Metasites: Lists of Links & Web Resources on Women

• Feminist Majority Foundation’s Internet Gateway
• Planned Parenthood
• Gender-Related Electronic Forums
  An annotated, frequently updated, award winning listing of publicly accessible electronic forums (also known as “e-mail lists”) related to women or to gender issues.
• Women’s Studies/Women’s Issues Resource Sites
  Excellent and comprehensive list maintained by Prof. Joan Korenman, University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
• NY Times | Women’s Rights
  News about Women’s Rights, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Women’s Studies

• National Women’s Studies Association Home Page
• Women’s Studies/Women’s Issues Resource Sites
  Created by Joan Korenman at University of Maryland Baltimore County.
• Gender Inn (University of Cologne)
  A very large (6000+) database of resources in feminist criticism and theory indexed with multiple keywords.
• Women’s Studies Resources (University of Iowa)
• Listing of Women’s Studies Programs, Departments and Research Centers
• Core Lists in Women’s Studies
  Compiled and maintained by the U. of Wisconsin System Women’s Studies Librarian.
• Women’s Studies Database (University of Northern Arizona)
• Women’s Studies Information Sources at the University of York Library

Feminist Theory

• Feminist Theory Website
  Bibliographies in many areas.  Developed by a faculty member at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
• Feminist Theory
  From Women’s Studies Resources, a site developed by Karla Tonella at the University of Iowa.
• Feminist Theory Page from Northern Arizona University’s Women’s Studies Website
• Northern Arizona University List of Feminist Theory Links
• “Defining Chicana Feminisms in their Own Words”
  From Making Face, Making Soul: A Chicana Feminist Homepage
• Ecofeminist Theory (Background Bibliography and Sources)
  From a site for a Harvard Divinity School Course.
• Excerpts from a chapter of The Postmodern Bible (Yale Univ Press)
  On feminist and womanist interpretations of the Bible.
• Womanist Theory and Research
  Site created by the Afro-American Studies Dept. at the University of Georgia, includes an on-line journal.
• Association for Feminist Ethics and Social Theory
  Dedicated to promoting feminist ethical perspectives on philosophy, moral and political life, and public policy.

Women’s Studies in Specific Fields or Disciplines

History

• American Women’s History:  A Research Guide
• Discovering American Women’s History Online
• Internet Women’s History Sourcebook
• Diotoma: Women and Gender in the Ancient World
• Selections from the National American Women’s Suffrage Association Collection
  Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
• ViVa:  A Bibliography of Women’s History in Historical and Women’s Studies Journals
• New Jersey Women’s History
• New Jersey Women’s History, Rutgers University
• Mapping Women’s History
  Collection of primary sources on American Women’s History featured on an interactive map
• Women | National Archives
  National Archives Library Information Center presents a listing of web sites of the contributions of American women

Math and Science

• Women and Science:  A Guide to Research
  A site created by the Louisiana State University Library which includes bibliographies of reference sources, books, and articles.
• 4000 Years of Women in Science
  Biographies, Bibliographies, News, Information, Photos and a Quiz.
• The Women and Math Project (University of Oregon)
  Contains biographies, bibliographies, links, conferences, statistics.
• WISE: Archives of Women in Science and Engineering (Iowa State University)
• 500 Women Scientists
  Build an inclusive scientific community dedicated to training a more diverse group of future leaders in science and to use the language of science to bridge divides and enhance global diplomacy.
• Association for Women in Science – AWIS
  A global network that inspires bold leadership, research, and solutions that advance women in STEM, spark innovation, promote organizational success, and drive systemic change.
• Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)

Literature

• Voices from the Gap (University of Minnesota)
  Resources on Women Writers of Color.
• The Northeastern University Women Writers Project
  • A text-base of women writers before 1830
• Women Writers Resource Project (Emory University)
  A collection of edited and unedited texts by women writing in English from the seventeenth century through the nineteenth century.
• The Victorian Women Writers Project (Indiana University)
  A text-base of transcriptions of work in various genres.

Religion

• Feminist Studies in Religion
• Women’s Studies in Religion Program – Harvard University
• Feminism and Religion
  Exploring the F-word in religion and the intersection between scholarship, activism, and community.
• Feminist Philosophy of Religion
  Poses feminist questions about religious texts, traditions, and practices, often with the aim of critiquing, redefining, or reconstructing religion

The Arts

• Feminism & Art
• Queer Caucus for Art
• WOW Café Theatre
• National Museum of Women in the Arts
• Woman’s Art Journal
  Forum for feminist approaches to women artists from various art historical periods to the present. They invite your submissions.
• New York Women in Film and Television
  Advocates for equality in the moving image industry and supports women in every stage of their careers.

Social Sciences

• Center for the American Woman in Politics (Rutgers)
• Journal of Women, Politics & Policy
• Gender & Society: SAGE Journals
• Women in Politics OECD Data
  Includes data on women parliamentarians, women ministers and participation quotas.
• The International Association for Feminist Economics
  Further gender-aware and inclusive economic inquiry and policy analysis.
• AWID
  Feminist, membership organization committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development, and women’s human rights.

Special Topics & Interdisciplinary Sites

• The Hunger Site
  An independent site with information on world hunger and strategies for action.

