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Gender Issues in: META-SITES FOR GENDER STUDIES Men's Ring : Dealing with Men's Issues - Web rings allow visitors to navigate similar sites easily on the web, when a user visits one ring site s/he is given the option of linking to related sites on the ring ; this particular ring brings together many sites related to men's issues. SOSIG : Women's Studies - The Social Science Information Gateway offers access to thousands of high quality Internet resources ; sections on women's studies include: Women and Education, Women and Employment, Women and Philosophy, Women and Politics, Women and Religion, Women and the Arts, Women and the Law, Women's History, Women, Development and the Environment, and Women, Science and Technology. Women's Studies Pathfinders on the Web - Pages 4 and 5 of the spring 2001 issue (v. 16, no. 1) of Women's Studies Section Newsletter, published by the Association of College and Research Libraries, contains links to women's studies pathfinders on the web on subjects including suffrage, American Women's History, feminist research methods, Gay and Lesbian Studies, women in Music and much more (requires Adobe® Reader ). Women's Studies Webring - Web rings allow visitors to navigate similar sites easily on the web, when a user visits one ring site s/he is given the option of linking to related sites on the ring ; this particular ring brings together many sites related to women's studies issues. WSSLINKS : Women and Gender Studies Web Sites - Continuing project of the Association of College and Research Libraries, Women's Studies Section, Collection Development Committee ; organized into 14 topical pages: General Sites, Archives, Art and Film, Culture (mostly Literature), Education, Health, History, International, Lesbian Sites, Music, Philosophy, Politics, Science and Technology, and Theology. WWW Virtual Library: Women's History - Lists women's history institutions and organizations, locates archival and library
collections, and provides links to Internet resources on women's history. Also includes a list of women's studies journals and a few
comprehensive link collections useful as a starting point for searching the
Internet for women's studies in general. GENERAL SITES FOR GENDER STUDIES Additional Women's Collections - Provides links to the web pages of archives, libraries, and other repositories that have primary source material by or about women ; arranged first geographically and then alphabetically ; for Pennsylvania, includes such sites as: Bryn Mawr College Archives, Center for The Study of The History of Nursing, Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, and Temple University Library Urban Archives. [Reviewed] Core Lists in Women's Studies - Continuing project of the Association of College and Research Libraries, Women's Studies Section ; provides bibliographies of in-print books for over 35 women's studies topics, including: Aging, Feminist Movements in the United States, Geography, HIV & AIDS, International Politics, Mass Media, Mental Health, Religion, Science, Sports, and Women of Color. Feminist Theory Website - Divided into 3 parts: 1) various fields within feminist theory, 2) different national / ethnic feminisms, and 3) individual feminists ; includes topics such as aesthetics and art, economics, education, essentialism, ethics, postmodernism, psychology and more. [Reviewed] Gender Inn : the Women’s and Gender Studies Database on the Internet - Searchable database providing access to over 6000 bibliographic records - for books and essay collections - pertaining to feminist theory, feminist literary criticism and gender studies focusing on English and American literature ; continually updated and indexed using a feminist search index. [Reviewed] GenderStats - Electronic database of gender statistics and indicators designed with user-friendly, menu-driven features ; offers statistical and other data in modules on several subjects which are then available for download ; coverage includes themes that range from health and education to political participation and poverty ; data sources for GenderStats include national statistics, United Nations databases, and World Bank-conducted or funded surveys. Gifts of Speech - Web-based archive dedicated to preserving and creating access to speeches by influential contemporary, women from around the world ; searchable alphabetically by last name or chronologically by the date of the speech. Making Face, Making Soul : a Chicana Feminist Homepage - Contains a variety of resources ranging from short biographies of Chicanas, to Chicana poetry and literature, cultural resources, and academic resources. SJU Gender Studies Program - Official site of the Saint Joseph's University Gender Studies Program ; includes information on courses, resources, and scholarship ; for further information on the SJU Gender Studies Program, please contact: Dr. Jo A. Parker, Department of English, ext. 1884, jparker@sju.edu University of Wisconsin System, Women's Studies Librarian Office - Includes core lists of women's studies books, course materials, information on women's studies via distance education, lists of feminist bookstores, publishers, magazines, newspapers, and more. Women's Quotations - Offers quotations by women on dozens of themes ; presented by WomensMedia.com, "the self improvement site for women". Women's Studies Database - Sponsored by the University of Maryland's Women's Studies Department, includes bibliographies, book reviews, film reviews, information on harassment, violence, women in the workplace, women in computing, government and history, and