Christina Kassabian Schaefer has created a wonderful resource for finding information on women in family history research in her book, The Hidden Half of the Family: A Sourcebook for Women’s Genealogy. While the book was originally published in 1999 the book remains relevant to current research in family history.
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She begins by going through various resources in the United States that are relevant to researching women. Then she describes laws that affected women over the past 1500 years and how those laws affected the everyday lives of women and the records that contain information on women. She then describes each states’ history, the location of records, laws affecting women, and a reference list.
While so many records have been digitized, the information that is contained in this book gives detailed information on how to access the information. Conveniently, she gives NARA record groups and FHC film #s of various records which greatly reduces the amount of time needed to access those records. Family Search’s film library can be accessed by film number on their website.
If you want a copy for yourself, it is available as an ebook, new, and used from online retailers.