Organizations & Activism

National Organizations

• National Organization for Women (NOW) Home Page
• Feminist Majority Foundation
• American Association of University Women
• League of Women Voters
• Girls Incorporated
• Women in Community Service
  Mission: To reduce the number of young women living in poverty by promoting self-reliance and economic independence.
• Third Wave Foundation
• European Women’s Lobby
• Feminist Press
  Publishes classic and new writing to elevates silenced and marginalized voices.

Metasites and Web Resources on Activism

• Institute for Women’s Policy Research: “Resources for Research on Women’s Lives”
• List of Women’s Activist Organizations
• Chicana/Latina Foundation
• AWID
• APC
  A website designed to create and facilitate a global network for progressive communication.

Organizations Focused on Specific Issues

• Women’s Sports Foundation
• Feminist for Animal Rights
• Women Watch
  UN Information and Resources on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.

Women’s Health & Body Issues

• Feminist Women’s Health Center
• National Asian Women’s Health Organization
• National Breast Cancer Coalition
• Healthy Women
• National Breast Cancer Foundation
• National Ovarian Cancer Coalition
• Our Bodies Ourselves

Reproductive Rights

• National Abortion Rights Action League
• Planned Parenthood Federation of America
• Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

Environmental Issues

• Women’s Voices for the Earth
• Center for Health and Environmental Justice
• Ecofeminist Visions Emerging | EVE ONLINE

Labor Organizations

• 9 to 5: National Association of Working Women
• Citizen Action of NY – Women’s Rights at Work
• Coalition of Labor Union Women

Global Feminism  &  Human Rights

(See also “International/Global Women and Feminism” section below.)

• Women’s Issues in the Third World
  Mining Co. List of Sites.
• Global Fund for Women

International/Global Women & Feminism

• Center for Women’s Global Leadership (Global Center)
• UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women)
• Women’s Human Rights Conventions (texts)
  University of Minnesota Human Rights Library.
• Women Watch
  The UN Internet Gateway on the Advancement and Empowerment of Women.
• Sisterhood is Global Institute
• Women’s Issues — Third World (Mining Company Resource Page)
• UNICEF Website
  Scroll to the section on women.
• Charlotte Bunch: “The intolerable status quo: Violence against women and girls”
• Outlawing violence against women: A first step
• Women at top levels of government worldwide by sectors
• WIDNET:  Women in Development Network
  Particularly useful for Comparative Statistics on Women in Different Regions of the World.
• Female Genital Mutilation Education and Networking Project
• RAINBO: Research, Action and Information Network for the Bodily Integrity of Women
  Focuses principally on the issue of female genital mutilation.
• Web Resources on Women, Gender and Sexuality in Latin America
• SAWNET: South Asian Women’s Network
• Donor Direct Action
  Links frontline women’s rights partners around the world to money, visibility, & popular support – minimum bureaucracy, maximum impact.
• International Center for Research on Women
• Africa – Gender and Sexuality
  Columbia University Library Page of Print and Web Resources on African Gender and Sexuality

Women of Color

• Women of Color Web Sites
  List of links to women of color websites from Joan Korenman’s UMBC Women’s Studies Site.
• National Idigenious Women’s Resource Center
• Voice of the Shuttle: Minority Studies Page
  List of links to other pages mainly related to the Humanities.
• Chicana Studies Web Page
  Bibliographies in a variety of fields, organizations, resources, lists of links.
• Digital Schomburg African-American Women of the Nineteenth Century
  A collection of digital texts maintained by the New York Public Library.
• Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center
  Also includes a list of links on Native American Women.
• Voices from the Gaps
  Comprehensive University of Minnesota site focused on U.S. women writers of color.  Biography, bibliography and links.
• Bibliography on the Intersections of Gender, Race and Class

Lesbian/Gay, Queer Studies & Resources

• Lesbian Herstory Archives
  Includes a history of the Lesbian Herstory Archives (New York), how it works, and what it holds, with a sampling of material from the permanent collection and links to other lesbian resources.
• Lesbian.Org
  List of links to lesbian resources.
• The Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
• LGBT Literature and Art Journals
• The Lesbian Story Project
• The Lesbian History Project
• New York Public Library Gay and Lesbian Studies:  A Resource Guide
• People with a History:  An Online Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans* History
• Queer Resources Directory
• The National Latina/o Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender
• Queers for Reconciliation
  An Australian Site dedicated to exploring the connections between queer, black and aboriginal identities.
• Keshet
  A national organization that works for full LGBTQ equality and inclusion in Jewish life.
• Autostraddle
  Fresh, energizing voice for lesbian, bisexual and queer women, one that takes the reader seriously and encourages intelligent discourse, one that entertains with funny, uncensored and brutally honest conversation
•  Being Latinx & LGBTQ

Libraries & Major Collections on Women

• The Archives for Research on Women and Gender at the University of Texas, San Antonio
• Five College Archives Digital Access Project
  A digital archive of women’s history materials including those in the Sophia Smith collection.
• University of Wisconsin Women’s Studies Librarian
• The Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College
• Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe College
• Jewish Women’s Archives
• Documents from the Women’s Liberation Movement
  An On-line Archival Collection, Special Collections Library, Duke University.
• The Women’s Library (London): The National Library of Women
• Glasgow Women’s Library On-Line
• The Jessie Street National Women’s Library (Sydney, Australia)

News: Pop Culture Politics

• Feministing
  Ways to take concrete action, connecting them with feminist organizations and grassroots activists
• The Establishment
• Everyday Feminism
  Educational platform to help people dismantle everyday violence, discrimination, and marginalization through applied intersectional feminism