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Bibliographies
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History of Rape: A bibliography |
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Stefan Blaschke is the compiler of this bibliography and is writing a history of rape in Weimar Germany for his dissertation. "The bibliography contains literature about the history of rape, sexual child abuse, forced prostitution and sexual violence in general. Articles, books. conference papers and other tools, dealing exclusively or in parts with the topic, are listed. Print and electronic resources are considered. Where possible, links are provided to sources that are available online, for example, electronic abstracts or full-texts of print articles." |
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Biographies
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The 100 Most Influential Women of All Time |
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Anglophone & Lusophone African Women's Writing |
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This site is in conjunction with Francophone African Womens Writing. Both offer biographies, bibliographies (some with links) to African Women's Writing. Sponsored by University of Exeter |
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Black Women in America, an Historical Encyclopedia |
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Consists of over 800 entries. One-third of the entries are topical entries while the majority of signed entries consist of biographies. Bibliographies follow many of these listings for further reading. |
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Ref E 185.86 B 542 1994 |
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Distinguished Women Economists |
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Biographies of 51 women economists. Biographies includes quotes as well as a brief summary of the biographee's life and significance to the field. Bibliography include sources by and about the subject. |
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Elizabeth Blackwell, M.D. |
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from Hobart and William College. |
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National Women's Hall of Fame |
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Women in World History, a Biographical Encyclopedia |
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16 vols. The biographies of over 10,000 women are contained in this multivolume work. When details are known, biographies can be 2-3 pages and contain cross-references and suggestions for further reading. Over 70 genealogical charts precede the alphabetical listing of biographees. Indexes are alphabetical, occupational and geographical. |
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Books - Reference Resources (non-circulating)
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American Woman 1999-2000 |
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Ref HQ1402 .A52 1999-2000 |
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A Concise glossary of Feminist Theory |
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Experts from Sociology, Cultural Studies and literary studies, this multiauthored work aims to be a guide to readers who are attempting to identify concepts in feminist theory since 1968. It should be used as a companion with other works of theory |
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Ref HQ 1115 A53 1997 |
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Encyclopedia of marriage and the family |
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Ref HQ9 .E52 |
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Encyclopedia of Women and Gender, sex similarities and differences and the impact of society on gend |
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REF/HQ/1115/E43/2000 |
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Historical Dictionary of Feminism |
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Written as a collaborative effort of faculty at Marquette University, this dictionary traces the history of feminism through essay, chronology and an extensive alphabetical listing of people, organizations, court cases and achievements. |
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Ref HQ 115 B65 1996 |
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International Encyclopedia of Sexuality |
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Ref HQ21 .I68 1997 |
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Reader's guide to women's studies |
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Ref HQ1180 .R43 1998 |
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Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women |
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Ref HQ1115 .R69 2000 4vols. |
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The Undergraduate's Companion to Women Writers and their web sites. |
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Ref PR 111 D43 2002 |
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Where Women Stand |
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An international report on the status of women in 140 countries. |
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Ref HQ1154 .N39 1997 |
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Women in the Third World |
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Ref HQ4870.9 .W6548 1998 |
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Women Studies Abstracts |
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Quarterly abstracting service which indexes the top journals in Women Studies. (2nd Floor Index Table) |
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Index Table |
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Women's Issues |
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Women's Rights, a Global View |
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Fifteen countries are highlighted in separate chapters in this volume from a "World View of Social Issues." Each chapter has information on the country, significant historical background material, policies and perspectives on Women's Rights as it seen from different cultural viewpoints. A brief case study in each chapter humanizes the issue for the reader. |
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Ref HQ 1236 W6527 2001 |
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The World's Women, Trends and Projections |
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Class Support
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Merlot |
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"MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education. Links to online learning materials are collected here along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments." Some material may have licensing restrictions or costs. |
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Databases
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Academic
Search Premier |
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Its clear and easy interface makes this
a first choice for many users. It indexes over 3,000 interdisciplinary
journal titles, many which include full text. Searches can be
formatted to include only scholarly journals in the output.
Includes the following women studies journals: Women and environment,
women and health, gender and society, gender and education,
feminist studies, sex roles, women studies quarterly and more. |
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America:
History and Life |
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Primary abstracting tools for research
in modern history. |
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Contemporary
Women's Issues |
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Indexes books, journals, newsletters,
research reports from non-profit groups, government and international
agencies. Provides full text access to global information on
women in over 150 countries. Emphasis is on health and human
rights. |
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Early
Modern Women Database |
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Focusing on the time period from th
14th -19th centuries, this portal links to a wide range of materials.
