WU Libraries Women and Gender Studies Websites

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The American Experience: Eleanor Roosevelt A PBS companion site to the film biography of America's most famous first lady. This offers supplemental information and learning resources, including biographical information on Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Louis Howe, Marian Anderson, and J. Edgar Hoover; historical background on the Progressive Movement, the battle for women's suffrage, and the Detroit Race Riots of 1943; and a timeline and maps relating to Roosevelt's life and journeys as first lady and social reformer. A Teacher's Guide is available with discussion questions and activities.
American Women: A Gateway to Library of Congress Resources for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States A gateway for Library of Congress researchers working in the field of American Women's History. This site's resources on American women include music and recorded sound, prints and photography, and geography and maps; access to general, law and government, and rare book collections; and online media sources such as clips of the 2003 Library of Congress Women's Symposium.
American Memory Project: Women's History The Manuscripts Division of the Library of Congress provides access to primary resources in women's history. Some noted resources are by Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mary Todd Lincoln, Margaret Mead, Helen Keller, Amelia Earhart, and Jacqueline Onasis Kennedy. Link available to site for the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
American Women's History: A Research Guide Provides over 2100 citations to print and internet reference sources, as well as to selected primary source collections. The guide also provides information about the tools researchers can use to find additional books, articles, dissertations, and primary sources. Over 1200 link to other internet sources are available, as well as more than 500 digital collections.
American Women's History: A Research Guide: Colonial America An appendage to the American Women's History website. This site includes research resources on Colonial Women in the following mediums: bibliographies, encyclopedias, historical reviews, journals, and primary sources. Not all full- text versions of these resources are available online. There is an additional link to research resources on Women and Witchcraft during colonial times.
American Women's History: A Research Guide: Women in Medical Fields An appendage to the American Women's History website. This site includes research resources on Women in Medical Fields in the following mediums: bibliographies, journals, networking tools, and primary sources. Most full-text versions of these resources are available online. There is an additional link to a featured digital collection of nursing posters from WWII.
Annotated Bibliography and Guide to Archival Resources on the History of Jewish Women in America Phyllis Holman Weisbard, University of Wisconsin System Women's Studies Librarian, has created an online version of a bibliography she originally published in Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia (1997). The bibliography covers historical scholarship from 1970 to the present on American Jewish women published in journals, anthologies, and monographs as well as descriptions of collections of memoirs, oral histories and creative writings. The archival resources section is a preliminary list of significant repositories for researching American Jewish women's history, with information on published guides, the location of records of national offices of Jewish women's organizations, and selected examples of collections of personal papers and oral histories.
Civil War Women: Primary Sources on the Internet -- Duke University, Special Collections A comprehensive site of Duke University that contains links to primary source material on women during the Civil War, such as diaries, letters, photographs, and prints. Additional link given for African-American/Slave Women during the Civil War as well as Duke University reference desk and Women's Studies Reference Archivist contacts. Not all listed primary sources are available to view online.
Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement -- Duke University, Special Collections The Special Collections Library of Duke University has maintained for some time an extensive and regularly updated collection of documents from the Women's Liberation Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. The documents can be browsed by subject categories and are searchable by keyword. Subject categories include General and Theoretical, Medical and Reproductive Rights, Organizations and Activism, Sexuality and Lesbian Feminism, Socialist Feminism, Women of Color, and others. Most documents are offered in transcription, with some limited facsimile versions available, as well as links to related sites.
Expeditions: 150 Years of Smithsonian Research in Latin America This multimedia site celebrates the work of Smithsonian-sponsored expeditions to and research in Latin American and the Caribbean over the last century and a half. The site offers hypertext discussions (including sketches, photographs, and artifacts) of the results of expeditions and the work of their naturalists, such as the International Expedition sponsored by the United States which circumnavigated the globe and gathered over 40 tons of materials for the Smithsonian's natural history collection. This site is available in either English or Spanish text and offers links to related sites.
Dying to Be Thin -- Nova (PBS) A PBS companion site to the Nova documentary on the eating disorders anorexia and bulimia. The entire documentary may be screened online from the site. There are summaries of the characteristics of anorexia and bulimia, personal stories from site visitors who have battled eating disorders, and a Flash program that details the nutritional needs of the body. An annotated list of related sites and bibliography of books and articles is also available. Articles also available specific to male anorexia and eating disorders in women of color. A Teachers' Guide is available with a Body Image worksheet for quantifying and assessing body images as presented in popular magazines.
Feminist Anthropology Compiled by a graduate student in anthropology at Indiana University, Angela Bratton, this site offers an overview of the history and theory of feminist anthropology and includes a bibliography of sources. The site offers information on women who influenced anthropology, such as Elsie Clews Parsons, Alice Fletcher, Phyllis Kayberry, and Margaret Mead, as well as non-anthropological feminists who were also influential, such as Simone DeBeauvoir and Betty Friedan. In addition, a diagram offers a historical outline of the three waves of feminist anthropology and their affiliations with larger theoretical movements in anthropology and social theory.
