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A digital history exhibition about women at the University of Michigan.

Online exhibition of the history of the home pregnancy test.

A look at women's work, from before the American Revolution through the Industrial Revolution.

This collection is comprised of selected folders from the larger Ada James Papers (Wis Mss OP) housed at the Wisconsin Historical Society. Ada James (1876-1952) was a leading social reformer, humanitarian, and pacifist from Richland Center,…

This exhibit marks the opening for research of eight collections of 20th century women activists: the papers of Constance Baker Motley, Dorothy Kenyon, Mary Kaufman, Frances Fox Piven, Jessie Lloyd O'Connor, and Gloria Steinem and the records of the…

The Alice Paul Institute educates the public about the life and work of Alice Stokes Paul (1885-1977), and offers heritage and girls’ leadership development programs at Paulsdale, her home and a National Historic Landmark.

This digital collection includes millinery, dressmaking, clothing and costume books from the UW-Madison collections. These books from the first half of the 20th century (1907 – 1940’s) include the history of clothing, styles of dress, fashion…

Unlike most American Memory presentations, American Women is not a collection of digital items. It is a gateway--a first stop for Library of Congress researchers working in the field of American women's history. The site contains a slightly expanded…

An index of every article of women’s history printed in The Journal of American History (JAH) since its inception as the Mississippi Valley Historical Review in 1914. The index, and its 154 entries, are offered as resources for readers who wish to…

The disclosure of women's voices through oral history has led to a revision of the history of women, and of history in general. Reviewing the narratives of women can lead to a revision of history, our assumptions about the past and the future, and…