Women's Studies Research Guide

Undergraduate Research Guide: Women's Studies

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Scope

While still a relatively new area of study, there are a variety of resources available for those researching the history, experiences, and perspectives of women. College Library provides a selection of these resources here; many can be accessed electronically, while others can be found in the Reference Collection. Consult the internal navigation in the Overview and Internet Sites sections, for a list of topics featured in this guide. Browse the Women's Studies Collection on the third floor of College Library for additional books and resources, particularly if your topic is not featured here.

Overview

Women's Studies

Women's Studies Encyclopedia
College Library Reference Collection: HQ 1115 W645 1999

Feminism

Feminism : A Reference Handbook
College Library Reference Collection: HQ 1410 H365 1998

Feminist Chronicles, 1953-1993

Women's Issues

Women's Issues
College Library Reference Collection: HQ 1115 W6425 1997

The Sourcebook on Violence Against Women
College Library Reference Collection: HV 6250.4 W65 S68 2001

Female Genital Mutilation: A Guide to Laws and Policies Worldwide
College Library Reference Collection: K 5304 F46 2000

Women's Suffrage

Protest, Power, and Change: An Encyclopedia of Nonviolent Action from ACT-UP to Women's Suffrage
College Library Reference Collection: HM 278 P76 1997

American Women

Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary
College Library Reference Collection: CT 3260 N57

Notable American Women: The Modern Period: A Biographical Dictionary
College Library Reference Collection: CT 3260 N573

African-American Women

Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia
College Library Reference Collection: E 185.86 B542 1993

Harlem Renaissance and Beyond: Literary Biographies of 100 Black Women Writers, 1900-1945
College Library Reference Collection: PS 153 N5 R65 1990

Hispanic American Women

Notable Hispanic American Women
College Library Reference Collection: E 184 S75 N68 1993

Native American Women

North American Indian Women : Selected Sources
College Library Reference Collection: E98 W8 L54 1985

Quotable Women

The Quotable Woman: The First 5,000 Years
College Library Reference Collection: PN 6081.5 Q65 2001

Women & Health

The Harvard Guide to Women's Health
College Library Reference Collection: RA 778 C2163 1996

Our Bodies, Ourselves for the New Century : A Book by and for Women
College Library Reference Collection: RA 778 N67 1998

Women and Health
College Library Reference Collection: RA 778 W742 2000

Women & Military

Women and the Military: An Encyclopedia
College Library Reference Collection: U 21.75 S54 1996

Women & Mythology

Goddesses in World Mythology
College Library Reference Collection: BL 473.5 A66 1995

Women & Religion

Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion
College Library Reference Collection: BL 458 E53 1999

Women & Sexuality

Our Bodies, Ourselves for the New Century: A Book by and for Women
College Library Reference Collection: RA 778 N67 1998

Women & Sports

International Encyclopedia of Women and Sports
College Library Reference Collection: GV709 I58 2001

Women & Writing

Harlem Renaissance and Beyond: Literary Biographies of 100 Black Women Writers, 1900-1945
College Library Reference Collection: PS 153 N5 R65 1990

Reference Databases

Cairns Collection of American Women Writers to 1920: Author List
The list of authors in the William B. Cairns Collection of American Women Writers to 1920 at present includes over 2,000 names. Regularly maintained, it is updated twice a year as new materials are acquired. The non-circulating collection is housed in the Department of Special Collections, 990 Memorial Library, but other copies and editions of many of the titles included can be found in the regular stacks. The collection is entirely accessible via MadCat, the UW Madison Libraries Online Catalog.

Directory of Sources for Women's History in Ireland 1997 - 1999 (not updated)
This site contains information and descriptions of more than 14,000 collections and sources in 262 repositories in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland compiled from a survey conducted between 1997 and 1999. All periods of Irish women's history are included, from the earliest recorded times to the present. The main criteria were that the collections contained material about women’s lives and roles. The Directory provides information on repositories, details regarding access to the material, the name of the collection, where such exists, the manuscript reference number which allows that document or collection to be seen within the repository, and a description of the material. Basic instructions for Directory of Sources for Women's History in Ireland

Directory of Women's Media Current (updated irregularly)
This is a directory of media owned and operated primarily by, for and about women. Sections list print periodicals, Internet periodicals, publishers, media organizations, and other women's media (news services, radio, film, and video groups, news and media web sites, bookstores, listservs, and selected other directories). Coverage is international. The listings within the sections may be viewed either in alphabetical order or geographically by U.S. state and foreign country.