Health Concerns Across a Woman's Lifespan: The Commonwealth Fund 1998 Survey of Women's Health The Commonwealth Fund published a report based on the research findings of a 1998 survey on women's health. This report highlights key findings derived from survey questions that examined "access to care, health knowledge, health-related behaviors, violence, depression, use of hormone replacement therapy, and informal care-giving roles." The report includes 32 charts and 19 data tables. PDF downloads of the Chart Book and Survey Report available as well as links to related sites.
Human Rights News Human Rights Watch is an independent, non-governmental organization dedicated to exposing human rights violations and holding the guilty parties accountable. Their information and research is extremely detailed and well organized. The information ranges from activism on women's rights and health issues to legal and family issues. There are full text documents available, recent news articles and links to other sources.
Images Of Women In Ancient Art Subtitled "Issues of Interpretation and Identity," this site was designed and written primarily by Professor Chris Witcombe of Sweet Briar College, for his Honors Seminar which explores the archaeological remnants of female representation in ancient art. This site boasts images and commentary on women in prehistory, Ancient Egypt, the Aegean, Palestine, Greece, and "Barbarian Women." A special section goes into detailed analysis of the famous stone figure "Venus of Willendorf," sometimes taken to be a fertility figure. Witcombe's resources are listed, as well as a copy of the syllabus for the course.
Museum of Menstruation and Women's Health Run by Harry Finley, this site provides information on the history of menstruation and women's health. Finley's research on the selected topics range from the culture and history of menstruation and women's health in the Buddhist tradition to product reviews of alternative menstruation products and hormone drugs. Many of the articles and research are posted by fellow visitors who have some particular expertise in the topic. While the site has a wide range of academic or research sources, there is also a large part of the web site dedicated to visitor opinion and feed back. Between the visitor feedback and the news articles posted, MUM is a dense source, but surprisingly easy to understand. Finley has a B.A. in philosophy from John Hopkins.
National Organization for Women (NOW) The National Organization of Women (NOW) site offers extensive information about issues NOW is involved in, such as economic equity, electoral politics, global feminism, racial and ethnic diversity, and violence against women. All articles linked on the site are current events. Contact information for chapter and state organizations and the NOW Action Center are available, as well as links to other resources.
Open Directory Project: Women and Women's Studies The Open Directory Project's goal is to produce the most comprehensive directory of the web. This site is comprehensive and detailed. Search by keyword.
SAWNET: South Asian Women's Network SAWNET, the South Asian Women's Network, provides a forum for disseminating information about women's issues in the nations of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Organized into 17 topical sections, SAWNET includes articles and books by and for South Asian women, background material on South Asian women's organizations, the latest news about women in the region, and a myriad of other resources relevant to women's rights and health. SAWNET also hosts an electronic mailing list to discuss issues covered by the site.
Sexual Harassment Resources The Jackson Library at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro offers an annotated, hypertext discussion of resources concerning sexual harassment. The site is updated frequently and includes numerous links to federal government and military materials as well as to important Supreme Court decisions involving sexual harassment.
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is an organization whose goal is to increase women's role in the engineering profession. SWE's homepage provides links to each regional association in addition to information for the society as a whole. Included in General information are member profiles, organizational information, and links to sites concerning women and minorities in science and engineering. Additional features include a table of contents for the SWE magazine (available in print by subscription), frequently asked questions, the president's newsletter, and updated press releases.
700 Important Women Artists: Medieval to Modern Developed by a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin - River Falls, this site features online images from 700 female artists working in all media from photography to painting to sculpture, and spanning from the 9th century to the present. Little biographical or critical information is offered, however there is a wealth of images available to view online by female artists from Hildegard von Bingen to Diane Arbus. This collection serves as an excellent resource for bother art and women's studies students, and users with a general interest. The site also provides links for bibliographic and other visual resources.
Travels for Reform: The Early Work of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1852-1861 An electronic "mini-edition" of the microform edition of the Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, compiled by the Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Project, has been made available by Rutgers University and the Model Editions Partnership. The mini-edition features a selection of facsimile and transcribed documents -- including letters, pamphlets, reform organization documents, leaflets, and much more -- from the microform edition's 14,000 images. The documents are introduced by brief essays that place them in the historical context of the evolution of the women's movement in the 1850s. A number of maps relevant to Anthony's and Stanton's work are also provided.
Unpacking on the Prairie: Jewish Women in the Upper Midwest Bringing together elements of ethnic, regional, and women studies, this site explores the history of pioneer Jewish Women in the Great Lakes and Plains regions. In text and images, the site narrates the journey from "the old country" through immigration tribulations in the East to setting up new homes in the frontier Middle West. The site examines the challenges of living in an environment often culturally and materially hostile to Jewish traditions and the solutions devised by Jewish women for dealing with everything from issues of keeping food kosher to coping with anti-Semitic neighbors and officials.
