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Special Collections: Women's History Resources: Rare Books

This guide will help you navigate the women's history collections in the Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation (RBSCP)
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Rare Books on Women's History

RBSCP holds many books by and about women and women's history. Our areas of strength include publications by Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and the organizations they were affiliated with, print matters about social customs, women and the law, and education, and children's and young adult books about gender, etiquette, and social engagement.

Selected Rare Books Titles

This list represents just a few of our many rare books related to women's history. 

Assistant Director, Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation

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Autumn Haag
19th Century Social Justice and Activism; 20th and 21st Century Political History; 20th and 21st Century Social Justice and Activism; Black History and Culture; Literature, including Bibliographic and Book History and Children’s Literature; Political History; Rochester and Regional History; Theater; Women’s History
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Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation
Rush Rhees Library
Room 225
755 Library Road
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14627
585-275-9327
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