Women in Politics: Bibliographic Database 1948 - to date (updates vary)
Women in Politics is an international database on women in politics, created and maintained by the Inter-Parliamentary Union with contribution from the United Nations Development Programme. It contains citations (many annotated) to articles, books, reports, brochures, legal instruments, and other types of material dealing with women's participation in political life. It can be searched by type of document, country, region, organization, author, broad subject, keyword, language, year of publication, or periodical name. There are more than 1,000 citations in the database, with about 120-150 being added each year. Most of the material indexed is in English, French, or Spanish, with some others in Arabic, Dutch, Finnish, German, Italian, or Portuguese; subject headings are all in English. A separate page links to Web sites on women in politics: http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/web.htm. Basic instructions for Women in Politics: Bibliographic Database

Finding Journal and News Articles

Below are links to databases that cover this subject area. The truncation symbol for all of them is an asterisk (*) unless otherwise noted.

Sample searches for databases:: sojourner truth
league of women voters
(breast or cervical) and cancer and research and fund*
(breast feeding or breastfeeding) and benefi*
abortion and legislation and (united states or us)
gender role* and histor*
hysteria and (women or woman)
feminis* and pornograph*
suffrag* and (women or woman) and activis*

Recommended Databases:

Contemporary Women's Issues 1992 - to date (updated bi-weekly)
CWI provides full-text (text-only) access to journals, newsletters, reports, pamphlets, bibliographies, fact sheets, and other material on a broad array of women and gender-related issues around the world. As of August 1999, there were 30,000 individual items in the database from some 1900 sources, including more than 100 journals. All articles are in English. Material includes academically-focused articles and documents from organizations. Basic instructions for Contemporary Women's Issues

Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index 1994 - to date (updated bimonthly)
Feminae is a multilingual scholarly index covering journal articles from 1994 to the present from almost 400 journals, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages (450 CE to 1500 CE). It excludes books written by a single author. Special searching includes subjects found in Feminae's thesaurus, region, century, language, and primary evidence (type of document). Some entries include abstracts, but they are not searchable. As of May 2001, there were about 5,000 records in the database.

GenderWatch 1980 - to date (updated quarterly)
A women's and gender issues database with full-text coverage of most journals. Basic instructions for GenderWatch

Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts 1999 - to date (updated 6 times/year)
Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts provides paragraph-long summaries of articles in a variety of English-language journals from around the world. The articles focus on education, employment, women in the family and community, medicine and health, female sex and gender role socialization, social policy, the social psychology of women, women's culture, media treatment of women, biography, literary criticism, and historical studies. Though some of the journals abstracted are entirely on women and gender, most are more general. For earlier years, see the print version and its earlier name, Studies on Women Abstracts.

ViVa: Bibliography of Women's History in Historical and Women's Studies Journals 1995 - to date (updates vary)
Viva is a bibliography of citations to scholarly articles about women's and gender history. Articles published in English, French, German and Dutch are selected from more than a hundred European, American and Indian Journals. Viva is short for "Vrouwengeschiedenis in het Vaktijdschrift", which is Dutch for "Women's history in scholarly periodicals." Related topics such as prostitution, witchcraft, housework, sexuality, birth control, infanticide, gynecology, and masculinity are also included. The easiest way to use Viva is to click on Search and enter search term(s), but it may also be browsed by year of publication and historical period. The years 1975-1994 are in progress.

Women's Resources International 1972 - to date (updated semiannually)
Women's Resources International is a composite of ten contributing databases covering women's studies, women's issues, and gender-focused scholarship from throughout the world. Corresponds to Women's Studies Abstracts (1984-); New Books on Women & Feminism (1987-); Women of Color and Southern Women 1975-1988, and annual supplements (1989-); WAVE: Women's Audiovisuals in English: A Guide to Nonprint Resources in Women's Studies, and other databases and print publications. It contains more than 230,000 citations to books, book reviews, articles, and reports. More than 500 academic, popular, and grassroots periodicals are selectively represented. Most material cited is in English; some in French-Canadian, Spanish, or other languages. Basic instructions for Women's Resources International

More Databases:

Academic Search 1984 - to date (updated daily)
This library database indexes approximately 3,100 popular magazines and academic journals and provides the full-text articles from approximately 1,000 journals. Basic instructions for Academic Search

CQ Researcher November 1991 - to date (updated weekly)
Contains weekly reports from Congressional Quarterly that cover the most current and controversial issues. Basic instructions for CQ Researcher

