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Publications on civil rights from the United States Commission on Civil Rights, congressional hearings, civil rights legislation, books, and reports. From HeinOnline.
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Gerritsen Women's History Collection
Books, periodicals, and pamphlets on women's history and the evolution of feminism. Covers four centuries and 15 languages, with publications from the U.S., U.K., Canada, New Zealand, and continental Europe.
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The Periodical Series: This segment represents about 25 percent of the material in the database. It comprises 265 titles, including The Suffragist (1913-21) and The Women's Protest Against Woman Suffrage (1912-18).
Monograph Language Series: These 4,471 monographs and pamphlets make up about 75 percent of the collection. Included are 2,336 titles tracing suffragism in the English-speaking world. The collection will soon include 929 German titles that document the history of organized movements in Germany and Switzerland, and 734 French titles that cover women's issues from Gallic times through World War II.
Women and Social Movements in the United States since 1600
Primary sources documenting women's movements and women activists in the US, with a focus on the 19th and 20th centuries. Topics include women and antislavery, women's suffrage, the Feminist movement, Equal Rights movement, and women's role in Civil Rights .
Women and Social Movements International 1840-present
Conference proceedings, organization reports, publications, and websites of women's non-governmental organizations. Also includes letters, diaries, and memoirs of women active internationally since the mid-nineteenth century, as well as photographs and videos of major events and activists in the history of women’s international social movements.
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Women's Magazine Archive
Archives of consumer magazines published for a female audience, including Good Housekeeping and Ladies Home Journal. These magazines cover family life, home economics, health, careers, fashion, and culture, and provide canonical records of evolving assumptions about gender roles and cultural mores. Each magazine contains volume 1, issue 1 through 2005. Publications are in high-resolution color.

National Women's History Museum Online Exhbits
Online museum dedicated to uncovering, interpreting, and celebrating women’s diverse contributions to society. Exhibits include primary sources.

Women and the Law (Peggy)
Collection of books, biographies, and periodicals dedicated to women's roles in the law and society. Includes legal and political documents, and secondary scholarly analysis of issues such as women's suffrage, women in the workforce, women's education, abortion, and more. These materials provide context on the progression of women's roles and rights in society over the past 200 years.
Also included are more than 70 titles from Emory University Law School's Feminism and Legal Theory Project, providing context on the effects of law and culture on the female gender.
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