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History of the Women's Movement

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About-Face: "promotes positive self-esteem in girls and women of all ages, sizes, races and backgrounds trhough a spirited approach to media education, outreach and activism."
American Civil Liberties Union - Women's Rights: Issues: Criminal Justice, Discrimination, Violence Against Women, Education, Employment, Poverty/Welfare, Pregnancy/Parenting, General.
Broadsheet - Salon.com: A feminist blog written by a variety of contributers. If you don't have a paid subscription to Salon.com you will have to wait and click through an advertising screen before viewing the blog. A good place to get news from all over the world with feminist commentary to put it in context.
Canadian Women's Health Network - Posters: downloadable posters on health activism
Emily's List: "EMILY's List, the nation's largest grassroots political network, is dedicated to taking back our country from the radical right wing by electing pro-choice Democratic women to federal, state, and local office."
Feminist.com: Weekly activist news updates, articles and speeches, a page of links to resources on women's health issues, and other pages of links.
Feminist International Radio Endeavour (FIRE): FIRE broadcasts a two-hour daily program (one hour each in Spanish and English) on the shortwave radio station Radio for Peace International (RFPI) in Costa Rica and is heard in over 100 countries around the world.
Feminist Majority Foundation: Lots of resources and texts available here covering (but not limited to) feminist news, health, global feminism, sports, politics, work, violence against women and many, many, links to other resources and sites.
Guerrila Girls: "re-inventing the "f" word -- feminism. Agitating artists who use satire and performance to fight stereotypes, discrimination and hypocrisy..
Hastings Women's Law Journal: "We offer and maintain an inclusive space for feminism, race theory, multi-culturalism, animal rights, disability rights, language rights, international human rights, criminal defendants' rights and prisoners' rights, among others. "
Holla Back NYC: "Next time a stranger comments on your breasts in public, just shoot him˜with a camera, such as the one built into your cell phone. This is the unorthodox advice of Holla Back NYC, a blog-cum-grass-roots movement that uses digital technology to combat street harassment." --Ms.com
Incite! Women of Color Against Violence: Newsletter, Activist Institutes, Conferences, Organizing materials & posters for their national campaign against the war. "By supporting grassroots organizing, we intend to advance a national movement to nurture the health and well-being of communities of color. "
Making Face, Making Soul … a Chicana Feminist Homepage: "a site by, for, and about Chicanas, meaning women of Mexican descent in the United States. This site contains a variety of resources ranging from short biographies of Chicanas, to Chicana poetry and literature, cultural resources, academic resources, otras chicanas on the 'net, and more... "
MilitaryWomen.org: "A meeting place for military women to exchange information unique to their military experience and to offer firsthand information to women thinking about a military career." A large section devoted to Issues includes Harassment, Discrimination and Domestic Violence, women in combat, pregnancy in the military, wearing the abaya when stationed Saudi Arabia, and more.
NARAL Pro-Choice America: NARAL has a strong record of over thirty years of activism on behalf of women's reproductive freedom in the courts, on the streets and advocacy in national and state legislatures. This site offers news, facts and issue briefs and helps connect people to local and national opportunities to get involved in the struggle.
Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center: Located in South Dakota on the Yankton Sioux Reservation, this organization is engaged in community organizing and leadership development, domestic violence, AIDS education, Child development and adult learning projects and many health and nutrition issues. The center's Clearinghouse of Educational Materials prepares and develops health education materials for distribution to Native American audiences -- ordering information online.
National Organization for Women: Key Issues: * Abortion Rights / Reproductive Issues, Affirmative Action, Constitutional Equality, Disability Rights, Economic Equity, Family, Fighting the Right, Global Feminism, Health, Judicial Nominations. Legislation, Lesbian Rights, Media Activism, Working for Peace, Racial and Ethnic Diversity, Title IX, Violence Against Women, Welfare, Women-Friendly Workplace, Women in the Military, Young Feminism
Our Bodies Ourselves: "…also known as the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, empowers women with information about health, sexuality, and reproduction. We work in and for the public interest, promote equality between women and men, and build bridges among social justice movements."
