American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study of women's history and culture in the United States / edited by Sheridan Harvey ... [and others] ; introduction by Susan Ware.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Harvey, Sheridan, 1945-

Library of Congress.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--United States--History--Library resources.

Women.

Women--United States--History.

Women's studies--Library resources.

Women's studies.

History.

Library resources.

United States.

Library resources--Washington (D.C.).

Washington (D.C.).

Library of Congress.

Physical Description:

xxxvi, 420 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm

Other Title:

Library of Congress guide for the study of women's history and culture in the United States

Place of Publication:

Washington : Library of Congress : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2001.

Summary:

Introduces researchers to the opportunities for discovering American women's history and culture at the Library of Congress. Covers materials such as: textual sources, films, sound recordings, prints and hotographs, and other audio or visual material. Intended for academics, advanced graduate students, ealogists, documentary film makers, set and costume designers, artists, actors, novelists, photo researchers, and general readers.

Contents:

The general collections ; Marching for the vote : remembering the Woman Suffrage Parade of 1913 / Sheridan Harvey

Serial and Government Publications Division / Georgia Metos Higley

Law Library of Congress / Pamela Barnes Craig

The long road to equality : what women won from the ERA ratification effort / Leslie W. Gladstone

Rare Book and Special Collections Division / Rosemary Fry Plakas and Jacqueline Coleburn

Manuscript Division / Janice E. Ruth

"With peace and freedom blest!" : woman as symbol in America, 1590-1800 / Sara Day

Prints and Photographs Division / Barbara Orbach Natanson

Women on the move : overland journeys to California ; Geography and Map Division / Patricia Molen van Ee

Music Division ; The house that Marian built : the MacDowell Colony of Peterborough, New Hampshire / Robin Rausch

Recorded Sound Section

Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division / Nancy J. Seeger

Moving Image Section

Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division / Rosemary Hanes with Brian Taves

American Folklife Center / James Hardin

Area studies collections / Peggy K. Pearlstein and Barbara A. Tenenbaum.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-387) and index.

ISBN:

0844410489

OCLC:

46661196