Electronic Web Sources for Early American Literature

Women

Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600 and 2000
"Organized around the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000, the website seeks to advance scholarly debates and understanding at the same time that it makes the insights of women's history accessible to teachers and students at universities, colleges, and high schools."

The Arthur & Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
"Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the leading manuscript repository in the field of U.S. women's history. Its rich collections include letters, diaries, and other personal papers of women and families; records of women's organizations; books about women; cookbooks; women's periodicals; photographs; videotapes; and oral histories. The library provides research grants and sponsors exhibitions and other public programs. Materials do not circulate, but the library is open to all, free of charge."