employment opportunities. GENDER ISSUES IN BUSINESS CatalystWomen.org - Official site of Catalyst, the leading nonprofit organization working with business to advance women ; includes press releases, media kits, fact sheets on issues such as Women of Color in Corporate Management, Women Scientists, Women CEOs, the Catalyst Census of Women Corporate Officers and Top Earners, and much more. CEO Sister - Serves as an online community for businesswomen of color ; provides business and e-commerce resources, and education and networking resources. [Reviewed] National Foundation for Women Business Owners - Offers information on women business owners and their enterprises worldwide ; includes statistics, research summaries, and "key facts". Office of Women's Business Ownership - Sponsored by the Small Business Administration, provides resources and services to help women succeed in business, including information on lending programs and venture capital. Unheard Voices : American Women in the Emerging Industrial and Business Age - The Harvard Business School presents materials from their collection on the role of women in business, 1700-1920 ; includes detailed descriptions and digitized manuscripts in the categories: women at work, women in business, women as professionals, and women's personal lives. [Reviewed] U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau - Informs the public of women's work rights and employment issues, includes statistics and data, information on programs and services, press releases, special reports, educational resources, and regional information. [Reviewed] Women, Enterprise & Society - Identifies materials in the Business Manuscripts Collection at Harvard Business School's Baker Library that document women's participation in American business and culture from the eighteenth through the twentieth century. [Reviewed] Womenbiz.gov - Gateway for women-owned businesses selling to the United States government ; initiative of the Interagency Committee on Women's Business Enterprise, established by Congress in 1994, to better coordinate efforts on behalf of women entrepreneurs. [Reviewed] Women's Institute for Financial Education - A non-profit organization dedicated to financial independence for women ; provides financial education and networking opportunities to women of all ages. [Reviewed] Women's Labor History - A project of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSME), includes information on famous women agitators and labor advocates, key periods in women's labor history, the Women's Trade Union League, and labor songs and lyrics. [Reviewed]
WorkingWoman.com -
Provides solutions-based products, services, and expertise to
enable women to succeed in today's digital economy ; includes
a section on the top companies for executive women, with narratives
and statistics showing the total number of employees, the percentage
of female employees, the numbers of women on their Board of Directors,
women managers, and total revenue. GENDER ISSUES IN CLASSICS Diotima : Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World - Sponsored by the Classics Department at Kentucky University, provides bibliographies, course materials, syllabi, visual images, on-line articles, book reviews, databases, an anthology of translated text and translated primary sources. [Reviewed] Internet Women's History Sourcebook - Includes information on women in history from ancient Greece, ancient Rome, Medieval Europe, Early Modern Europe, and modern countries all over the globe, provides links to speeches, articles, biographies, and much more. Perseus Project - Evolving digital library of resources for the study of the ancient world ; attempts to construct a large, heterogeneous collection of materials, textual and visual, on the Archaic and Classical Greek world, including materials on women. Women and Gender in Ancient Egypt from Prehistory to Late Antiquity - The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology exhibition which uses Egyptian artifacts from the collection of the Kelsey Museum and the Papyrology collection of the University of Michigan Library to examine the roles and lives of women in ancient Egyptian society, and how these fit into the larger patterns of gender definitions and relations. GENDER ISSUES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ACM's Committee on Women in Computing - Includes information on internships, current ACM-W projects, research, news and publications, and issues related to women in computing worldwide. The Ada Project : Tapping Internet Resources for Women in Computer Science - Provides bibliographies, photographs, projects and programs related to women and computer science ; includes a special section entitled: Past Notable Women of Computing, with information on the pioneering women of computer science. Association for Women in Computing - Official site of the AWC, which is committed to furthering the professional development and advancement of women in computing. Center
for Women and Information Technology - Established at the University
of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), the Center seeks to encourage
women and girls to study computer science and/or information systems
and to pursue careers in IT, to enable all women and girls to use
IT comfortably and knowledgeably, to assure that the richness and
breadth of women's lives and concerns are fully represented and
readily available on the Internet, and to foster research concerning
