Free online access to an online resource

In partnership with Binghamton University’s Center for the Historical Study of Women and Gender, Alexander Street Press is making one of their most popular online resources, Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600–2000, freely accessible for the month of March, in celebration of Women’s History Month. All librarians, students, instructors, and scholars can explore the site’s rich collection of primary materials and teaching tools without passwords or fees. The collection includes cross-searchable diaries, letters, and photographs, as well as scholarly essays, commentaries, bibliographies, and other important reference and secondary materials. At the heart of the collection are about one hundred document projects organized around interpretive questions that give context to the wealth of primary materials. A free companion blog, “Women and Social Movements: The Online Discussion,” serves as a community forum for women’s history scholars to discuss how they have made use of the resource in their courses, share syllabi, and exchange ideas. To access the site and the materials, visit http://wass.alexanderstreet.com before April 1, 2010.