Other Resources
If you're looking for more general information on gender and women's history, be sure to check out these other guides. These will include information on current books and databases as well as best practices for research.
Online Resources at UIC
The following sites are hosted by UIC and may be helpful when researching the history of women in politics. If you do not find the information you are looking for, please visit or email Special Collections. If you come across any broken links, please email the Ask a Librarian service.
- Seven Settlement Houses: Database of PhotosIn the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the settlement houses of Chicago led the nation in addressing problems of urbanization, immigration, and industrialization. While many people are familiar with Chicago's most famous settlement house, Hull-House, few are aware of the creative efforts of the other settlement houses located in Illinois. This online image database features a selection of photographs and documents from the Hull-House Collection and from six other rich collections of settlement house materials housed in the Special Collections Department, University of Illinois at Chicago Library.
- The Urban Experience in ChicagoA collaboration between Special Collections and the Hull House Museum, this online site explores the activities and philosophy behind the famous social settlement house. Many primary documents and images are available on the site.
Non-UIC Online Resources
The following online resources created by non-UIC institutions may be helpful when researching the history of women in politics. If you do not find the information you are looking for, please visit or email Special Collections. If you come across any broken links, please email the Ask a Librarian service.
- Frances Willard Digital JournalsFully searchable transcribed journals of temperance activist and Woman’s Christian Temperance Union president Frances E. Willard.
- Her Hat Was In the Ring!: U.S. Women Who Ran for Political Office before 1920Created by HistoryIT, this web site identifies women candidates for elective office in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, giving biographical information for each woman, information about her campaign, party affiliation, photographs, and lists of selected resources.
- Digital Public Library of America Women’s Suffrage: Campaign for the Nineteenth AmendmentCollection of primary source documents on the suffrage movement. Includes a teaching guide.
- Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000Database of materials documenting the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000. This editorial website offers limited access. Full access is available from libraries that have a subscription.
- Archives of Women's Political CommunicationSpeeches and political ads for more than 300 women candidates. All include a transcript of the text and many also feature video. Produced by Iowa State University.
- Women's Liberation Movement Print CultureDuke University collection of materials documenting various aspects of the Women's Movement in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s.
