Women's Research Resource: Labor Day Edition

From the collection of Gena Philibert-Ortega

How about researching your ancestor's occupations this Labor Day? What about your female ancestor's occupations? No, not all 19th century women were just "housewives." Check out some of these sources for help.

Libraries, Archives, Manuscript Collections

American Women’s History: A Research Guide 

American Women’s Letters and Diaries: A Bibliography 

Websites

Women’s Work: Home/Work                   

Women & Mines in the UK                                            

A Dictionary of Employments Open to Women (1898)

Occupations for Women…by Frances Willard (1897)                   

Atlanta’s Washerwomen Strike                                                           

Iowa Pathways: Working Women

Harvard University Library: Women Working 1800-1930             

Cyndi’s List, Female Ancestors                                                                 

Bibliography

Books

Carmack, Sharon D. B. A Genealogist's Guide toDiscovering Your Female Ancestors: Special Strategies for UncoveringHard-to-Find Information About Your Female Lineage. Cincinnati, Ohio:Betterway Books, 1998.

Schaefer, Christina K. The Hidden Half of theFamily: A Sourcebook for Women's Genealogy. Baltimore, Md: GenealogicalPub. Co, 1999.

Sparks, Edith. Capital Intentions: FemaleProprietors in San Francisco, 1850-1920. Chapel Hill: University of NorthCarolina Press, 2006.

Ward, Margaret. Female Occupations: Women'sEmployment 1850-1950. Newbury, England: Countryside Books, 2008.

Thesis

Mundy, Robyn L. A Profile of VirginiaBusinesswomen During the Civil War Era, 1999.