Women Advising Women
- Location: McKeldin Library
Call Number: Microfilm PN5124.W6W65 1992 pt.1 - Part 1: Early Women's Journals, c1700-1832, from the Bodleian
Library, Oxford
17 reels - Location: McKeldin Library
Call Number: Microfilm PN5124.W6W65 1992 pt.1 - Part 2: Advice Books, Manuals, Almanacs and Journals,
c1625-1837, from the Bodleian Library, Oxford
20 reels - Location: McKeldin Library
Call Number: Microfilm PN5124.W6W65 1994 pt. 3-4 - Part 3: Lady's Magazine, 1770-1800
15 reels - Location: McKeldin Library
Call Number: Microfilm PN5124.W6W65 1994 pt. 3-4 - Part 4: Lady's Magazine, 1801-1832
17 reels - Location: McKeldin Library
Call Number: Microfilm PN5124.W6W65 1994 pt. 5 - Part 5: Women's Writing and Advice, 1450-1710
22 reels
Description
This is a collection of English women's periodicals and essays from the medieval period to the start of the Victorian era, with particular emphasis on women's periodicals of the eighteenth century and early nineteenth century.
Arrangement on the reels of Part 1 is chronological; the periodicals are in order by beginning date of pubication, from 1577 to 1833. Part 2 is divided into thematic groupings on the reels. Arrangement on the reels of Parts 3 and 4 is chronological by date of publication. Part 5 is divided into thematic groupings on the reels
The aim of the project is to provide source materials for the study of the social history of women, particularly in the eighteenth century, which is not so well-documented as the nineteenth century. The 40 titles chosen for part 1 include prescriptive literature giving the qualities of an ideal woman; practical manuals; advice literature; literary journals; tatlers, giving society news and gossip; fashion journals; general instructional journals; entertainments; and political literature. Part 2 focuses on prescriptive literature and conduct books, including household manuals; letter-writing manuals; guidance books on marriage and bringing up children; advice books on diet, health and law; guides to the education of young women; and descriptions of correct moral behavior. Parts 3 and 4 include a complete edition of The Lady’s Magazine published from 1770 to 1832 as well as a short-lived rival by the same title published in 1791 and an earlier magazine with the same title published in 1738-1739. Part 5 "concentrates on the period from 1250 to 1700 and offers a combination of unique manuscript sources, ephemeral ballads and broadsides, and printed texts."
The guide contains a preface with footnotes and a bibliography on women's periodicals of the 18th century and their use as sources for women's history, followed by a list of contents of the reels, and a detailed list of the reels with annotations describing many of the periodicals and essays.
Index/Guide
The following source provides more detailed information about the contents of each microfilm reel in the collection:
- McKeldin Reference Stacks PN5124.W6 W66 guide
- Women Advising Women: a Listing and Guide to the Microform Collection
