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1898-1959. Archive of materials compiled from Cuban sources, spans the period from Cuban independence to the end of the Batista regime. Covers Cuban feminism, women in politics, literature by Cuban women, & the legal status of Cuban women.
Archive of materials compiled from Cuban sources, spans the period from Cuban independence to the end of the Batista regime (1898-1959).
Brings together instructional, prescriptive, behavioral, and etiquette literature that defined standards of conduct.
Searchable handbooks, manuals, textbooks, etiquette guides, self-help books, instructional pamphlets, and how-to books of instructional, prescriptive, behavioral, and etiquette literature that defined standards of personal conduct for millions of Americans and reflected the prevailing social mores across the twentieth century. When complete, the collection will contain 150,000 pages that illustrate both how Americans actually behaved and how they felt they ought to behave.
Numerous publications for women. and including many female writers.
Includes the following collections, which can also be searched separately:
• Religious Periodicals for Women, Children, and Families, 1804-1878
• Women’s Periodicals of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century, 1733-1844
• Women’s Periodicals of the Nineteenth Century, 1845-1865
• Women’s Periodicals of the Nineteenth Century, 1866-1891
1972-present. Covers sociology, history, political science & economy, public policy, international relations, arts & humanities, business, and education.
Covers the core disciplines in Women's Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research. This database supports curriculum development in the areas of sociology, history, political science & economy, public policy, international relations, arts & humanities, business and education. Its sources include: journals, newspapers, newsletters, bulletins, books, book chapters, proceedings, reports, theses, dissertations, NGO studies, Web sites & Web documents, and grey literature. Women's Studies International includes the following database files: Women Studies Abstracts, Women's Studies Bibliography Database, Women's Studies Database, Women Studies Librarian, Women of Color and Southern Women: A Bibliography of Social Science Research, and Women's Health and Development: An Annotated Bibliography.
Primary documents from women activists in social movements world-wide.
Includes tens of thousands of primary documents, document projects with introductory essays, a definitive bibliography, related web links, a Dictionary of Social Movements, and an enormous collection of images. The project will continue to grow each year.
Primary texts & commentary; dictionary of social movements and organizations; chronology of U.S. women's history; teaching tools with lesson ideas and document-based questions related to the document projects; quarterly news from the archives about U.S. women.
Primary sources on social, political, health, and legal issues impacting LGBTQ communities around the world. Includes newspapers, manuscripts, government records, organizational papers, correspondence, and posters.
1972-present. Combines Women's Studies International and Men's Studies databases, with coverage of sexual diversity issues, and the full spectrum of gender-engaged scholarship inside & outside academia.
Indexes the popular and scholarly literature addressing issues related to the Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender community.
1997-present (varies by title). Indexes 600 popular & scholarly publications (including journals, newspapers, magazines, and books) addressing the social, legal, economic, political, cultural, historical, literary, & health concerns of the Gay-Lesbian-Bisexual-Transgender community. Includes Sexual Diversity Studies. Excludes fiction & erotica. Includes full text of more than 130 journals and more than 170 books.
Brings together instructional, prescriptive, behavioral, and etiquette literature that defined standards of conduct.
Searchable handbooks, manuals, textbooks, etiquette guides, self-help books, instructional pamphlets, and how-to books of instructional, prescriptive, behavioral, and etiquette literature that defined standards of personal conduct for millions of Americans and reflected the prevailing social mores across the twentieth century. When complete, the collection will contain 150,000 pages that illustrate both how Americans actually behaved and how they felt they ought to behave.
1700 to present. African-American authors of works of non-fiction, including books, interviews, journal articles, letters, & other formats, covering all aspects of the black experience.
Documentaries, interviews, biographies, performances, and lectures examining social, racial, and economic inequalities that shape communities at the local and global levels.
Resources that illuminate the challenges, triumphs, and issues facing underrepresented, indigenous, and immigrant communities around the world. Hundreds of documentaries, interviews, biographies, performances, and lectures create a rich platform for examining social, racial, and economic inequalities that shape communities at the local and global levels. Content offers opportunities for cross-cultural comparisons and localized, in-depth analyses relevant to Asian studies, black studies, LGBT studies, North American Indian studies, and women's studies.
