Women and Social Movements, International is a landmark collection of primary materials. Through the writings of women activists, their personal letters and diaries, and the proceedings of conferences at which pivotal decisions were made, this collection lets you see how women’s social movements shaped much of the events and attitudes that have defined modern life.
This collection examines efforts to foster gender equity through expanded economic and social participation of women on a global scale. Covering a century, the database highlights and evaluates activism through individual efforts, organizational initiatives, and socio-cultural projects led by or for women in the Global South. It shows how women have negotiated power and status regarding private or public programs centered on their rights and social inclusion.
Central Asia
China
India
Japan
Korea
Southeast Asia
Part of Americana combined search portal
Covers Spanish contact with Indigenous communities, through colonial rule, Independence, the National and Reforma periods and the onset of the Revolution.
Documents from the National Archives, plus smaller collections from Spain, Liberia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Italy, and Canada.
Can be searched with other American history collections in Americana combined search portal
Annual reports for 800 U.S. companies dating from 1884 to 2008 provide information on companies including financial performance, key officers, competitors, and market trends.
Archives of the NAACP: Board of Directors, Annual Conferences, Major Speeches, and National Staff Files;
Branch Department, Branch Files and Youth Department Files;
Special Subjects. The NAACP's Major Campaigns--Education, Voting, Housing, Employment, Armed Forces;
Legal Department Files; Scottsboro, Anti-Lynching, Criminal Justice, Peonage, Labor and Segregation and Discrimination Complaints and Responses.
Part of Americana combined search portal
Materials sourced from the Fisk University Race Relations Department’s staff and Institute participants, including Charles S. Johnson, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Thurgood Marshall.
Official documents include correspondence between territorial officials and federal agencies, details of tribal treaties, accounts of battles and troop movements, petitions for statehood, and records of agricultural and industrial production. Collections also contain firsthand accounts of frontier life via letters and financial documents.
The Lily. 1849-1856
National Citizen and Ballot Box. 1878-1881
The Revolution. 1868-1872
The New Citizen. 1909-1912
The Western Woman Voter. 1911-1913
The Remonstrance. 1890-1913
Mexico
Caribbean
Canada
Official government publications, including laws, treaties, and records of legislative proceedings.
Great Britain
Can be searched with other American history collections in Americana combined search portal
Newspapers
Also searchable in Gale Primary Sources.
Periodicals
Books
Image files and PDFs available for all books; many books have also been scanned and have searchable text included.
Image files and PDFs and text available for most works.
Archival Collections
These links allow you to search across multiple databases at the same time.
Includes American Historical Periodicals from the American Antiquarian Society, Archives of Sexuality and Gender, Archives Unbound, British Library Newspapers, Chatham House Online Archive, China and the Modern World, Eighteenth Century Collections Online, Environmental History, Nineteenth Century Collections Online, Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers, Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals, Political Extremism and Radicalism, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney and Nichols Newspapers Collections, The Economist Historical Archive, The Times Digital Archive and The Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive.
American Periodicals (1740 - 1940)
British Periodicals (1681 - 1939)
Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive (1880 - 2000)
The Harper's Bazaar Archive (1867 - current)
Periodicals Archive Online
The Vogue Archive
Women's Magazine Archive (1846 - 2005)
The Women's Wear Daily Archive
Search multiple collections of historical primary sources from Readex simultaneously: America's Historical Imprints; America's Historical Newspapers, including Hispanic American Newspapers; American Underworld - the Flash Press; Territorial Papers of the United States.
JSTOR digitally archives more than 700 scholarly journals. Subjects include African-American studies, anthropology, Asian studies, business, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, literature, mathematics, music, philosophy, political science, and more. Also includes ARTSTOR collections from museums and collections of historical primary sources from libraries and cultural heritage organizations.