Use the advanced search, limiting by date, and using some of the following subject terms: sources, diaries, correspondence, interviews, personal narratives, and speeches.
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Newspapers and Magazines
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Materials on women before 1920 from the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Sophia Smith Collection, Jane Addams Memorial Collection, the Galatea Collection, Miriam Y. Holden Collection, Ida Rust Macpherson Collection and others. A searchable guide is available. Select the collection in the drop-down menu.
Microfilm of several major women's studies archival collections, including several major U.S. women's organizations such as the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs and the League of Women Voters.