Women's Studies
ACRL Women's Studies Section - This site provides a great array of sources for women's studies.
American Women: A Gateway to Library of Congress Resources for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States - According to the Scout Report, an introduction to researchers working in the area of American women's history.
British Women Romantic Poets, 1789-1832 - Online scholarly archive of e-text editions; includes poetry by British and Irish women.
Core Lists in Women's Studies - Includes only books in print. From this site you can also link to "Women's audio-visuals in English."
Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World - From LII: According to Plato's "Symposium," Socrates learned about Eros from a woman named Diotima. The visitor to this site can learn about this and other topics about the ancient world. The focus is on women and gender issues.
Jewish Women's Archive - According to the site, "The mission of the Jewish Women's Archive (JWA) is to uncover, chronicle, and transmit to a broad public the rich history of American Jewish women. A national non-profit organization founded in 1995, the Jewish Women's Archive is devoted to making known the stories, struggles, and achievements of Jewish women in North America in order to enrich the way we understand the past and to ensure a more inclusive future. JWA has amassed the most extensive collection of material anywhere on American Jewish women, and it can be accessed for free by anyone with an Internet connection. Our website is a destination for people seeking knowledge, a sense of connection and community, and a way to affirm and enhance the legacy of American Jewish women."
National Woman's Party Digital Collection - from the Scout Report, ""The Sewall-Belmont House and Museum celebrates women's progress toward equality and their continuing contributions to our society." Located on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., it holds the National Woman's Party (NWP) historic collection of "records and artifacts that document the mass political movement for women's full citizenship in the 20th century, both in the United States and throughout the world." The physical and digital collection of the NWP consists of suffrage banners, the Suffragist magazine, political cartoons, and historic objects of women important to the suffrage movement, such as the chair of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and the desk used by Alice Paul to write the Equal Rights Amendment."
National Women's History Museum - According to Choice Reviews Online, "The Web site of the National Women's History Museum offers a number of educational resources for a general audience. The organization was founded in 1996 but is still working to win congressional approval for a building site on the Mall in Washington, DC. Educational and outreach efforts are concentrated on the Web at present. Most notable are 17 online exhibits that use varied materials, including stamps, documents, and historical photos, to explore themes in American women's history. Although the exhibits do not go into great detail, they frequently highlight lesser known individuals or issues, such as the 19th-century sisters who were the first Chinese American women to have their writings published. Some of the exhibits take a wide time span into consideration and bring current events into focus, e.g., the exhibit on women who ran for president that profiles 12 politicians--from Victoria Woodhull to Hillary Clinton. Also available are self-guided tours that showcase historical sites and events in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and the Washington, DC, area connected to the abolition movement, woman suffrage, and women's daily lives.
Other Women's Voices - According to a Choice review, "A valuable addition to feminist scholarship, this Web site collects full texts and excerpts of works by over 125 women from Europe, Asia, and the Middle East writing from 2200 BCE to 1700."
A Punch, a Kick and a Slap: Internet Resources on Violence Against Women - an Internet Resources guide by Karen Evans, published in C&RL News, December 2009. The resources will "provide a wealth of information on the multitude of violence acts women can be subjected to and how they can protect themselves from the violence."
The Susan B. Anthony Trial - From the Librarians' Internet Index: Material about the trial of Susan B. Anthony for having illegally voted in New York in 1872.
VoS: Voices from the Gap: Women Writers of Color - General resources in minority women's literature.
WHO Multi-Country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence Against Women - Report findings document the prevalence of intimate partner violence and its association with women's mental, physical, sexual, and reproductive health.
Woman Stats Project - from Choice, "seeks to examine the relationship between the circumstances of women and the stability of particular nations."
Women Romantic-Era Writers - In-depth look at the writers, their works, and critical commentary about the era.
Women Working: 1800-1930 - Digital collection of archival resources on women working both inside and outside the home. Drawn from collections across Harvard's libraries and museums.
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by Karen Paul Topham, Professor, Library.Last updated: 19 February 2010