A significant collection of digitised primary source material, comprising:
1. LGBTQ History & Culture Since 1940 I and II - material drawn mostly from archives in the US and UK
2. Sex and Sexuality 16th to 20th century - more than 5000 digitised rare books drawn from the British Library Private Case, Alfred C. Kinsey Institute for Sex Research, and the New York Academy of Medicine
3. International Perspectives on LGBTQ Activism and Culture - draws on 3 important collections: Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action (GALA), South Africa; Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives; Lesbian Herstory Archives, New York
Archive catalogue of over 3,000 documents relating to gender and development (mostly full text), maintained by the Institute of Development Studies at Sussex University.
Initiative of the influential journal Signs to link feminist theory with social & political issues. Consists of: podcast interviews with leading feminist scholars; commentaries on books that have shaped the field; essays by leading scholars on controversies in feminism
Essential primary sources documenting the changing representations and lived experiences of gender roles and relations from the nineteenth century to the present. This expansive collection offers sources for the study of women's suffrage, the feminist movement, the mens movement, employment, education, the body, the family, and government and politics.
London College of Communication (University of the Arts London) project collecting a wide range of zines, covering many areas: feminist, sexuality, etc. Some have been digitised
Formed in 2010 from previous bodies including UNIFEM & DAW. Notable publications include Progress of the world's women (print volumes at HQ 1154.P7). See also CEDAW (the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women), and the WomenWatch information & resources on gender equality & empowerment of women. From 2022 has published an annual report on Gender-related killings of women and girls
https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2023/11/gender-related-killings-of-women-and-girls-femicide-feminicide-global-estimates-2022
Digitised archive of leading US, UK & Canadian women's magazines from late 19th century to 2005. Includes key titles like Good Housekeeping, Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, and Essence, useful for looking at gender studies, social history, race & ethnicity, youth culture, advertising, media, fashion, consumer and popular culture
Includes data from non-OECD countries. See also its Social Institutions & Gender Index (SIGI) covering over 100 countries, attempts to measure discrimination against women.
See especially Minimum Set of Gender Indicators (2005-). Also useful the flagship 5 yearly survey & report United Nations - World's Women and the UNDPs Gender Inequality Index.
Claims to be the most comprehensive compilation of data on women around the world - over 360 indicators of women's status. Registration required (free) to access the data
One of the longest-running and most influential men's magazines, GQ expanded its initial focus on fashion to cover other subjects. The digital archive from 1931- onwards provides textual & photographic insight into the history of fashion, popular culture, masculinity, and society. Provides an interesting contrast to Vogue Magazine Archive, which is also available through the Proquest platform
National resource library for gender studies at Goteborgs Universitet library, maintains a number of databases of particular interest to Swedish & Scandinavian research.
Influential Egyptian periodical, edited by leading feminist Hoda Sharawi, published 1925-1940 & digitised by the Bibliotheque National de France. Also published in Arabic from 1927 under the title Al-Masriyya
A broad range of thematically organised documents from 21 libraries in five sections offering c. 50,000 images of original documents linked to essays by leading scholars in the field.Section I: Conduct and Politeness; Section II: Domesticity and the Family; Section III: Consumption and Leisure; Section IV: Education and Sensibility; and Section V: The Body.
Independent quango charged with promoting human rights & equality in the UK. Includes Is Britain fairer? flagship project/publication. Notably the publications Sex and power: who rules Britain?, Inquiry into the Appointment Process of FTSE 350 Boards and Facts about women and men in Great Britain..
Campaigning organisation working for women's rights in the UK. It's long history means it has an important library with material from the late 19th century onwards. In 2013 it was re-named the Women's Library and moved to the LSE, some of the material has been digitised - https://digital.library.lse.ac.uk/collections/thewomenslibrary
Poster collection https://lse-atom.arkivum.net/uklse-dl1bp01
Inter-War Feminist Pamphlet Collection https://lse-atom.arkivum.net/uklse-dl1if01
The Fawcett Society continues to research and publish, including the Sex & Power survey every 2/3 years
The GWL contains extensive archives, a small proportion of which has been digitised, notably a number of zines, the "Dear Doctor" letters from Jackie magazine, and papers of Scottish Women's Aid
Aims to collect and publish the memories and stories of feminists involved in the UK Women’s Liberation Movement. Focus is late 1960s to 1990s. Includes a timeline, link to archive collections and other resources. The site is developing oral histories and photographic archives
Interviews with 72 African American women, conducted under the auspices of the Schlesinger Library (Harvard). Transcripts and some audio files. Participants include Rosa Parks. Civil rights is a key theme
Ebony has been a leading African-American magazine since publication commenced in 1945. It focuses on news & stories important to the Black community in the US. The fully searchable full-text archive spans 1945-2014, and covers African-American business, history & politics (including civil rights), education, entertainment, fashion and culture.
Important collection of digitised primary source open access material from the 1960s and 1970s relating to 2nd Wave feminism in the US. Made available through the JSTOR Reveal Digital project, Independent Voices
A complete searchable archive of Vogue (US edition), from the first issue in 1892 to the current month. It is a unique record of American and international fashion, culture and society from the dawn of the modern era to the present day. Alongside GQ Magazine (also on the Proquest platform), these two major magazines provide a great resource for researching many issues
