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General

  • Digital Librarian - Women's Resources
    A Librarian's choice of the best of the web.
    http://www.digital-librarian.com/women.html
  • Distinguished Women of the Past and Present
    This site has biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways. There are writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers, and others. Some were alive hundreds of years ago and some are living today. We've heard of some of them, while many more have been ignored by history book writers.
    http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/
  • Gifts of Speech
    A project of Sweet Briar College and in existance since 1996, "Gifts of Speech" is a Web site dedicated to preserving and creating access to speeches by influential contemporary, women from around the world.
    http://www.giftsofspeech.org
  • The National Center for Curriculum Transformation Resources on Women (NCCTRW)
    This site provides resources for creating a more inclusive curriculum in higher and secondary education. Serving as a centralized source of information on this issue, it brings together hundreds of curriculum transformation projects, and it offers an annotated list of links to women's issues.
    http://pages.towson.edu/ncctrw
  • United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Gender Statistics Website
    Developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, in collaboration with National Statistical Offices in the ECE region, this site was launched in October 2000 to bring together both gender statistics and policies focusing on the production, dissemination and use of gender related data. In addition to statistics, this site outlines some of the main gender issues relevant to the region, and provides examples of policies and other initiatives.
    http://www.unece.org/stats/gender/
  • University of Wisconsin System Women's Studies Librarians Office
    Includes its publications (eg. Feminist Collections; A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources, bibliographies, guides to resources on UW-Madison Campus, core book list, etc.) and links to other Women's Studies resources.
    http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/
  • US Women Connect
    US Women Connect, born out the 1995 UN Fourth World Conference on Women, connects US women and girls working for rights and empowerment and links them with the global women's movement. The site includes a "Report Card" campaign which joins other advocacy groups in utilizing a common tool for assessing and publicizing the record of local or state legislatures on issues of importance to women.
    http://www.uswc.org
  • Violence Against Women
    Violence Against Women (VAW), a section of the National Women’s Health Information Center, provides information on a variety of violence issues facing society from domestic or interpersonal violence against women to bullying children and elder abuse. The site is easy to navigate. It includes data on violent acts against women and is a resource for information and help in dealing with personal violence.
    http://www.4woman.gov/violence/
  • Women in Development (WID)
    The Office of Women in Development was established as a part of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in 1974 to help ensure that women participate fully and benefit equally from the U.S. development assistance programs. The WID Office provides assistance with the integration of gender considerations throughout USAID programs and it also supports activities in the following areas: women's economic growth, gender equity in education, women's legal rights, and human trafficking.
    http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/cross-cutting_programs/wid/
  • Women's eNews
    In existance since 1999, Women's eNews claims to be the definitive source of substantive news--unavailable anywhere else--covering issues of particular concern to women and providing women's perspectives on public policy.
    http://www.womensenews.org
  • WomensNet
    Overseen by the nonprofit Institute for Global Communications (IGC), WomensNet was launched in early 1995. WomensNet is an online community of individuals and organizations who use computer technology to advance the interests of women worldwide. It includes news and networking information and many links related to women's issues of global significance.
    http://www.igc.org/womensnet/index.html
  • Women's Studies: A Research Guide
    Created by the New York Public Library to provide resources available on the Internet.
    http://www.nypl.org/links/index.cfm?Trg=1&d1=72&d3=Women%27s%20Studies
  • WomenWatch
    Founded in 1997 to monitor the results of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 1995, and to continue the momentum and visibility of the issues brought about by the conference, WomenWatch brings together Web sites containing important United Nations (UN) documents and publications, country reports, statistics, and news on global women's issues. The site also provides access to international information on women's rights, current news articles, and UN radio programs on topics such as violence against women and HIV/AIDS and gender.
    http://www.un.org/womenwatch/
  • WSSLINKS: Women and Gender Studies Web Sites
    A project of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Women’s Studies Section Collection Development Committee, the site has broad coverage and is divided into 14 topical areas: General Sites, Archives, Art and Film, Culture (including Literature), Education, Health, History, International, Lesbian Sites, Music, Philosophy, Politics, Science and Technology, and Theology. Also included are links to a large variety of resources including bibliographies, reports, articles, and other publications; reference works; organizations; directories; discussion lists; and topical megasites.
    http://libr.org/wss/WSSLinks/index.html
  • WWWomen
    Women's issues sites, including sports, arts, entertainment, women-owned businesses and organizations, science and technology, diversity among women and more.
    http://www.wwwomen.com/
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Feminism

