Women's Studies
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History, Art, and Literature
American Women's History: A Research Guide Digital Collections of Primary Sources
Rich site maintained by Ken Middleton of Middle Tennessee State University Library, describing and linking to all general and subject specific information and primary sources in women's history.
American Jewess
The American Jewess (1895-1899) described itself as "the only magazine in the world devoted to the interests of Jewish women."
American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present
Online reference work that includes biographies, criticism and bibliographies of American women writers.
A Celebration of Women Writers
Full-text of fiction, poetry, essays by women authors from the 1700s to the present, biographical material, some criticism, commentaries and portraits.
Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement
An on-line archival collection.
H-Women - Women's History Project
Bibliographies,syllabi,discussion threads,book reviews, manuscripts, exhibitions
Internet Women's History Sourcebook
Full-text documents relating to women throughout history. Scroll down this page to the Contents to find readings.
Medieval Feminist Index: Scholarship on Women, Sexuality, and Gender
Covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages.
Miller NAWSA Suffrage Scrapbooks, 1897-1911
From the Library of Congress' American Memory project, this digitized collection of scrapbooks of Elizabeth Smith Miller and Anne Fitzhugh Miller includes "ephemera and memorabilia related to their work with women's suffrage." The scrapbooks are from the Library of Congress' National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) Collection.
A scholarly resource for the study of women's religious communities, 500-1600
Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History
Online reference work with over 650 biographies of influential women throughout history and over 600 articles covering topics such as history, culture, movements, and gender studies.
Full-text of publications by Renaissance writers, some pieces include biographical and critical information.
Viva: A Bibliography of Women's History
Bibliography of women's history selected from more than sixty European and American historical and women's studies journals. Compiled in Amsterdam.
Victorian Women Writers Project
Transcriptions of 19th century British women writers including books, pamphlets, religious tracts, children's books, poetry and drama.
Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000
Collections of original documents relating to women's involvement in major social movements. (Off-campus availability limited to UA students, staff and faculty)
This page provides a selective, annotated list of links with information on women in the visual arts.
Medieval to the Present
Women of Protest: Photographs from the Records of the National Woman's Party
Presents images that depict the National Women's Party broad range of tactics as well as individual portraits of organization leaders and members. This site document the National Woman's Party's push for passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment, as well as its later campaign for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Full-text resource containing the writings of Early Modern women, 1600s-1800. (off-campus availability limited to UA students, staff and faculty)
Women Working in the United States - 1870-1930
Focusing on women's participation in the U.S. economy from 1870-1930. From the Harvard Libraries Open Collections Program, this project includes books, manuscripts, and images from across the Harvard libraries and museums.