Gender and sexuality - History - Modern - Subject and Research Guides at Macquarie University

Selection of Gender and sexuality sources from MQ Library

London low life : street culture, social reform and the Victorian underworld
Date range: 18th, 19th and early 20th Centuries
Geographical focus: London
Colour digital images of rare books, ephemera, maps and other materials. Ephemera and other literature relating to entertainment and pleasure in London, including women, gender and prostitution.
Manuscript women's letters and diaries: from the American Antiquarian Society, 1750-1950
Date range: 1750-1950
Geographical focus: US
100,000 pages of the personal writings of women of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.
Travel writing, spectacle and world history
Date range: 19th and 20th Centuries
Geographical focus: US, World
Accounts by women of their travels across the globe from the early 19th century to the late 20th century... A wide variety of forms of travel writing are included, ranging from unique manuscripts, diaries and correspondence to drawings, guidebooks and photographs.
Women and Social Movements, International - 1840 to Present
Date range: 1840-present
Geographical focus: International
An archive of women's activism featuring proceedings of women's international conferences, books, pamphlets, articles from newspapers and journals, as well as correspondence, diary entries, and memoirs.

Archives of Human Sexuality and Gender
This collection brings together approximately 1.5 million pages of primary sources on social, political, health, and legal issues impacting LGBTQ communities around the world.
North American women's letters and diaries
Date range: 17th Century to 1960s
Geographical focus: North America
Includes the immediate experiences of 1,325 women and 150,000 pages of diaries and letters. Also includes biographies and an annotated bibliography.
Travel writing, spectacle and world history
Date range: 19th and 20th Centuries
Geographical focus: US, World
Accounts by women of their travels across the globe from the early 19th century to the late 20th century... A wide variety of forms of travel writing are included, ranging from unique manuscripts, diaries and correspondence to drawings, guidebooks and photographs.
Women and Social Movements, International - 1840 to Present
Date range: 1840-present
Geographical focus: International
An archive of women's activism featuring proceedings of women's international conferences, books, pamphlets, articles from newspapers and journals, as well as correspondence, diary entries, and memoirs.
Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000
Date range: 1600-2000
Geographical focus: US
Brings together primary documents, books, images, scholarly essays, book reviews, web site reviews, and teaching tools, all documenting the multiplicity of women’s activism in public life.

Journal of the History of Sexuality
This journal was established in 1990 and illuminates the history of sexuality in all its expressions, recognizing various differences of class, culture, gender, race, and sexual orientation. It has a cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary character, and brings together original articles and critical reviews from historians, social scientists, and humanities scholars worldwide.