Coverage is from the earliest times to the present.
Archives of Sexuality and Gender.
British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries
Mass Observation British Social History 1937-1972
North American Women's Letters and Diaries
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000
American Women a Gateway to Resources for the Study of Women History and Culture in the U.S.
Discovering American Women's History Online
Voice of the Shuttle: Gender and Sexuality Studies
Women Working, 1800-1930
The collection is an exploration of women's impact on the economic life of the United States between 1800 and the Great Depression, comprising over 650,000 individual pages from more than 3,100 books and trade catalogs, 900 archives and manuscript items, and 1,400 photographs.
History: American: Primary Sources 17th & 18th C :19th C 20th C
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Primary sources are original sources, in which its witnesses or first recorders describe a time, person or event.
Some types of primary sources include:
For more information, check the following guides:
Primary Sources
American History - Primary Sources
Canadian History - Primary Sources
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