WMU Research Guides: Primary Documents in History: Gender & Women's History

Primary Documents Relating to Women

Godey’s Lady’s Book This link opens in a new window

Internet Women's History Sourcebook

Lily, The This link opens in a new window
North American Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
Revolution This link opens in a new window

Triangle Factory Fire

Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000: Scholar's Edition (Alexander Street) This link opens in a new window

Women's Liberation Movement Print Culture

Women's Magazine Archives (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Collection 1:
- Better Homes & Gardens (1922 to 2005)
- Chatelaine (1928 to 2005)
- Good Housekeeping (1885 to 2005)
- Ladies’ Home Journal (1883 to 2005)
- Parents (1926 to 2005)
- Redbook (1903 to 2005)
Collection 2:
- Cosmopolitan (1886 to 2005)
- Essence (1970 to 2005)
- Seventeen (1944 to 2005)
- Town and Country (1846 to 2005)
- Woman’s Day (1937 to 2005)
- Women’s International Network News (1975 to 2003)
Collection 3:
- Company (1978 to 2005)
- Cosmopolitan UK Edition (1972 to 2005)
- Flare (1979 to 2005)
- Good Housekeeping UK Edition (1922 to 2005)
- Prima (1986 to 2005)
- She (1955 to 2003)
Women's Periodicals of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century, 1733-1844 (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Women's Periodicals of the Nineteenth Century, 1845-1865 (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Vogue Archive (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window

Founding Mothers of Women's Suffrage in the U.S.

Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
Call Number: HQ 1410. A2525 1997 (General Stacks, 2nd Floor)

Reading the words of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in this 3-volume set would be a great way to explore how the women's movement in the U.S. came to fruition.