Women in History in FSU Special Collections & Archives

An early work on feminist philosophy, Wollstonecraft stated that women should have the right to education and were essential to the nation. She argued that women were human beings and should be afforded the same fundamental human rights as men.

Emmeline Pankhurst was a British political activist who organized the UK suffragette movement. This text contains her illustrated autobiography.

Enclosed are 28 photographic cards with images that metaphorically represent some of the emotions and physical sensations of the menstrual cycle. Medical text is intermixed with the artist's personal statements about her cycle. The cards are a blend of mystery, honesty, and humor, presented with the hope that they can open discussion on this universal, but practically invisible female experience.

A revisit of an earlier work: the original book, How to Become One of the Original Wild Girls, was designed and printed in 1997. That book is a playful list of imaginary 'rules' that 'should' be followed to achieve Wild Girl status. The rules are light-hearted, but they have the sting of recognition that most women realize to be sexist in nature. Wild Girls Redux reexamines these issues, using motorcycle road and driving rules as text along with images of pin-up girls and industrial schematic illustrations. The intent of the "Operator's Manual" is tongue-in-cheek and provides the ordinary, mechanical, and absurd rules of how to operate women"

American Breeding Standards explores the systemized rules about what comprises a good or bad horse, a good or bad woman--and the steps one might take to achieve the breed standard"

This reference includes alphabetically arranged entries on 58 American women authors who wrote between 1900 and 1945. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and discusses a particular author's biography, her major works and themes, and the critical response to her writings.

This reference features over 5,000 A-to-Z entries on thousands of individual authors from the classical period to the middle ages to the present, detailed descriptions of works, and thematic entries on literary genres used frequently by women.