  • Feminist.com
    Resources for education, health issues, women-owned businesses, political and social activism, children's issues, etc. Full-text articles and speeches by Gloria Steinem, Bella Abzug, Betty Friedan, Hillary Clinton, etc.
    http://www.feminist.com
  • Feminist Theory Website
    The Feminist Theory Website provides research materials and information for students, activists, and scholars interested in women's conditions and struggles around the world. It is divided into three main sections: various fields within feminist theory, different national/ethnic feminisms, and individual feminists.
    http://www.cddc.vt.edu/feminism/enin.html
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History

  • American Women
    This is a gateway to Library of Congress resources for the study of women's history and culture in the United States.
    http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/
  • American Women's History: A Research Guide
    American Women's History provides citations to print and Internet reference sources, as well as to selected large primary source collections. The guide also provides information about the tools researchers can use to find additional books, articles, dissertations, and primary sources.
    http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html
  • American Women Through Time
    This site, hosted by Middle Tennessee State University, is a timeline of American Women’s History stretching from prehistory to the present. It includes links to other timeline sites, sites on notable women, state-specific sites and topical sites such as art, various ethnic groups, religion, etc.
    http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-timeline.html
  • Distinguished Women of the Past and Present
    This site has biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways. There are writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers, and others. Some were alive hundreds of years ago and some are living today. We've heard of some of them, while many more have been ignored by history book writers.
    http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/
  • The “Second Wave” and Beyond: Primary Sources of the Women’s Movement, 1960 to Present
    Produced by four distinguished scholars—Stephenie Gilmore, Kimberly Springer, Judith Ezekiel, and Sherrie Barnes and hosted by Alexander Street Press, this site brings together feminist thinkers, scholars and activists, to analyze compelling questions about feminist activism and theories, define new directions for historical research on this period, and provide a new venue for publishing traditional articles. It is a work in progress.
    http://scholar.alexanderstreet.com/display/WASM/
  • Women Working, 1800-1930
    Part of Harvard’s “open Collection” program, this site focuses the role of women in the United States economy and provides access to digitized historical, manuscript, and image resources selected from Harvard University's library and museum collections. The site includes approximately 500,000 digitized pages and images from 7500 manuscript pages, 3500 books and pamphlets, and 1200 photographs.
    http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/
  • Women's Studies in Digital Archives
    This Web-based project of the Women's Studies Section of the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) identifies women's studies content available in broad digital collections of primary sources such as books, diaries/letters/personal papers, pamphlets, broadsides/posters, postcards, photographs, maps, musical scores, sound recordings, spoken word recordings, and statistical data. It can be browsed by collection title, primary source type, and subject. The review page for each digital archive includes information on the women’s studies content found within.
    http://www.bama.ua.edu/~mbarrett/WSinDigitalArchives/Home.htm
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Politics & Policy

  • Center for the American Woman and Politics (CAWP)
    This site is sponsored by the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) which is a university-based research, education and public service center with a mission to promote greater understanding and knowledge about women's participation in politics and government and to enhance women's influence and leadership in public life. The site includes information on women appointed and elected officials, women candidates for public office and women's voting trends and hotlinks to related sites.
    http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~cawp
  • Institute for Women's Policy Research
    Contains information relating to the institute’s own research and public policy work in a wide range of social and economic areas. Various publications (fact sheets, news stories, reports, briefs, tools, conference proceedings) can be viewed and printed (PDF format) free or ordered as hard copies at reasonable prices. Features a “Status of Women in the States” report series (including Wisconsin).
    http://www.iwpr.org/
  • US Women Connect
    US Women Connect, born out the 1995 UN Fourth World Conference on Women, connects US women and girls working for rights and empowerment and links them with the global women's movement. The site includes a "Report Card" campaign which joins other advocacy groups in utilizing a common tool for assessing and publicizing the record of local or state legislatures on issues of importance to women.
    http://www.uswc.org
  • Women in Development (WID)
    The Office of Women in Development was established as a part of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in 1974 to help ensure that women participate fully and benefit equally from the U.S. development assistance programs. The WID Office provides assistance with the integration of gender considerations throughout USAID programs and it also supports activities in the following areas: women's economic growth, gender equity in education, women's legal rights, and human trafficking.
    http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/cross-cutting_programs/wid/
  • WomenWatch
    Founded in 1997 to monitor the results of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 1995, and to continue the momentum and visibility of the issues brought about by the conference, WomenWatch brings together Web sites containing important United Nations (UN) documents and publications, country reports, statistics, and news on global women's issues. The site also provides access to international information on women's rights, current news articles, and UN radio programs on topics such as violence against women and HIV/AIDS and gender.
    http://www.un.org/womenwatch/
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