“It is evident that the editors took much care and time in selecting the essays that represent different perspectives on women’s archives. All the essays are strongly written with no weak or confusing parts or interludes. . . . [Perspectives on Women’s Archives] made me proud to be an archivist and want to continue improving in this field and contributing more to the world as part of this profession.”
—Journal of Western Archives, Volume 5, Issue 1
“Perspectives on Women’s Archives satisfies on two counts. This collection of essays provides a useful summary of the development of the field of women’s history since the emergence of the discipline in the 1970s and of the growth of women’s archives from the earliest days of the republic. . . . [It] also offers stimulating prescriptions for the future direction of archives and raises urgent questions about the quality and equality of access in our overwhelmingly digital environment.”
—Archival Issues, Volume 36, Number 1
"This work is an excellent investment in the archival pursuit of women’s records. It also serves as a history of the women’s movement in the 1960s–70s, capturing the inventiveness that motivated it."
—Choice, Volume 51, Number 7
"Perspectives on Women's Archives is a book that anyone serious about archives, not just women's archives, should read."
—Archives and Manuscripts (2015)
"Zanish-Belcher and Voss invite archivists to listen across professional lines to the ways that women's historians and women's archivists have engaged and challenged one another's work, and to consider how we might benefit from continued and more deliberate eavesdropping."
—Information and Culture (2014)
"Efforts to archive women's lives have proliferated over the last 40 years, accompanied by a myriad of papers, activities, and projects. However, until now, those interested in women's archives were largely left to fend for them-selves, cobbling together understandings from scattered sources. Finally, Tanya Zanish-Belcher and Anke Vosss Perspectives on Women's Archives provides a comprehensive introduction useful for historians and archivists alike."
—Journal of Archival Organization (2014)