Women's Liberation
- Women's Studies International This link opens in a new window
Alternate version: Women's Studies International in the classic EBSCO user interface (best for exporting more than 50 results or combining saved searches). Provides citations and some abstracts to the core areas of Women's studies. Includes material from Women studies abstracts (1984-present), Women's studies bibliography database, Women's studies database (1972-present), New books on women and feminism (1987-present), Women of color and southern women (1975-present), The history of women and science, health, and technology: a bibliographic guide to the professions and disciplines (1970-1995), Women's health and development: an annotated bibliography (1995), Women, race, and ethnicity: a bibliography (1970-1990), WAVE: Women's audiovisuals in English: a guide to nonprint resources in women's studies (1985-1990) and the MEDLINE subset on women (1964-2000). Covers journals, newspapers, newsletters, bulletins, books, book chapters, proceedings, reports, theses, dissertations, NGO studies, websites and grey literature.
- GenderWatch This link opens in a new windowGenderWatch is a full text database of unique and diverse publications that focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas. With its archival material, dating back to 1970 in some cases, GenderWatch is a repository of important historical perspectives on the evolution of the women's movement, men's studies, the transgendered community, and the changes in gender roles over the years. Publications include scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, and NGO, government and special reports.
- Research Source: Women's Studies This link opens in a new window
This module contains both printed and manuscript primary sources covering four centuries, focused on the changing roles of women in society. This includes papers and printed works of important female writers and thinkers, as well as life writing and autobiographies of ordinary women.
- Women and Social Movements in the United States This link opens in a new windowThe Scholar's Edition includes all features of the Basic Edition that have been published since March 2004. It currently includes 102 document projects and archives with more than 4,050 documents, and 145,000 pages of additional full-text documents, written by some 2,200 primary authors. It includes book, film and website reviews, notes from the archives, and teaching tools. Those subscribing to the Scholar's Edition can access the online version of Notable American Women or the database on Commissions on the Status of Women.
- Women and Social Movements, International This link opens in a new windowWomen 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.
- Gender: Identity and Social Change This link opens in a new windowEssential primary sources documenting the changing representations and lived experiences of gender roles and relations from the nineteenth century to the present. This collection offers sources for the study of women's suffrage, the feminist movement, the men’s movement, employment, education, the body, the family, and government and politics.
- ProQuest History Vault: Struggle for Women's Rights, 1880-1990: Organizational Records This link opens in a new windowThis collection contains documentation on the growth, transformation, successes and failures of one of the important American social movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the women's rights movement. The correspondence, minutes, legal papers, and financial records from three important women's rights organizations are documented in substantial detail in this module: the National Woman's Party, the League of Women Voters, and the Women's Action Alliance.
- Everyday Life & Women in America This link opens in a new windowThis digital collection provides access to rare primary source material on American social, cultural, and popular history from the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History, Duke University and The New York Public Library. It comprises thousands of fully searchable images (alongside transcriptions) of monographs, pamphlets, periodicals and broadsides addressing 19th and early 20th century political, social and gender issues, religion, race, education, employment, marriage, sexuality, home and family life, health, and pastimes, emphasizing conduct of life and domestic management literature, the daily lives of women and men, and contrasts in regional, urban and rural cultures.
- North American Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new windowNorth American Women's Letters and Diaries (NAWLD) is a full-text database of the personal experiences as reflected in the letters and diaries of 1,325 women who lived in North America before 1960.
- Women in the National Archives This link opens in a new windowThis resource is comprised of two distinct elements: A finding aid to women's studies resources in the National Archives, Kew; and, Original documents on the suffrage question in Britain, the Empire and colonial territoriesThe finding aid brings together the results of a five year project by staff at Kew and enables researchers to quickly locate details of any document relating to women in the National Archives at Kew. It is far more detailed and extensive than anything available elsewhere on the web and has the benefit of ranging across all of the classes of material held at the National Archives. The original documents focus on the campaign for women's suffrage in Britain, 1903-1928, and the granting of women's suffrage in colonial territories, 1930-1962. Prominent suffragettes include Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, the Pankhursts, Emily Wilding Davison, Clara Giveen and Rachel Peace (alias Jane Short).
Women's Rights
The Oxford Handbook of U. S. Women's Social Movement Activism by ISBN: 9780190204204Publication Date: 2017-06-02
The Oxford Handbook of Transnational Feminist Movements by ISBN: 9780199943494Publication Date: 2015-03-25
Separate Roads to FeminismBlack, Chicana, and White feminist movements in America's second wave by ISBN: 9780521529723Publication Date: 2003-11-24
From suffrage to the Senate : America's political women : an encyclopedia of leaders, causes & issues by ISBN: 9781642650983Publication Date: 2019
Rape on the Public Agenda : feminism and the politics of sexual assault by ISBN: 9781555534462Publication Date: 2000-08-10
- ACLU Women's RightsGrey literature by American Civil Liberties Union on women's rights and issues.
- ACLU Reproductive FreedomGrey literature on Reproductive Rights including up to date information on court cases, legislation and reports.
