This discussion of the division's resources centers around six areas of strength both in the Library's rare collections and
for many aspects of women's history:
Women's domestic and family roles, including cooking and medicine, are documented in books, magazines and newspapers published
for women, and the extensive children's book collection.
Religion and spirituality can be studied in many early imprints, including sermons and captivity narratives.
Reform movements, for which the Library's collections are particularly strong in abolition and suffrage.
Women's role in popular culture is documented as both creators and subject of mass culture.
Women as collectors of traditional rare book collections, including Americana and cookery, as well as compilers of more humble
scrapbooks.
Literary works
If you click on the topics on your left, we will guide you through the collections, offer examples of what a reader will find
there, and point out what is unique in our holdings.
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