the relationship between gender and IT. [Reviewed] Women in Technology International - Official Site of the WITI Foundation, an organization dedicated to advancing women in technology by increasing the number of women in executive roles in technology, helping women become more financially independent and technology-literate, and encouraging young women to choose careers in science and technology. GENDER ISSUES IN CRIMINOLOGY International Association of Women Police - Official site of the organization devoted to women working in the inal justice professions ; includes membership information, conference information, training opportunities, and history and reference sources. Solon's Voyage : Law, Women & inology - Collection of links on inology and sentencing law ; site owners are Australian but also provide links to international resources, including those of the United States. Women Offenders - Examines offending by adult women and their handling by the inal justice system ; utilizing the self-reports of victims gathered in the National inal Victimization Survey from 1993-1997, the report analyzes offense patterns, rates of offending, and the contingencies and consequences of es committed by women ; also examines homicides committed by women and trends in murder ; sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics GENDER ISSUES IN ECONOMICS Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession - Arm of the American Economic Association ; CSWEP monitors the progress of women within the economics' profession, and makes an annual report to the AEA on the status of women in economics. IGC : WomensNet - Maintained by the Institute for Global Communications, outlines sections on economic empowerment, career development, and international development. International Association for Feminist Economics - Non-profit organization advancing feminist inquiry of economic issues and educating economists and others on feminist points of view. Ms. Foundation for Women - National, multi-issue, public women's fund, which through grantmaking, training, and public education strategies supports the efforts of women and girls to create and improve economic opportunities for women in the United States. Women Watch : the UN Gateway to the Advancement and Empowerment of Women - Includes statistical data and indicators, news and views, information on UN global conferences for women, and regional plans for action for women's advancement and empowerment. GENDER ISSUES IN EDUCATION American Association of University Women - National organization which promotes education and equity for women and girls ; provides information on research, fellowships and grants, community action projects ; includes fact sheets, position papers, and congressional legislative voting records. Beyond Nancy Drew - Duke University's Special Collections Library guide to girls' literature in the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture ; provides a brief overview and citations for girl's fiction written over the past 200 years. [Reviewed] Girls Inc. - National nonprofit youth organization dedicated to inspiring all girls to be strong, smart, and bold ; Girls Inc. provides educational programs to millions of American girls, particularly those in high-risk, underserved areas. National Center for Curriculum Transformation Resources on Women - Outlines ideas and offers suggestions for revising curricula to better suit the needs of 21st century students, particularly with regard to women. Women in World History Curriculum - Interactive site with information and resources about women's experiences in world history. GENDER ISSUES IN FINE ARTS Images of Women in Ancient Art : Issues of Interpretation and Identity - Originally created for an honors course at Sweet Briar College ; explores female representation in ancient art ; offers images and commentary on women in prehistory, Egypt, the Aegean, Palestine, Greece, and Barbarian women ; includes discussion topics and resources. [Reviewed] National Museum of Women in the Arts - Contains information on the museum's permanent collection, a virtual tour, artist profiles, history and organization, and the library and research center. 300 Important Women Artists : Medieval to Modern - Features online images for 300 female artists working in all media from photography to painting to sculpture ; arranged chronologically or alphabetically ; images are for study purposes only and may not be copied, duplicated, or reproduced. [Reviewed] The Varo Registry of Women Artists - Provides alphabetically arranged list of women artists, images of art works, biographical information, exhibition lists, statements by the artists, lists of priced works, and bibliographies. [Reviewed] Women Artists : Self-Portraits & Representations of Womanhood from the Medieval Period to the Present - Organized chronologically by period, includes biographies of women artists and digitized images of their self-portraits. Women Artists in History - Provides biographies and digitized images by over 50 women artists, including: Hildegard von Bingen, Elizabeth Blackwell,, Kathe Kollwitz, and Maya Ying Lin. Women Artists of the American West Past and Present - Produced for an online course at Purdue University, this interdisciplinary resource features the contributions that women have made to the art and history of the American West ; essays are written by art historians and can be enlarged for detailed viewing. [Reviewed] Women in Theatre - Devoted to women in all aspects of the theatre, from women prior to 1650 to modern actors who are "pushing the envelope" ; also includes information on women's theatre groups. Women
Make Movies - National non-profit feminist media arts organization
whose multicultural programs provide resources for both users and
producers of media by women.