Our Bodies Our Blog: From the Our Bodies Ourslves people "your daily dose of women's health news and analysis."
Planned Parenthood: "Planned Parenthood believes in the fundamental right of each individual, throughout the world, to manage his or her fertility, regardless of the individual's income, marital status, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or residence." There are many ways to get involved and a weath of information can be found in the Research and Media section.
Point/Counterpoint: Gender-Based Criteria for Asylum: Two attorneys consider whether gender-based violence should be used as a grounds for granting asylum. Presented by the Center For Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Washington College of Law, American University in their online Journal: Human Rights Brief
Rosa Luxemburg Institute (RLI): We seek the development of natural/ technological sciences and medicine conducive to the needs of children, women and nature (i. e. human) with a technology that is socially and ecologically viable.
SAWA - South Asian Women for Action: Boston-based, progressive, non-hierarchical collective of women of South Asian descent.
Third Wave Foundation: "Third Wave is a feminist, activist foundation that works nationally to support young women and transgender youth ages 15 to 30. Through strategic grantmaking, leadership development, and philanthropic advocacy, we support groups and individuals working towards gender, racial, economic, and social justice."
V-day: "V-Day is an organized response against violence toward women."
Women Leaders Online and Women Organizing for Change: "WLO is the first and largest women's advocacy group created on the Internet, seeking to build a network of one million women (and sympathetic men) to empower women in politics, society, the economy, the media, and cyberspace.…WOC is the political action arm of WLO, dedicated to changing government and politics and empowering women through grassroots lobbying, voter education, and the election of pro-woman candidates."
Women Living Under Muslim Laws: "is an international solidarity network that provides information, support and a collective space for women whose lives are shaped, conditioned or governed by laws and customs said to derive from Islam."
Women's Human Rights Resources: "The Women's Human Rights Resources web site is a project of the Bora Laskin Law Library at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law. The site is produced by the Women's Human Rights Resources group in consultation and collaboration with law librarians, lawyers, students, researchers, activists and human rights experts around the world."
WomenWatch: "WomenWatch is a central gateway to information and resources on the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women throughout the United Nations system…"
Women'space e-zine (Canadian): "A place where women activists share stories of our adventures in cyberspace and explore how the Internet is being used as a powerful tool for women."

Art and Performance

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Annie Leibovitz: "Women"
An exhibit of nudes from her book, Women by Leibovitz . Susan Sontag's preface is still on the NYTimes sit
Annotated Bibliography of Feminist Aesthetics in the Literary, Performing and Visual Arts 1970-1990
This plain text file covers film, music and theatre resources. Compiled by Linda Krumholz and Estella Lauter.
ArtWomen.org
News - Reviews & Critiques - featured artists "We hope that this website will be a place for you to find visual art and feminist cultural production across and between disciplines and geographical boundaries."
Berenice Abbott: CHANGING NEW YORK 1935-1938
An online exhibit of Abbot's photos with a brief biographical sketch from the Miriam & Ira Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs.
BraBall
A project that began as a phone conversation in 2000 and was first realized and exhibited in 2001. People have been donating bras since then and eventually grew to 18,085 bras -- a 5-foot tall ball weighing more than 1,800 pounds.
Carrington, Leonora
The British-born surrealist who lived most of her life in Mexico is represented here with a short biographical sketch and chronology in Spanish, and a selection of images of her paintings. See also: An Interview with Leonora Carrington and a Biographical Essay by Julie Byrd see collection of images at http://www.turingmachine.org/remedios/
Dorothea Lange
A retrospective exhibit covering Lange's photos from 1923 to 1964.
Exoticize My Fist (Asian-American Feminist Resources)
"I should explain why I --an already burdened feminist graduate student with multiple 'zines, articles, and other media projects in both development & production-- felt inordinately compelled to pick up the gauntlet and tackle this Xenian task (yes, I am a rabid Xena fan): I got annoyed. That is, I got exceedingly irritated trying to find rad Asian/American women's work on the web and figured everybody else must be sick of it too." See especially "Art," and "Filmic Interventions."
