Digital German Women's Archive is online
Federal Minister Giffey (Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth) opened the new Digital German Women's Archive (DDF) with a ceremony on September 13. The specialist portal of the i.d.a. umbrella organization bundles information on the history of the German women's movement(s). It makes selected sources accessible to a broad public in digitalized form and enables research into documents, people and topics. The DDF follows in the tradition of the first women's archive in the Federal Republic of Germany, which was founded at the University of Dortmund in 1977.
The Dortmund Women's Archive was established on the initiative of Prof. Sigrid Metz-Göckel in the course of the New Women's Movement. The work of this specialized library for women's studies focused on acquiring literature on the women's movement, feminist academic theory and women's history. On the other hand, books, theses, dissertations, documentation, brochures, newspaper clippings, reviews, posters, audio recordings and magazines were collected on an interdisciplinary basis on all issues relevant to women.
In 2004, the holdings of the Dortmund Women's Archive were transferred to the Dortmund University Library. The approximately 6,000 books are now located in the Central Library and can be found via the plus catalog. There is also an archived collection of posters on specific topics.