H&S Society Research Guide

E-Resources -- Women's Studies

Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History
Find information on the experiences of women throughout history.

Women's Suffragist Movement

National Archives Woman’s Suffrage Page
Many links, including some primary documents.
Votes for Women
Selections from the Woman’s Suffrage Association Collection, 1948-1921

Keywords -- Women's Studies

Examples of keywords for Women’s Studies (in contrast with Gender Studies) in Primo Search:

businesswomen
entrepreneurship
feminism
feminism and literature
feminist criticism
feminist theory
sex role
sex role
women
women and literature
women executives
women in development
women in politics
women's issues
women's rights
women's studies
work and family

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Imagery Sources

Women of Protest: Photographs from the Records of the National Woman's Party
The Library of Congress has an extensive collection of original texts which should help with the history of the suffrage movement. Use the Search key to target documents. The pictures collection can be used to visualize the people at the time.
Women’s Suffrage: Pictures of Suffragists and their Activities
From the American Memory Collection, Library of Congress