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