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Reference Books
Howard, Angela M.
and Frances M. Kavenik, ed., Handbook of American Women’s History,
2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc., 2000.
UNC Davis Library Reference Row 23 HQ 1410 .H36 2000
Book is a good introduction to the field of women’s history.
Includes entries about the Equal Rights Amendment and the National Woman’s
Party. The Equal Rights Amendment entry discusses why it took so
long for the Equal Rights Amendment to gain national attention.
Pardo, Thomas C., ed., The National Woman’s Party Papers, 1913-1974:
A Guide to the Microfilm Edition. Sanford, NC: Microfilming Corporation
of America, 1979.
UNC Davis Library Reference Row 38 Z 7965 .N37
An excellent guide to primary sources about National Woman’s Party’s
Equal Rights Amendment work. Contains a detailed timeline of National
Woman’s Party activities and lists contents of microfilm collection.
Includes a description of arrangement of the papers, complete and brief
reel lists, an index of important correspondence, and background information.
Schenken, Suzanne O’Dea. From Suffrage to the Senate:
An Encyclopedia of American Women in Politics. 2 vols. Santa
Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1999.
UNC Davis Library Reference Row 23 HQ 1236.5 .U6 S32 1999
Volume 1 contains an alphabetical index of entries in both volumes
and page numbers of primary sources, as well as an index of entries arranged
by category. Entries include see also and references. The
eight page entry for Equal Rights Amendment provides a comprehensive history
of the amendment. Also includes articles about state equal rights
amendments, ERAmerica, National Woman’s Party, National Organization for
Women, and Alice Paul.
Tierney, Helen, ed., Women’s Studies Encyclopedia.
3 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999.
UNC Davis Library Reference Row 23 HQ 1115 .W645 1999
This three volume set contains multiple entries that describe various
aspects of the Equal Rights Amendment. Equal Rights Amendment entry
by Melissa Hausman contains an excellent outline of the ideology and legal
issues of the ERA and includes references for further reading. This
encyclopedia contains a detailed index.
Weatherford, Doris. American Women’s History.
New York: Prentice Hall General Reference, 1994.
UNC Davis Library Reference Row 23 HQ 1115. W4 1994
Equal Rights Amendment entry provides a good discussion of initial
opposition to the amendment. Woman’s Party entry describes the
party’s shortcomings. The article about Alice Paul is negative
and downplays her work after the passage of the 19th Amendment.
Contains brief article about the National Organization for Women.
This book does not have an index.
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