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Appeal to Christian Women of the South -- 19th century
Source: furman.edu
Author: Angelina E. Grimke
Country: United States

Free online e-text. Individualist feminist Angelina E. Grimke's famous appeal for the end of slavery. First delivered in 1836 before the New York Anti-Slavery Society.

Agnes Inglis Collection
Source: Univ. of Michigan Special Collections
Country: United States
E-mail: special.collections@umich.edu

Agnes Inglis (1870-1952) was a student bohemian at the University of Michigan, a social worker, a member of the Wobblies, an anarchist, and a librarian. As the curator of the Labadie Collection, she is responsible for preserving many papers of radicals such as Voltairine de Cleyre.

Harriet Tubman biography -- free online book
Source: University of North Carolina
Author: Sarah H. Bradford
Country: United States

Harriet Tubman (1821-1913) was born into slavery but escaped, and became a part of the Underground Railroad during the 1850s. She led about 180 other slaves to freedom. This free online biography is an example of how women can resist unjust laws. (1886)

Margaret Sanger's papers
Source: nyu
Country: United States

The Margaret Sanger Paper Project offers a huge collection of links to information about Sanger, electronic publication of her works, sites dedicated to Sanger and an e-newsletter. Read about this pivotal crusader for a woman's right to birth control.

A Woman's Life-Work -- free online biography of Laura Smith Haviland
Source: American Memory
Author: Laura Smith Haviland
Country: United States

The biography of a woman active in education and social justice issues throughout her life. When the Civil War broke out, Haviland organized relief efforts for the wounded/imprisoned and for former slaves, refugees, and those who were still held in bondage. A role model for living your principles. (1882)

Women's history month collection
Source: The Nation
Country: United States

A selection of articles from 1866 to modern day which explore the major issues of American feminism through contemporary commentary.

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