Women's Studies
Research Source
A breadth of printed and manuscript sources, providing a multitude of perspectives on the changing roles of women in history.
This collection offers access to the works and legacy of many notable and influential women, but also a chance to hear the voices of forgotten and ordinary women.
What collections are included in this module?
Aristocratic Women
The Social, Political and Cultural History of Rich and Powerful Women
Colonial Discourses: Series One
Women, Travel & Empire, 1660-1914
International Women’s Suffrage: Part One
Suffrage Correspondence of Rose Scott (1847-1925) from the State Library of New South Wales
Women, Education and Literature
The Papers of Maria Edgeworth
Women, Emancipation and Literature
The Papers of Harriet Martineau, from Birmingham University Library
Women, Morality and Advice Literature
Manuscripts and Rare Printed Works of Hannah More and her Circle
Women, Suffrage and Politics
The Papers of Sylvia Pankhurst, from the Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis, Amsterdam
Women, Writing and Travel: Part One
The Diaries of Stella Benson, from Cambridge University Library
Women’s Autobiographies
Rare printed autobiographies of fifty-five women’s lives
Women’s Journals of the Nineteenth Century: Part One
The Women's Penny Paper and Woman's Herald, 1888-1893
Women’s Suffrage and Government control, 1906-1922
Papers from the Cabinet, Home Office and Metropolitan Police Files in the National Archives, UK (CAB 41, HO 45, HO 144, MEPO 2 & MEPO 3)
Women’s Suffrage Collection
From Manchester Central Library
Key Data
Period Covered
- c.1740-1960
Subjects
- Women’s Studies
- Gender Studies
- Social History
- Cultural History
- Life writing and autobiography
- Everyday life and domesticity
- Women’s suffrage
- Travel writing
- Empire
- Education
- Political activism and campaigning
Material Types
- Government files
- Personal writings, diaries and journals
- Correspondence
- Rare printed books
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