Women's History Library of Source Documents

Women's History Library of Source Documents
In this section, the documents are arranged in both chronological order, so that they can be read straight through in the manner of a history lesson, as well as by author for ease of reference. Also see the subsection on Woman Suffrage.

Index: Primary Source Documents, annotated (by author)

Index: Primary Source Documents, annotated (by date)

1588 - Elizabeth I's speech "I have the Heart of a King."

1792 - A Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft

1848 - Declaration of Sentiments: Report of Woman's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls

1848 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton's keynote speech

1873 - Susan B. Anthony: On Woman's Right to Suffrage

1892 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton's The Solitude of Self

1895 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton: The Women's Bible

1896 - Susan B. Anthony on The Woman's Bible

1904 - Declaration of Principles

1905 - Florence Kelley on Child Labor

1906 - "The Colored Man's Paradise" by Mary Church Terrell

1908 - Emma Goldman on Patriotism

1912 - Mother Jones's speech to West Virginia Coal Miners

1913 - Emmeline Pankhurst on suffrage

1915 - What is a Republic by the Rev. Anna Howard Shaw

1918 - League of Women Voters Formed

1918 - Married Love by Marie Stopes

1922 - Woman's Rights Party's Platform

1922 - Re: Mrs. Frank Leslie's Will

1940 - Eleanor Roosevelt's Civil Liberties Speech to A.C.L.U.

1969 - Shirley Chisholm on the Equal Rights Amendment

1992 - A Woman's View: Dying of AIDS by Elizabeth Glaser

1993 - "What other judgment can I judge by but my own?" by Margaret Merrill Toscano

1995 - Donna Shalala's speech in Beijing, China

1995 - Hillary Clinton's speech in Beijing, China at the World Health Org.

1995 - Hillary Clinton's speech at the Fourth U.N. conference

1995 - Rebels aren't always skinny little men wearing bandanas by Irene Stuber

1998 - Hillary Rodham Clinton's speech at Seneca Falls

2001- Angela King's speech to the U.N. on women's issues