Humanities Full Text 1984 - to date (updated monthly)
Indexes 400 scholarly journals on archaeology, classical studies, art, film, folklore, history, journalism, linguistics, literature, music, performing arts, philosophy and religion. Basic instructions for Humanities Full Text

ProQuest Research Library 1988 - to date (updated daily)
Indexes over 2,000 general-interest and academic journals. Nearly 1,000 periodicals are full-text. Dates vary, but many full-text journals go back to 1988. Basic instructions for ProQuest Research Library

PsycINFO 1872 - to date (updated weekly)
Indexes 1,300 scholarly journals along with books and book chapters in psychology, educational psychology, and behavioral sciences. Basic instructions for PsycINFO

Social Sciences Full Text 1983 - to date (updated monthly)
Indexes more than 415 scholarly journals in economics, politics, public administration, public health, sociology, criminology, environmental and urban studies, psychology and anthropology. Basic instructions for Social Sciences Full Text

Finding Books

MadCat
Books on women and women's studies can be found in MadCat, the UW-Madison library catalog.

Sample keyword searches:: "women's studies"
"feminist theory"
"camille paglia"
women and sexuality
women and abortion
women and "party politics"
women and reproduc? and rights
feminis? and (america? or "united states")
(women or woman) and science
agricultur? and (women or woman)
"feminist theory" and (film or cinema or "motion pictures")
All of these searches can be limited to College Library to see available titles.

Internet Sites

Women's Studies

Association of College and Research Libraries Women's Studies Section: Women and Gender Studies Web Sites
http://libr.org/wss/WSSLinks/index.html
An annotated directory of women's studies Internet resources; subjects range from "General Sites" to "Theology."

Subject Listing of Women and Gender Resources
http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/othsubj.htm
A well-maintained, annotated directory of Internet sites covering all aspects of women's studies; the site is organized alphabetically by subject.

Voice of the Shuttle: Gender Studies
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2711
A thorough directory of Internet resources; of particular interest is the section entitled "Women's Studies & Feminist Theory," which tends to be organized according to theorist. Theorists include: Simone de Beauvoir, Judith Butler, Julia Kristeva, and Hélène Cixous.

Women's Studies Librarian's Office: University of Wisconsin System
http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/
This organized site offers access to many resources, including bibliographies and core book lists. Of particular interest is the "Women's Organizations" and "Publishers and Other Book Information" sections.

Feminist Theory

Feminist Majority Foundation Online
http://www.feminist.org/
The Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF) is a "cutting edge organization dedicated to women's equality, reproductive health, and non-violence." Its web site is very well organized, offering resources and information on such subjects as "Women & Girls in Sports," "Global Feminism," and "Reproductive Rights." The "Feminist Internet Gateway" is a valuable directory, providing annotated links to further web sites.

Feminist Theory Web site
http://www.cddc.vt.edu/feminism/
This web site, available in several languages, offers in-depth bibliographies on a variety of subjects within feminist theory. Also, biographies of individual feminists can be found here. The site is browsable by fields of study within feminist theory, by national/ethnic feminisms, and by names of feminists.

Reproductive Rights

The Center for Reproductive Law and Policy
http://www.crlp.org/
The Center for Reproductive Law and Policy (CRLP) is "a non-profit legal advocacy organization dedicated to promoting and defending women’s reproductive rights worldwide." In addition to the most recent news on reproductive issues, this site offers useful data and information regarding reproduction for most countries. Issues of CRLP's newsletter, "Reproductive Freedom News," can also be found here.

The Margaret Sanger Papers
http://adh.sc.edu/ms/ms-table.html
An impressive on-line collection of primary documents written by or concerning Margaret Sanger, the "foremost leader of the birth control movement."

Women's Achievements

National Library of Canada: Celebrating Women's Achievements
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/women/index-e.html
Biographies on prominent Canadian Women, organized according to fields or subjects like "Science," "Activism," and "Book Trade."

Women's Archives & Libraries

The Schlesinger Library
http://www.radcliffe.edu/schles/
The Schlesinger Library, part of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, is one of the United States' most preeminent women's studies libraries.

Catherwood Library E-Archives: Glass Ceiling Commission
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/
The Glass Ceiling Commission, created in 1991, "works to identify glass ceiling barriers and expand practices and policies which promote employment opportunities for the advancement of minorities and women into positions of responsibility in the private sector." Catherwood Library offers access to the Commission's primary documents and to related research papers

Five College Archives Digital Access Project: Smith College
http://clio.fivecolleges.edu/smith/
An online document collection relating to the founding and development of Smith College, a women's college.

