Research Resources:
Subject Research Guides:
Women's Studies:
Links of Interest
Activist Resources / Women's Issues / Feminist Resources
Feminism and Women's Studies
Published by EServer, which is based at the University of Washington, this resource
provides links to web sites devoted to such subjects as activism, gender and sexuality,
women's history, Women's Studies Programs, and so on.
Feminist Gateway
Maintained by the Feminist Majority Foundation, this listing of links focuses on sites
dealing with women's issues.
Sexual Harassment Resources
Sponsored by the Jackson Library at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro,
this resource features annotated links to numerous web sites and documents, providing
coverage of federal government information, academic institution materials, and
Supreme Court decisions.
US Women Connect
Established after the 1995 U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, this
network links women who are working as activists for women's rights and
empowerment in the U.S. to their counterparts around the world. The web site provides
reports published by various working groups.
Womens Human Rights Net
Established by an international coalition of women's organizations to foster the
exchange of information between the organizations and human rights advocates, this
site offers information about numerous issues and strategies for advocacy. The Center
for Women's Global Leadership (located at Rutgers) is a partner organization.
Women's Human Rights Resources
Produced by the Bora Laskin Law Library at the University of Toronto, this site
provides access to information pertaining to international women's human rights law.
Divided into subject areas, the site offers annotated citations to scholarly articles and
documents (such as UN and NGO reports), with links to full text in many cases.
Women's Studies / Women's Issues Resource Sites
Annotated directory of web sites, compiled by Joan Korenman from the University of
Maryland, Baltimore County. Includes a section focusing on activism.
WSS Links: Women and Gender Studies Web Sites
Sponsored by the Women's Studies Section of the Association of College and
Research Libraries, this listing of links provides access to a wide array of resources.
Archives on Women
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Papers Project
Based at Rutgers University, this project strives to locate and make copies of all public
and private writings by these leaders in the fight for women's rights. This site provides
access to electronic versions of many of these primary documents.
Emma Goldman Papers Project
Located at the University of California, Berkeley, this project collects documents
written by and about this late 19th- and early 20th-century leader of American
radicalism and feminism.
Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches from Around the World
Full text of speeches made by influential women, including many contemporary
activists, artists, writers, and educators. The web site is searchable by topic, speaker's
name, and year of speech.
Jewish Women's Archive
Features a searchable database of archival documents and images relating to Jewish
women. Also provides an online exhibit dedicated to "Women of Valor."
Making of America
Developed as a collaborative project by the University of Michigan and Cornell
University, this digital library provides access to primary sources (books and journal
articles) relating to 19th-century American social history from the antebellum period
through reconstruction. Among the sources collected in the University of Michigan
section of the project is the monthly periodical The Ladies' Repository, which focused
on literature, arts, and religion. Users may view scanned images of pages published in
this periodical between 1841 and 1876.
Margaret Sanger Papers Project
Established by the Department of History at New York University, the project offers
an archive of the papers authored by the founder of the U.S. birth control movement.
Rutgers University Special Collections and University Archives
Description of the various materials held in the Special Collections and University
Archives, which are located at the Alexander Library. The section called "Other
Collections of Rare Materials at RUL" provides information on Special Collections
held at the Douglass Library, which include collections pertaining to women's studies.
Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture: On-line Archival Collections
Part of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke
University, this online resource provides access to archival collections focusing on
African American women, women during the American Civil War, and the women's
liberation movement.
Sophia Smith Collection
Located at Smith College, this collection holds primary sources relating to women's
history. This site offers subject guides to the collection and access to an online exhibit
called "Agents of Social Change: New Resources on 20th Century Women's
Activism," which features a number of documents.
Sources for Women's Studies in the Methodist Archives
Materials from the Methodist Archives and Research Centre of the John
Rylands University Library of Manchester (U.K.), the official archive repository of the
British Methodist Church.