Some resources require a subscription, but many are free. Primary
and secondary sources, images and other materials are arranged
by categories for Europe and the Americas. |
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Historical
Abstracts |
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Primary abstracting tools for research
in modern history |
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Humanities
Abstracts |
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Indexes core academic journals published
in the United States |
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JSTOR
and Project MUSE |
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Search these collections of electronic
journals for articles on women. |
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Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe |
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A powerful tool for searching newspapers
not only domestically, but also internationally. Does not contain
academic journals. It also includes transcripts, wire services
and legal cases and law reviews. |
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MLA
bibliography |
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Search this database for scholarly
articles and other publishing on women |
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Proquest |
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An interdisciplinary database similar
to Ebscohost in coverage, but does have some distinct features.
Includes image full text as well as ASCI format. In addition
contains the Washington State Newstand. |
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Dictionaries, Glossaries and Encyclopedias
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Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide |
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6 vol. set covering women's issues in over 130 countries. Each country entry covers a similar array of topics including education, employment health and sexuality, religion and political participation. |
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Ref HQ 115 G74 2003 |
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The Encyclopedia of Women's History in America |
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Ref HQ 1410 C85 1996 |
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Women in the Middle Ages, an Encyclopedia |
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Ref HQ 1143 W643 2004 |
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Women in World History, a Biographical Encyclopedia |
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16 vols. The biographies of over 10,000 women are contained in this multivolume work. When details are known, biographies can be 2-3 pages and contain cross-references and suggestions for further reading. Over 70 genealogical charts precede the alphabetical listing of biographees. Indexes are alphabetical, occupational and geographical. |
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Electronic Journals
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Gender Forum |
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Genders |
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University of Coloradoq |
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Intersections: Gender, History and Culture in the Asian Context |
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Refereed journal from Murdoch University (Australia) School of Asian Studies on gender studies in the Asian Region. |
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Jenda, A Journal of Culture and African Women Studies |
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Fulltext open access electronic journal available through the Africa Resource Center. |
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JENDA, a Journal of Culture and African Women Studies |
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Journal of International Women's Studies |
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"The Journal of International Women's Studies is an on-line, peer reviewed journal that provides a forum for scholars, activists, and students to explore the relationship between feminist theory and various forms of organizing." An open access journal which accepts scholarly articles, book reviews and student papers. Cross-cultural articles, many on Africa. |
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Meridians:Feminism, race, transnationalism |
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Through the Library's subscription to Project Muse. This journal focuses on women of color in the U.S. and internationally. |
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Outskirts, Feminisms along the edge |
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Open access referred academic journal. Last issue 2002 (1/2004) |
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S & F Online (Scholar and Feminist Online) |
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"S&F Online, a triannual, multimedia, online-only journal of feminist theories and women's movements, provides public access to the Barnard Center for Research on Women's most innovative programming by providing written transcripts, audio and visual recordings, and links to relevant intellectual and social action networks." |
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Thirdspace |
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Academic journal on feminist theory and methodology |
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Women's Writing |
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This international journal focuses on women's writing before 1900. Some fulltext articles are available online. Back to 1994. |
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History
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"Too Good Women, or Too Good to be True," |
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Gould, Paula. "Too Good Women, or Too Good to be True," from Science's Compass; Historical Essay, Portraits in Science www.sciencemagazine.org, Science. v.296, 7 June 2002. Essay focuses on Mary Somerville and Caroline Hershel. |
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American Women Suffrage |
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Keyed to the Duke collection, this site contains bibliographies, organizations, published primary sources and more |
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Encyclopedia of Women in American History |
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3 volume work which emphasizes historical time periods. Volume 1 covers 1585-1820; v.2. 1820-1900; v.3 1900-present. Each volume begins with a series of essays covering major topics which are then followed by articles. Suggestions for additional reading and signed articles add value to this reference source. |
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Enterprising Women 250 Years of American Business |
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Created by the Scheslinger Library of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Enterprising Women focuses on the lives of 40 American women who made business history. A timeline, resource links, games and other features make this site useful for the casual interested viewer as well as an educational tool for elementary and secondary school students. |
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Lesbian History Project |
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This site provides links to several categories including archives, photographs, bibliographies and more. The biographical links carry a disclaimer as it is not always clear whether the person identified themselves as lesbian. |
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Schlesinger Library. Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies. Harvard |
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The Institute collects books, manuscripts and other material on women's history. Web site links to exhibitions highlighting women. |
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Women in World History, a Biographical Encyclopedia |
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16 vols. The biographies of over 10,000 women are contained in this multivolume work. When details are known, biographies can be 2-3 pages and contain cross-references and suggestions for further reading. Over 70 genealogical charts precede the alphabetical listing of biographees. Indexes are alphabetical, occupational and geographical. |
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Women Working: 1870-1930 |
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Harvard University Open Collections Program. Ongoing project on women in the American economy from digitized material in Harvard's collections. |
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International Organizations
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European Women's Lobby |