Women's Biographies

Women's Biographies: Distinguished Women of Past and Present
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/
In-depth biographies of prominent women throughout history; can be browsed by name or subject.

Women's Legal History Biography Project
http://www.stanford.edu/group/WLHP/
Considerable biographies, the results of a course on Women's legal history at Stanford Law School, on women important to the history of law.

Women's Issues

Women's Human Rights Resources
http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/diana/
This web site, produced and maintained by the Bora Laskin Law Library at the University of Toronto, provides access to publications, research papers, and resources concerning women's human rights. Topics include: "Women in Afghanistan," "Age of Marriage," and "Reproductive and Sexual Health: A Compilation of the Work of International Human Rights Treaty Bodies."

Violence Against Women Office
http://www.usdoj.gov/ovw/
The Violence Against Women Office, part of the U.S. Department of Justice, has been advocating for women and victims of violence since 1995. Numerous publications can be found here, including: "The Sexual Victimization of College Women," "Awareness Information about Sexual Assault," and "Documenting Domestic Violence: How Health Care Providers Can Help Victims."

Women's Issues
http://womensissues.about.com/mbody.htm
A nicely organized directory, offering numerous links to resources on many women's issues, including: "Abortion," "Body Image," "Lesbian Issues," and "Gender Stereotypes."

Women's Movements

Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1775-2000
http://womhist.binghamton.edu/
The Women and Social Movements web site, produced and maintained by the Center for the Historical Study of Women and Gender at the State University of New York at Binghamton, offers access to over 750 primary documents integral to women's movements, past and present, within the United States.

Duke Special Collections: Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/wlm/
This web site, made available by Duke University, features primary documents from the Women's Liberation Movement in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s. The site can be searched using keywords, of browsed by subjects like: "Medical and Reproductive Rights," "Sexuality and Lesbian Feminism," and "Women of Color."

Women's Suffrage

Votes for Women: Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawshome.html
Over 150 full-text documents of the American Suffrage Movement are made available here, courtesy of the Library of Congress. The document collection can be searched, or browsed by subject or author.

U.S. National Archives & Records Administration: Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/woman-suffrage/
This site will be of particular interest to instructors, as it provides lesson-planning resources for teaching the suffrage movement and the 19th amendment. However, it also makes available several key documents (GIF images) of the movement, like Susan B. Anthony's January 12, 1874, petition to Congress.

By Popular Demand: "Votes for Women" Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vfwhtml/vfwhome.html
This web site, produced by the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress, offers access to a select group of photographs concerning the suffragist movement within the United States. Most photographs are available as JPEGs or TIFFs, and can be found by either searching or browsing.

The Susan B. Anthony Center for Women's Leadership: History of Women's Suffrage
http://www.rochester.edu/SBA/
A concise history of women's suffrage within the United States, produced by the Susan B. Anthony Center for Women's Leadership at the University of Rochester. Included is a considerable bibliography for women's suffrage.

American Women

U.S. Department of State: Women in the United States
http://usinfo.state.gov/scv/history_geography_and_population/population_and_diversity/women_in_the_us.html
This web site, created by the U.S. Department of State's Office of International Information Programs, offers access to several publications and documents about women in the United States.

African-American Women

NYPL Digital Schomburg: African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/writers_aa19/
An attractive web site, produced and maintained by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library, offering access to web versions of over fifty nineteenth-century texts written by African American Women Writers. The site can be browsed by title or author, and by such categories as: fiction, poetry, essays, and biography & autobiography.

African-American Women: On-Line Archival Exhibits at Duke University
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/african-american-women.html
This site, made available by the Special Collections Library at Duke University, provides access to several primary documents, including some rare slave letters.

International Women

SAWNET: South Asian Women's Network
http://www.sawnet.org/
A great resource for social, cultural, and political information on South Asian women. The site can be searched, or browsed by such topics as: "Weddings," "News about South Asian Women," and "Legal Issues."

The Afghan Women's Mission
http://afghanwomensmission.org/index.php
The Afghan Women's Mission is a nonprofit organization, established to enact change in Afghanistan in the areas of health care, education, and public awareness. Its web site offers "Breaking Afghan News" and back issues of "Resalat-e-Zanaan," a quarterly newsletter.

