History of Women in the United States through 1870
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HIST 531History of Women in the United States 1870 to the Present
Edwards Campus Spring 2015
Researching United States historical topics often involves going to the historical documents themselves rather then just reading about them.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
Washington Post / February 20, 1902
1905
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/index.html
When searching for primary sources—fundamental, authoritative, contemporary documents used to prepare later works—historians often overlook the abundance of publishedprimary source material. Women's diaries, correspondence, and autobiographies that have been printed either by the women themselves or someone else, either at the time of composition or centuries later, are primary sources and are found in abundance in the General Collections.
In addition to primary sources, researchers also look for secondary sources: books and articles describing and analyzing occurrences outside the writer's personal experience. The General Collections hold thousands of volumes of secondary sources. An item can be both a primary and a secondary source. When Mary Ritter Beard published her Woman as Force in History (New York: Macmillan Company, 1946; HQ1121.B36) [catalog record], she had created a secondary source, a history of women. The volume becomes a primary source when later historians examine it as a pioneering contribution to the writing of women's history.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/awgc1/index.html
Drawing of the National Women's Trade Union
League seal, ca. 1908-9. Julia Bracken Wendt.
National Women's Trade Union League
Records (oversize cabinet 2, drawer 1).
Manuscript Division. LC-MS-34363-1.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/awmss5/trade_reform.html
KU Libraries and your research of Women’s History
http://www.lib.ku.edu
Equal Pay Act of 1963
Bibliography at the end of the encyclopedia article:
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How to find e-journals
Law Journals are a good source for finding documents. See all those citations? Those are the footnotes. Ask me for help:
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Databases for Research
A list of databases from the Subject Listing on the Libraries’ Database and Articles page
This database is a bit tricky to search but you can search within searches and I could limit my search by “primary” documents.
Another database to try:
Proquest Research Library
Google Scholar
I’m beginning to search for the current Equal Pay Act and the role that Lily Ledbetter played in its signing by President Obama
Use Wikipedia to find places to go to next, cites to other sources.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/01/30/archives-president-obama-signs-lilly-ledbetter-fair-pay-act/
Questions?
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