTSU Library)
(Duke Univ. Libraries)
(Virginia Center for Digital History)
(Duke Univ. Libraries)
Images from cabinet and tobacco cards of the theatrical entertainment of burlesque of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Supports exploration of feminine beauty, socially acceptable behavior, cross-dressing and gender issues, and exoticism. (Ohio State Univ.)
Includes a substantial collection of historical documents.
(Texas Women's Univ.)
"Gertrude Sanford Legendre (1902–2000) was an American socialite who served as an OSS operative during World War II. She was also a noted explorer, big-game hunter, environmentalist, and owner of Medway plantation in South Carolina." (College of Charleston)
Women's suffrage through New York Times articles
Core electronic collection of books and journals in Home Economics and related disciplines. Focused on books published between 1850 and 1925 and a small number of journals. The full text of these materials, as well as bibliographies and essays on the wide array of subjects relating to Home Economics, are all freely accessible on this site. Covers topics such as arts, design, child care, family studies, clothing & textiles, food & nutrition, home management, housekeeping & etiquette, home furnishing, hygiene, institutional management (hospitality), and more. TIP: Click Browse to explore the historical books and journals in the collection. (Cornell Univ.)
(Library of Congress via Flickr)
A collection documenting the history of social protest movements and marginalized political communities from the 19th century to the present. Includes anarchism, atheism and free thought, anti-colonialist movements, anti-war and pacifist movements, civil liberties and civil rights, labor and workers' rights, LGBTQ movements, prisons and prisoners, New Left, Spanish Civil War, youth and student protest, and many more. (Univ. of Michigan)
(New York Univ.)
(National American Woman Suffrage Association)
1960s protests of the Miss America pageants helped increase public visibility of the Women's Liberation Movement. This digital collection includes photos, articles, flyers, and responses from protest events. (Duke Univ.)
Feminist writings primarily from the 1960s and 1970s. Users must register with the site to be able to download PDFs.
Scouting for Girls: Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts, 3rd edition, 1922
Digital portions of Smith College's renowned Sophia Smith collection (Smith College)
(Univ. of Rochester)
(National American Woman Suffrage Association)
(National American Woman Suffrage Association)
(Virginia Center for Digital History)
(Corpus Christi Public Libraries)
Hundreds of photographs, prints, drawings, and other images documenting the International Woman Suffrage Alliance Congresses (IWSA) at Copenhagen, 1906; Amsterdam, 1908; Budapest, 1913; and other conferences. Featured are photographs of associates of Rosika Schwimmer such as Jane Addams, Anita Augspurg, Carrie Chapman Catt, Vilma Glucklich, Lida Gustava Heymann, and other notable women. (New York Public Library)
(National Archives, via Flickr)
Women's History Digital Collections from the Library of Congress
Digital collection of materials from the official Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) archive at TWU in Denton, TX. (Texas Women's Univ.)
(U.S. House of Representatives)
(Smithsonian Institute via Flickr)
(Library of Congress)
(Library of Congress via Flickr)
Documents the female experience in the Armed Forces through letters, papers, photographs, published materials, uniforms, artifacts, and oral histories. (Univ. of North Carolina Greensboro)
Digital exploration of women's impact on the economic life of the U.S. between 1800 and the Great Depression. Documents include books, pamphlets, diaries, memoirs, institutional records, photographs, manuscripts, and more. Issues documented include working conditions, workplace regulations, home life, costs of living, commerce, recreation, health and hygiene, and social issues. (Harvard Univ.)