Collections Overview
The printed collections at The Women's Library @ LSE contain over 60,000 books and pamphlets, over 3,500 periodical titles (series of magazines and journals), and over 500 zines. In addition to scholarly works on women's history, there are biographies, popular works, government publications, and some works of literature. There are also extensive press cutting collections.
The Library's museum collection holds over 5,000 objects including over 100 suffrage and modern campaigning banners. There are over 500 personal and organisational archives, ranging in size from one to several hundred boxes.
In February 2007, the Women's Library collections were designated by the UK Museums, Libraries and Archives Council for their "outstanding national and international importance" (the Designation Scheme is now overseen by the Arts Council). In 2011, items from the women's suffrage archives held at The Women's Library were inscribed in UNESCO's UK Memory of the World Register as the 'Documentary Heritage of the Women's Suffrage Movement in Britain, 1865-1928'.
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