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COMPREHENSIVE SITES
Women's
Studies / Women's Issues Resource Sites
An award winning site (University of Maryland libraries) with over 650 links in
16 categories. Highly recommended for all topics.
http://www-unix.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/links.html
WSSLINKS
-- Women and Gender Studies Web Sites
A wide range of links developed and maintained by the Women's Studies Section of
the Association of College and Research Libraries division of ALA.
http://libraries.mit.edu/humanities/WomensStudies/wscd.html
Women's
Studies: Links of Interest
Links to 145 sites, in 15 categories. Archives, Biographical sites, Book
reviews, Statistics are especially helpful. Rutgers University libraries.
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/womens_studies/links.shtml
Women's
Studies Librarian's Office, University of Wisconsin System
Links for academic disciplines, videos, an extensive list of organizations,
publishers.
http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/
Women's
Studies (R)E-sources on the Web
Many links to women's history sites. Duke University libraries.
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/women/cyber.html
SEARCH ENGINES AND INTERNET DIRECTORIES
Voice of the
Shuttle: Gender Studies
A searchable, scholarly web site focusing on women's studies and feminist
theory. Includes links to "Men's Movements & Men's Studies"
and "Gay, Lesbian, & Queer Studies." Created by Alan Liu at UC Santa Barbara.
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2711
Librarians' Index to the Internet
A highly regarded searchable directory created by librarians. Contains
nearly 200 gender-related sites (topics: women, men, gays, lesbians,
bisexuals, transsexuals)
http://lii.org
FeMiNa: A Woman-Focused
Information Resource
A search engine that indexes web sites related to women's issues.
http://www.femina.com
WWWomen
"Women reaching women: the premier search directory for women
online."
http://www.wwwomen.com/
ORGANIZATIONS
Now: National Organization
for Women
"Dedicated to creating positive change for women." Site contains
information on current issues.
http://www.now.org
AAUW: American Association
of University Women
Promotes "education and equity for girls and women."
http://www.aauw.org
Feminist Majority Foundation
Online
A leading women's rights organization. Uses research and action to empower
women economically, socially, and politically.
http://www.feminist.org
STATISTICS
FedStats
"The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies."
Search by these topics: women, divorce, marriage.
http://www.fedstats.gov
GenderStats
A database of international gender statistics. Search by country or look
at "World Development Indicators."
http://genderstats.worldbank.org/menu.asp
WIDNET
Statistics
A site sponsored by the Women in Development Network. Provides statistics
on women around the world, based on UN data published in 1995.
http://www.focusintl.com/widstat0.htm
HEALTH
The National Women's Health
Information Center
A service of the Office on Women's Health in the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services. Links to federal and private sector health resources.
http://www.4woman.gov
Women's
Health Sites
A section of WSSLinks, a collection of web pages created by women's studies
librarians and scholars.
http://cc.usu.edu/~fshrode/wss_health.htm
Global Reproductive
Health Forum
Interactive electronic forum sponsored by the Harvard School of Public
Health. Information on reproductive health and rights around the
world. Includes a "Teenzone." Excellent site.
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/grhf/
Redefining
Liberation: The Women's Health Project
A site developed by the National Organization for Women Foundation. This
project looks at the health consequences for women who are influenced by
fashion, tobacco, and other industries to adopt unhealthy habits.
http://www.nowfoundation.org/health/whp/
SAFETY
Violence Against Women Office (DOJ)
An office of the U.S. Department of Justice. Provides information about
how to decrease violence against women. The Office awards grants to state
and local agencies and organizations.
http://www.ojp.usdog.gov/vawo/
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice. Provides links to reports and
documents that provide information about how to counteract domestic violence.
http://www.usdoj.gov/domesticviolence.htm
Female Genital Mutilation
A site sponsored by Amnesty International, an organization that views FGM as a
human rights issue. This site provides a description of the physical
aspects of FGM and the countries which practice it and discusses strategies for
ending the practice.
http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/femgen/fgm1.htm
WORK
U.S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau
The goal of this office is to promote the welfare of wage-earning women, to
improve their working conditions, to increase their efficiency, and to advance
their opportunities.
http://www.dol.gov/dol/wb/
Women and Business
A section of WSSLinks, a web site created by women's studies librarians and
scholars. This site has 50 links in 7 categories (associations,
biographies of prominent businesswomen, directories of women-owned businesses,
electronic discussion forums, newsletters, resources for business start-ups,
statistical sources).
http://www.csulb.edu/%7Esbsluss/Women_and_Business.html
Sexual Harassment Resources
An award winning site that provides an extensive list of links to sites
containing information about federal policies, military and educational
institution policies, court decisions, organizations which fight sexual
harassment.
http://library.uncg.edu/depts/docs/us/harass.html
Career Center and Internet Resources for Women's Studies Majors
A site created by the Career Center at Portland State University. Provides
many links to internet sites with career-related information for women's studies
majors.
http://www.career.pdx.edu/majorwomensstudies.htm
DIGITAL COLLECTIONS (Primary information)
Digital
Scriptorium Projects
Collections from the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library
at Duke University. Includes "Documents from the Women's Liberation
Movement," "Civil War Women," and "African-American
Women."
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/scriptorium/projects.html
Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment
A site sponsored by the National Archives and Records Administration.
Contains primary sources, activities, and links to related web sites for
educators and students.
http://www.nara.gov/education/teaching/woman/home.html
Women's Studies Links of Interest: Archives on Women
A site created by the Rutgers University libraries. The archives section
provides links to 15 digital collections.
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/womens_studies/links.shtml
Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches from Around the
World
A site developed at Sweet Briar College. Contains the full-text of women's
speeches from 1848 (Elizabeth Cady Stanton) to the present.
http://gos.sbc.edu/what.html