Get the Best @ the Library: Women's History

What is it?

Everyday Life & Women in America is a database that details the social and cultural forces that shaped the everyday lives of women and men in America from 1800 to 1920.

What does it include?

Everyday Life & Women in America provides full-text access to monographs, hard-to-find periodicals, pamphlets, and broadsides. The database includes 19th and early 20th century primary sources for political, social, and gender issues.

Why use it?

1. Provides immediate access to rare primary source material from the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History at Duke University and the New York Public Library.
2. Features an extensive bibliography, an interactive chronology, and essays written by leading academics in the field.
3. Offers vivid insights into the daily lives of women and men; emphasizes contrasts in regional, urban, and rural cultures.

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