Covers ethnic studies, discrimination, immigration studies, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.
Race Relations Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to race relations, including ethnic studies, discrimination, immigration studies, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Records are selected from many of the top titles within the discipline, including Race, Ethnicity & Education and Ethnic & Racial Studies. Covers 1975-present.
Brings together instructional, prescriptive, behavioral, and etiquette literature that defined standards of conduct.
Searchable handbooks, manuals, textbooks, etiquette guides, self-help books, instructional pamphlets, and how-to books of instructional, prescriptive, behavioral, and etiquette literature that defined standards of personal conduct for millions of Americans and reflected the prevailing social mores across the twentieth century. When complete, the collection will contain 150,000 pages that illustrate both how Americans actually behaved and how they felt they ought to behave.
British source material on conceptions of gender from the mid-15th to early 20th century.
Covers social conduct, power distribution within the family, consumption and leisure, education of men and women, and gendered perceptions of the body to analyze and challenge the changing views and ideas surrounding traditional gender roles.
Document collection on women, family and home life in the United States.
Thousands of fully searchable images (alongside transcriptions) of monographs, pamphlets, periodicals and broadsides addressing 19th and early 20th century political, social and gender issues, religion, race, education, employment, marriage, sexuality, home and family life, health, and pastimes. The collection is especially rich in conduct of life and domestic management literature, offering vivid insights into the daily lives of women and men, as well as emphasizing contrasts in regional, urban and rural cultures.
Includes periodicals, monographs, and pamphlets from the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture, Duke University & the New York Public Library. Monographs cover all aspects of family life, and diverse topics from politics to farming. Strong coverage of prescriptive and advice literature, and manuals for domestic management.
Videos that retrace the history of fashion, clothing, and costume worldwide.
Covers the major fashion weeks in Milan, Paris, New York and London, as well as Miami swim and New York bridal collections. Topical segments visit events like the Met's Costume Exhibits, CFDA Awards, and feature interviews with top designers, models, and celebrities of the fashion world.
Historical records from men’s and women’s organisations, advice literature, and etiquette books of the 19th through 21st centuries.
Primary sources documenting the changing representations and lived experiences of gender roles and relations from the nineteenth century to the present. The collection offers sources for the study of women's suffrage, the feminist movement, the men’s movement, employment, education, the body, the family, and government and politics.
Broad multi-language resource for the study of women's history, comprising more than 4,700 books, pamphlets and journals from Europe, the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and New Zealand, ranging from 1543-1945.
Digitized images of American magazines and journals detailing American history and culture from the mid-18th century through the late-19th century.
Includes these collections:
• Women’s Periodicals of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century, 1733-1844
• Women’s Periodicals of the Nineteenth Century, 1845-1865
• Women’s Periodicals of the Nineteenth Century, 1866-1891
Describes all manner of writings by early modern women, from diaries to works of drama and religious writing.
This resource is produced in association with the Perdita Project based at the University of Warwick and Nottingham Trent University. "Perdita" means "lost woman," and the quest of the Perdita Project has been to find early modern women authors who were "lost" because their writing exists only in manuscript form.
Accounts by American women of their travels across the globe from the early 19th century to the late 20th century.
Sourced from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, this resource features hundreds of accounts by women of their travels across the globe from the early 19th century to the late 20th century. Sources cover a variety of topics including; architecture; art; the British Empire; climate; customs; exploration; family life; housing; industry; language; monuments; mountains; natural history; politics and diplomacy; race; religion; science; shopping; war. A wide variety of forms of travel writing are included, ranging from unique manuscripts, diaries, and correspondence to drawings, guidebooks, and photographs. The resource includes a slideshow with hundreds of items of visual material, including postcards, sketches, and photographs.
Numerous publications for women. and including many female writers.
Includes the following collections, which can also be searched separately:
• Religious Periodicals for Women, Children, and Families, 1804-1878
• Women’s Periodicals of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century, 1733-1844
• Women’s Periodicals of the Nineteenth Century, 1845-1865
• Women’s Periodicals of the Nineteenth Century, 1866-1891
