March is Women's History Month in the United States, and in celebration we're offering free access to Women and Social Movements, International, our newest history collection! But access ends March 31st, so register now.
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Our newest online collection, Women and Social Movements, International—1840 to Present, is now live. With more than 150,000 pages, drawn from over 300 sources, Women and Social Movements, International is a landmark collection that provides an unparalleled look at the ways that women's social movements shaped the events and attitudes that have defined modern life.
Women's international organizations have focused on issues related to peace, poverty, child labor, literacy, disease prevention, and global inequality. By exploring traditions of women's activism, we can reach a full understanding of modern society and history. Women and Social Movements, International provides an unparalleled survey of how women's struggles against gendered inequalities promoted their engagement with other issues over time and across cultures. Faced with resistance from national political parties and organizations in the 19th and 20th centuries, women created international organizations where they pioneered policies that were adopted by national and international governing bodies. For example:
Women and Social Movements, International brings a fresh understanding of the world we inherited from these women and their organizations with journals, manuscripts, letters, photographs, diaries, and ephemera; reports from different national committees (which facilitate comparison and multiple perspectives); and links to twenty thousand additional pages of valuable primary resources on the Web. Much of this material is still in copyright and previously-unpublished, and the collection is backed by a global editorial board of 130 leading scholars.
To request a free trial or price quote for your library, email sales@alexanderstreet.com.
If you don't have access to a library, the Andy Rowell Church Leadership Blog has a great roundup of ways to explore the works of Karl Barth. And if you want to check out the Digital Karl Barth Library, email marketing@alexanderstreet.com and we'll send you a username and password good for 30 days!
You also may have heard that earlier this month, James Fowler, the Alabama State Trooper who fatally shot peaceful protestor Jimmie Lee Jackson in 1965, was sentenced to a six-month prison sentence. The killing was part of the inspiration for the marches from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, and our friends over at Smithsonian Folkways offer two albums documenting these marches (which you can find in our Smithsonian Global Sound® collection, as well). "Freedom Songs: Selma, Alabama" features freedom songs sung by protestors and was recorded by Carl Benkert, one of the night watchmen during the watches (Mr. Benkert passed away just a little before Fowler's sentencing). The other, "WNEW's Story of Selma", is a radio broadcast documentary featuring Pete Seeger, len Chandler, and the Freedom Voices recalling their experiences at the march and singing freedom songs.
We've just added a new batch of material to Manuscript Women's Letters and Diaries, the online collection created in partnership with the American Antiquarian Society! Along with an update that brings the Allen Johnson collection from 25,000 to nearly 49,000 pages, we've added 5,166 pages from four new collections, including:
Manuscript Women's Letters and Diaries is available to libraries and educational institutions worldwide. For more information, including free trial and pricing requests, please email sales@alexanderstreet.com.
This week has officially been designated National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week by President Obama. The proclamation is intended to raise awareness and support the efforts of the 105 HBCUs in the US. You can learn more by reading the official White House press release.
Today Alexander Street is attending the Howard University Faculty Open House, and all week we're offering free content that celebrates National HBCU Week. To see a video clip discussing Thurgood Marshall's education at Howard Law School under Charles Houston, and for future free content, visit our Facebook page and look for the Afternoon Snack.
