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Researching Women in Michigan’s Labor Movement: September 2024
Researching Women in Michigan’s Labor Movements: Resource List
Online Newspapers
Free Websites
Free Databases for Michigan Residents
- Michigan Electronic Library: eResources🡪Newspaper Source Plus
- Library of Michigan Databases (select Newspaper tab)
eBook Collections
Free eBooks
Free eBooks for Michigan Residents
- Michigan Electronic Library: eResources🡪E, will list eBook databases
- Library of Michigan Databases (select eBooks tab)
Archives and Libraries with Digital Collections
National Institutions
State Institutions
- Archives of Michigan – Michiganology
- Library of Michigan Digital
Institutions relevant to Upper Peninsula and Labor Movement research
- Michigan Tech University Archives and Historical Collections
- UPLink: Upper Peninsula Digital Network
- Wayne State University Walter P. Reuther Library
Educator Resources
- Library of Congress Teachers
- National Archives Educator Resources
- News Literacy Project: For Educators
Physical Books
- Foner, Philip S. American Labor Songs of the Nineteenth Century, University of Illinois Press, 1975.
- Fowke, Edith. Songs of Work and Protest, Dover Publications, 1973.
- Nichols, De. Art of Protest: Creating, Discovering, and Activating Art for Your Revolution, Big Picture Press, 2021.
- Russell, Mary Doria. The Women of Copper Country, Atria Books, 2019.
- Wong, Phyllis Michael. We Kept Our Towns Going: The Gossard Girls of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Michigan State University Press, 2021.