Digital Collection: Women in America

African American Women Writers of the 19th century (New York Public Library)
This site, maintained by the Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture, consists of different works by African American female writers. Includes options to browse by title, author and genre.

The American Jewess
A digital reproduction of a periodical by the same name dating from 1895 to 1899. Includes information about Jewish women in everyday life as well as in their roles in the synagouges. Includes a variety of search and browse options.

American Memory (Library of Congress)
A gateway to a large collection of written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music documenting the American experience. One of the focus areas is Women's History which includes five digital collections: Manuscript Division, Woman Suffrage (Books and Pamphlets, 1848-1921), Woman Suffrage (Photographs and Prints, 1850-1920), Woman Suffrage (Photographs 1875-1938), and Women's History U.S (Multiformat).

American Women's History: A Research Guide, Digital Collections of Primary Sources (Ken Middleton, Middle Tennessee University)
An excellent index to digital collections relating to women in American history. Among the topics are Advice Literature, Immigrant Women, Prostitution, and Settlement Homes.

Home Economics Archive: Research, Tradition, and History (HEARTH) (Cornell University)
HEARTH "is a core electronic collection of books and journals in Home Economics and related disciplines. Titles published between 1850 and 1950 were selected and ranked by teams of scholars for their great historical importance." Users can browse collections by title, year, author, and journal title. HEARTH also allows users to browse by subfields of home economics, such as applied arts and design, child care, or food and nutrition. Each subfield includes an introductory essay and a bibliography.

Motherhood, Social Service, and Political Reform: Political Culture and Imagery of American Woman Suffrage
A detailed and nicely organized resource. Includes an excellent introduction to the Woman's Suffrage Movement with pictures, songs, and extensive footnotes. Also contains images, a timeline, table of contents, and an additional resources section.

Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture: Online Archival Collections (Duke University)
This site containts three full-text collections pertaining to the Women's Liberation Movement, African American women, and Civil War women. The collections include images of the texts and some pictures, as well as typed transcription of the handwritten text.

Women Working, 1870-1930 (Harvard University)
Focuses on women's role in the U.S. economy, and provides access to digitized historical, manuscript, and image resources selected from Harvard University's library and museum collections. The collection features 7,500 pages of manuscripts, 3,500 books and pamphlets, and 1,200 photographs. Users can browse by collection or subject. They can search the full-text, catalog records, or by keywords describing photopgraphs.

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of the 19th century