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![When searching for primary sources—fundamental,
authoritative, contemporary documents used to prepare later
works—historians often overlook the abundance of published
primary 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.
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History of Women in the United States through 1870
This document provides resources for researching the history of women in the United States from 1870 to the present. It discusses primary sources such as diaries, correspondence, and autobiographies of women available in the General Collections. It also mentions secondary sources such as books and articles analyzing historical events. The document provides several links to library databases and archives containing these sources for researching women's history topics.
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History of Women in the United States through 1870
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- 2. Researching United Stateshistorical topics often involves going to the historical documents themselves rather then just reading about them.
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- 11. When searching forprimary sources—fundamental, authoritative, contemporary documents used to prepare later works—historians often overlook the abundance of published primary 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
- 12. Drawing of theNational 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
- 13. KU Libraries andyour research of Women’s History
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- 23. Equal Pay Actof 1963
- 25. Bibliography at the endof the encyclopedia article: Find this book?
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- 30. Request a bookthe libraries do not own
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- 36. And, don’t hesitateto email me with any questions you have about using the services of the Libraries Lissa Lord llord@ku.edu
- 37. How to finde-journals
- 43. Law Journals area good source for finding documents. See all those citations? Those are the footnotes. Ask me for help: Lissa Lord llord@ku.edu
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- 47. A list of databases fromthe Subject Listing on the Libraries’ Database and Articles page
- 50. This database is abit tricky to search but you can search within searches and I could limit my search by “primary” documents.
- 51. Another database totry: Proquest Research Library
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- 66. I’m beginning tosearch for the current Equal Pay Act and the role that Lily Ledbetter played in its signing by President Obama
- 69. Use Wikipedia tofind places to go to next, cites to other sources.
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