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United States Women's Movements  History 499
Western Washington University

Suggested Library of Congress Subject Headings
women - - suffrage - - united states - - history
women's rights - - united states - - history
equal rights amendments - - united states
feminism – united states

Reference Works and Encyclopedias:

Biographical Materials:
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. Available only on Western's Campus.
  •  A to Z of American Women Leaders and Activists / Ref. HQ1412.H54 2002 
  •  American National Biography / Ref. CT213.A68 1999
  •  American Reform and Reformers:  A Biographical Dictionary / Ref. HQ1412.A46 1996
  •  Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers / Ref. HQ1236.R29 2001 2 vols.
  • Feminists who changed America, 1963-1975 / Haggard 3 oversize HQ1412 .F46 2006
  •  Jewish Women in America / Ref. DS115.2 .J49 1998
  •  Women in World History / Ref. HQ1115.W6 1999
  •  Women of Achievement / Ref. HQ1123.R38 1981
  •  Women Public Speakers in the United States 1800-1925:  A Bio-Critical Sourcebook / Ref. HQ1412.W67 1993
  •  Chronologies
  •  Chronology of Women's History / Ref. HQ1121.O47 1994
  •  The Timetables of Women's History / Ref. HQ1121.G74 1994
  •  Guides to Collections
  • American Women: A Library of Congress Guide for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States /  Ref. HQ1410.A47 2001
  • The Gerritsen Collection of Women's History, 1543-1945: A Bibliographic Guide to the Microform Collection  / Ref. HQ1121 .G43 1983
  • Guide to Sources on Women in the Swathmore College Peace Collection / Ref. HQ1154.C47 1988
  • Introduction to Library Research in Women's Studies / Ref. HQ1206.S4 1985
  • The Manuscript Inventories and the Catalogs of Manuscripts, Books and Periodicals, Radcliffe College /  Ref. HQ1410 .A78 1984
  • Northwest Women:  An Annotated Bibliography of Sources on the History of Oregon and Washington Women, 1787-1970 / Ref. HQ1438.07 B53         
  • Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History / Ref. HQ141 .R43 1998
  • Reader's Guide to Women's Studies / Ref. HQ1180.R43 1998
  • Women in the West: A Guide to Manuscript Sources / Ref. HQ1438.W45.W66 1991
  • Women's History Sources:  A Guide to Archives and Manuscript Collections in the United States / Ref. HQ1410.W65
  • Bibliographies
  •  American Diaries: An Annotated Bibliography of Published American Diaries and Journals /Ref. CT214.A74 2 vols.
  • American Women and the Labor Movement, 1825-1974: An Annotated Bibliography /Ref. HD6079.2.U5 S66 1976
  • The Female Experience in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century America: A Guide the the History of American Women/  Ref. HQ1410.C66 1982
  • Women in Modern American Politics:  A Bibliography, 1900-1995 / Ref. HQ1236.5.U6 C69 1997
  • Women's Issues:  An Annotated Bibliography / Ref. HQ1206.M86 1989
  • The Women's Movement:  References and Resources / Ref. HQ1236.5.U6R93 1996
  • Women's Diaries, Journals and Letters;  An Annotated Bibliography / Ref. CT3230.C55 1989
  • Women's Rights / Ref. HQ1236.5.U6 S77 2003

  •  Microfilm Collections

  •  Periodicals on Women's Rights - -  Series / Search catalog for contents of each roll. Dates vary, 1900-1940.
             Wilson 2W  Microfilm  HQ1236.P383

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    Indexes and Databases

     Additional Works of Interest in the General Collection
  •  Early American Women: A Documentary History, 1600-1900 / HQ1410.E15
  •  Two Paths to Women's Equality:  Temperance, Suffrage, and the Origins of Modern Feminism / HQ1410.G54 1995
  •  Well Tempered Women: Nineteenth-Century Temperance Rhetoric / HV5229.M37
  •  Women & Sisters: The Antislavery Feminists in American Culture / HQ1423.Y45 1989
  •  Women's Rights in the United States: A Documentary History / HQ1236.5.U6 W68 1994
  • Web Resources

  •  Emma Goldman Papers
  •  Internet Women's History Sourcebook
  •  Making of America
  •  National Museum of Women's History
  •  The 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: July  2008
    last review: October 12, 2004
    Margaret Fast,  Librarian for History
    with assistance from Jeanne Armstrong and Robyn Adcox
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