Connecticut Witch Trials
This document illustrates how women in English society were economically marginalized by the common law practice of coverture.
Captivity Narratives
This document illustrates how women in English society were economically marginalized by the common law practice of coverture.
Travel Journal of Sarah Kemble Knight
This document illustrates how women in English society were economically marginalized by the common law practice of coverture.
Women’s Labor Agreements
Queen Isabella I’s instructions on the governance of Hispaniola in 1501 were the blueprint for the development of the Spanish colonies of the Americas.
Diary of Úrsula de Jesús
Queen Isabella I’s instructions on the governance of Hispaniola in 1501 were the blueprint for the development of the Spanish colonies of the Americas.
Petition for Freedom
Queen Isabella I’s instructions on the governance of Hispaniola in 1501 were the blueprint for the development of the Spanish colonies of the Americas.
Populating the Colonies
Excerpts from the French legal code governing enslaved people that deal specifically with enslaved women and reproduction.
Scandal in Schenectady
One of New Netherland’s first settlers recounts her earliest memories of life in the colony.
Mohawk Interpreter
One of New Netherland’s first settlers recounts her earliest memories of life in the colony.
Women’s Rights are Human Rights
Women's Rights are Human Rights Hillary Clinton at the United Nations Conference on Women Sharon Farmer, Photograph of First Lady Hillary Clinton at the United Nations Conference on Women in Beijing, China, September 5, 1995. National Archives. Document Text Summary FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTONREMARKS FOR THE UNITED NATIONS FOURTH WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN BEIJING, CHINA SEPTEMBER 5, 1995 Mrs. Mongella, Distinguished delegates and guests, I would like to thank the Secretary General of the United Nations for inviting me to be part of the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women. This is truly a celebration -- a celebration of the contributions women make in every aspect of life: in the home, on the job, in their communities, as mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, learners, workers, citizens