International Women's Issues
http://www.state.gov/g/wi/
This web site, produced by the U.S. Department of State, offers access to several reports concerning international women's issues, including: "The Report on Female Genital Mutilation," "Report on the Taliban's War Against Women," and "Country Reports on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) or Female Genital Cutting (FGC)."

Quotable Women

Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches from Around the World
http://gos.sbc.edu/
An online archives of transcripts from speeches given by women throughout history, beginning with Elizabeth Cady Stanton's 1848 speech, "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions." The site can be searched, or browsed by name or year.

Women & Art

The National Museum of Women in the Arts: Library and Research Center
http://www.nmwa.org/library
This web site makes available some useful resources for those interested in studying women and art. Browse the "Archives on Women Artists" which includes artist biographies, magazine articles, exhibition information, slides, and video.

Women & Business

National Women's Business Council
http://www.nwbc.gov/
The National Women's Business Council is a "bi-partisan Federal government council created to serve as an independent source of advice... on economic issues of importance to women business owners." Great resources can be accessed on the web site, including such reports as: "Economic Prosperity, Women and Access to Credit" and "Compendium of National Statistics on U.S. Women-Owned Businesses." Of particular interest is Womenbiz.gov, which is basically an online tutorial for women-owned businesses interested in bidding on government contracts.

SBA: Online Women's Business Center
http://www.onlinewbc.gov/
The Online Women's Business Center, part of the Small Business Administration's Office of Women's Business Ownership, "promotes the growth of women-owned businesses." The "News" link provides access to facts and statistics and the latest news; "Business Basics" links to step-by-step instructions on how to start, manage, finance, and grow your business.

Women & Health

Google's Web Directory: Women's Health
http://www.google.com/Top/Health/Women%27s_Health/

National Women's Health Information Center
http://www.4woman.gov/
The National Women's Health Information Center is a service of the Office on Women's Health in the Department of Health and Human Services. Its site publicizes the latest health news for women; in addition, under the "Hot Topics" section, find reports on such subjects as "Diabetes," "Weight Control," and "Skin Cancer."

Women and Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General - 2001
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr_forwomen/index.htm
An in-depth report looking at women and smoking in the United States; the report can be viewed in HTML or PDF formats.

Women & History

American Women's History: A Research Guide
http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html
A valuable resource, created and maintained by a librarian at Middle Tennessee State University; the "Subject Index to Research Sources" links to numerous topics, each with extensive bibliographies. In addition, the "State and Regional History Sources" will be invaluable for those researching women in local or specific areas of the United States.

Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World
http://www.stoa.org/diotima/
A vast resource for anyone researching women or the ancient world; extensive bibliographies, full-texts articles, and translated texts are all made available here. The site is searchable.

National Women's History Museum
http://www.nwhm.org/
The National Women's History Museum is a "nonpartisan, nonprofit educational institution dedicated to revealing, presenting, and celebrating the rich and diverse history of women's contributions that have shaped American culture and society." Of particular interest is the "Cyber Museum," which details the history of women's suffrage and features a women's movement timeline.

Places Where Women Made History: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/pwwmh/
A web site, created and maintained by the National Park Service, which "focuses on 74 historic places in New York and Massachusetts associated with the varied aspects women's history." Mini-histories are available for each of the 74 stops on the tour.

What Did You Do in the War, Grandma?: An Oral History of Rhode Island Women during World War II
http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/WWII_Women/tocCS.html
This is the resulting oral history project of a ninth grade Honors English Program at South Kingstown High School in Rhode Island; read here about the experiences of 26 unsung heroes of World War II

The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Women's History
http://www.iisg.nl/w3vlwomenshistory/
An annotated directory of web sites on women's history. Browse by type of web resource, and by such topics as: "Women in Media History," "Women in Science and Engineering," and "Medieval History." Site is searchable, as well.

Women and the Holocaust: A Cyberspace of Their Own
http://www3.sympatico.ca/mighty1
An excellent resource for responses to and firsthand accounts of the Holocaust, from the female perspective; browse such topics as: "Women of Valor," "Mothers," and "Scholarly Essays."

Women Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters During World War II
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/
An online exhibit, courtesy of the Library of Congress, honoring female journalists, photographers, and broadcasters, who worked during World War II; featured women include: Dorothea Lange, Therese Bonney, and Marvin Breckinridge Patterson.

Women & Math

Biographies of Women Mathematicians
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm
A database offering thorough biographies of women mathematicians from all time periods, courtesy of Agnes Scott College. In addition, this site gives an extensive list of recommended Internet sites, for further research in this area. The biographies can be browsed by name or time period.

