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Women's History Resources

Selected resources about women's history

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North American Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
Find eyewitness accounts of historical events from 1675- 1950. Primary sources about women.

Women's History: Fordham Internet Sourcebook
Find primary documents on the Internet.

Defining Documents in World History: Women's History
Call Number: Reference 305.42 W872
ISBN: 9781682175835
Publication Date: 2018
Contains primary documents from (1429-2017)

Harvard Women Working, 1800- 1930
This source by Harvard University contains primary resources about women who worked in the United States between 1800- 1930.
Women Come to the Front
This website from the Library of Congress follows 8 different women who preformed different tasks on the WWII front lines.

Lives and Voices by Lisa DiCaprio; Merry E. Wiesner
Call Number: 305.4094 L785
ISBN: 0395970520
Publication Date: 2000

American Antiquarian Historical Periodicals, 1684-1912 This link opens in a new window
Find magazines and newspapers published between 1693 -1877
Newspapers.com This link opens in a new window
Find historical newspaper articles (1751- Present) from North Carolina newspapers.