HIS 200 - Applied History
Research guidance and support for HIS-200 Applied History research assignments.
Primary Sources
Consider using search terms like Equal Rights Amendment, ERA, ratify, ratification, equal rights, women's rights, etc. as you explore the library's subscription databases and the selected outside websites with quality digitized primary source collections. If you can identify any key figures in the movement, you can use their names as keywords as well. Keep in mind that many databases and websites will also have a date filter that you can use to ensure that you are looking at the right time period in history.
Databases with Primary Sources
- Gerritsen Women's History Collection of Aletta H. Jacobs - ProQuest This link opens in a new windowThe Gerritsen Collection is the definitive cross-cultural resource for information on women's history. The collection provides immediate access to many primary sources, periodicals, and books, from around the world concerning women's history, feminism, and anti-feminism including titles such as The Suffragist (1913-21) and The Women's Protest Against Woman Suffrage (1912-18).
- New York Times (Historical) - ProQuest This link opens in a new windowDigitized articles from the New York Times from 1851 - 2020. Looking for the most recent NYT editions?
- Primary Source Collections by Adam MatthewAdam Matthew publishes unique primary source collections from archives around the world. SNHU Shapiro Library subscribes to the following collections: African American Communities, American History 1493-1945, the Confidential Print: North America collection in Archives Direct, Defining Gender, Empire Online, Everyday Life and Women in America 1800-1920, Race Relations in America, and Socialism On Film. For more information on how to use these database, please see these tutorial videos.
- U.S. History In Context - Gale This link opens in a new windowIncludes more than 5,000 primary source documents, full-text articles drawn from top periodicals and newspapers, thousands of images, videos, and audio selections.
Websites with Primary Sources
- Digital Public Library of America: The Equal Rights Amendment This link opens in a new windowThis primary source set uses photographs, ephemera, political cartoons, video clips, and other documents to explore the women’s rights activism inspired by the Equal Rights Amendment.
- Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library: Women's Rights This link opens in a new windowThe Ford Presidential Library's digitized holdings related to women's rights, including the Equal Rights Amendment, Title IX, women in government, and more.