Women & Military

Military, Women, Veterans: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/
A site dedicated to women veterans past and present; the site can be browsed by topics like: "Women Prisoners of War," "Women in Vietnam," and "Revolutionary War Women." The site also features many images of historical posters used to recruit or honor women in the military.

Women & Music

Welcome to the Club: The Women of Rockabilly
http://www.pbs.org/itvs/welcometotheclub/
A companion web site to the PBS documentary "Welcome to the Club - The Women of Rockabilly," this is a fascinating glimpse at the pioneering women of rockabilly. Find biographies, histories, and sound clips -- not to mention a fun, interactive paperdoll set -- here. Click on the link "Resources" to find suggested further reading and web links on rockabilly and women.

Kapralova Society: Women Composers Database
http://www.kapralova.org/DATABASE.htm
A directory of links to biographical resources on women "composers of classical music whose works have been recorded on compact disc."

Kapralova Society: Women Composers of Electroacoustic / Multimedia / Stage / Film / Jazz / New / Popular / Music
http://www.kapralova.org/LIST.htm
A directory of links to biographical resources or personal web pages of women composers working in experimental or contemporary music.

Kapralova Society: Women in Music Internet Project
http://www.kapralova.org/INTPROJECT.htm
A directory of links to web sites and resources about women in music, including the above-mentioned "Women Composers" databases. Of particular interest is the link "listen to women composers' music," which features audio clips. Also, the "women conductors" database and "the women composer question" bibliography of further reading materials.

Women & Politics

Center for American Women and Politics
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~cawp/
The Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), part of the Eagleton Institute of Politics of Rutgers University, is a "university-based research, education and public service center" that analyzes women's role in politics. Resources available on this site include: fact sheets on Women Candidates for 2002 and State-by-State historical comparisons on women who have served in public office; and reports like "Representing Women: Congresswomen's Perceptions of Their Representational Roles" and "Term Limits: Effect on Representation of Women and Minorities."

Congresswomen's Biographies
http://bioguide.congress.gov/congresswomen/index.asp
A biographical database of women who have served, or who are currently serving in the House of Representatives. The site can be browsed by name, chronology, or state.

National Organization for Women Political Action Committees
http://www.nowpacs.org/
The latest news about women and politics, courtesy of the National Organization for Women's Political Action Committees. Voters' guides for 2002 can also be found here.

Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation: Resources
http://www.womensmemorial.org/Education/edresource.html
Links to resources on the role of women in the U.S. military from the American Revolution to the present.

Women & Religion

Jewish Women's Archive
http://www.jwa.org/main.htm
The Jewish Women's Archive's web site is of primary importance to archival researchers, who will benefit from the JWA's "Virtual Archive," a database which "consists of descriptions of over 700 collections housed in 156 repositories"; the Virtual Archive can be searched by name, subject, or occupation. The site also features biographies and timelines of many prominent Jewish women.

Women's Ordination: Catholic Internet Library
http://www.womenpriests.org/menu.asp
An interesting site that provides full-text access to "all Roman documents that ban the ordination of women." In addition, written arguments by contemporary Catholic theologians, supporting the ordination of women, can be found here.

Women & Science

Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics
http://cwp.library.ucla.edu/
Biographies of over eighty women who have participated in and contributed to the study of physics since the twentieth century, including such notable figures as Marie Sklodowska Curie and Elizabeth Rebecca Laird. The site can be searched, or browsed by scientific field of concentration and name.

Women-Related Web Sites in Science/Technology
http://research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/links_sci.html
Selected women-related sites focusing on science and technology.

Women & Sports

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League 1943-1954
http://www.aagpbl.org/
A very comprehensive web site on the history of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). The site includes but is not limited to: players' rosters, league teams, rules of conduct, and information on the charm school.

Women's Sports Foundation
http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/cgi-bin/iowa/index.html
The mission of the Women's Sports Foundation is "to advance the lives of girls and women through sport and physical activity." Their site contains sections on sports & fitness, athletes, issues & action, grants & scholarships, and an extensive page of links.

Women & Travel

Journeywoman: An Online Travel Magazine Just for Women
http://www.journeywoman.com/
A quarterly online magazine, "Journeywoman" is the source for current information on traveling for women -- particularly women who travel alone. In addition to travel tips for women, the site offers mini-guides to such destinations as New York and Hong Kong.

