Women's, Gender & Sexualities Studies Research Guide

Digital resources available from the Library of Congress that highlight its African-American collections.

Historical collections from the Library of Congress

History resources from the Center for History and New Media, George Mason University

Digital collection from the Library of Congress that allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1860-1922 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.

Extensive collection of materials, including timelines, texts and primary sources, compiled by the University of Houston and its partners.

Provides access to many digitized primary resources found in the University Libraries at Ball State University.

"The purpose of the Digital Transgender Archive (DTA) is to increase the accessibility of transgender history by providing an online hub for digitized historical materials, born-digital materials, and information on archival holdings throughout the world." It primarily focused on materials prior to 2000.

Main portal to explore the digital collections at Duke University Libraries. Includes collections related to women's history, advertising, and African-American history among others.

One of the collections from "Documenting the American South" provided by the University of NC at Chapel Hill. This resource is a collection of diaries, memoirs, travel accounts, and ex-slave narratives written by Southerners, including African Americans, women, enlisted men, laborers, and Native Americans.

Founded in 1985,the GLBT Historical Society collects and makes publicly accessible materials and information that supports and promotes understanding of LGBTQ history, culture and arts. Be sure to explore the wonderful online resources that are available from this museum/archives.

Serves as a gateway to web resources and teaching aids for US history.

This guide, organized by time period, subject, and format, serves as an introduction to the LGBTQIA collections at the Library of Congress. The library's collections are especially strong in history, politics, literature and the performing arts.

"The nation’s largest non-profit organization dedicated to advancing fairness and equality for the LGBTQ+ military and veteran community."

Searches all web pages on Archives.gov, and presents those pages in the search results along with any catalog records, biographies or histories from the Archival Research Catalog (ARC) and electronic records from Access to Archival Databases (AAD).

A focus on teaching and teacher training on the secondary level. On the Toolbox Library tab, Primary Resources in US History and Literature (for classroom use)

A history of the beginnings of the textile industry in Alamance County, North Carolina and the United States.

Overview of the 19th amendment with links to additional resources.

AAS-online exhibit, a selection of images that illustrate many facets of American women's work, from the beginning of the American Revolution through the Industrial Revolution.

Serves as a gateway to Library of Congress materials related to the study of women's history and culture in the United States

Rutgers University based research, education, and public service center related to women in politics

An unmatched resource for anyone interested in Jewish women anywhere.

Sponsored by the National Women's History Project, this site includes secondary materials related to the women's rights movement in the United States.

An educational nonprofit organization that provides information, educational materials, and programs on the diverse and historic accomplishments of women

Unnecessary tragedy involving the death of many young working women in a New York City sweatshop at the beginning of the 20th century.

Directory of web pages from the University of California, Santa Barbara that includes general resources, women's studies & feminist theory, queer studies, and men's studies.

The National Woman's Party fought for equality for more than 100 years. Their archives is currently maintained by the National Park Service, the Library of Congress, and the Alice Paul Institute.

Women and Gender Studies websites developed and maintained by the Women's Studies Section of the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL). We're looking at a snapshot of the site from the Internet Archive since the live website was hacked in 2021 and hasn't been rebuilt yet.