Encyclopedias
A Dictionary of Gender Studies by This dictionary provides clear and accessible definitions of a range of terms from within the fast-developing field of Gender Studies. It covers terms which have emerged out of Gender Studies, such as cyber feminism, the double burden, and the male gaze, and gender-focused definitions of more general terms, such as housework, intersectionality, and trolling. It also covers major feminist figures, including Hélène Cixous, bell hooks, and Mary Wollstonecraft, as well as groups and movements from Votes for Women to Reclaim the Night.
Global encyclopedia of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) historyThis encyclopedia covers LGBTQ topics in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East, as well as North America, and takes an interdisciplinary approach to the subject, using film, literature, human rights, politics, landmark legislation, activism, the arts, language, sports, and historical events as points of entry into the content.
International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities by The International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities offers a comprehensive guide to the current state of scholarship about men, masculinities, and gender around the world. The Encyclopedia's coverage is comprehensive across three dimensions: areas of personal and social life, academic disciplines, and cultural and historical contexts and formations.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History by The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History captures the experiences of women throughout world history. The entries cover six main areas: biographies; geography and history; comparative culture and society, including adoption, abortion, performing arts; organizations and movements; women's and gender studies; and topics in world history that include slave trade, globalization, and disease.
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Microforms Collection
- Ladies of Llangollen : letters and journals of Lady Eleanor Butler (1739-1829) and Sarah Ponsonby (1755-1831)Call Number: CT3350 L38 1997
- National women's organizations/associations, federal agencies, and other entities serving middle aged and older women [microform]:Call Number: HE 1.1014:W 84A resource directory / National Eldercare Institute on Older Women, National Council of Negro Women.
- The Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony [microform]Call Number: HQ1413 S67 A36 1991Guide and index to the microfilm edition under call no. Z6616 S689 P37 1992
- Records of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, 1895-1992 [microform]Call Number: E185.86 .B63
- Women advising women [microform]Call Number: PN5124 W6 W6pt. 1. Early women's journals, c1700-1832, from the Bodleian Library, Oxford -- pt. 2. Advice books, manuals, almanacs, and journals, c1625-1837 from the Bodleian Library, Oxford ; pt. 3-4. The lady's magazine, 1770-1832
- Women, emancipation and literature : the papers of Harriet Martineau, 1802-1876,Call Number: HM22 G72 M37 1992
- Women's suffrage and government control, 1906-1922 :Call Number: JN979 .W65 2000Papers from the Cabinet, Home Office and Metropolitan Police files in the Public Record Office