This archive offers a rich history of women's experiences in the 19th and 20th centuries, providing a variety of perspectives from four different continents.
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As the first module in the Women's Studies Archive, Issues and Identities traces the path of women's issues from past to present—pulling primary sources from manuscripts, newspapers, periodicals, and more. It captures the foundation of women's movements, struggles, and triumphs, providing researchers with valuable insights, focusing on the social, political, and professional achievements of women throughout the nineteenth and twentieth century.
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Women's Studies ArchiveReading Level: 1301L—+
Product Type: Primary Sources
Content Types: Manuscripts, Newspapers, Periodicals, Photographs & Images
“This online archive provides content that is unique, rich, and highly relevant to historical research as well as to current conversations about politics, social issues, and women’s health…The platform makes discovering relevant primary sources easy for novice researchers while also giving more control to experienced scholars…”
“In addition to the impressive scope of the collections in this database, Gale’s straightforward user interface, source citations, collection overviews, document management tools, the functionality of browsing digitized material as archival collections, and the ability of linking and cross-searching capabilities across other Gale primary source modules make Women’s Studies Archive: Women’s Issues and Identities a wise investment for any academic library….Women’s Studies Archive: Women’s Issues and Identities complements Gales’ Archives of Sexuality and Gender series making Gales’ primary source suite one of the most comprehensive digital resources available for gender and sexuality studies.”