Gender Studies
Also be sure to check links
under American
Studies Research Resources - General which will point
you to additional materials on Gender Studies.
Gender
-- General
American
Women's History: A Research Guide--Comprehensive and regularly updated.
Voices
from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color--Biographical
information, bibliographies, and links for wide range
of writers. Project of English and American Studies
departments at Univ. of Minnesota.
The
Men's Bibliography--Very large bibliography divided
into many categories. Updated annually (in Feb.). Focus
is on contemporary life, not much historical perspective.
Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies--Links
to Bay Area scholarly and community resources and to
Internet sites.
More
specialized--in chronological order
Godey's
Lady's Book--Selected articles and color fashion plates from 1855-1858
editions of this leading 19th century magazine. Includes, as well, short essays
about the magazine.
Women
and Social Movements in the United States, 1830-1930--A
rich collection of primary documents and supporting
material related to women and social movements in the
U.S.
Suffragists
Oral History Project--Full-text of oral history
interviews with seven leaders and five rank-and-file
participants in the woman's suffrage movement. The
interviews were conducted in the early 1970s by the
Bancroft Library's Regional Oral History Office. Leaders
interviewed include Alice Paul, founder of the National
Women's Party and Jeannette Rankin, the first woman
elected to Congress.
Margaret
Sanger Papers Project--Early birth control advocate.
This site mainly useful for capsule information on
Sanger and excellent bibliography and links for finding
additional information on Sanger and the movements
with which she was affiliated.
Eleanor
Roosevelt--Her life and works as well as bibliography
and links. Created by CSUF American Studies graduate
student Debbie Girkin.
Rosie
Pictures: Images of American Women Workers During World
War II--Photographs, posters, and cartoons issued
by the U.S. government or by commercial sources during
World War II, often to encourage women to join the
work force or to highlight aspects of war work. Includes
original titles and captions for all images. From the
Library of Congress collection.
Documents
from the Women's Liberation Movement--The materials
in this on-line archival collection from the Special
Collections Library at Duke University document various
aspects of the Women's Liberation Movement in the United
States, and focus specifically on the radical origins
of this movement during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Items range from radical theoretical writings to humourous
plays to the minutes of an actual grassroots group.
