Women's History Sources

Secondary Source List

Review the following secondary sources on Women's History and select two that most closely support your research question.

• Cochrane, Kira. (2013, May 7). 1963: The Beginning of the Feminist Movement. The Guardian. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/may/07/1963-beginning-feminist-movement
• Desilver, Drew & Leppert, Rebecca. (2023, January 3). 118th Congress has a record number of women. Pew Research Center. www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2023/01/03/118th-congress-has-a-record-number-of-women/
• First But Not Last: Women Who Ran for President. (n.d.). National Women's History Museum. www.womenshistory.org/exhibits/first-not-last
• Hauser, Susan. (2012, May 15). The Women’s Movement in the ’70s, Today: “You’ve Come a Long Way,” But …. Workforce. www.workforce.com/news/the-womens-movement-in-the-70s-today-youve-come-a-long-way-but
• Jones, Martha S. (2020, August 26). What the 19th Amendment Meant for Black Women. Politico. www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/08/26/19th-amendment-meant-for-black-women-400995
• Kean University. (2014, March 20). Alice Paul, Women’s Rights Activist [Video]. YouTube. youtu.be/5GDe4DkZN2A
• Michals, Debra. (2015). Alice Paul (1885-1977). National Women’s History Museum. www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/alice-paul
• Michals, Debra. (2015). Carrie Chapman Catt (1859–1947). National Women’s History Museum. www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/carrie-chapman-catt
• Napikoski, Linda. (2019, January 30). Combahee River Collective in the 1970s. ThoughtCo. www.thoughtco.com/combahee-river-collective-information-3530569
• The Women’s Rights Movement, 1848–1920. (n.d.). History, Art, & Archives: United States House of Representatives. history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/WIC/Historical-Essays/No-Lady/Womens-Rights/

Primary Source List

Review the following primary sources on Women's History and select two that most closely support your research question.

• Addams, Jane. (1915). Why Women Should Vote. Internet History Sourcebooks Project, Fordham University. sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1915janeadams-vote.asp
• Anthony, Susan B. (1873). Women’s Right to Vote. Internet History Sourcebooks Project, Fordham University. sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1873anthony.asp
• Friedan, Betty. (1963). The Feminine Mystique, Chapter 1. National Humanities Center. nationalhumanitiescenter.org/ows/seminars/tcentury/FeminineMystique.pdf
• Modern History Sourcebook: The Passage of the 19th Amendment, 1919–1920: Articles from The New York Times. (n.d.). Internet History Sourcebooks Project, Fordham University. sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1920womensvote.asp
• National Organization for Women Statement of Purpose (1966, October 29). Feminist Majority Foundation. www.feminist.org/resources/feminist-chronicles/part-iii-the-early-documents/national-organization-for-women-statement-of-purpose/
• Truth, Sojourner. (1851, December). Ain’t I a Woman? Internet History Sourcebooks Project, Fordham University. sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/sojtruth-woman.asp
• Women of Color in the Suffrage Movement. (n.d.). DocsTeach. www.docsteach.org/documents?filter_searchterm=AND%22suffrage%22+AND%28OR%22Black+women%E2%80%99s+clubs%22+OR%22Black+womens+clubs%22+OR%22National+Association+of+Colored+Women%22+OR%22NACW%22+OR%22American+Equal+Rights+Association%22+OR%22AERA%22+OR%22women+of+color%22%29&searchType=formula&filterEras=&filterDocTypes=&sortby=date&filter_order=&filter_order_Dir=&rt=6GJpWaTx7NmF&reset=1

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