Kansas State University

Gender and Women's Studies: Links

Created and Maintained by Philip Nel and Karin Westman

• History

  • Diotima: Women and Gender in the Ancient World
  • Distinguished Women of Past and Present (a great resource)
  • Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement ("An On-line Archival Collection," Special Collections Library, Duke University)
  • 4000 Years of Women in Science from Drs. Deborah Crocker and Sethanne Howard
  • National Women's Hall of Fame (at Seneca Falls, New York)
  • Votes for Women (Huntington Library Press)
  • Women Nobel Laureates
  • Women's History: ViVa ("A Bibliography of Women's History in Historical and Women's Studies Journals," maintained by the International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
  • Women Working, 1800-1930 (The Open Collections Program of Harvard University)

• Politics

  • Center for the American Woman and Politics
  • Cybergrrl ("Empowering women through technology")
  • EMILY's List ("A political network for pro-choice Democratic women")
  • Gender and the Law (at the University of Dayton)
  • Institute for Women's Policy Research
  • League of Women Voters of the United States
  • National Federation of Republican Women
  • NOMAS (National Organization for Men Against Sexism)
  • NOW (National Organization for Women)
  • The President's Interagency Council on Women
  • Women Leaders Online and Women Organizing for Change
  • Women's Voting Guide ("non-partisan, personalized voting guide allows you to compare your positions on issues important to you with your current U.S. Senators and Representatives")

• Workplace

  • Advancing Women ("Putting the Net to Work for Women in the Workplace")
  • A Study on the Status of Women Faculty in Science at MIT:
    • "MIT and Gender Bias: Following Up on Victory" by Nancy Hopkins (at the Chronicle of Higher Education)
    • MIT Faculty Newsletter of March 1999 (includes report on Women Faculty in Science at MIT)
  • Webgrrls Unite! ("international networking group that meets both online and in the real world")
  • Women's Bureau (at the U.S. Department of Labor).

• Health

  • Adiós, Barbie ("A body image site for every body")
  • Beauty and Hygiene advertisements at Ad*Access ("images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955." Highly recommended).
  • The Distorted Barbie
  • Estronaut: A Forum for Women's Health 
  • Go Ask Alice! ("from Columbia University's Health Education Program")
  • Harvard's Global Reproductive Health Forum
  • Information for Women on Food Safety, Nutrition and Cosmetics (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
  • The Mirror, Mirror Website on Eating Disorders
  • National Abortion Federation
  • New York Times' Women's Health website and Men's Health website
  • Planned Parenthood
  • Women's Health Information Center, at the Journal of the American Medical Association
  • Yahoo! -- Women's Health and Men's Health

• Magazines

  • Bust, featuring Girl Wide Web (an index of sites)
  • Hip Mama
  • HUES
  • Ms. Magazine
  • New Moon

• Popular Culture & the Arts

  • A Celebration of Women Writers edited by Mary Mark Ockerbloom
  • Emory Women Writers Project
  • Guerrilla Girls
  • The History of Costume by Braun & Schneider (text and illustrations from book published c.1861-80; an invaluable resource, highly recommended)
  • International Alliance for Women in Music
  • Riotgrrl (website has gone. Where?)
  • Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color
  • Women Writers ("A literary magazine for and by women writers"), featuring Domestic Goddesses ("a.k.a. 'mobs of scribbling women'"), Links, Women and Girls' Web Resources, and more. Recommended.

• Academic & Scholarly

  • Feminist Theory Website maintained by Kristin Switala
  • Huntington Library's Women's Studies Resources
  • Michael Kimmel on the Web
  • National Women's Studies Association
  • Schlesinger Library (Cambridge, Mass.: "collects manuscripts, books, and other materials essential for understanding women's lives and activities in the United States")
  • Voice of the Shuttle's Gender and Sexuality Studies Page
  • The Wellesley Centers for Women (Wellesley College)
  • Women-Related Higher Education Sites maintained by Joan Korenman

• General Resources

  • Cybergrrl's Women's Guide
  • Feminist Majority Foundation (Highly recommended. Start here.)
  • Resources for Women's Studies from Melinda Brown, Vanderbilt University Library
  • Web Sites for Girls and Young Women
  • Women's Resources from Margaret Vail Anderson, the Digital Librarian
  • Women's Studies: A Research Guide (at the New York Public Library)
  • WSSLINKS: Women and Gender Studies Web Sites
  • WWWomen.com! ("The Premier Search Directory for Women Online!")