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Making of America (MoA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collection currently contains approximately 10,000 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints.

The American Memory Project is a digital collection from the Library of Congress. Browse the collection list by topic or date.

Provides biographical information of over 17,400 men and women who have influenced United States history. Excludes living people. Includes over 2,000 illustrations, more than 80,000 hyperlinked cross-references, and links to websites.

Updates Women Public Speakers in the United States, 1880-1925.

The women chosen for this source are “groundbreakers” in many areas – lawyers, ministers, physicians, labor organizers, newspaper editors, etc. For each entry there is a description of her work, biographical information, details of her rhetorical career, sources and a conclusion.

Essays provide access to politics, public policy, cultural and social changes, invention, and other topics of interest for 19th century American life. The work includes a chronology, maps, and an extensive index.

There are nearly 10,000 entries offering biographical information about women from Biblical times to the present. This is international in scope. This is a 17 volume set, the index is found in volume 17.

A one volume work covering culture, visionaries, politics, and religion in the context of women’s history in America. The appendices include primary documents.

Presents a chronological arrangement of women’s lives in American history. Statistical tables on population, immigration, and employment as related to gender and region are located at the end of the volume.

Each entry in this 4 volume set includes a rough chronology, defines key leaders, and critical themes. The work is divided into 16 major categories. Liberal, conservative, and antivice movements are covered.