Selected Internet Resources on Women's Studies

General History
Feminist Theory and Philosophy Politics and Activism
Sexuality Science and Health
Literature, Art and Popular Culture Other

General Sites

WSSLINKS: Women and Gender Studies Links (http://libr.org/wss/WSSLinks/index.html)
Developed and maintained by the Women's Studies Section Collection development Committee of the Association of College and Research Libraries, the purpose of WSSLinks is to provide access to a wide range of resources in support of Women's Studies.
University of Maryland Women's Studies Database (http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/WomensStudies/index.html )
Serves those people interested in the women's studies profession and in general women's issues.

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National American Woman Suffrage Association (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawshome.html)
A bibliography of books, pamphlets, and artifacts in the Library of Congress covering the suffrage movement.
The National Women's History Project (http://www.nwhp.org/)
Links, promotional materials, and informational services geared towards getting people involved in educating about Women's History.
Nevada Women's History Project (http://www.unr.edu/wrc/nwhp/)
Biographies, annotated bibliography, Women's History links, and more.
Nevada Women's Archive (http://library.nevada.edu/women/index.html)
Primary source materials which document women's history in Southern Nevada. Materials resulting from women's activities in political, social, cultural, religious, commercial and economic life are the focus of the collection. The Archives collection includes legal papers, business and personal correspondence, family memorabilia, and family photo albums.
American Women's History: Archival Sources (http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-manu.html)
A guide to using archives, online directories of collections, internet sites, and more to research Women's History.
Women Working 1870-1930 (http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/)
Materials from Harvard's library and museum collections on women's roles in the ecomony between the Civil War and the Great Depression.

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Feminist Theory (Women's Studies Resources compiled @ the University of Iowa) (http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/wstudies/theory.html)
A strong collection of links to reviews, online journals, interviews, articles and related sites.
Directory of Women Philosophers (http://dacnet.rice.edu/Services/DWP/)
A searchable database of women with Ph.D.'s or ABD's in philosophy compiled by the American Philosophical Association's Committee on the Status of Women.

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Activist Web Sites for Women's Issues (http://research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/links_actv.html)
Links to organizations, forums, research on activism on sex trafficking and pornography, equality, ecology, peace, health and reproductive rights and more.
International Directory of Women's Political Leadership 1995, 4th edition (http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/WomensStudies/GovernmentPolitics/InternationalDirectory/)
Information on women leaders and organizations around the world collected by the Center for Political Leadership & Participation at the University of Maryland College Park.
Women & Politics: a quarterly journal of research and policy studies (http://www.american.edu/oconnor/wandp/)
Contains abstracts of some articles published in the journal, guidelines for submission, a contributors' checklist, and links to other sites about women and political science.
American Association of University Women (AAUW) (http://www.aauw.org/)
Includes links to the Legal Advocacy Fund and Voter Education Campaign sites.
The Feminist Majority Foundation (http://www.feminist.org/)
Provides info for and about women candidates and women's issues.
National Organization for Women (NOW) (http://www.now.org/)
Information about the organization's activities, key issues, membership, and contacts.

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Advocate (http://www.advocate.com/)
From "the national gay & lesbian newsmagazine", this site includes excerpts and some articles from the current and recent issues as well as daily news updates not included in the paper version of the magazine.
Gay and Lesbian Review ( http://glreview.com/)
Formerly the Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review. A forum for discussion and analysis of contemporary gay, lesbian and bisexual ideas and literature. Indexes to all issues of the HGLR as well as selected full-text articles from a number of recent issues.
Lesbian Links (http://www.lesbian.org/lesbian/index.html )
A comprehensive, up-to-date and searchable database of lesbian links on the internet.
Lesbian History Project (http://www-lib.usc.edu/~retter/main.html )
"Herstorical" information with particular emphasis on lesbians of color and lesbians in Southern California: chronologies, photographs, relevant journals, archives, oral history collections, dissertations, theses, bibliographies, syllabi, and interviews.
Transgender Forum and Resource Center (http://www.tgforum.com/)
Collection of transgender resources, news, and links.
The International Foundation for Gender Education (ITGF) (http://www.ifge.org/)
Founded in 1978, this is an educational and charitable organization which addresses crossdressing and transgender issues.
Bisexual Resource Center (http://www.biresource.org/)
Large collection of information and links relating to bisexuality.

