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Our Mission

The mission of the Woman's Collection at Texas Woman's University is to collect, preserve, promote, and make accessible the lives, legacies, and history of American women. We are the largest source of research materials on Southern and Southwestern women in the United States. In 1979 we were designated by the Texas legislature as the state’s official collection on the history of women.

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WASP Archive

At the height of World War II, more than a thousand women left homes and jobs for the opportunity of a lifetime--to become the first in history to fly for the U.S. military. Since 1992 TWU has served as the official WASP Archive housing over one million original documents and images.

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University Archives

The University Archives houses over 100 years of history chronicling TWU's unique standing as the largest state-supported university primarily for women in the United States.

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Children’s Historical

A non-circulating literary collection of more than 10,000 volumes with strengths including Newberry and Caldecott winners, works by Texas authors, and rare and finely bound classic children's works.

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Explore What's New

Two scrapbook pages on top of each other. One has a newspaper article titled Black and white photo of a group of people on the left standing in front of a line of bi-planes on the right.Collage of four book covers stacked on top of each other. The covers have images of buildings and groups of women on them.
Sarah Weddington Scrapbooks

Browse scans of digitized scrapbooks covering the career of Sarah Weddington, attorney and women's rights advocate, best known for representing "Jane Roe" in the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case.

Air Race Classic photographs

View historic photographs from Air Race Classic, an all-women cross-country air race.

TWU College Bulletins

Discover historic catalogs and bulletins of Texas Woman's University.

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Programs & Services

Student Internships

The Woman’s Collection supports students interested in gaining practical hands-on experience in public history, archival and museum studies. An array of opportunities are available to both undergraduate and graduate students interested in pursuing careers in these fields as well as digital curation and records management.

Learn more about internships