A Selected Bibliography for Female Lineage Research and Women's Research

Books and Periodicals

  • AndrewsWilliam L., ed. Journeys in New Worlds: Early American Women's Narratives [E 187.5 J68]
  • Beale, Irene A. Genesee Valley Women, 1743-1985 [N.Y. G 66.52]
  • Beedy, Helen Coffin Mothers of Maine [Maine G 35]
  • Berkin, Carol First Generations: Women in Colonial America [HQ 1416 B43]
  • Biemer, Linda Briggs Women and Property in Colonial New York: the Transition from Dutch to English Law, 1643-1727 [N.Y. G 55.75]
  • The Biographical Cyclopaedia of American Women [Ref. Biog. 38.1]
  • Bowditch, William Ingersoll Taxation of Women in Massachusetts [Mass. G 78.5]
  • Buel, Joy Day The Way of Duty: A Woman and her Family in Revolutionary America [CT 275 F573 B83]
  • Carmack, Sharon DeBartolo A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering your Female Ancestors: Special Strategies for Uncovering Hard-to-Find Information about your Female Lineage [CS 14 C38]
  • Claghorn, Charles Eugene Women Patriots of the American Revolution: A Biographical Dictionary [E276 C5]
  • Collins, Jim Women Artists in America: 18th Century to the Present (1790-1980)
  • [N 6536 C5]
  • Conklin, E. F. Women at Gettysburg, 1863 [E 628 C66]
  • Cooper, Victor H. A Dangerous Woman: New York's First Lady Liberty [BX 4946 M66]
  • Cunliffe-Owen, Philip Frederick Titled Americans: A List of American Ladies who Have Married Foreigners of Rank [CT 3260 C8]
  • DePauw, Linda Grant Four Traditions: Women of New York During the American Revolution [N.Y. G 57.72]
  • Fowler, William Worthington Woman on the American Frontier [E 301 F69]
  • Freeman, Sabina Shields Erie History: The Women's Story [Penn. L ER 46.2]
  • Hine, Darlene Clark When the Truth Is Told: A History of Black Women's Culture and Community in Indiana, 1875-1950 [Ind. G 21]
  • Hoare, Steve The Unbroken Thread: A History of Quiltmaking in the Catskills [TT 835 H54]
  • Honor Roll of Massachusetts Patriots Heretofore Unknown: Being a List of Men and Women Who Loaned Money to the Federal Government During the Years 1777-1779 [Mass. G 69]
  • James, Edward T., ed. Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary [Ref. Biog. 38.5]
  • Johnson, Frederick C. The Pioneer Women of Wyoming, an Address before the Wyoming Valley ChapterD.A.R. [Penn. L W994.7]
  • Kolodny, Annette The Land before Her: Fantasy and Experience of the American Frontiers, 1630-1860 [E 301 K64]
  • Logan, Mary Simmerson The Part Taken by Women in American History [E 176 L83]
  • Loula, E. Catherine The Role of Women in Early Westchester, 1725-1850 [Locality Shelf 2 (W5229)]
  • Luchetti, Cathy Women of the West [HQ 1438 W45 L8]
  • New York State Archives and Records Administration Selected Records in the State Archives Relating to Women: a Descriptive List. [N.Y. G 12.8071]
  • Nims, Marion R. Women in the War: a Bibliography [D 501 N56]
  • Palmer, Fanny Purdy A List of Rhode Island Literary Women, 1726-1892, with Some Account of Their Work [Rhode I. G 33.1]
  • Pettys, Chris Dictionary of Women Artists: an International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900 [N 43 P47]
  • Ring, Betty Let Virtue Be a Guide to Thee: Needlework in the Education of Rhode Island Women [R.I. G 50.5]
  • Salmon, Marylynn Women and the Law of Property in Early America [KF 524 S24]
  • Seeley, Charlotte Palmer American Women and the US Armed Forces: a Guide to the Records of Military Agencies in the National Archives [U21.75 S44]
  • Who's Who of American Women[ Ref. Biog. 23.2]
  • Winant, Marguerite Dawson A Century of Sorosis, 1868-1968 [N.Y. L M314.77 S65]
  • Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey [F593 W65]
  • Young, John L. Maternal Lines for Seven Hundred Notable Americans [CS 69 Y69]

Compiled by Catherine M. Ellard, Assistant Librarian

Note: The references listed in the excellent bibliography above are no longer available at the NYG&B Library. They are, however, available at the New York Public Library where our collection is now housed.