- National Organization for WomenSince our founding in 1966, NOW’s purpose is to take action through intersectional grassroots activism to promote feminist ideals, lead societal change, eliminate discrimination, and achieve and protect the equal rights of all women and girls in all aspects of social, political, and economic life.
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Health, Abortion, Birth Control and Family Planning
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Movements
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Laws and Politics
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Abuse, violence and discrimination
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- She's Beautiful When She's Angry: The History of the Women’s Liberation MovementPublication Date: 2014A provocative, rousing and often humorous account of the birth of the modern women' s liberation movement in the late 1960s through to its contemporary manifestations in the new millennium, direct from the women who lived it.
- Jane: An Abortion Service: The Underground Abortion ServiceThis fascinating political look at a little-known chapter in women's history tells the story of "Jane", the Chicago-based women's health group who performed nearly 12,000 safe illegal abortions between 1969 and 1973 with no formal medical training.
As Jane members describe finding feminism and clients describe finding Jane, archival footage and recreations mingle to depict how the repression of the early sixties and social movements of the late sixties influenced this unique group. Both vital knowledge and meditation on the process of empowerment, this documentary showcases the importance of preserving women's knowledge in the face of revisionist history.
LGBTQIA+
- LGBTQ+ Source This link opens in a new window
Alternate version: LGBTQ+ Source in the classic EBSCO user interface (best for exporting more than 50 results or combining saved searches). Provides indexing and abstracts of worldwide literature on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues, as well as full text for more than 50 journals, magazines and regional newspapers and dozens of monographs; also includes a specialized LGBT thesaurus with over 6,400 terms.
- LGBT Magazine Archive This link opens in a new windowThis database contains the archives of 26 of the most influential periodical publications covering LGBT interests from 1954-2015. It includes publications from both the US and UK. This resource also caters to interests in many related fields, such as 20th-century history, sociology, health studies, political science, and psychology.
- LGBT Studies This link opens in a new windowLGBT Studies is an online resource hosting books, periodicals, and archival materials documenting LGBT political, social and cultural movements throughout the twentieth century and into the present day. The collection includes documents ranging from letters, speeches, interviews, and ephemera covering the political evolution of gay rights as well as memoirs, biographies, poetry, letters and works of fiction that illuminate the lives of lesbians, gays, transgendered, and bisexual individuals and the community. It features select rare works from notable LGBT publishers including Alyson Books and Cleis Press, as well as mainstream trade and university publishers. It is also seeking to represent the major winners of both the Stonewall Book Awards and Lambda Literary Awards, many of which are no longer in print.
- LGBT Studies in Video This link opens in a new windowLGBT Studies in Video is a cinematic survey of the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people as well as the cultural and political evolution of the LGBT community. It features award-winning documentaries, interviews, archival footage, and select feature films exploring LGBT history, gay culture and subcultures, civil rights, marriage equality, LGBT families, AIDS, transgender issues, religious perspectives on homosexuality, global comparative experiences, and other topics. A primary partner for this collection is Frameline, a nonprofit media organization that produces the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, the oldest film festival devoted to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender programming currently in existence.
Historical dictionary of the lesbian and gay liberation movements by ISBN: 9780810874688Publication Date: 2013-01-01
The Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History by ISBN: 9780684325538Publication Date: 2019-02-08
The Lesbian and Gay Movements: assimilation or liberation by ISBN: 9780813340548Publication Date: 2007-12-25
That's Revolting! : queer strategies for resisting assimilation by ISBN: 1932360565Publication Date: 2004-09-30
Irresistible Revolution : confronting race, class and the assumptions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender politics by ISBN: 9781936833290Publication Date: 2012-10-30
- The Human Rights CampaignThe Human Rights Campaign envisions a world where every member of the LGBTQ+ family has the freedom to live their truth without fear, and with equality under the law.
- Movement Advancement Project (MAP)This organization primarily collects and analyzes data on US issues that relate to LGBTQ+ rights. Most data is then displayed in map form for comparing issues on a state by state basis.
This list serves as a starting point for LGBTQ+ issues as they relate to resistance. Please remember that Subject headings do not change often and so antiquated and often offensive terms are still officially used. See here for a full list of Library of Congress Subject Heading for LGBTQI+ Topics.
LGBTQ+ movements:
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Same-Sex Marriage and Family rights
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Politics, legislation, court cases
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LGBTQ+ Identities
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Social Issues
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History and Theory
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- United in Anger: A History of ACT UP: The Grassroots Movement to End the AIDS CrisisAn inspiring documentary about the birth and life of the AIDS activist movement from the perspective of the people in the trenches fighting the epidemic. Utilizing oral histories of members of ACT UP, as well as rare archival footage, the film depicts the efforts of ACT UP as it battles corporate greed, social indifference, and government neglect.
- Before Stonewall : the making of a gay and lesbian communityTraces the social, political and cultural history of homosexuality in America from the 1920s to 1969; the beginning of the Gay Liberation Movement after a police raid on Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City; and the three-day riot that followed.