UNITED STATES WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT Jeanne Armstrong, Librarian for Women's Studies
Feminist Majority Association
Online Catalog: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Women--suffrage--United States--History Women's rights--United States--History Equal rights amendments--United States Feminism--United States Names of early feminists, e.g. Anthony, Susan B.
Reference Works and Encyclopedias:
Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) Biography and Genealogy Master Index database is a comprehensive index to millions of biographical sketches in more than 2,700 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world.
Chronologies
Guides to Collections
Periodicals on Women's Rights - - Series / Search catalog for contents of each roll. Dates vary, 1900-1940. Wilson 2W Microfilm HQ1236.P383
Periodicals
Indexes and Databases
America: History and Life (online) America: History and Life is a bibliographic database for the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. It covers over 1800 journals published worldwide since 1964. It includes citations of book and media reviews, and abstracts of dissertations. Over 90% of the articles included are published in English-language journals. Updated monthly.
EBSCO Provides full-text for most articles in periodicals and newspapers on a broad range of general reference subjects including arts, business, humanities, social sciences, and the sciences. Can limit the search to "research library" or to "peer-reviewed."
JSTOR (online) JSTOR digitizes and provides enhanced indexing to complete runs of selected journals starting with the very first issues. Current issues are not included and there is a fixed period of time, from 2 to 5 years, between the actual current issue of any journal and the date of the most recent issue available in JSTOR.
New York Times (1851-) Wilson 2W Microfilm Index AI21.N48 / How to Use the Index (guide)
Nineteenth Century Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature, 1890-1899; Supplementary Indexing, 1900-1922 Ref. AI3.N714
Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (1802 - 1906) Reference AI3.P72 Poole's Index to Periodical Literature remains a core resource for researching nineteenth-century topics, providing citations to journal & magazine articles. Indexing for articles in popular magazines and journals published in the nineteenth century.
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature (1905- present) Reference AI3.R4 Includes citations for articles from over 250 popular English language periodicals. Covers general interest areas including current events, business, fashion, politics, crafts, food, education, sports, history, and science.
Readers' Guide Retrospective (1890-1982) Online
Women studies abstracts periodical index Reference HQ1101 .W772 Abstracts are indexed by subject, journals, and authors, in alphabetical order. Put in topical sections, these sections refer you internally to other abstracts of interest as does the subject index. The index refers the user to an abstract number.
Selected Primary Sources in the General Collection
Collections
Individual Women
National Museum of Women's History Schlesinger Library Votes for Women: Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921 Votes for Women: Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920 Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1820-1940 Women's Movements: Internet Resources
updated: 6.2003 by Jeanne Armstrong Western Washington University, Bellingham. (c) All rights reserved.