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Women
Miscellaneous:
Census
Bureau Facts for Features: Women's History Month
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/women/index.html
References to census reports on women in respect to numbers, earnings, education,
businesses, voting, jobs, marriage, sports and recreation, etc.
Femina
http://www.femina.com
A search engine of web sites "for, by, and about women,"
Femina provides access to the best sites for women in the areas of
"Business and Finance," "Computers and Science,"
"Family and Motherhood," "Media and Publications,"
among others. There is also a featured "Site of the
Month."
Feminist.com
http://www.feminist.com
Find local women's services and businesses, Internet links, women's
support organizations, articles and speeches, news, health materials,
culture, history, politics, etc. Links to related sites, such as Black
Women in Sisterhood for Action.
Journeywoman: The Premier
Travel Resource for Women
http://www.journeywoman.com
A travel site geared toward women that advises on topics ranging from
places to eat to how to pack and also includes tips for specific travel
destinations. Visitors to the site can sign up for a free
newsletter.
Media Portrayal of Girls and Women
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/stereotyping/women_and_girls
Beaty, body image, depictions of girls and women of color, and other topics are covered
"to help young people to understand how the media work, how the media may affect their lifestyle
choices and the extent to which they, as consumers and citizens, are being well informed...."
WWWomen.com
http://www.wwwomen.com
"The premier search directory for women online" retrieves
precise results from a database of thousands of sites.
Arts and entertainment:
Ladyslipper Music
http://www.ladyslipper.org
The annotated catalog is a rich resource for information about a
diversity of female artists and their recordings.
National Museum of Women in the Arts
http://www.nmwa.org
"No longer the miraculous exception, women today are extending the
boundaries of art to encompass new visions." We do, however, look
also to the past for inspiration, and this site is instructive, with
short surveys about women in art from the Renaissance through the
twentieth century, along with selections from the museum's collection.
Women Artists in
History
http://www.wendy.com/women/artists.html
A showcase covering medieval times to the present, with links to pages
devoted to individual artists.
Women
Artists: Self-Portraits and Representations of Womanhood
http://www.csupomona.edu/~plin/women/womenart.html
How artists pictured themselves and other women: biographical and
bibliographical information along with images from western art from the
medieval period to the present.
Women Composers
Before 1900
http://www.earlywomenmasters.net/midi
A selection of midi audio files.
Women in Music
Internet Project
http://www.kapralova.org/INTPROJECT.htm
Databases with information about classical, stage, film, jazz, and other
women composers; composers; recommended recordings; links; and more.
World's Women Online
http://wwol.inre.asu.edu/artists.html
This international project, inaugurated at the Women's Conference in
Beijing, considers the work of hundreds of women making art in our time.
Biography:
4000 Years of Women in
Science
http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS
Inventors, scholars, mathematicians, and astronomers.
Biographies
of Women Mathematicians
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm
Modern mathematicians and those of earliest recorded history.
Congresswomen's
Profiles
http://womenincongress.house.gov/profiles/index.html
Sort or browse women who have served in Congress by name, position, party, state, and membership.
Contributions of 20th
Century Women to Physics
http://cwp.library.ucla.edu
"A historical archive with information about 20th century women who
have made original and important contributions to physics. Organized
under the names of the women, you will find brief documented
descriptions of their major contributions to physics, biographical data,
and a potpourri of some interesting information regarding their lives,
achievements, and conditions of work."
Distinguished Women of
Past and Present
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com
This directory of links is indexed by name and field of achievement.
National Women's Hall of Fame
http://www.greatwomen.org
Profiling over two hundred women who have made contributions to United
States history.
Women in
Science
http://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen
Sixteen scientists, including the first African American woman to
receive a doctorate in zoology, the founder of scientific computing, and
the greatest fossil finder of the nineteenth century.
Women's Legal
History Biography Project
http://womenslegalhistory.stanford.edu
"How the women's movements have shaped legal history and the larger
culture" is demonstrated with articles and photographs of pioneers
in the profession.
Finances:
MsMoney.com
http://www.msmoney.com/home.htm
"MsMoney.com teaches people the fundamentals of financial health,
wealth building, career expansion and life skills that relate to money issues."
Topics include career management, investing, and debt reduction.