Suffragists Oral History Project
Sponsored by the Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley, this
project provides access to transcripts of interviews conducted in the 1970s with leaders
and participants in the woman suffrage movement.
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Homepage of the federal agency that preserves the history of the nation by way of its
federal documents. Provides access to online research tools.
WSS Links: Archival Sites for Women's Studies
Sponsored by the Women's Studies Section of the Association of College and
Research Libraries, this listing provides links to a wide array of archive web sites that
focus on women.
Bibliography Sites
H-Women Bibliographies
Directory of links to bibliographies focusing on women, organized into subject areas
such as "Gender Issues and Relations," "Ethnicity and Class," "Religion," "Sexuality,"
"War," and so on.
ViVa: A Bibliography of Women's History
Bibliography of articles found in history and women's studies journals.
Wisconsin Bibliographies in Women's Studies
Published by the University of Wisconsin System Women's Studies Librarian's Office,
this resource offers a collection of online bibliographies on various topics related to
Women's Studies.
Women in Cinema: A Reference Guide
(University of Virginia)
Women in Politics: Bibliographic Database
Sponsored by the Inter-Parliamentary Union, with the assistance of the United Nations
Development Programme, this searchable database provides access to bibliographic
records for books, journal articles, reports, and other documents dealing with the
participation of women in politics.
Women in Science: Guide to Reference Resources
(Louisiana State University)
Women's Studies: A Research Guide
Sponsored by the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, this research
guide offers listings of resources relating to Women's Studies, separated into subject
areas such as feminist theory, bibliographies, biographies, and so on.
Women's Studies Database: Bibliographies
(University of Maryland, College Park)
Biographical Sites
Celebrating Women's Achievements
Created by the National Library of Canada, this resource provides biographies of
Canadian women who have made significant contributions in areas such as activism,
politics, publishing, music, and sports.
Distinguished Women of Past and Present
This resource provides biographies, plus links to other biographical sites focusing on
women.
4000 Years of Women in Science
Brief biographies organized by century of birth, by field of scientific study, or in
alphabetical order.
Past Notable Women of Computing and Mathematics
Sponsored by the Ada Project, an online gateway to information and resources
concerning women in computing, this site provides access to biographies and images
of pioneers in the fields of mathematics and computing.
Women of the Hall
Brief biographies of women who have been inducted into the National Women's Hall
of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York.
Women's Legal History Biography Project
Compiled by law students at the Stanford Law School, this resource offers historical
biographies on women attorneys in the U.S.
Book Reviews
H-Net Book Reviews for H-Women
Book reviews published by H-Net, an online scholarly journal focusing on the
humanities and social sciences.
Women's Books Online: A Cooperative Book Review
Includes links to directories of feminist bookstores.
Women's Studies Database: Reading Room: Book Reviews
(University of Maryland, College Park)
Courses and Teaching Resources
Archive of Syllabi in Women's Studies in Music
Resources from various institutions.
H-Women Syllabi and Dissertations
Published by H-Net, this site provides access to course syllabi and to citations and
abstracts for dissertations focusing on women's history.
Women's Studies Database: Syllabi
(University of Maryland, College Park)
Electronic Discussion Lists
Gender-Related Electronic Forums
Comprehensive e-mail discussion forum directory, by Joan Korenman from the
University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
H-Frauen-L
Electronic discussion list devoted to teaching and research related to women and
gender in Early Modern Europe.
H-Minerva
E-mail discussion network focusing on the history of women and war and the history
of women in the military.
H-SAWH: Women and Gender in the U.S. South
E-mail discussion group for educators and scholars who focus on the history of women
and gender in the southern United States. One of the sponsors of H-SAWH is the
Southern Association for Women Historians.
H-Women
International e-mail discussion group devoted to scholarly discourse on women's
history.
WMST-L
International e-mail discussion forum for teachers, researchers, librarians, or program
administrators who focus on women's studies.
