Search Help

How does this work?
There are many ways to search the collections of the Freedom Archives. Below is a brief guide that will help you conduct effective searches. Note, anytime you search for anything in the Freedom Archives, the first results that appear will be our digitized items. Information for items that have yet to be scanned or yet to be digitized can still be viewed, but only by clicking on the show link that will display the hidden (non-digitized) items. If you are interested in accessing these non-digitized materials, please email info@freedomarchives.org.
Exploring the Collections without the Search Bar
Under the heading Browse By Collection, you’ll notice most of the Freedom Archives’ major collections. These collections have an image as well as a short description of what you’ll find in that collection. Click on that image to instantly explore that specific collection.
Basic Searching
You can always type what you’re looking for into the search bar. Certain searches may generate hundreds of results, so sometimes it will help to use quotation marks to help narrow down your results. For instance, searching for the phrase Black Liberation will generate all of our holdings that contain the words Black and Liberation, while searching for “Black Liberation” (in quotation marks) will only generate our records that have those two words next to each other.
Advanced Searching
The Freedom Archives search site also understands Boolean search logic. Click on this link for a brief tutorial on how to use Boolean search logic. Our search function also understands “fuzzy searches.” Fuzzy searches utilize the (*) and will find matches even when users misspell words or enter in only partial words for the search. For example, searching for liber* will produce results for liberation/liberate/liberates/etc.
Keyword Searches
You’ll notice that under the heading KEYWORDS, there are a number of words, phrases or names that describe content. Sometimes these are also called “tags.” Clicking on these words is essentially the same as conducting a basic search.

Search Results

Political Women Prisoners in the US Political Women Prisoners in the US
Publisher: Revoltin LesbiansYear: 1988Format: MonographCollection: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
Written and produced by Revolting Lesbians. Printed May 1988. First printing July 1987. Revised edition.
Women and imprisonment in the United States: History and current reality Women and imprisonment in the United States: History and current reality
Author: Nancy KurshanPublisher: Monkeywrench PressYear: 1995Format: MonographCollection: Prisons - Women
Women are in prison Women are in prison
Publisher: Workshop on Women PrisonersYear: 2002Format: MonographCollection: Prisons - Women
Children of Incarcerated Parents: A Bill of Rights Children of Incarcerated Parents: A Bill of Rights
Publisher: San Francisco Partnership for Incarcerated Parents; The Zellerbach FoundationDate: 10/2003Volume Number: OctoberFormat: MonographCollection: Prisons - Women
Women and Imprisonment Women and Imprisonment
Author: Nancy KurshanDate: 1/19/1991Volume Number: 19-JanFormat: MonographCollection: Prisons - Women
Draft Manuscript
Consciousness Raising Handbook Consciousness Raising Handbook
Authors: Deborah Bonetti, Sandra Hai, Harriet Perl, Jane WagnerPublisher: L.A. NOW Consciousness Raising CommitteeFormat: MonographCollection: Gender and Sexuality
Contents: History of Feminist Consciousness Raising; Consciousness Raising and Feminism; How Consciousness Raising Works; Consciousness Raising: Bridging Theory and Action; Selected Bibliography; Second Thoughts.
Stop Forced Sterilization Now!/ Alto A Esterilizacion Forzada Stop Forced Sterilization Now!/ Alto A Esterilizacion Forzada
Publisher: The Committee to Stop Forced SterilizationFormat: MonographCollection: Sterilization
Bilingual Monograph
Rape, Racism and the White Womens Movement: An Answer to Susan Brownmiller Rape, Racism and the White Womens Movement: An Answer to Susan Brownmiller
Author: Allison EdwardsPublisher: Sojourner Truth OrganizationFormat: MonographCollection: Feminist and Lesbian Politics: Monographs-Periodicals-Articles
A critique of Against Our Will and the tendency it represents. Also, a call for a new form of womens movement with a theoritical and programatic approach that will help women build a base powerful enough to begin to change society in such a way as will some day end the oppression of women, including the crime of rape.
A Woman without a Country A Woman without a Country
Author: Emma GoldmanPublisher: Cienfuegos PressYear: 1979Format: MonographCollection: Feminist and Lesbian Politics: Monographs-Periodicals-Articles
Short essay by famed anarchist Emma Goldman.
A Feminist Analysis of Child Abuse A Feminist Analysis of Child Abuse
Author: Viola WeinbergPublisher: Suzy Seeker PressYear: 1975Format: MonographCollection: Feminist and Lesbian Politics: Monographs-Periodicals-Articles
Feminist analysis of child abuse.