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"The European Women's Lobby (EWL) is the largest co-ordinating body of national and European non-governmental women's organisations in the European Union, with over 3000 member associations in the 15 Member States. The EWL's goal is to achieve equality of women and men in Europe and to serve as a link between political decision-makers and women's organisations at EU level." |
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International Information Centre and Archives for the Women's Movement |
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Located in the Netherlands, this archives provides abstracts for material relating to feminist theory and information about black, migrant and refugee women. Its links to pertinent websites are categorized and contain brief descriptions of the source. |
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MADRE |
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Started in 1983, Madre is an international women's human rights organization. |
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United Nations Development Fund for Women |
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Promotes gender equality and participation. This UN organization provides financial and technical assistance towards this goal. Site includes key documents, including the Beijing platform and other reports. |
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United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women |
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Internet Sites
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ArtWoman.org |
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By Popular Demand: "Votes for Women Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920" |
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Pictures which document the suffrage movement are drawn from photographs, cartoons, posters. It is the pictorial supplement to the National American Woman Suffrage Collection, 1848-1920. |
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Diotima: Material for the study of women and gender in the ancient world |
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http://www.stoa.org/diotima |
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Feminae: Medieval Studies |
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From Haverford College and the Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship, this site includes articles, book reviews and essays back to 1995. |
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Feminist Theory Website |
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In three languages, this well-developed site divides its content into 31 fields. A bibliography of sources, links to experts and/or associations and country specific information on topics combine to make this a good beginning source for information. |
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Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches from around the World |
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Sponsored by Sweet Briar College, this site contains the fulltext of speeches by contemporary women from around the world. The compilers mine government documents for speeches, contact prominent women directly or rely on volunteers to submit speeches. |
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Librarian's Index to the Internet: Women |
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Detailed, and annotated menu guide. Updated regularly with new resources. |
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Medieval feminist index-citation index of over 300 journals and collections of essays on women |
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http://www.haverford.edu/library/reference/mschaus/mfi/indexed.html |
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Picturing Women |
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Picturing Women was a three part visual exhibition which highlighted representations and self-representations of women through time. The website intends to raise issues of feminine identity, beauty and similiar topics in a very visual context. |
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Voice of the Shuttle: Gender and Sexuality Studies |
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http://vos.ucsb.edu/shuttle/gender.html |
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Voices from the Gap: Women Writers of Color |
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From the University of Minnesota, this site includes bibliographies, biographical information and criticism for women writers of color. |
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http://voices.cla.umn.edu/ |
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Votes for Women; Selections from the National American Women's Suffrage Collection, 1848-1920 |
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This is one of the series in the Library of Congress' American Memory Collection. It consists of 167 digitized items from the collection of Carrie Chapman Catt. |
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Western New York Suffragists:Winning the Vote |
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"The site is built around biographies of 35 suffragists from the region and contains digitized images of photographs, books, calendars, letters, and other memorabilia." Timelines are included. Among the notable suffragists are Clara Barton, Susan B and Mary Anthony. |
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Women Artists: |
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Self-Portraits and Representations of Womanhood from the Medieval Period to the Present |
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Women's Institute for Policy Research |
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Supported by grants and foundations, this policy organization focuses on five program areas including work and family, employment and poverty issues. The website contains awealth of research on these program issues in PDF files. In addition, the site links to statisical sites, other sites with research on women's issues and related organizations |
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Women's intellectual contributions to the study of mind and society |
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WSS Links: Women's Studies Section |
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A gateway to web sources on Women's Studies, this is a project of the Association of College and Research Libraries, Women Studies Section. There are 16 topical sections covering everything from archives to theology. Pages are individually maintained by librarians across the country. Brief annotations are included for each entry. |
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Journals
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"Women, Science, and Society" |
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by Sandra Harding Journal article from Online Science special series Essays on Science and Society, www.sciencemagazine.org Volume 281, Number 5383, Issue of 11 Sep 1998, pp. 1599-1600. |
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Organizations
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Center for the Advancement of Women |
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Look here for the survey "Progress and Perils," the results of a telephone poll of 2,939 women. This survey was conducted "in order to find out more about the daily concerns and priorities of American women." The Center is a nonprofit research institution with a mission to advance "women's equal participation at every level of society." |
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Center for Women and Democracy |
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Started at the University of Washington in 2000, this Center's mission is "promotes women's full representation, participation and leadership, while respecting the political, economic, and social diversity in the cultures worldwide." http://dept.washington.edu/cwd/ |
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EveOnline; Ecofeminist Visions Emerging |
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Contains essays on ecofeminism stemming from a grassroots discussion group. |
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International Center for Research on Women |
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Based in Washington, D.C. with an office in India, this nonprofit organization seeks equity and economic resources for women globally. The organization's online papers and publications reflects its international focus. |
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Primary Source Microforms
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Colonial discourses. Series one, Women, travel and empire, 1660-1914. Pt. 1 |
