GENESIS is a project maintained by the Women's Library at London Metropolitan University

London Metropolitan University

London Metropolitan University , located in London, England, was formed on 1 August 2002 by the amalgamation of the University of North London and the London Guildhall University . The University has campuses in the City of London and in the London Borough of Islington.The University operates its...

. It provides an online database and a list of sources with an intent to support research into women's history

Women's history

Women's history is the study of the role that women have played in history, together with the methods needed to study women. It includes the study of the history of the growth of woman's rights throughout recorded history, the examination of individual women of historical significance, and the...

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Database

The database consists of descriptions of women's history collections from sources in the UK.

Sources

The project also provides a Guide to Sources to a large array of websites relating to women's history - both within the UK and internationally.