Image credit: Woman suffrage headquarters in Upper Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, 1912. Photograph. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C., [LC-USZ62-30776]
UTSA Special Collections
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UTSA Archives & Manuscripts Collections, Subject: WomenFind a list of women's collections in the UTSA Archives & Manuscripts Collections.
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UTSA Archives & Manuscripts Collections, Subject: Women's GroupsFind a list of collections pertaining to women's groups in South Texas and San Antonio in the UTSA Archives and Manuscripts Collections.
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UTSA Digital CollectionsDigitized collections from the Institute of Texan Cultures (ITC) Library and the UTSA Libraries include Hemisfair '68, Contemporary Indians of Texas, San Antonio Light photographs, San Antonio River Authority, Mexican manuscripts, UTSA history and much more.
Primary Source Databases
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Gender: Identity and Social Change (Adam Matthews) 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 expansive 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.
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Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 (Alexander Street) This link opens in a new windowProvides access to books, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies, plus over 1,000 images, 3,600 documents, and 900 links to other websites, documenting the history of women in social movements in the U.S. from colonial times through the twentieth century. In addition, 92 document projects examine interpretive questions concerning women's history throughout this time period. New documents and document projects are added annually.
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Gerritsen Collection of Aletta H. Jacobs (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowCovers 1700s to present. Nearly 4,500 books and 265 journals that trace the evolution of feminism and women's rights in the United States, Britain, Canada, continental Europe, and New Zealand, among other geographic areas. Topics include the nature and role of women, the historical and legal status of women, prostitution, the education of girls and women, biography and autobiography, women writers, marriage and the family, employment of women, women and religion, women's voluntary associations, and many others. Materials available span four centuries and appear in fifteen languages, with English-language summaries available for many titles.
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North American Women's Letters and Diaries (Alexander Street) This link opens in a new windowChronicles various aspects of women's lives in North America from Colonial times through 1950. As the largest collection of women's diaries and correspondence in existence, it includes 150,000 pages of published and previously unpublished letters and diaries by 1,325 women authors. Limited biographical information is included.
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GenderWatch (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowFeatures full-text access to over 175 journals, newspapers, newsletters, books, and other materials that provide historical perspective on the evolution of the women's movement and historical changes in gender roles.
Historical Newspapers
This UTSA Libraries research guide provides links to historical newspapers that are available in online databases and websites.
Government Documents
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ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new windowComprehensive full image coverage of U.S. Congressional publications 1789-present, Updated daily.
Includes Hearings (1824-present); Congressional Research Service Reports (CRS) (1916-present); House and Senate Documents/Reports (1817-present); Legislative Histories (1969-current); Bills & Laws (1776-present); Vote Reports (1987-present); Historical Maps & Images (1789-2007); Congressional Record (daily and bound versions) (1789-present); Regulations; Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations; Presidential Executive Orders.
Member profiles, committee assignments, financial disclosure statements and voting records.