The library catalog is often the best place to start your search as it has good relevancy ranking, it offers suggestions as you type, you will find helpful subject headings and terminology, and it links not only to books but to full-text journals and databases.
Suggested searches
Keyword: women narratives
Author: truth, sojourner
Title: Out in public: Configurations of Women's Bodies in Nineteenth-Century America
Subject: Women -- United States -- History
Subject: Women's Studies -- Biographical method
Subject: Women -- Caribbean area
Subject: pioneers -- west (u.s.) -- biography and Women pioneers
Citation Guide from UNC Libraries
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