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

Questions for the next study on anti-imperialist women in the US Questions for the next study on anti-imperialist women in the US
Publisher: Women Against ImperialismFormat: CompilationCollection: Women Against Imperialism
On organizing a militant anti-imperialist women's movement.
Women Against Imperialism Discussion Series Women Against Imperialism Discussion Series
Publisher: Women Against ImperialismVolume Number: SpringFormat: CompilationCollection: Women Against Imperialism
Main Themes: Women's bodies in the 90s, the military and women, Zionism, Palestine, antisemitism, women and activism.
Arab Woman: Potential and Prospects Arab Woman: Potential and Prospects
Publisher: Arab Information CenterYear: 1980Volume Number: No. 7Format: CompilationCollection: Arab Information Center
The three articles in this pamphlet are reprints of original pieces published by Arab Perrspectives Vol. 1-7 October, 1980.
Voices of Women: Poetry by and about Third World Women Voices of Women: Poetry by and about Third World Women
Publisher: WIRE CollectiveFormat: CompilationCollection: Feminist and Lesbian Politics: Monographs-Periodicals-Articles
Part One: Private Whispers; Part Two: Public Shouts; Part Three: Listen to the Voices of Our Growing Discontent; Part Four: Sister, Unknown Sister, Your Voice Reaches Us
Women's Protection Program: Course Materials Women's Protection Program: Course Materials
Publisher: Marin Rape Crisis CenterDate: 2/1981Volume Number: FebruaryFormat: CompilationCollection: Feminist and Lesbian Politics: Monographs-Periodicals-Articles
The Womens Protection Program is a program of the Marin Rape Crisis Center. We teach in Marin, San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, and Sonoma counties.
ISIS: News from the Womens Movement ISIS: News from the Womens Movement
Publisher: Women's International Information and Communication ServiceYear: 1981Volume Number: No. 21Format: CompilationCollection: Feminist and Lesbian Politics: Monographs-Periodicals-Articles
"Anti-Nuclear Women; Racism and the Womens Movement; Self-Defense; Lesbian Separatism; Report: 1st Latin American Womens Conference"
Karen Norman Defense document packet Karen Norman Defense document packet
Format: CompilationCollection: Violence Against Women
Reproduction of original articles
Queer, Ain't It? Queer, Ain't It?
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: CompilationCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
A collection of writings from Prairie Fire Organizing Committee on AIDS and the liberation of women, lesbians and gay men.
Notes from the Second Year: Women's liberation: Major Writings of Radical Feminists Notes from the Second Year: Women's liberation: Major Writings of Radical Feminists
Publisher: Radical FeminismFormat: CompilationCollection: Gender and Sexuality
Feminist Essays on the new Women's Liberation Movement. I. Women's Experience (5 articles); II. Theories of Radical Feminism (4 articles); III. Founding of a Radical Feminist Movement- Issues: The Left Debate (6 articles); Consciousness-Raising (5 articles); Organizing (9 articles); Manifestos (5 articles).