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Women and Very Social Movements

Women and Social Movements, International is a landmark collection of primary materials. Through the writings of women activists, their personal letters and diaries, and the proceedings of conferences at which pivotal decisions were made, this collection lets you see how women’s social movements shaped much of the events and attitudes that have defined modern life. We will be adding regularly to the database to bring it to its final complement of 150,000 pages of documents.

This release includes about 4,600 sources spanning approximately 150,000 pages, as well as links to 124 online resources. More»

Women Activists Discuss Their History
The editors of Women and Social Movements International organized two extraordinary sessions at the 2011 Berkshire Conference in Women’s History, assembling six leaders who have shaped women’s international activism through the United Nations’ Conferences on Women, 1975-1995. Click here to link to these sessions.

WIG Blog and Discussion Group launched, October 2010