Electronic Publications
Advancing Women in Leadership
Professional, refereed journal focusing on women's issues.
Ethnic Woman International
Periodical that strives to provide a voice for and to connect all women from around the
world.
Feminista!
Monthly online feminist journal featuring diverse content, including social
commentary, articles on art and literature, humor, and artwork.
Genders
Peer-reviewed scholarly journal featuring essays that discuss genders and sexualities as
they relate to artistic, political, social, economic, and legal matters.
Jenda: A Journal of Culture and African Women Studies
Electronic journal that strives to redefine the domain of African Women's Studies from
the perspective of African women scholars, analysts, and activists. In addition to
articles, essays, reviews, commentary, and interviews, the journal also features
bibliographies on a number of topics related to African Women's Studies.
Journal of International Women's Studies
Journal featuring scholarly articles, literary essays, and student papers focusing on
feminist theory and activism from multidisciplinary and cross-cultural points of view.
National NOW Times
Published quarterly by the National Organization for Women, this publication provides
full-text access to issues dating from January 1995.
n.paradoxa
International feminist art journal focusing on the art practices of contemporary women
visual artists and writers. The online version of the journal (published quarterly) offers
articles, book reviews, and links to the homepages of artists and art organizations.
Postmodern Culture
Interdisciplinary journal devoted to scholarly thinking on contemporary cultures.
Women and Performance
Interdisciplinary feminist journal devoted to discourse on gender and representation in
performance. The journal features articles, essays, interviews, and scripts.
Women in Judaism
Multidisciplinary scholarly journal.
Women-Related Online Periodicals
Annotated directory of links to journals, e-zines, and other publications, compiled by
Joan Korenman from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Women Writers
Biannual e-zine devoted to women writers on the Internet. Features scholarly articles,
original poetry and fiction, interviews, book reviews, a listserv, and links to other
women writer web sites.
Women'space
Feminist magazine focusing on the use of the Internet for women's activism.
General Interest
Cybergrrl
Online "community" for women that provides articles on popular culture, health,
living, and other topics of interest.
Internet Directories / Search Engines
FeMiNa
Searchable commercial database of "female friendly" sites.
Librarians' Index to the Internet: Women
Searchable directory of women-related web sites, which have been selected and
evaluated by librarians.
National Women's Health Information Center
Sponsored by the Office on Women's Health in the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, this searchable database serves as a gateway to wide-ranging
women's health resources on the Internet.
Voice of the Shuttle: Gender Studies
Compiled by Alan Liu of the University of California, Santa Barbara, this resource
includes an extensive collection of links to sites related to women's studies and
feminist theory.
WWWomen
Extensive directory of web sites focusing on women's interests. Includes a search
engine.
Yahoo!: Women's Studies
Directory of various categories related to women's issues. Includes a search engine.
Statistics
FedStats
This site serves as a clearinghouse for statistical information compiled by more than
100 U.S. government agencies. The site offers several options for locating data, with
information organized by topic, geographical region, agency, or statistical publication.
A search engine also allows searching across agency web sites by keywords or phrases.
GenderStats: A Database of Gender Statistics
Sponsored by the World Bank, this database provides access to statistical reports for
individual countries, offering gender profiles, demographic data, and data related to
population, labor force, education, and health. In addition, the database features tables
that provide international comparisons regarding gender differences, education, and
reproductive health.
National Center for Health Statistics
This federal agency is an organ of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(which is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services), and it serves as
the principle provider of the nation's vital and health data. This site offers access to
wide-ranging statistical information relating to women.
U.S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau: Statistics and Data
This resource provides statistical information regarding women's occupations
and earnings in the U.S.
WIDNET Statistics
Sponsored by the Women in Development Network, this site offers statistics on
women around the world.
WomenWatch, Documents and Databases: Statistics and Indicators
Sponsored by WomenWatch, the "UN Internet Gateway on the Advancement and
Empowerment of Women," this site provides access to statistical data compiled by
various United Nations and other international organizations.
