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Duke Library Catalog
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Google Books
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Below is a selected list of Library of Congress subject headings to get you started
Women
Females
Women – Biography
Women social reformers
Women and Literature
Women scientists
Women authors, American (may substitute other geographic region)
Women’s Studies
Women – study and teaching
Women’s Rights
Women – civil rights
Women – legal status, laws, etc.
Women – suffrage
Feminism
Feminism - United States (may substitute other geographic region)
Feminist theory
Feminism and higher education
Feminism – cross-cultural studies
“Women and your topic of interest”
ex. “Women and birth control”
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