Women's Institute for Financial Education
http://www.wife.org
A nonprofit organization "dedicated to providing financial education
to women in their quest for financial freedom." Feature articles,
a resource center, facts and fun, and more.
Health:
American Medical Women's
Association
http://www.amwa-doc.org
Timely health topics consider the trustworthiness of Pap tests, women
and aspirin, and hormone replacement therapy.
BlackWomensHealth.com
http://www.blackwomenshealth.com/2006/index.php
Health topics cover conditions and diseases, nutrition and fitness, and
spiritual and mental health. Preventive medicine, societal problems, and
the medical industry are also considered.
Boston
Women's Health Book Collective
http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book/default.asp
Excepts from the celebrated book, Our Bodies, Ourselves for the New
Century, look at body image, violence against women, sexual health,
and birth control.
Breast
Cancer
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2x.asp?sitearea=LRN&dt=5
Information, treatments,and support on breast cancer.
Feminist Women's Health Center
http://www.fwhc.org
Birth control, breast care, HIV, menopause, and the politics of health
care are the specialties of this site of information and links.
Heart Disease
http://www.goredforwomen.org
Information and support for the number one killer of women, heart disease.
Information from Your Family Doctor
http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home.html
Articles on a wide range of topics: breast self-examination, hair loss,
pap tests, premenstrual syndrome, urinary incontinence, etc.
Medline:
Menopause
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/menopause.html
Links to research from foundations and U.S. government agencies about
exercise, hormone replacement therapy, etc.
National Women's Health Information
Center
http://4woman.gov
In English and in Spanish, a multitude of items about pregnancy,
disabilities, violence against women, body image, and minority health.
Also provided are latest reports about new research, dictionaries and
journals, and information about men's health.
Office of Research on Women's Health
http://orwh.od.nih.gov/
Part of the National Institutes of Health, information regarding women's health is
available. The site also supplies links for health care consumers and numerous
links to journal articles.
Planned Parenthood
http://www.plannedparenthood.org
Information about birth control, safer sex, sexually transmitted
infections, the gynecological exam, pregnancy, menopause, breast cancer,
and sexuality. The home page provides items in the news about pro-choice
and pro-life efforts.
History:
Diotima
http://www.stoa.org/diotima
"Materials for the study of women and gender in the ancient
world."
Documents from the
Women's Liberation Movement
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/wlm
This online archive includes primary sources about activism, health,
music, sexuality, women of color, and the workplace. Links to related
sites complement this history and theory.
Feminist
Chronicles
http://www.feminist.org/research/chronicles/fc1953.html
A timeline of events from 1953 through 1993.
Feminist
Foremothers, 1400-1800
http://www.pinn.net/~sunshine/march99/whm_99.html
Texts of early feminist tracts.
Internet
Women's History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/women/womensbook.html
A vast directory of resources on how women worldwide, during ancient,
medieval, and modern times, have overcome the oppression of misogyny.
National
American Woman Suffrage Association Home Page
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawshome.html
History of the campaign for the right to vote.
National Women's History Project
http://www.nwhp.org
Women's history and ideas for celebrating Women's History Month.
New Jersey
Women's History
http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/njwomenshistory
Notable facts, images, documents, maps, reading lists, and websites.
Reading
Room
http://www.mith2.umd.edu/WomensStudies/ReadingRoom/History
The Women's Studies program of the University of Maryland provides
documents and articles about the history and condition of American women
during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Timeline: One
Hundred Years Toward Suffrage
http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawstime.html
A chronology from the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
Women and Social Movements in
the U.S., 1830-1930
http://womhist.alexanderstreet.com
Full text of primary documents about efforts in labor, pacifism, race,
suffrage, and other reforms.
Women's
History Historical Text Archive
http://historicaltextarchive.com/links.php?op=viewslink&sid=0&cid=20
An array of bibliographies, diaries, histories, publications, and
research guides to women's lives from ancient to contemporary times.
Women's History in
America
http://www.wic.org/misc/history.htm
A radical survey of woman's place in employment, law, politics, and
society-and how pioneering reformers strove for better conditions.
Literature:
African
American Women Writers of the 19th Century
http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/writers_aa19/toc.html
Over fifty digitized works of fiction, poetry, essays, biography, and
autobiography by such luminaries as Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Frances E.W.