GENDER ISSUES IN GOVERNMENT Social Science Data Analysis Network - Makes the latest US census surveys and demographic trends accessible to educators, policymakers, the media, and students at all levels. [Reviewed] U.S. Census Bureau - Provides demographic information for all regions of the United States. Women in Congress - Includes biographies of female Congressional members - past and present - arranged alphabetically, chronologically, and by state. Women in Government - A bi-partisan educational association for elected women in state government ; promotes informed policymaking and the leadership role of women by providing issue education and opportunities for idea and information exchange. GENDER ISSUES IN HEALTH ESTRONAUT : a Forum for Women's Health - Collection of facts and information about women's health ; main sources of information are published medical studies, recent textbooks on women's health, the FDA, the CDC, and various women's health medical publications. Margaret
Sanger Papers Project - Historical editing project sponsored
by the Department of History at New York University to locate,
arrange, edit, research, and publish the papers of Margaret Sanger
; provides a place to start for research and/or general information
on the foundations of the birth control movement. [Reviewed] The National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC) - A project of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NWHIC is a gateway for women seeking health information ; includes health news and current events, online medical dictionaries and journals, answers to frequently asked health questions, health information for special groups - including women of color and women with disabilities - and information on the Office of Women's Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [Reviewed] Title IX and Intercollegiate Athletics - An "Issues in Depth Report" from the Chronicle of Higher Education , compiles stories which have appeared in the Chronicle, opinion articles and letters to the editor, information on Court cases and federal action, and a searchable database of statistics on gender equity in athletics at 311 N.C.A.A. Division I institutions. Women's Sports Foundation - National nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to promoting the lifelong participation of girls and women in sports and fitness ; includes fact sheets, fitness articles, guides, and information on various sport topics, including Title IX, sport psychology, teen pregnancy, and sexual harassment. GENDER ISSUES IN HISTORY AfricaBib.org - Created in 1999 as a way to disseminate information from two African studies databases - the African Women's Bibliographical Database, the Bibliography of Africana Periodical Literature Database - as well as information on Africa from other sources ; also includes Women Travelers, Explorers and Missionaries to Africa, 1763-1999, a Comprehensive English Language Bibliography. [Reviewed] American Women's History : a Research Guide - Offers general and basic resources, including information on African Americans, Native Americans, historic periods, sexuality, women's rights, and women scientists, bibliographies, biographical sources, encyclopedias, historical overviews, journals, networking tools, and links to digital collections of primary sources. [Reviewed] Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement : an On-line Archival Collection - Documents various aspects of the Women's Liberation Movement in the United States, focusing specifically on its radical origins during the late 1960s and early 1970s ; items are scanned and transcribed from original documents held in Duke University's Special Collections Library. [Reviewed] Early Modern Women Database - Provides links to World Wide Web resources useful for the study of women in early modern Europe and the Americas focusing on the period ca. 1500 to ca. 1800 ; resources have been selected for their scholarly value by librarians on the Arts and Humanities Team of the University of Maryland Libraries ; materials range from bibliographic databases to full-text resources, images, and sound recordings most of which are free. [Reviewed] Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony Papers Project Online - Project funded by federal and private monies to find and copy all of the Stanton and Anthony papers that still survive - as manuscripts and printed texts - and to make those primary sources available and useful for research. Gentleman's Page : A Practical Guide for the 19th Century Man - Designed by the Lively Arts History Association, offers a glimpse into the dress and behavior for middle- and upper-class American men in the latter half of the nineteenth century ; contains photographs of surviving clothing, explanations of what to wear when, and excerpts from 19th Century books of etiquette. [Reviewed] Internet Women's History Sourcebook - Includes information on women in history from ancient Greece, ancient Rome, Medieval Europe, Early Modern Europe, and modern countries all over the globe, provides links to speeches, articles, biographies, and much more. Medieval Feminist Index - Coordinated by a Librarian at Haverford College, the index covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages ; aims to identify relevant works in a mass of material complicated by the interdisciplinary nature of much of the scholarship ; note that books written by a single author are not indexed in MFI. The Narrative of Sojourner Truth - Complete electronic version of The Narrative of Sojourner Truth , first published in 1850, written