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Early travel accounts by women and women's experiences in India, Africa, Australasia, and Canada. 25 microfilm reels. |
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G465 .C66 1999 |
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Primary Sources
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African American Women Writers of the 19th Century |
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From the Schomburg Center, this is a digital collection of poems, fiction and other writing of 52 black women writers with a closing date of 1920. The digital product is based upon the 1988 mulitivolume work of the Schomburg Libray, Henry Louis Gates and Oxford University Press, the "Schomburg Library of Nineteenth Century Black Women Writers." Key word searchable as well as by author and title this is a well developed digital product. |
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African-American Women, Online Archival Collection |
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Part of the Duke University Special Collections. Includes transcriptions and scanned images of slave letters from three women and a letter written by a daughter of parents who were slaves. |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, Fourth World Conference on Women, 15 September 1995 |
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http://www.undp.org/fwcw/plat.htm |
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British women poets during the Romantic period |
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http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/English/BWRP/index.htm |
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British Women Romantic Poets, 1789-1832 |
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University of California, Davis. |
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Digital African American Women's writings from 19th century |
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http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/writers_aa19/toc.html |
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Diotima: translated primary documents of women in the ancient world |
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http://www.stoa.org/diotima/anthology/#anth |
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Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement from Duke University |
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http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/wlm/ |
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Early Modern French Women Writers |
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http://etrc.lib.umn.edu/frenwom.htm |
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Emory Women Writers Resource Project |
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Includes unedited texts of women writers in English from the 17th-19th century. |
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Married Love, A New Contribution to the Solution of Sex Difficulties by Marie Carmichael Stopes |
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One of several sources from the University of Pennsylvania Women Writers Project, this online digitisation of Marie Carmichael Scopes work will be of interest to students and scholars of early 20th century British social and gender history. |
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On-line collection of the writings of Civil War women from Duke University |
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http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/civil-war-women.html |
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Pride and prejudice |
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http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/pridprej.html |
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Romantic Period Writing |
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http://www.rc.umd.edu/ |
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Sophie: a digital library of early German writing by women |
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Stanton and Anthony Papers Online |
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This ongoing project is to locate the papers of these writers. some of their writings have been published through this project in hardcopy. Other material is available through online links. The site also includes a timeline, voting statistics and bibliography. |
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Victorian Women Writers Project |
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http://www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/ |
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Westweb making it their own: women in the west. Diaries from the women in the west |
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http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/westweb/pages/women.html |
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Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1775-2000 |
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Digitized collection of over 1000 primary documents from the Center for the Historical Study of Women and Gender at SUNY. Half of the collection is freely available over the web, the other half is offered as a subscription with Alexander Street Press. |
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Women's travel writing: 1830-1930 |
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from the University of Minnesota |
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Statistics
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OnlineWomeninpolitics.org: Statistics |
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Statistical Sources on the Web |
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This is one of the best sources on the web! The statistics section is but one section of a site which also links to foreign, federal and state government materials. Resources for the statistics section are primarily governmental agencies, but can be drawn from nongovernmental sources. Well-designed, the user will find this site easy to navigate. Updated on a regular basis. |
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The status of women in the states : politics, economics, health, rights, demographics |
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HQ1410 I57 2002 |
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Status of Women in the States-2004 |
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United Nations Statistics on Women in Asia and the Pacific 1999 |
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Ref /HQ/1726 S73/1999 |
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United Nations. World's Women 2000, Trends and Statistics |
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REF/HQ/1154/W675/2000 |
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Women
in Parliaments |
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Interparliamentary Union. |
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Universities
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Barnard Center for Research |
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The web site for the Barnard Center for Research includes access to the web journal Scholar and Feminist Online and resources from sponsored conferences and colloquia. Some sources require audio or video plug-ins. |
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Center for Womens Global Leadership |
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Rutgers University. One of the units of the Institute for Women's Leadership. "The Global Center works from a human rights perspective with an emphasis on violence against women, sexual and reproductive health and socio-economic well-being. The Global Center's programs are in two broad areas of policy & advocacy and leadership development & women's human rights education." |
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Gender Inn |
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Created and maintained by the English Department of the University of Cologne, this site focuses on resources on gender theory. English and German. |
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Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1775-2000 |
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Links to organizations, primary documents and more. |
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Women's Human Rights Resources |
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Bora Laskin Law Library. University of Toronto. This source was created to assist organizations in finding out and apply internation law to assist women. The site is divided into 26 categories and then by format: articles, documents and links. Many links are to full-text material. A very rich web site for researchers. |
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