Library of Congress
Teachers
Women's History
Collection Connections
Historical context and ideas for integrating individual digital collections of primary sources into instruction.
- American Women: A Gateway to Library of Congress Resources for the Study of Women’s History and Culture in the United States (Summary Only)
- By Popular Demand: Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present (Summary and Teaching Resources) This collection includes portraits of 37 of the first ladies in formal and informal settings.
- By Popular Demand: "Votes for Women" Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920 (Summary and Teaching Resources) This selection of 38 pictures, related to the campaign for woman suffrage in the United States, include portraits, photographs of suffrage parades, picketing suffragists, and an anti-suffrage display as well as cartoons commenting on the movement.
- The Hannah Arendt Papers at the Library of Congress (Summary Only) This collection documents the life and activities of the noted author, educator and political philosopher. Included in this collection is her correspondence, drafts of books and articles, lectures and speeches.
- Miller NAWSA Suffrage Scrapbooks, 1897-1911 (Summary and Teaching Resources) Between 1897 and 1911 Elizabeth Smith Miller and her daughter, Anne Fitzhugh Miller, filled seven large scrapbooks with ephemera and memorabilia related to their work with women.
- Votes for Women: Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921 (Summary and Teaching Resources) This online collection contains 167 items from the larger National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, including texts from the beginning of the movement for women's right to vote.
- Women of Protest: Photographs from the Records of the National Woman's Party (Summary and Teaching Resources)
- The Zora Neale Hurston Plays (Summary Only)