by Olive Gilbert based on information provided by Sojourner Truth. National Women's History Project - Official site of the organization responsible for Women's History Month in March ; lists women's history organizations and museums, offers programming ideas for Women's History Month and links to other sites for women's history resources. [Reviewed] Not for Ourselves Alone : The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony - Developed by PBS as a complement to Kevin Burns and Paul Barnes' film of the same title, the site offers primary source material, articles, biographical information, bibliographies, curricular resources for children and the classroom, and essays on women today, including international suffrage and the ERA. Places Where Women Made History - A National Register of Historical Places Travel Itinerary, describes the wide range of historic places associated with women's history ; highlights 74 historic properties in Massachusetts and New York ; includes interactive maps, descriptions of each place's significance in women's history, photographs, information on public accessibility, and essays on women's achievements in American history Recent Studies and Editions of 18th Century Women Writers, Readers, and Publishers - Selective bibliography focusing on studies related to literature written, published, and read by women ; most of the entries first appeared in the newsletter of the East-Central American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. [Reviewed] Travels for Reform : The Early Work of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1852-1861 - An electronic "mini-edition" of the microform edition of the Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, compiled by the Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Project ; features a selection of facsimile and transcribed documents, including letters, pamphlets, reform organizations, and more. [Reviewed] Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1830-1930 - Produced by graduate and undergraduate students at the State University of New York at Binghamton and funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities, covers suffrage, labor strikes, pacifism, women's organizations, and politics. [Reviewed] Women in Army History - Includes a history of the The Women's Army Corps, 1945-1978, information on the first female officers, the WACs, images, and links to the U.S. Army Women's Museum and the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation. Women
in Military Service - The Women's Memorial Website is dedicated
to recognizing the achievements of women who have served in the
military and also honors women who have served in direct support
of the U.S. armed forces, particularly in times of war or conflict
; offers historical data and educational resources. [Reviewed] GENDER ISSUES IN LAW DataLine - Examines law and legislation related to the "glass ceiling" in American corporations. Gender and the Law - Sponsored by the University of Dayton School of Law, examines the intersection of gender, sex and the law, race, gender and class which provides distinct issues for women of color and poor women ; includes statutes and court cases, law review articles, essays, and other documents. Women's
Law Initiative - Nationwide online resource for women and girls
living with or escaping domestic violence ; includes information
on how to get a restraining order, legal statues, court forms,
courthouses and sheriff departments, links to counseling services,
shelters and legal assistance. [Reviewed] GENDER ISSUES IN LITERATURE African American Women Writers of the 19th Century - Prepared by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture ; makes available over 50 works reprinted with no posthumous editing ; keyword searchable.[Reviewed] A Celebration of Women Writers - Provides a comprehensive listing of links to biographical and bibliographical information about women writers and the complete texts of older, often rare, out-of-copyright works written by women ; browsable by author's name, century, or country. Emory Women Writers Resource Project - Collection of previously unedited 17th-century texts by little-known writers ; prepared by the Lewis H. Beck Center at Woodruff Library and the graduate students in the Department of English at Emory University. [Reviewed] Litwomen.org - An umbrella site for not-for-profit organizations serving the literature and literacy needs of women, including the Women's Presses Library Project which provides title lists from presses that produce books addressing a range of subjects and concerns for women and girls not regularly dealt with by the mainstream houses, Women Leading Through Reading, an initiative to raise awareness about the particular challenges women face as they seek to enhance their literacy skills, and to explore alternative ways for women to improve their literacy skills, the Feminist Academic Press Column, which previously appeared in the now ceased publication Feminist Bookstore News, and WE LEARN : Women Expanding : Literacy Education Action Resource Network, which includes resource lists of women-centered literacy materials, curriculum materials, and interactive pages for women learners.? Scribbling Women - A project of The Public Media Foundation, dramatizes stories by American women writers for national radio broadcast ; provides full audio ( in RealPlayer ) of the dramatizations and classroom resources for teaching and learning the rich tradition of American literature by women. [Reviewed] Victorian Women Writers Project - Sponsored by