Website: Gender Studies: Digitized Collections

Other Libraries

Gifts of Speech
Sweet Briar College collection of speeches by women.
Knitting Reference Library
Books, exhibition catalogues, patterns, journals & magazines, Internet Archive.
Studies in Scarlet: Marriage & Sexuality in the U.S. & U.K., 1815-194
Narratives from Harvard Law School Library's trial collections, involving domestic violence, bigamy, seduction, breach of promise to marry, custody of children, murder, and rape.
Voices of Feminism Oral History Project
Sophia Smith Collection, Women's History Archives, Smith College.
WID Publications
Women & Intl. Dev. publications on development & transformation affects on women & gender.

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Michigan State University's Women & International Development Program (WID) is a program within the Center for Gender in Global Context. WID promotes teaching, research, &action on international development and global transformation as they affect women and gender relations. WID's primary focus is the Southern Hemisphere.
Women Working, 1800 - 1930
Resources from Harvard University on women's role in the U.S. economy.
Tallahassee’s National Organization for Women
Chapter from Florida State University.
Women's Travel Diaries
Over 100 diaries by British and American women held at Duke University Library.
Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran Digital Archive
Resources from Harvard University covering 1796-1925.

Digitized Collections

Albert M. Greenfield Digital Center for the History of Women's Education
Archival material held at Bryn Mawr College, the portal provides open access to primary sources.
Chicana por mi Raza: Uncovering the Hidden History of Chicana Feminism (1965‐1985)
Archival materials, ephemera, and oral histories that document the development of Chicana feminist thought during the civil rights era.
Digital Transgender Archive
Collaboration of some 30 collections based in Worcester, MA at the College of the Holy Cross.
Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index
Covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages. Hosted by University of Iowa Libraries.
French Women Writers
ARTFL's (Project for American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language) database from the 16th to the 20th century.
Gender and Sexuality Studies
Part of the University of California, Santa Barbara's Voice of the Shuttle humanities research project, this site provides links to resources in women's studies, feminist theory, queer studies, and other areas. Some links are annotated.
Guerrilla Girls Archive
The feminist artist protest group known as the Guerrilla Girls formed to fight discrimination against women artists and artists of color in the art world, eventually extending its reach to broader social issues. Guerrilla Girls records, 1979–2003 at The Getty Research Institute.
Iowa Women’s Lives: Letters and Diaries
Crowdsourced transcriptions of digitized material from the UI Libraries special collections, University Archive, and Iowa Women’s Archives.
Office and Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment
Information on a variety of USAID programs targeting gender issues in development. Includes reports on programs to promote women's legal rights, gender equality in education, and other development-related issues.
Rainbow History Project
LGBT history in the Washington, DC area, including newsletters and fliers, t-shirts and textiles, and oral histories.
U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau
Reports, statistics, and publications on the status of women wage earners.