US Department of Labor Women's Bureau Created by Congress on June 5, 1920, to "promote the welfare of wage earning women," the US Department of Labor Women's Bureau (DOLWB) seeks to inform the public of women's work rights and employment issues. Bureau publications include Fact Sheets on Women in the Workplace, the legally informative Know Your Rights Series, survey results, and special reports on the history of the Equal Pay Act, child care, and financial success stories, among others (.pdf format). A Statistics and Data Library will be of particular use to educators, offering current and historical employment totals and earnings estimates in graphical, presentation formats. Male to Female wage and employment comparisons are also included on site, and some DOLWB studies delineate employment totals by occupation. Links to relevant DOL agencies and reports, as well as other women's labor organizations are also useful in researching the long history of women's labor struggles in the US.
ViVa: A Bibliography of Women's History in Historical and Women's Studies Journals Compiled at the International Institute of Social History, ViVa indexes current journal articles about the history of women and gender. This bibliography selects articles from more than ninety European, American and Indian journals written in English, French, German, and Dutch. To facilitate browsing, bibliographic citations are divided by the year of publication and then by the historical era of article content.
Women Artists of the American West Past and Present This site, produced for an online course from Purdue University, features seventeen collections of women artists of the American West arranged around four themes: community, identity, spirituality, and locality. The collections are presented as a series of illustrated essays and cover the art of both European descendants and Native Americans in the area. The essays are written by art historians, and all of the images can be enlarged for detailed viewing. The collections can be viewed thematically, or visitors can go to the main index to see all of the collections at once. Individual artists can also be accessed through the contributors link. Additionally, the site offers a public discussion forum.
Women and Gender Studies Web Sites The Women's Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries maintains this site, which is an excellent example of a distributed meta-resource. The thirteen major thematic sections include art and film, health, history, and science and technology, among others. Each section is maintained by a subject librarian at a different university library; the quality of selected sites listed demonstrates a cumulative expertise across these subject areas pertaining to women's studies. The site also provides search engines, online discussion links, diversity resources, and media links.
Women in American History Encyclopedia Britannica Online presents a special multimedia exhibit on women in American history. The site covers important women from the 1600s to present. Included features are Articles, Media Gallery (audio and video), Recommended Readings, and Study Guides. A section for Women's History on the Web provides links to over 30 other women's historical websites and women's organizations.
Women in Boxing The Women Boxing Archive Network runs this web site on the history of women's boxing. Information ranges from scholarly to pop, chronicling the history and development of the sport and issues such as women attaining boxing licenses, trivia, commentary on past events, and boxing mythology. History aside, there are biographies on particular fighters, current news on the subject, and up to date fight information.
Women in Politics This site was developed by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), and is an initiative devoted to researching, evaluating, and promoting the role and impact of women in the advancement of sustainable democracy and electoral processes worldwide. The site functions as an international resource providing information about IDEA's research projects and publications related to women's political involvement. An extensive report, Women in Parliament: Beyond Numbers, is featured to examine such issues as obstacles to women's political participation and the impact of women in international politics, as well as to compare the involvement of women within various electoral systems. Links to relevant resources and interactive forums for discussions IDEA's projects are available to enhance women's political participation.
Women in Politics: Bibliographic Database This site is an electronic bibliographic database of over 650 books and articles concerning women in politics, developed with the contributions of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
Women Mathematicians: Biographies This site has alphabetical and chronological lists of biographies of noted women mathematicians. This site is part of an on-going project by students in mathematics classes at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, GA. To supplement the biographies some photographs are available, as well as a link to additional resources on women mathematicians and scientists, and links for women who received awards in mathematics. All biographies include a reference bibliography.
Women of Color Web Sponsored by the Harvard School of Public Health at Harvard University, the Women of Color Web is dedicated to providing access to writings and online resources created by and about women of color in America. The materials emphasize issues relating to feminism, sexuality, and reproductive health. Links are available to organizations for activism, health, queer, and feminist/womanist resources for women of color, as well as nine online discussion forums.
Women's Resources Project This site presents information on academic programs in Women's Studies and libraries with strong collections pertaining to the discipline, women and literatures, community resources for women, and a gathering of women's resources found on the net. A linked list is provided with some colleges and universities which have Women and Gender Studies programs. This site is no longer being updated, but is maintained for archival purposes.
Women's Studies Database The University of Maryland women's studies database, begun in September 1992, serves those people interested in the women's studies profession and in general women's issues. An extensive bibliographical list, film reviews, and links to other related topics and references are just some of what this database provides.
Women's Studies / Women's Issues Resource Sites This site, created by the University of Maryland - Baltimore County, is a selective, annotated, highly acclaimed listing of websites containing resources and information about women's studies and women's issues, with an emphasis on sites of particular use to an academic women's studies program. Navigation links are divided into topics including activism arts and humanities, health, international, net info, science/technology, and sexuality, as well as a separate list for over 40 national and international university Women's Studies programs and research centers. An annotated collection of over 600 women's issues and gender studies emails lists is also available including the topics listed above, plus religion/spirituality, social science, and women of color.

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