Women's Studies Digitization Project: Women's Travel Writing, 1830-1930
http://etrc.lib.umn.edu/womtrav.htm
From the University of Minnesota, web versions of select travel writing texts by women, from 1830 to 1930. The project includes "women travelers from and to the United States, as well as selected American and European women travelers to non-Western areas." Texts can be browsed by author, geographic area, or theme.

Women & Workplace

U.S. Department of Labor: Women's Bureau
http://www.dol.gov/wb/welcome.html
A great resource for research on working women, the U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau, which is "the only federal agency mandated to represent the needs of wage-earning women in the public policy process," provides access, via its web site, to such publications as "Women in High-Tech Jobs" and to statistics and data on "20 Leading Occupations of Employed Women."

Women & Writing

A Celebration of Women Writers
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/
Primarily a directory, this site links to various biographical and bibliographical resources about women writers, in addition to providing access to select web versions of texts written by women.

Women's Studies Digitization Project: Women's Travel Writing, 1830-1930
http://etrc.lib.umn.edu/womtrav.htm
From the University of Minnesota, web versions of select travel writing texts by women, from 1830 to 1930. The project includes "women travelers from and to the United States, as well as selected American and European women travelers to nonwestern areas." Texts can be browsed by author, geographic area, or theme.

Women Writers Project
http://www.wwp.brown.edu
Brown University provides access to web versions of texts written by pre-Victorian women, including: Mary Collier, Jane Anger, and Mary Robinson. The site can be searched, or browsed by author, title, date, or availability, using the WWP full catalogue.

The Victorian Women Writers Project
http://www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/
Indiana University makes available web versions of texts written by 19th century British women; the site can be searched, or browsed by name or title of work.

Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color
http://voices.cla.umn.edu/
A biographical database that celebrates the contribution of women of color to literature; biographies of authors can be browsed by name, birthplace/geographic location, racial/ethnic background, or significant dates.

Women's Literary Salons Archive, 1975-1985: New York, Cerridwen, Paris, Los Angeles
http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/womens_salons/
Primary documents and photographs of the Women's Salon for Literature, which operated in New York from 1975 to 1985, and was a forum for feminist activity.

Statistics

Reference Books

A Statistical Portrait of the United States : Social Conditions and Trends
College Library Reference Collection: HA 214 S73 2002
Refer to "Mothers in Labor Force," page 59
Refer to "Income of Women," page 74

Statistical Handbook on the American Family
College Library Reference Collection: HQ 536 S727 1999

Statistical Record of Women Worldwide
College Library Reference Collection: HQ 1150 S73

Reference Databases

FedStats Dates Vary (updated continually)
FedStats provides access to the statistics found in the publications of more than 70 United States federal government agencies. Searches on FedStats provide direct links to federal agency statistical publications in both full-text and tabular format.

Statistical Universe 1973 - to date (updated monthly)
Statistical Universe contains abstracting and indexing data for more than 5,000 federal statistical publications per year from 1973 to the present contained in ASI (American Statistics Index). Statistical Universe also contains the full text of more than 800 U.S. government statistical publications from 1995 to 1997, including the Statistical Abstract of the United States. Starting in 1998, monthly updates add up to 650 full-text statistical publications each year. In addition there are many links to full-text documents on government Web sites (verified daily). Information and tables are frequently available in a variety of formats, including GIF, XLS, CSV, and PDF.

Internet Sites

Highlights of Women's Earnings in 2005
http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswom2005.pdf
This is a web-version of a report published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in September 2006; it offers comparative data of earnings by women and men in the United States, breaking numbers down demographically in most instances.

Violence Against Women Office: Research and Statistical Publications
http://www.usdoj.gov/ovw/
The Violence Against Women Office is a part of the Department of Justice; its web site offers access to statistical publications like "Intimate Partner Violence," "Stalking in America: Findings From the National Violence Against Women Survey," and "The Sexual Victimization of College Women."

The World's Women 2000: Trends and Statistics
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/indwm/
The World's Women 2000 -- a web-version of a report published by the United Nations Statistics Division -- is a "statistical source-book which provides a comprehensive analysis of how women fare in different parts of the world"; click here to find such statistical tables as "Maternity Leave Benefits, as of 1998," "Women Administrative and Managerial Workers," and "Women in Public Life."

Women's Health Statistical Information
http://www.4woman.gov/statistics/
This web site is made available by the National Women's Health Information Center; statistics can be browsed by topics like: "Autoimmune Diseases," "Mental Illness," and "Minority Women." Sources are provided for the statistics listed.

