New Resource purchases - EDI

We have purchased the following Equality, Diversity and Inclusion resources:

LGBT Thought and Culture 

LGBT Thought and Culture is an online resource hosting books, periodicals, and archival materials documenting LGBT political, social and cultural movements throughout the twentieth century and into the present day. The collection illuminates the lives of lesbians, gays, transgender, and bisexual individuals and the community. 

Women’s Studies Archive: Issues and Identities (Gale Accelerate)

Women's Studies Archive: Issues and Identities traces the path of women's issues from past to present - pulling primary sources from manuscripts, newspapers, periodicals, and more. It captures the foundation of women’s movements, struggles and triumphs, and provides researchers with insights, focusing on the social, political, and professional achievements of women throughout the nineteenth and twentieth century. 

 British Online Archives 

• Gender, feminism and the British Left This collection contains records compiled by the Communist Party of Great Britain's (CPGB) Women's Department during the period 1944-1991. These records include minutes, agendas, and promotional materials from various women's campaigns, events, and conferences. They also include copies of Link, the party's women's magazine, and Red Rag, a controversial journal published by the party's more militant feminist members. 

• British Women Trade Unionists on Strike at Bryant & May The matchwomen who were employed by Bryant and May went on strike over their working conditions in 1888. Their strike is historically significant due to the fact that it was led by working class women. The year of the strike and the women's relationship to London dockworkers have led to the suggestion that their strike may in fact mark the beginning of New Unionism. 

• The East India Company: Corrupt Governance and Cruelty in India The First Earl of Minto, served as Governor-General of India from 1806-1813. This collection is drawn from his personal papers during his time as premier of the East India Company (EIC), with correspondence with other officials, papers from the political department and papers from the secret department.

• The East India Company: Laying the Foundations for British Colonial Domination of India This collection is useful to those who wish to explore the often controversial events that preceded, accompanied, and followed the establishment of Britain's Indian empire during the mid-eighteenth century.

EBooks

• I was a doctor in Auschwitz by Gisella Perl
• Sister's outsiders by Audre Lorde
• The women's liberation movement and the politics of class in Britain by George Stevenson
• Revolting prostitutes: the fight for sex workers' rights by Molly Smith