British & Irish Women’s Letters & Diaries Trial

By Kristina DeVoe on July 27, 2007 4:49 PM | | Comments (0)
TU Libraries is currently trialing British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries.

British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries is a collection of published diaries, letters, manuscripts, and memoirs from nearly 500 British, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh women, dating from the 1500s to the 1900s.

All forms of diaries – religious, travel, and journalistic – are included in the collection from women from all walks of life, including Elizabeth Barrett Browning, George Eliot, Mary Shelley, Queens Victoria and Elizabeth, Mary Wollstonecraft, Christina Rossetti, Florence Nightingale, and Maude Gonne. Their topics discussed range from convent life and courtesans to missionaries and social reforms.

Additional information about the database is available.

The trials lasts until September 14th.

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Kristina De Voe
English & Communications Librarian
Temple University Libraries