LexisNexis^® Primary Sources in U.S. History

American Women's History

This innovative Web-based service--a combination of illuminating and unique primary documents, essential reference tools, and premier secondary sources--works as both a consolidated research tool and pedagogical resource for students of American women's history at all levels. Students can interpret for themselves the impact of major reform movements, the effects of key regulatory and statutory changes, evolving conceptions of spousal relationships, and much more. Beginning researchers will experience the excitement of primary historical research, while advanced scholars will appreciate the access to important material and powerful search capability.

Editors

Anne Firor Scott
W. K. Boyd Professor of History Emerita, Duke University

Ellen F. Fitzpatrick
Associate Professor of History, University of New Hampshire

Product Overview

With Primary Sources in American Women's History, students and researchers have a treasure trove of essential information at their fingertips covering a wide range of gender based topics. Students can experience the thrill of developing their own interpretations of important topics such as the Women's Liberation Movement, voting rights, abortion, birth control, child custody, civil rights, divorce, domestic violence, labor, marriage and property, the legal profession, lesbians and same-sex families, mental health, prison reform, prostitution, surrogate motherhood, rape and sexual assault, and more.

Extensive Content

At present, the American Women's History module contains over 6,200 documents (5,500+ primary source items) composed of over 44,000 full-text searchable pages, including:

• Manuscripts: Manuscript selections include a wide range of key documents and collections in American women's history from the early 19th through the 20th centuries.
• Statutes: Full text of all federal statutes passed by the U.S. Congress and statutory law for select states concerning gender and women, covering the suffrage movement, job discrimination, abortion, and other critical issues in the 19th and 20th centuries.
• Court Cases: Full text of all U.S. Supreme Court decisions and hundreds of cases for selected states concerning gender and women from 1809 to 2001.
• Autobiographies: Autobiographies of American women from the 18th through 20th centuries and contemporary accounts detailing reform movements.
• Government Documents: Government documents provide important information and statistics on the history of women's participation in the workforce, needs of farm women, and more.
• Photographs and Images: Hundreds of images--many never before published--of women in the labor and suffrage movements, in the workplace, at home, at school, in the military, and much more.
• Secondary Sources: Scholarly articles and hundreds of reference articles help place the primary source material in historical context

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