Harper, and Harriet Jacobs.
A Celebration of
Women Writers
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women
Writings by thousands of female authors from all times, as well as links
to online sites about them and many biographies and bibliographies. This
vast compendium is searchable by author, century, and country.
Contemporary Woman
Writers
http://www.luminarium.org/contemporary
Biographical information, criticism, and essays about Amy Tan, Alice
Walker, Toni Morrison, and Arundhati Roy. Also included are text
excerpts, interviews, bibliographies, book reviews, and links to other
web sites about the authors and their works.
Domestic Goddesses,
a.k.a. Scribbling Women
http://womenwriters.net/domesticgoddess
Literary analysis of the works of Alcott, Cather, Chopin, Jewett, Stowe,
Warner, and Wharton.
Gifts of Speech
http://gos.sbc.edu
"Dedicated to preserving and creating access to speeches made by
influential contemporary women," this resource can be browsed by
speaker name or by year.
Magazines
and Newsletters on the Web (Women-Focused)
http://womenst.library.wisc.edu/mags.htm
An annotated list of titles with web presences.
100 Great 20th
Century Works of Fiction by Women
http://www.feminista.com/archives/v2n3/100.html
A diverse offering of books in English.
Victorian Women Writers
Project
http://www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp
Novels, political pamphlets, religious tracts, children's books, poetry,
and drama by British writers of the nineteenth century.
Voices from the Gaps
http://voices.cla.umn.edu
Lives and works of women writers of color in North America. The author
listings are organized by name, birthplace, racial/ethnic background,
and significant dates.
Motherhood,
family, and relationships:
Genderlect
Styles of Deborah Tannen
http://www.usm.maine.edu/com/genderlect/index.htm
An analytical presentation of the different language styles of men and
women, with attention to listening, questioning, and conflict.
Lesbian.com
http://lesbian.com
In addition to resources related to family and parenting are others,
including the arts and literature, gender, health, herstory,
spirituality, and more; diversity is emphasized.
Parenting
in the Twenty-First Century
http://www.npl.org/Pages/InternetResources/SubjectGuides/parenting.html
From The Newark Public Library, information about the many aspects of
positive parenting.
Single Parents Network
http://www.singleparentsnetwork.com
Resources on childcare, child support, education, health, family fun, etc.
Multicultural:
Al-Islam:
Women
http://www.al-islam.org/index/main3.htm#women
Women's rights in society and in marriage, the Koran, and the veil (hijab).
Life Stories of
Italian American Women
http://www.italianamericanwomen.com
Oral history of triumphs and sorrows in daily life.
South Asian
Women's Network (SAWNET)
http://www.sawnet.org
SAWNET is a guide to resources for South Asian women; topics include
current news stories, book lists (for children and adults), biographies,
and links to other resources.
Women
of Color Web Sites
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/links_wc.html
A valuable, extensive, mind-expanding listing of sites by, for, and
about women of color in the United States and abroad.
WWWomen
Diversity
http://www.wwwomen.com/category/divers1.html
Unity in diversity, with links to pages by, for, and about variations in
ability, culture, lifestyle, race, religion, and size.
Seniors:
SeniorWomenWeb
http://www.seniorwomen.com
Information and community, with a focus on arts and entertainment,
health, monetary fitness, politics, and more for those who "take
pride in having advanced to this age..."
Sources
for Seniors
http://www.npl.org/Pages/InternetResources/SubjectGuides/seniors.html
Newark Public Library links covering finance, health, housing, and
recreation.
Sports:
History
of Women In Sports Timeline
http://www.northnet.org/stlawrenceaauw/timeline.htm
This timeline highlights the achievements of women in sports beginning
in 776 B.C. and continuing through to the present day. From the
St. Lawrence County Branch of the American Association of University
Women.
Women's
Sports Foundation
http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/cgi-bin/iowa/index.html
Coaching, gender equity, history, and training and fitness are just a
few of the interests of this organization founded by Billie Jean King.
Violence and self-defense:
Brooklyn Women's Martial Arts
http://www.cae-bklyn.org
"One of the oldest and largest women's martial arts schools in the
country." Offers physical and verbal self-defense programs,
violence prevention workshops, and training for survivors.