Women's History
American Women's History: A Research Guide
Created by Ken Middleton of the Middle Tennessee State University Library, this
comprehensive guide offers citations to both print and online resources. The section
called "Digital Collections of Primary Sources" offers links to more than 100 sites that
provide access to electronic texts, while the "Talking about Women's History" section
features links to archives containing speeches, interviews, and documentaries.
Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World
Interdisciplinary resource that offers a bibliography and links to articles, essays,
journals, and other sources of information.
National Women's History Project
This nonprofit organization offers information and educational materials that focus on
the accomplishments of women in history. The "Learning Place" section of the web
site offers links to related Internet resources.
New Jersey Women's History
Includes a bibliography, images, access to documents, and a collection of links to
related web resources.
Pathfinder for Women's History Research
Guide to materials, including bibliographies, journals, and primary documents, held in
the women's history collection of the U.S. National Archives and Records
Administration Library.
Reference at Your Desk: Women
Sponsored by the Archives Library Information Center, a division of the U.S. National
Archives and Records Administration, this resource provides links to online versions
of papers, articles, and bibliographies focusing on women's history.
Votes for Women: Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1848-1921
Sponsored by the American Memory collection of the U.S. Library of Congress, this
special collection provides full-text access to numerous articles, pamphlets, and other
materials that document the suffrage movement. Also features a timeline and a
bibliography of works on woman suffrage.
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1820-1940
Created by Kathryn Kish Sklar and Thomas Dublin of the State University of New
York at Binghamton, this resource provides access to primary documents on various
topics related to women and social movements.
Women Pioneers in American Memory
Guide to several American Memory collections sponsored by the U.S. Library of
Congress. Covering women leaders whose work has focused on areas such as the
suffrage movement, the struggle for equal rights, and the workplace, this resource
offers links to various American Memory collections, which provide full-text access to
articles, pamphlets, and other materials.
Women's Labor History
Sponsored by the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees,
this site offers annotated links for web resources focusing on women in the labor
movement. The directory covers influential labor activists including Mary Kenney
O'Sullivan, Mother Jones, Jane Addams, and Margaret Haley.
WSS Links: Women's History Sites
Sponsored by the Women's Studies Section of the Association of College and
Research Libraries, this listing of links provides access to a wide array of U.S. and
international women's history resources.
Women's Organizations (in the U.S. and beyond)
American Association of University Women
Organization that strives to promote lifelong education and support equity for women
and girls in the realm of education. This web site features fact sheets, position papers,
the Action Alert monthly newsletter, and information regarding public policy.
Institute for Women's Policy Research
Organization supporting research that fosters public policy debate on issues relating to
women and families, including poverty and welfare, employment, health care, and
domestic violence.
League of Women Voters
This nonprofit, nonpartisan organization strives to support citizens' active involvement
in the processes of government. This site offers statements about the league's positions
on various issues, information for voters, an electronic mailing list, and access to an
electronic library containing numerous publications.
League of Women Voters of New Jersey
This site provides information about local, state, and national issues; guides to
government and elections in New Jersey; and access to the online "Women's Guide to
Rights and Resources in New Jersey."
National Organization for Women
Features a directory of state and local NOW chapters, details on how to subscribe to
the "NOW Action Alert" e-mail list, and links to relevant Internet resources. Also
provides access to articles from the National NOW Times, along with an archive of
articles from back issues.
National Organization for Women - New Jersey
Features full text of recent New York and New Jersey newspaper articles, a calendar of
events, and information about upcoming NOW activities.
National Women's Studies Association
This site provides information about publications and scholarships sponsored by the
organization; links to web sites related to affiliated caucuses, task forces, and interest
groups; and a listing of online research resources concerning Women's Studies.
U.S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau
Federal government organization that strives to serve and protect the welfare of
working women. The site presents numerous documents, including articles, fact sheets,
and statistical reports.