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Women's Health Page from HealthWeb (http://healthweb.org/browse.cfm?subjectid=96)
Collection of websites, broadly categorized into General and Specific Topics. A collaborative effort between the Health Sciences Libraries of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the HealthWeb project.
Breast Cancer Information Center (http://www.feminist.org/other/bc/)
Maintained by the Feminist Majority Online, this site includes fact sheets, bibliographies, directories of hotlines, and other information.
Planned Parenthood (http://www.plannedparenthood.org/pp2/portal/)
Provides educational resources on birth-control, public affairs information, news, indexed web links, contact information, and information on Planned Parenthood affiliates.
Family Health International (http://www.fhi.org/)
Non-profit organization committed to providing access to research and education on reproductive health and family planning. Links to U.S. and international agencies working in areas of population management, women's health, and HIV/AIDS research and prevention.
National Women's Health Information Center (http://www.4woman.org)
Developed by the U.S. Public Health Service's Office on Women's Health, this site is a gateway to information for women about their health issues. NWHIC staff select information that does not duplicate material available from other federal agencies, clearinghouses, or websites.
WSSLinks Science and Technology Links (http://libraries.mit.edu/humanities/WomensStudies/Tech2.html)
Bibliographies, papers, organizations, online journals and more.
Gender & Race in Media: Cyberspace (http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/resources/GenderMedia/cyber.html")
A collection of pointers to websites addressing the interface of technology, culture, gender and race. Includes some cutting edge material.
Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering (http://libraries.mit.edu/humanities/WomensStudies/Tech2.html)
Collection of links to organizations, directories, bibliographies, etc.


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Women Artists of the American West Past & Present (http://www.sla.purdue.edu/waaw/ )
A beautiful and provoking Internet course and interdisciplinary resource featuring the vital contributions that women have made to the art and history of the American West. From Purdue University.
International Archive of Women in Architecture (http://spec.lib.vt.edu/IAWA/)
A joint program of the College of Architecture and Urban Studies and the University Libraries at Virginia Tech. The purpose of the program is to document the history of women's involvement in architecture.
Feminist Film Reviews (http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/WomensStudies/FilmReviews/)
From the University of Maryland's Women's Studies database.
Women in Cinema: A Reference Guide (http://www.people.virginia.edu/~pm9k/libsci/womFilm.html
Reference source including both print and electronic bibliographies, biographies and reviews.
The Bluestocking Archive (http://www.faculty.umb.edu/elizabeth_fay/archive2.html)
An "archive of texts by or relating to the eighteenth-century British Bluestocking Circle." Maintained at University of Mass., Boston.
British Women Romantic Poets, 1789-1832 (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/English/BWRP/index.htm)
An online scholarly archive consisting of electronic editions of poetry by British women written between 1789 and 1832. Texts are being included that are not readily accessible from other sources.
Digital Schomburg: African American Women Writers of the 19th Century (http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/writers_aa19/)
This collection contains 52 books and pamphlets published before 1920 by African American women writers. All the texts are fully searchable both individually and as a collection. From the Schomburg Center at New York Public Library.
Victorian Women Writers Project (http://www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/)
Transcriptions of literary works by British women writers of the late 19th century. The works, selected with the assistance of the Advisory Board, will include anthologies, novels, political pamphlets, and volumes of poetry and verse drama. (Indiana University)
Women of Note (http://www.vivacepress.com/wnqindex.html)
A quarterly journal covering information and research on women composers. The site includes table of contents information, and an index from 1993-1998.
International Alliance for Women in Music (http://www.iawm.org/)
Provides links to journals, discussion lists, bibliographies, discographies, syllabi, publishers and vendors, festivals, concerts, performers, and other organizations.

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