Sexual Harassment
Hotline Resource List
http://www.feminist.org/911/harass.html
Local hotlines, news, and advice on what to do if you or someone you
know is being harassed.
U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-sex.html
A brief overview of your federal rights regarding sexual harassment.
Women's issues and
organizations:
American Association
of University Women
http://www.aauw.org/research/index.cfm
Research summaries offer understanding of subjects like computer
education for girls, teenage girls' views "on sex, school, and
self," sexual harassment, and successful school programs for girls.
Center for American Women
and Politics
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~cawp
Especially useful for election results, current and historical
information about women officeholders, data on the gender gap and voting
patterns, and women's political action organizations.
Feminist Majority Foundation
http://www.feminist.org
News and information about affirmative action, breast cancer, domestic
violence, politics, and other concerns.
GAAMC Links
http://www.prideguidenj.org
Oganizations service gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people in
New Jersey.
National Organization for Women
http://www.now.org
Information about affirmative action, economic equity, health, law,
politics, violence, work, and young women.
National Women's Political Caucus
http://www.nwpc.org
Endorsements and news from the "multi-partisan national grassroots
membership organization dedicated to identifying, recruiting, training,
and supporting pro-choice women for elected and appointed office at all
levels of government."
Women's studies:
Feminist
Collections
http://womenst.library.wisc.edu/publications/feminist-coll.html
Along with articles, reviews, bibliographies, and news are overviews of
web resources about such topics as eating disorders, reproductive
rights, wiccan arts, and women's poetry.
Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture
http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham
An elite, well considered collection of links, largely about history,
gender, culture, and organizations.
Women's Studies Core Books Database
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/ACRLWSS
The Women's Studies Section of the Association of College and Research
Libraries has compiled bibliographies of current materials into a database. Many
categories span the subjects of "Aging" through "Women of
Color", and each list consists of up to seventy-five of the most
essential titles in print for that subject. A researcher's goldmine.
Women's Studies
Resources
http://www.mith2.umd.edu/WomensStudies
Wide array of information: government and politics, history, literature,
and social issues; also a portrait gallery of famous (mostly U.S.)
women. Noted for its Reading Room of classic books, papers, articles,
and other historic texts.
Workplace and business:
Catalyst
http://www.catalystwomen.org
"The leading nonprofit organization working with business to
advance women" provides key facts, research, news, and links to
organizations of women in business.
Digital Sistas
http://www.digital-sistas.org/home.shtml
"A professional network of African American women in technology and
new media," this web site attempts to provide an on- and offline
forum for information exchange and professional growth.
Digital-Women
http://www.digital-women.com
Marketing and sales tips, computer education, home business ideas, and
"a place to network with other business women and women owned
businesses."
NJAWBO, The New Jersey Association of
Women Business Owners
http://www.njawbo.org/site/c.8nJDKONuFqG/b.1045035/k.BDE0/Home.htm
Government links, pointers for business development, and women's
business resources provide mentoring and facts about accounting,
administration, insurance, laws, licenses and permits, taxes, other
business needs of those who believe that "owning the ladder means
there's no glass ceiling."
Office of Women's Business
Ownership
http://www.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/onlinewbc/index.html
From the U.S. Small Business Administration, a
wealth of training in starting and expanding a business, human
resources, management, ethics, finance, advertising, boardroom skills,
welfare to work, etc.
Woman Owned - Small Business Resources for Women in Business
http://www.womanowned.com
Provides advice, tools, and networking opportunities for women to succeed in starting and
operating a small business.
Women-21.gov
http://women-21.gov
The U.S. Department of Labor provides articles on a number of topics, links
to other business resources, and offers tips for small businesses.
Young women and girls:
Gender
and Culture in Picture Books
http://scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/Culture/index.html
Emphasizes the influences of children's and teen literature in the
consciousness of girls and boys.
A Girl's World Online Clubhouse
http://www.agirlsworld.com
Plenty of interactivity at this site of opinions, creative writing,
puzzles, and surveys. Regular columns cover computer literacy, careers,
financial responsibility, and cultural diversity.
New Moon Girls Media
http://www.newmoongirlmedia.com/home/index.html
Girls will find empowerment from history, activities, and commentary.
Teen Voices Online
http://www.teenvoices.com
Forums centering on raising young women's consciousness and social
standing.
Last updated 3/6/08
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