WR150: Women & Economic Freedom in the 20th Century

SUBJECT HEADINGS.

Representative subject headings for locating books in the Boston University online Catalog include the following:

* african american women social conditions
* african americans economic conditions
* african american women in literature
* african american feminists
* american fiction women authors history and criticism.
* beauty culture united states history.
* black nationalism united states history 20th century.
* black nationalism in literature
* black power united states history 20th century
* civil rights movements united states history 20th century
* culture and globalization cross-cultural studies
* gender identity
* gender identity united states
* feminism and literature united states history 20th century
* feminism and motion pictures
* feminism united states
* feminist literary criticism
* feminist theory
* larsen, nella criticism and interpretation
* lesbianism united states history 20th century
* mass media and women
* minstrel shows history
* mccullers, carson criticism and interpretation
* moody, anne
* neoliberalism united states
* poor women united states
* racism
* sex role in literature
* sex role united states
* sweatshops united states
* transsexuals united states
* united states race relations
* women and literature united states history 20th century
* women and socialism
* women employment united states history 20th century
* women domestics
* women united states economic conditions 20th century
* women united states history 20th century
* women united states social conditions

REFERENCE WORKS.

The Cambridge Companion to the African American Novel

The Cambridge Companion to the Harlem Renaissance

The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature

The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature
Dictionary of Feminist Theory
Mugar HQ1115 H86 1995
Encyclopedia of American Political History
Mugar E183 E48 2001
Encyclopedia of American Social History
Mugar HN57 E58 1993
Encyclopedia of American Studies
Mugar Ref. X E169.1 E625 2001
Encyclopedia of the United States in the 20th Century
Mugar Ref. X E740.7 E53 1996
Encyclopedia of Women in American History
Mugar Ref. X HQ1410 E53 2002
For Appearance' Sake: The Historical Encyclopedia of Good Looks, Beauty, and Grooming
Mugar Ref. X GT499 S49 2001
Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
Handbook of American Women's History
Mugar Ref. X HQ1410 H36 2000
 
The Oxford Companion to Women's Writings in the United States
Mugar Ref. X PS147 O94 1995
The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature
Mugar Ref. X PS21 E537 2004
Timeline of Legal History of Women in the United States
The Women's Chronology
Mugar HQ 1122 T73 1994
Women's Rights in the United States: A Documentary History
Mugar HQ1236.5 U6 W68 1994
Women's Studies Encyclopedia
Mugar HQ1115 W645 1999
 

INDEXES AND DATABASES.

America: History and Life
Contemporary Authors; Contemporary Literary Criticism; Dictionary of Literary Biography

Humanities and Social Sciences Retrospective (1907-1984)

Humanities Full Text

JSTOR (Journal Storage) full-text collection of back issues (from volume 1 to approximately 5 years ago) of scholarly journals

MLA International Bibliography

Project Muse

Readers' Guide Retrospective 1890-1982, index to popular (not scholarly) periodicals

Social Sciences Full Text
Sociological Abstracts
Women's Studies International
 

ADDITIONAL LINKS.

African-American Studies Research Guide

Gay & Lesbian Studies Research Guide

RefWorks

Women Working, 1800-1930, Harvard University Library (digital collections)

Women's Studies Research Guide

WR150 Research Guide

 

J. Christina Smith (email name: jchris)

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