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Women's History

These pages link to selected collection content available online at the Library of Congress, arranged by broad categories. The Library's online content represents only a small percentage of its physical holdings.

Back to American History by Subject | African-American History | American Indian History | City and Regional Histories | Culture and Folklife | Immigration and Ethnic Heritage | Military History | Oral Histories | Religion in America | Women's History

Women's History

  • Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection
  • Resourceful Women: Researching and Interpreting American Women's History
  • Women's History Month Portal

Art & Design

  • A Petal from the Rose: Illustrations by Elizabeth Shippen Green
  • Carol M. Highsmith Archive
  • The Water Babies: Illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith

Audio/Video

  • A Century of Creativity: The McDowell Colony
  • By Popular Demand: Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies
  • Margaret Mead: Human Nature and the Power of Culture
  • Resourceful Women: Researching and Interpreting American Women's History

Military

  • Experiencing War: Women at War
  • Women Come to the Front

Performing Arts

  • Portraits by Carl van Vechten : Dancers
  • Selections from the Katherine Dunham Collection
  • The Zora Neale Hurston Plays at the Library of Congress

Suffrage

  • By Popular Demand: Votes for Women Suffrage Pictures 1850-1920
  • Miller NAWSA Suffrage Scrapbooks, 1897-1911
  • Women of Protest: Photographs from the Records of the National Woman's Party

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