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Primary Sources - by Subject (Historical)

Library and internet resources for primary sources, organized by subject

Online Resources & Exhibits

Resources recommended by History Professor Janet Lindman for the New Jersey Women's History Project. Also see New Jersey Primary Sources.

Women: A Century of Change (National Geographic)
National Geographic images of women around the world
National Women's History Museum History Museum: Online Exhibits
Exhibits "Creating a Female Political Culture" and "Standing Up for Change"
Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote (National Archives)
Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistance (National Portrait Gallery)
Creating Icons: How We Remember Woman Suffrage (National Museum of American History)
Hear Black Women's Voices (Schlesinger Library, Harvard University)
Seeing Citizens: Picturing American Women's Fight for the Vote (Schlesinger Library, Harvard University)
Part of the Long 19th Amendment Project Portal on the history of gender and voting rights in the U.S.
Speaking While Female: Women's Speech Bank
Featuring women speakers from around the world from antiquity to now