Smith College Libraries Class Guides - HST278: Women in the United States, 1865 to Present

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Biography

American National Biography
Call Number: ref CT 213 .A68 1999
A "must search" for biographical information and leads on primary/secondary sources
Women in World History (17 vols.)
Call Number: ref HQ 1115 .W6 1999

Encyclopedias

Use scholarly encyclopedias and dictionaries, such as those below, for an overview of your topic, definitions, a list of suggested readings, and (sometimes) a lead on related primary source material.

Dictionary of American History (10 vols.)
Call Number: ref E 174 .D52 2003
Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History (3 vols.)
Call Number: ref E 169.1 E624 2001
Encyclopedia of American Social History (3 vols.)
Call Number: ref HN 57 E58 1993
Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century (3 vols.)
Call Number: ref E 169.1 .E626 2001
Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century (5 vols.)
Call Number: ref E 740.7 .E53 1996
Encyclopedia of American Social Movements (4 vols.)
Call Number: ref HN 57 .E594 2004
Battleground: Women, Gender, and Sexuality (2 vols.)
Call Number: ref HQ 1115 .B38 2008
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History - 5 vols.
Call Number: ref E 185 .E54 2006
Encyclopedia of Women in American History (3 vols.)
Call Number: ref HQ 1410 .E53 2002
Historical and Multicultural Encyclopedia of Women's Reproductive Rights in the United States
Call Number: ref HQ766.5.U5 H57 2002
Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia
Call Number: ref E 184.S75 L35 2006
Oxford encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States - 4 vols.
Call Number: ref E 184 .S75 O97 2005
Women's Movement Today: An Encyclopedia of Third-Wave Feminism (2 vols.)
Call Number: ref HQ 1115 .W644 2006