Territory acknowledgment: Long before Canada was formed, the Stó:lō (people of the river) occupied the land on which UFV is located. They lived in the Fraser Valley and lower Fraser Canyon of British Columbia and they spoke Halq'eméylem, also known as the upriver dialect.
This guide has been developed as an introduction to resources for the study of major themes in the history of gender in the United States from the colonial era to the present. It is not a comprehensive listing of sources, but rather a starting point from which you can begin your research according to your information needs.
[Mary Church Terrell, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front]. Photograph from the Biographical Collection, [between 1880 and 1900, printed later]
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Mary Eliza Church Terrell was a well-known African American activist who championed racial equality and women’s suffrage in the late 19th and early 20th century. An Oberlin College graduate, Terrell was part of the rising black middle and upper class who used their position to fight racial discrimination.
Michals, Debra. "Mary Church Terrell." National Women's History Museum. 2017. https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mary-church-terrell.
Spanning the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present, and contains selective indexing for a substantial number of journals.
Coverage: 1954 to present.
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Includes historical primary source material: manuscripts, rare documents, maps, photographs, drawings, paintings, letters, diaries, notebooks, and more.
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