Videos

International Women's Issues

Beyond Beijing: The International Women's Movement
College Library Women's Collection: HQ1154 B496 1996

Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan
College Library Women's Collection: GT 2775.25 A2 B75 2004

Daughters of Afghanistan
College Library Women's Collection: DS 371.4 D38 2004

The Right to Femininity: Fighting Female Circumcision in Africa Today
College Library Women's Collection: GN 484 R54 2005

Feminism

The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
College Library Women's Collection: E187.5 A43 1976b

Feminism and Activism: Moving into the 21st Century
College Library Women's Collection: HQ1154 I73 1998

Pregnancy & Reproductive Rights

Abortion
College Library Women's Collection: HQ767 A267 1993

A Doula Story: On the Front Lines of Teen Pregnancy
College Library Women's Collection: HQ 759.4 D685 2004

The Last Abortion Clinic
College Library Main Collection: HQ 767.5 U5 L36 2005

Making Grace
College Library Women's Collection: HQ 75.53 M355 2006

Struggles & Victories to Control Our Bodies, Our Hormones & Our Reproductive Freedom
College Library Women's Collection: RA564.85 N38 1992

Violence Against Women

Framingham 8: The Women Who Fought Back
College Library Women's Collection: HV6250.4 W65 F73 1994

Rape Is --
College Library Women's Collection: HV 6558 R357 2003

VDay: Until the Violence Stops
College Library Women's Collection: HV 6250.4 W65 V43 2004

Women Authors

Black Women Writers
College Library Main Book Collection: PS153 N5 B53 1992

Writing Women's Lives
College Library Main Book Collection: PS151 W74 2000

Women's Health

Breast Cancer Legacy: Your Family, Your History, Your Future
College Library Women's Collection: RC 280 B8 B733 2004

Dying to Be Thin
College Library Women's Collection: RC552 E18 D94 2000

Women's Bodies, Women's Minds
College Library Main Book Collection: RA778 N678 1998

Women of Color Health Issues
College Library Women's Collection: RA778 N258 1992

Women's History

The Hidden Army: Women in World War II
College Library Main Book Collection: D810 W7 H5 1995

A History of Women's Achievements in America
College Library Women's Collection: CT 3260 H57 2006

One Woman, One Vote
College Library Women's Collection: JK 1896 O54 2005

With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade
College Library Main Book Collection: HD6079.2 U5 W58 1990

Votes for Women?!: The 1913 U.S. Senate Testimony
College Library Women's Collection: JK1896 V67 1990

Women & the Media

Dreamworlds 2: Desire/Sex/Power in Music Video
College Library Main Book Collection: PN1992.8 M87 D74 1995

Pornography
College Library Women's Collection: HQ472 U6 P6 1995

Slim Hopes: Advertising and the Obsession with Thinness
College Library Women's Collection: BF697.5 B63 S64 2002

The Strength to Resist: Media's Impact on Women & Girls
College Library Women's Collection: HF 5827.85 S774 2001

Women's Sexuality

Busting Out: A Film that Will Challenge How You Think About Breasts
College Library Women's Collection: GT 498 B74 B87 2004

Embracing Our Sexuality: Women Talk About Sex
College Library Women's Collection: HQ29 E43 1993

A Marriage: Diary of a Lesbian
College Library Women's Collection: HQ75.4 L57 M37 1997

Women & Society

Body Politics
College Library Women's Collection: HQ1206 B63 1997

The Gender Chip Project
College Library Women's Collection: Q 130 G46 2005

Growing Up Female
College Library Women's Collection: HQ1206 G76 1990

Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls
College Library Women's Collection: HQ798 P573 1998

Women in Sports: The Title IX Generation
College Library Women's Collection: GV709 W55 1997

Organizations

American Association of University Women
1111 Sixteenth St. N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: 800/326-AAUW
Fax: 202/872-1425
TDD: 202/785-7777
E-mail: info@aauw.org

Equality Now
P.O. Box 20646
Columbus Circle Station
New York, NY 10023 USA
E-mail: info@equalitynow.org

League of Women Voters
1730 M Street NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20036-4508
Phone: 202-429-1965
Fax: 202-429-0854
E-mail: lwv@lwv.org

National Organization for Women
733 15th St NW, 2nd floor
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone Number: (202) 628-8NOW (8669)
Fax Number: (202) 785-8576
E-mail Address: now@now.org