Defining Gender, 1450-1910 A digitized collection of original documents relating to Gender Studies, sourced from libraries and archives around the world. "There is original material from the John Johnson collection of ephemera, from boy's public schools and female women's colleges, as well as receipt books, account books, diaries, periodicals, commonplace books, novels, ballads, pamphlets, poetry, and conduct and advice literature." Other documents include: ephemera, pamphlets, college records and exam papers,letters, ledgers, educational practice and pedagogy, government papers from the Home Office and Metropolitan police, illustrated writings on anatomy, midwifery, art and fashion, manuscript journals, poetry, novels, ballads, drama, receipt books, literary manuscripts, and travel writing. It has five thematic sections:
Section I: Conduct and Politeness
Section II: Domesticity and the Family
Section III: Consumption and Leisure
Section IV: Education and Sensibility
Section V: The Body