Indiana University, produces highly accurate transcriptions of works by British women writers of the 19th century ; includes anthologies, novels, political pamphlets, religious tracts, children's books, and volumes of poetry and verse drama. [Reviewed] Voices from the Gap : Women Writers of Color - Presents biographical, critical and bibliographical information about women writers of color as well as images and quotes pertinent to their lives and works ; also includes links to other resources on the Internet which contain significant information about each writer ; author lists are organized in 4 different indices, by name, by birthplace, by racial/ethnic backgrounds, and by significant dates. [Reviewed] Women Nobel Prize Laureates - Section of the The Nobel Prize Internet Archive, lists the female winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Women in print: essays on the print culture of American women from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries edited by James P. Danky and Wayne A. Wiegand - Essays on the print culture of American women over two centuries providing an overview of the important role women played in establishing and contributing to the US book trade. GENDER ISSUES IN MATHEMATICS Association for Women in Mathematics - Includes educational resources for students and teachers, program information, research, scholarship awards, career opportunities, biographies of women in mathematics, with a special section on women of color. Biographies of Women Mathematicians - Alphabetical and chronological access to information on women mathematicians, both past and present ; includes explanations of their mathematical accomplishments, photographs, selected references, and links to sites related either to that mathematician or her particular area of study in mathematics. [Reviewed] Past Notable Women of Mathematics - Special section of the website for The ADA Project : Tapping Internet Resources for Women in Computer Science, includes biographies, photographs, and links on women in mathematics. Women in Math Project - Contains bibliographies on topics such as gender and mathematics and feminist theories of science, a collection of biographies on women mathematicians, information and links to sites of various associations on or of interest to women in mathematics, job, grant, and scholarship opportunities, information about upcoming conferences, workshops and programs about and for women in math, and statistics on women in mathematics, including the results of an analysis of gender differences in employment for new Ph.D's in mathematics. GENDER ISSUES IN PHILOSOPHY SWIP : the Society for Women in Philosophy - Includes a history of SWIP, reading lists, bibliographies, course syllabi, statistics on women in philosophy, biographies of women philosophers, and employment information. Women in Philosophy Gallery - Contains digital images of women philosophers, including Hildegard of Bingen, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Simone de Beauvoir ; most are black and white and no biographical information is available. GENDER ISSUES IN POLITICAL SCIENCE Center for Women in Politics in Pennsylvania - Established at Chatham College in 1998, focuses specifically on women's political involvement in Pennsylvania ; seeks to increase the level of political participation of women in Pennsylvania through its mission of education, public service and research ; includes links to local and federal public policy initiatives. Gendercide Watch - Project of the Gender Issues Education Foundation (GIEF), in Edmonton, Alberta ; devoted to raising awareness, facilitating research, and disseminating educational resources on gender-selective mass killing around the world ; includes news reports, case studies, and resources. [Reviewed] Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment - Primary sources and activities from the National Archives and Records Administration ; includes text documents, digital images, and teaching activities. Women in Politics : Bibliographic Database - Database of recent works about women in politics, provides bibliographic references to books, reports, and journal articles on women's participation in politics worldwide ; created and updated regularly by the United Nations Development Programme. [Reviewed] Women Nobel Prize Laureates - Section of the The Nobel Prize Internet Archive, lists the female winners of the Nobel Prize for Peace. Votes for Women's Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920 - Prints and photographs from the Library of Congress' American Memory Project. GENDER ISSUES IN PSYCHOLOGY Association for Women in Psychology - AWP is an incorporated, not-for-profit scientific and educational feminist organization devoted to reevaluating and reformulating the role that psychology and the mental health field play within women’s lives ; includes information on membership, conferences, joining the feminist psychology e-mail list, and networking opportunities. Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention, Inc. (EDAP) - A national nonprofit organization dedicated to the elimination of eating disorders and body dissatisfaction through prevention efforts, education, referral and support services, advocacy, training, and research ; provides information on eating disorders, health consequences, athletes and eating disorders, statistics, the media and body images, men and eating disorders, prevention, treatment, resources, and more. The Renfrew Center - Women's mental health center with locations in Philadelphia and Bryn Mawr, PA ; specializes in the treatment of eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia and compulsive overeating), trauma, anxiety, depression, substance abuse and other women's issues ; provides information, education, and resources, as well as professional research and training. The Something Fishy Website on Eating Disorders - Sponsored by Eating Disorders Shared Awareness, contains information on Anorexia, Bulimia, overeating, the prevention and causes, signs and symptoms, lists of books, articles, hotlines, treatment centers, medications, and more. Women's Program Office, American Psychological Association - Coordinates APA's efforts to ensure equal opportunities for women psychologists as practitioners, educators, and scientists and to eliminate gender bias in education and training, research, and diagnosis ; includes internship opportunities, a guide for women and minorities in academia, task force reports, information on women and depression, women with breast cancer, lesbian, gay, and bisexual concerns, and links to free publications. GENDER ISSUES IN SCIENCE Archives of Women in Science & Engineering - Sponsored by the Iowa State University Library, documents the history of women in science and engineering -- their social history as well as their scientific achievements. Association for Women in Science - Focused on ensuring equity and full participation of women in all areas of science and technology ; provides information on activities and programs, leadership, career development, magazines and publications, scholarships, and related resources. [Reviewed] Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics - Archive of more than 75 citations of 20th century women who have made original and important contributions to physics ; describes major scientific contributions ; contains some biographical information mainly pertaining to the scientific lives of the women with information on the early history of 20th century physics to put them in historical context. Women in Aviation Resource Center - Provides educational, historical, and networking resources to empower women in all aspects of aviation. Women Nobel Prize Laureates - Section of the The Nobel Prize Internet Archive, lists the female winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology & Medicine and includes articles on women in science and women in technology. GENDER ISSUES IN SOCIOLOGY Cultural Studies and Critical Theory - Draws from the fields of anthropology, sociology, gender studies, feminism, literary criticism, history and psychoanalysis in order to discuss contemporary texts and cultural practices. National Coalition Against Domestic Violence - The NCADV is a leader in the effort to create and influence federal legislation that positively effects the lives of battered women and children ; includes resources, federal legislative updates, sections entitled, What is Battering?, Who is Battered?, Why Do Men Batter Women?, Why Do Women Stay?, Barriers to Leaving A Violent Relationship, and Predictors Of Domestic Violence. No Escape : Male Rape in U.S. Prisons - Human Rights Watch undertook three years of research to expose the prob.lem of male rape in U.S. prisons ; the resulting report and video clips are based on information from over 200 prisoners spread among thirty-four states, some of whom were interviewed personally, as well as an exhaustive survey of state prison authorities. [Reviewed] Sexual Harassment Resources - Developed by the Jackson Library at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, offers an annotated hypertext page of resources concerning sexual harassment ; includes federal government and military materials, as well as Supreme Court decisions and policy statements from educational institutions and professional organizations. [Reviewed] Sociologists for Women in Society - Organization of over 1,100 social scientists fostering social equality for women ; offers organizational information, history, local chapter information, and award and scholarship information. Violence Against Women Office - Office of the United States Department of Justice ; provides text of Clinton administration speeches on domestic violence, text of the Violence Against Women Act, information on federal legislation, research, reports, studies, the Domestic Violence Awareness Manual, and community checklists. GENDER ISSUES IN THEOLOGY Academic Info Religion : Women & Religion - Includes links to documents from the feminist perspective on many religious traditions. Bibliography on Women and Religion - Searchable bibliography of over 2,500 books, published in English after 1970, compiled by Susan Walter Lau, professor in the Religious Studies Department at the University of Pittsburgh. Diotima : Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World : Internet Resources for Biblical Studies - Special section on Biblical resources from this comprehensive site on women in the ancient world ; includes bibliographies, visual images, translated texts and translated primary sources ; sponsored by the Classics Department at Kentucky University. [Reviewed] Draft of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's The Woman's Bible, ca. 1895 - Digitized images of approximately 150 pages of Stanton's handwritten draft of her controversial feminist reinterpretation of the Bible, from the Library of Congress' American Memory Project. Matrix : Resources for the Study of Women's Religious Communities - Provides information on Christian women's religious communities in Europe from 500-1500 CE. [Reviewed]
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