LibGuides: Remember the Ladies: Women of Consequence in 19th C. U.S. History: Reference Sources

Reference Books / eBooks

Please remember: Print Reference books are for use in the library only.

Black Women in America
Call Number: Ref E185.86 .B542 2005 3 vols (also an online ebook)
ISBN: 0195156773
Publication Date: 2005
Great Events from History: The 19th Century
Call Number: Ref D358 .G74 2006 4 vols (also an online ebook)
ISBN: 9781587652974
Publication Date: 2006
Great Events from History: Women's History
Call Number: REF HQ1121 .G74 2022 2 vols. (also an online ebook)
ISBN: 9781637000991
Publication Date: 2022
NOTE: While coverage is international, a large number of articles are on events in U.S. women's history.
Great Lives from History : African Americans
Call Number: Ref E185.96 .G736 2011 5 vols (also an online ebook)
ISBN: 9781587657474
Publication Date: 2011
Great Lives from History: American Women
Call Number: Ref CT3260 .A44 2016 3 vols (also an online ebook)
ISBN: 9781619259447
Publication Date: 2016
Women in American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection
Call Number: Ref HQ1410 .W6468 2017 4 vols (also an online ebook)
ISBN: 1610696026
Publication Date: 2017
To cite a reference article in the ebook, choose Database and Reference Source. On the ebook homepage, click on Cite this eBook to find the URL for the book. Use this URL in your citation. ABC-Clio does not provide permanent links to individual articles.
Women in World History: a Biographical Encyclopedia
Call Number: Ref HQ1115 .W6 1999 17 vols (also an online ebook)
ISBN: 078763736X
Publication Date: 1999
Women's Rights in the United States: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Issues, Events, and People
Call Number: Ref HQ1236.5.U6 W677 2015 4 vols (also an online ebook)
ISBN: 1610692144
Publication Date: 2014

In Her Words!

The Quotable Woman
Call Number: Ref PN6081.5 .Q65 2011
ISBN: 0816077258
The Quotable Woman gathers nearly 20,000 great quotations from more than 5,000 women throughout history, beginning with Eve and continuing to the present day.

Reference Databases

The following DATABASES also provide reliable information produced by scholars and experts. Additionally, you may use images from the databases in your presentation.

African-American History This link opens in a new window
Overview essays, biographies, primary sources, videos and slideshows, images, timelines, and maps and graphs in African-American history.
NOTE: Citations can be exported to NoodleTools.
American National Biography This link opens in a new window
Over 19,000 biographies of significant, influential or notorious figures from American history written by prominent scholars, supplemented by thousands of illustrations and cross references both within the database and to other select websites.
NOTE: Mac users recommended browser: Safari.
TO CITE: Choose Database and then Original Content in Database.
Gale in Context: Biography This link opens in a new window
More than 650,000 biographies from Gale's vast reference collection as well as related full-text articles from hundreds of magazines and newspapers.
NOTE: Citations can be exported to NoodleTools.
Gale in Context: U.S. History This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive collection of reference sources, primary documents, periodicals, maps and multimedia.
NOTE: Citations can be exported to NoodleTools.
Salem History This link opens in a new window
Includes the complete content of a number of print reference sets, including Great Lives from History and Great Events from History.
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600–2000 This link opens in a new window
Thousands of primary source documents and other resources in American women's history. Click on Browse Persons and search for your individual for items relating to her.