11.02.2010

Women's History Library of Source Documents

Women's History Library of Source Documents
In this section, the documents are arranged in both chronological order, so that they can be read straight through in the manner of a history lesson, as well as by author for ease of reference. Also see the subsection on Woman Suffrage.

  • Index: Primary Source Documents, annotated (by author)
  • Index: Primary Source Documents, annotated (by date)
  • 1588 - Elizabeth I's speech "I have the Heart of a King."
  • 1792 - A Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft
  • 1848 - Declaration of Sentiments: Report of Woman's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls
  • 1848 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton's keynote speech
  • 1873 - Susan B. Anthony: On Woman's Right to Suffrage
  • 1892 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton's The Solitude of Self
  • 1895 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton: The Women's Bible
  • 1896 - Susan B. Anthony on The Woman's Bible
  • 1904 - Declaration of Principles
  • 1905 - Florence Kelley on Child Labor
  • 1906 - "The Colored Man's Paradise" by Mary Church Terrell
  • 1908 - Emma Goldman on Patriotism
  • 1912 - Mother Jones's speech to West Virginia Coal Miners
  • 1913 - Emmeline Pankhurst on suffrage
  • 1915 - What is a Republic by the Rev. Anna Howard Shaw
  • 1918 - League of Women Voters Formed
  • 1918 - Married Love by Marie Stopes
  • 1922 - Woman's Rights Party's Platform
  • 1922 - Re: Mrs. Frank Leslie's Will
  • 1940 - Eleanor Roosevelt's Civil Liberties Speech to A.C.L.U.
  • 1969 - Shirley Chisholm on the Equal Rights Amendment
  • 1992 - A Woman's View: Dying of AIDS by Elizabeth Glaser
  • 1993 - "What other judgment can I judge by but my own?" by Margaret Merrill Toscano
  • 1995 - Donna Shalala's speech in Beijing, China
  • 1995 - Hillary Clinton's speech in Beijing, China at the World Health Org.
  • 1995 - Hillary Clinton's speech at the Fourth U.N. conference
  • 1995 - Rebels aren't always skinny little men wearing bandanas by Irene Stuber
  • 1998 - Hillary Rodham Clinton's speech at Seneca Falls
  • 2001- Angela King's speech to the U.N. on women's issues
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