March is Women's History Month, and to celebrate we've made the popular online collection, Women and Social Movements in the U.S., 1600-2000, Scholar's Edition, freely accessible for the entire month.
To access Women and Social Movements, Scholar's Edition simply go to http://wass.alexanderstreet.com
A
mainstay for women’s history research and teaching in universities worldwide,
this online collection is edited by Professors Kathryn Kish Sklar and Thomas
Dublin of SUNY Binghamton. It’s an extensive collection of primary historic
documents, books, images, scholarly essays, teaching tools, and book and
Web-site reviews.
Women and Social
Movements is one of the most heavily visited resources
for women’s studies and for U.S. history on the Web.
Easily learn. . .
- How Did the Ladies Association of Philadelphia Shape New Forms of
Women's Activism During the American Revolution,
1780-1781?
- How Did White Women Aid Former Slaves During and After the Civil War,
1863-1891?
- How Did Black and White Southern Women Campaign to End Lynching,
1890-1942?
- How and Why Did the Guerrilla Girls Alter the Art Establishment in New
York City, 1985-1995?
- How Have Recent Social Movements Shaped Civil Rights Legislation for
Women? The 1994 Violence Against Women Act.
There are also more than 40,000 pages of
full-text sources, including:
- Proceedings of all women's rights conventions,
1848-1869
- Proceedings of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
1874-1898
- Selected publications of the League of Women Voters,
1920-2000
- Notable
American Women, the complete five-volume biographical
dictionary
- The
Collected Publications of federal, state, and local Commissions on the Status of
Women, a digital archive with 90,000 pages of publications,
1961-2005
Please also be sure to check out the companion blog to Women and Social
Movements, Women
and Social Movements: The Online Discussion, where faculty discuss how
they’ve made use of the online collection in the classroom, share syllabi, and
exchange ideas.
Women and Social Movements is a 2004 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title award winner. For more information on making this a permanent part of your library's holdings, please contact [email protected].
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