WomenWatch
As the "UN Internet Gateway on the Advancement and Empowerment of Women,"
this resource provides information about the work of various United Nations'
organizations, statistics, and details about plans of action in various regions around the
world.
Women's Studies Programs, Departments, and Research Facilities
AOIFE: Association of Institutions for Feminist Education and Research in Europe
European association that connects Women's Studies programs from some 80 member
institutions. This site provides access to reports, newsletters, and information about the
organization's projects and activities.
Artemis Guide to Women's Studies in the U.S.
Directory of links for graduate and undergraduate Women's Studies programs.
Athena: Advanced Thematic Network in Activities in Women's Studies in Europe
Based at Utrecht University in The Netherlands, Athena is a project that connects
some 80 Women's Studies programs at European universities and research centers.
This site offers information on the organization's projects, which focus on curriculum
development and the use of information and communication technologies in teaching.
Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women
This nonprofit organization strives to advance the equality of women through research.
The site provides access to electronic fact sheets, articles, and other publications, as
well as a listing of additional publications and reports that are available for purchase.
Center for Research on Women
This site provides information about research conducted at the center, which is located
at Wellesley College. In addition, the site features full-text commentaries and feature
stories published by the center, news releases, and a listing of publications for sale.
Centre of Interdisciplinary Women's Research / Interdisziplinäres Frauenforschungs-Zentrum
(Universität Bielefeld [Germany])
Chicana Studies
(University of California, Los Angeles)
Douglass College
The women's college of Rutgers University.
MIT Libraries: Women's Studies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Program in Women's and Gender Studies
(Rutgers University)
Schlesinger Library
Located at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, the
Schlesinger Library is the preeminent library devoted to the history of women in
America.
University of Wisconsin System, Women's Studies Librarian's Office
Provides access to a number of publications, bibliographies, and core lists of books for
Women's Studies.
University of York Library: Women's Studies Information Sources
Comprehensive, annotated directory of resources available at the University of York
(U.K.) and beyond. The links to resources available on the Internet are organized by
categories such as databases, academic sites, regional resources, and subject-specific
information.
Women's Collections in the Special Collections Library at Duke University
This resource provides information about the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's
History and Culture, part of Duke University's Special Collections Library; research
guides and bibliographies for various topics within Women's Studies; and access to
archived electronic texts focusing on African-American women, women during the
American Civil War, and the women's liberation movement.
Women's Studies Programs, Departments, and Research Centers
Comprehensive directory of links to U.S. and international web sites, compiled by
Joan Korenman from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Women's Studies: UMBC and Beyond
(University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
Writings by Women
A Celebration of Women Writers
Vast collection of links to biographical and bibliographical resources, as well as access
to the texts of books written by women.
African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
Digital library collection of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the
New York Public Library.
British Women Romantic Poets, 1789-1832: An Electronic Collection of Texts
Electronic texts made available by the Shields Library of the University of California,
Davis.
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Online version of an anthology originally published in 1924 by Little, Brown, now
available through Bartleby.com.
Electronic Text Center: Women Writers
Based at the University of Virginia, this online archive provides public access to a
wide range of texts and images. The archive is searchable by word or phrase. Some
texts are restricted to University of Virginia users.
Jane Austen Information Page
Biographical information, scholarly articles, bibliographies, and links to e-
texts of select works by Austen.
Victorian Women Writers Project
Edited by Perry Willett of Indiana University, this project features novels, children's
books, poetry, political pamphlets, and much more.
Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color
An instructional web project created by students and faculty from the Department of
English and the Program in American Studies at the University of Minnesota, this
resource provides biographies, criticism, bibliographies, and links to additional
information on North American women writers of color. The author information is
searchable by name, birthplace/geographic location, or racial/ethnic background, the
latter section of which is organized into sections devoted to African American, Asian
American, Chicana/Latina, Arab American, and Indigenous/Native American writers.
