Women -- HistoryHere are entered comprehensive works on the history of women, including works which deal collectively with their socio-economic, political and legal position, participation in historical events, contribution to society, etc. Works which deal specifically with their social condition and status, including historical discussions of the same, are entered under Women -- Social conditions. See also what's at Wikipedia, your library, or elsewhere.
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Filed under: Women -- History![[Info]](http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/info.gif) The Awakening of Women: or, Woman's Part in Evolution (second edition; London: W. Reeves, ca. 1905), by Frances Swiney (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)- Ester Hath Hang'd Haman, by Ester Sowernam (HTML at Renascence Editions)
- The Feminist Movement (London and Glasgow: Collins' Clear Type Press, ca. 1912), by Ethel Snowden (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Lectures of Lola Montez (Countess of Landsfeld), Including Her Autobiography (New York: Rudd and Carleton, 1858), by Lola Montez and C. Chauncey Burr (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Lectures of Lola Montez (Countess of Landsfeld), Including Her Autobiography (New York: Rudd and Carleton, 1859), by Lola Montez and C. Chauncey Burr (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Long Road of Woman's Memory, by Jane Addams (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The New Woman International: Representations in Photography and Film from the 1870s through the 1960s (c2011), ed. by Elizabeth Otto and Vanessa Rocco (illustrated HTML with commentary at digitalculture.org)
- Radicalism in Religion, Philosophy, and Social Life: Four Papers from The Boston Courier for 1858, by George Lunt (page images at MOA)
- The Religion of Woman: An Historical Study (London: Watts and Co., 1908), by Joseph McCabe, contrib. by Florence Dixie
- Woman Free (Congleton: Woman's Emancipation Union, 1893), by E. C. Wolstenholme Elmy (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Woman, Her Character, Culture and Calling a Full Discussion of Woman's Work in the Home, the School, the Church and the Social Circle, With an Account of Her Successful Labors in Moral and Social Reform (Brantford, Ont.: Book & Bible House, 1890), by Benjamin Fish Austin (multiple formats at archive.org)
Filed under: Women -- History -- 19th centuryFiled under: Women -- History -- Early works to 1800Filed under: Women -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500Filed under: Women -- History -- Modern period, 1600-- Woman in the Nineteenth Century, by Margaret Fuller (HTML at tamu.edu)
- Woman in the Nineteenth Century, and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman, by Margaret Fuller, ed. by Arthur B. Fuller, contrib. by Horace Greeley
Filed under: Women -- History -- Renaissance, 1450-1600Filed under: Feminism -- HistoryFiled under: Photography of women -- HistoryFiled under: Women -- Biography- The Biographical Review of Prominent Men and Women of the Day (c1888), by Thomas William Herringshaw (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Daughters of the Cross: or, Woman's Mission, by Daniel C. Eddy
- Eminent Women of the Age (page images at MOA)
- Excellent Women, by Various Writers (compilation of Religious Tract Society publications, London, late 1800s) (Gutenberg text)
- Female Biography: or, Memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women, of All Ages and Countries, Alphabetically Arranged (first American edition; 3 volumes; Philadelphia: Printed for Byrch and Small, 1807), by Mary Hays (page images at HathiTrust)
- Female Warriors: Memorials of Female Valour and Heroism, From the Mythological Ages to the Present Era (2 volumes; London: Tinsley Bros., 1879), by Ellen C. Clayton
- A Group of Famous Women: Stories of Their Lives (Boston: D.C. Heath and Co., 1914), by Edith Horton (page images at Harvard)
- Heroines of the Crusades (Auburn and Rochester: Alden and Beardsley, 1857), by C. A. Bloss (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)
- Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women, by Elbert Hubbard (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Lives of Celebrated Female Sovereigns and Illustrious Women (Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, c1870), by Mrs. Jameson, ed. by Mary E. Hewitt (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Lives of Girls Who Became Famous (1914), by Sarah Knowles Bolton (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Memoirs of Royal Ladies (2 volumes; London: Hurst and Blackett, 1861), by Emily Sarah Holt
- The Queens of Society (New York: Harper and Bros., 1861), by A. T. Thomson and Philip Wharton, illust. by Charles Altamont Doyle, George Dalziel, and Edward Dalziel (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)
- The Romance of Biography: or, Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, From the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age (third edition, 2 volumes; London: Saunders and Otley, 1837), by Mrs. Jameson
- Some Eminent Women of Our Times: Short Biographical Sketches (London and New York: Macmillan, 1889), by Millicent Garrett Fawcett (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Thumb Nail Sketches of White Ribbon Women (Chicago: Woman's Temperance Publishing Association, 1895), ed. by Clara C. Chapin (multiple formats at archive.org)
Filed under: Women's rights -- History- History of Woman Suffrage (6 volumes, 1887-1922), ed. by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, and Ida Husted Harper
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