HIS374H5: Gender and Sexuality in the U.S., 1945-Present

The collection includes book, film, and website reviews, etc.

By arrangement with Harvard University Press, this collection includes all five volumes of Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary (1971–2004). Also included are previously inaccessible publications of local and state commissions on the status of women since 1963.

— PART I: LGBTQ History and Culture since 1940
— PART II: LGBTQ History and Culture since 1940
— Sex and Sexuality, 16th to 20th Century
— International Perspectives on LGBTQ Activism and Culture
– – Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action (GALA), Johannesburg, South Africa
– – Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
– – Lesbian Herstory Archives, Brooklyn, New York
— L'Enfer de la Bibliothèque nationale de France

— Grassroots Feminist Organizations, Part 1: Boston Area Second Wave Organizations, 1968-1998
— Grassroots Feminist Organizations, Part 2: San Francisco Women's Building / Women's Centers, 1972-1998
— Planned Parenthood Federation of America Records, 1918-1974
— Women's Labour League: Conference Reports and Journals, 1906-1977

PERIOD COVERED: 19th to 21st centuries
Predominantly covers the US, UK, and Canada (and to a lesser extent, Australia).
The collection includes:
— Documents relating to Doris Stevens and Martha Carey Thomas in their fight for suffrage, including letters to Emmeline Pankhurst
— Papers from the collection of Betty Friedan, a leading figure in the feminist movement
— A collection of newsletters representing the development of the men’s movement from the 1970s onwards

PERIOD COVERED: the late-19th century through to 2005
The titles include:
· Better Homes & Gardens (1922 to 2005)
· Chatelaine, Toronto (1928 to 2005)
· Good Housekeeping (1885 to 2005)
· Ladies’ Home Journal (1885 to 2005)
· Parents (1926 to 2005)
· Redbook (1903 to 2005)
· Essence (1970 to 2005)
· Seventeen (1944 to 2005)
· Town and Country (1846 to 2005)
· Woman’s Day (1937 to 2005)
· Women’s International Network News (1975 to 2003)