1980s Culture and Society
Digitized primary sources illustrating 1980s social, cultural, and political concerns.
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(Open Access) The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA)'s Open Access ebooks platform.
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Defining Gender
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Letters, diaries, and personal writings of American women from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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The Olympic Movement: Sport, Global Politics and Identity
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Digitized primary source materials drawn from more than 300 repositories documenting women's activism in social movements globally.
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Digitized primary sources from the UK National Archives documenting women's suffrage in Britain and its colonies, accompanied by a finding aid to all women’s studies resources in the UK National Archives.
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