A variety of document types organized around the following thematic clusters: Ottoman and post-Ottoman Empires in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1860-2015; French Empire in North Africa, 1935-2005; Italians Consider the International problem of Trafficking in Women, 1928-1936; Indigenous Women and Anti-Imperialist Activism in South Africa, 1929-1960; Anti-Imperialist Activism of Indonesian Women, 1951-1965; Filipino Women and American Empire, 1904-2004; Anti-Imperialist Writings of Cuban Feminists, 1896-1985; Women Medical Missionaries in China, 1894-1991; United States Women in the Panama Canal Zone, 1907-1975; American Women missionaries in India, 1910-1953; African American Women Shape Political Culture in South Africa, 1928-1969; Native Women Oppose Colonialism in Guatemala, 1960-1996; Moravian Missionary Women Interact with Cherokee Women before Removal, 1805-1835; and Women’s Global Networks, 1883-2007.
Tag: women
Digitized Historical Women’s Magazines
Two new collections featuring full color, digitized reproductions of historically significant women’s magazines: The Women’s Magazine Archive includes extensive runs of 5 major women’s magazines: Better Homes and Gardens (1925-1961), Good Housekeeping, (1887-1912), Ladies’ Home Journal (1887-1919), Parents (1949-1972), and Chatelaine (1940-2005). We also now have the complete Harper’s Bazaar Archive, full color reproductions of every issue from the very first in 1867 to the most recent.
Defining Gender, 1450-1910
Digital collection of ephemera, pamphlets, college records, exam papers, commonplace books, diaries, periodicals, letters, ledgers, account books, pedagogical treatises, government documents, anatomy books, midwifery texts, manuscript journals, poetry, novels, ballads, drama, receipt books, literary manuscripts, travel writing, and conduct and advice literature.Comprises five sections: Conduct and Politeness, Domesticity and Family, Consumption and Leisure, Education and Sensibility, and The Body.
Everyday Life and Women in America, 1800-1920
Digital collection of books, periodicals, pamphlets, and broadsides.
Perdita Manuscripts
Over 230 manuscripts, authored by women, that document life in Early Modern England.
Travel Writing, Spectacle, and World History
Digitized collection of world travel accounts by women from the early 19th century to the late 20th century. Comprises manuscripts, diaries, correspondence, drawings, guidebooks and photographs.
Medieval Family Life
Digitized collection of the only five major letter collections from 15th century England.