The British Library

Women's Periodicals: Digitized periodicals cover every aspect of the surge of emancipationist activities from 1870 to the gaining of full, universal suffrage in 1928 and beyond.
Women's Printing Society Publications: Covers the society's output from 1874-1943, both its publications and employment opportunities for women in a previously restricted profession

Swarthmore College

Anna Garlin Spencer Papers, 1878-1931: Includes correspondence and writings from this founding member of the Women's Peace Party
Hannah Johnston Bailey Papers, 1858-1923: Includes correspondence, memorabilia and more from Bailey, a Quaker pacifist and suffragist
Lydia G. Wentworth Papers, 1902-1947: Features correspondence and manuscripts of the ardent peace advocate and writer
Edwin D. Mead and Lucia Ames Mead Papers, 1876-1936: Includes extensive coverage of the couple's work as leaders of the U.S. and international peace movements
Hannah Clothier Hull Papers, 1889-1958: Features a depth of material from a founder of the Woman's Peace Party and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

American Antiquarian Society

Monographs on and by Women: Features contributions from predominantly female authors of poetry, fiction, memoirs, children's literature, and more on an eclectic mix of topics

New York University

Papers of Mary E. Gawthorpe: An extensive collection of material highlights the British suffragist's friendships with a network of like-minded leaders and activists.
Papers of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn: Dubbed "The Rebel Girl," this collection details Flynn's work as a professional revolutionary against capitalism.

The National Archives (United Kingdom)

Records of the Women's National Commission: Features rare materials from the commission (1916-2010) established to ensure female opinions were given due weight in the deliberation of the government and matters of public interest
Records of the Equal Opportunities Commission: Presents material from 1962-2007, exploring the commission's work to eliminate discrimination on the grounds of sex or marriage and to promote equal opportunities for men and women

University of California, Santa Barbara

ComisiÁ³n Femenil Mexicana Nacional Archives: Contains materials that promote the image of Chicana/Latina women in all levels of society
National Network of Hispanic Women Archives: Features a depth of resources to promote the continuation of ethnic and gender studies, gender research, and debate
Alicia Escalante Papers: This collection of the Chicana activist's documents details her significant contributions and causes during the 1960s.

The Women's Studies Archive series is available on the Gale Primary Sources platform, enabling cross-archival searching to help users make new connections across topics. For those looking to explore even deeper insights, the series is also available through the Gale Digital Scholar Lab. This allows researchers to apply natural language processing tools to raw text data (OCR) from the collections or Gale Primary Sources archives and perform textual analysis on large corpora of historical texts. Now researchers can analyze and explore historical text more interactively, generating new research insights and content sets not previously possible.

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