Gender: Identity and Social Change

Abstract

Gender: Identity and Social Change (hereafter Gender) provides researchers with access to key primary documents over three centuries of gender history through personal diaries, correspondence, newspapers, photographs, ephemera, and organizational records. Thematic highlights include women’s suffrage, feminism, domesticity and the family, sex and sexuality, and the organizations and associations associated with gender-specific movements. This research tool also includes essays by, and interviews with, featured academics, and also visual material, including photographs, posters, and scrapbooks. The materials have been sourced from participating library/archive institutions across the U.S., Canada, Australia, and the U.K.