For Best Results Start from the Bottom and Squeeze Up
Susan Otto's exhibit at the UCR Calif. Museum of Photography. "This cross media installation examines the gun as a fluctuating signifier in modern culture and the unconscious residue of violence and fear of violence in the average psyche. Hand guns have and continue to change as a social symbol: from petty crime, to senseless killing in the inner city, to an object that embodies urban alienation and fear. The work examines the psychological residue of violence. " See also: Gun Show: In Our Sights: Artists Look at Guns
Frida Kahlo
Short bio and links to images of paintings. See Also: Frieda Kahalo: Expressions of Pain and The Frida Kahlo Museum and Frida Kahlo & Contemporary Thoughts
Friends of Lulu
"A national nonprofit organization whose purpose is to promote and encourage female readership and participation in the comib book industry."
Guerrilla Girls
"[W]e declare ourselves feminist counterparts to the mostly male tradition of anonymous do-gooders like Robin Hood, Batman, and the Lone Ranger. We wear gorilla masks to focus on the issues rather than our personalities. We use humor to convey information, provoke discussion, and show that feminists can be funny." You may also want to check out this article from the S.F. Chronicle/Examiner online news site The Gate has this February 26, 1998 "The Guerrilla Girls Make Art Herstory (Again)" by Meredith Tromble, See also: reproduction of GG poster
Guerrilla Girls On Tour
"Changing the world one sexist city at a time. ..."Guerrilla Girls On Tour is an activist theatre collective founded in 2001 by Lorraine Hansberry, Aphra Behn and Hallie Flanagan, former members of the Guerrilla Girls. Guerrilla Girls On Tour is now a separate organization from the original Guerrilla Girls and our focus is to develop new and original plays, performances and workshops that dramatize women’s history and advocate on behalf of women and artists of color in the performing arts"
Hothead Paisan
Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist; comics for the fed-up, rage therapy for the marginalized. Way cheaper than a shrink.
Isis Plus
Features the art and culture of women of the African diaspora. Film & video, performing arts, and written word as well as West African-centered spirituality. Produced and maintained by "NetDiva" who has obviously combed the Internet for every significant work of art she/they could find. A rich site.
Judy Chicago Interview in Gadfly Magazine, Nov./Dec., 1999
Women and Art: Interview with Judy Chicago "My resistance began early on, when I was a child," writes Judy Chicago in Women and Art: Contested Territory. As a young woman, Chicago came to believe that much of the work proclaimed as great art denied her "experience and feelings as a female person." Thus began her crusade, culminating in 1979 with the completion of her large-scale installation, The Dinner Party, to create feminist art that would not only encompass and express the entire being of women, but also change the world. by John W. Whitehead
Kirsten Lavers
British artist Kirsten Lavers states: "My artwork is more usually made in response to non-art spaces, places where people who come across it are not necessarily expecting to have an 'art." This site contains one Web project in collaboration with poet Cris Cheek and documentation of three other installations.
La Marquesa Art Gallery
La Marquesa Art Gallery is a non-profit art gallery featuring mostly unknown San Diego / Tijuana based artists. This site is still in development but one large exhibit by D. Emily Hicks is up, Ecotina and the Kids from Perkins.
Laughter Ten Years After
"Laughter Ten Years After is a replay and expansion of The Revolutionary Power of Women's Laughter, an exhibition organized by Jo Anna Isaak which opened in New York City in January of 1983 and traveled in the U.S. and Canada for a period of two years. Laugher Ten Years After is intended to commemorate the earlier exhibition and the exceptionally prolific decade of woman's art production which followed."
Lisa Yuskavage: The Power of Pretty
Online exhibit and text by painter Lisa Yuskavage. See also: ArtNet review 'girly grotesquerie' by Peter Schjeldahl - Catalog available
Marisol Fern·ndez - Archangel: Picturing Dreams
Digitally produced images that deal in part, with the death of the artist's father. "After a number of collective exhibitions and a few one person shows, this is the first time that I present myself with such intimate and profound feelings."
The Moonsisters
The images and text in The Moonsisters were created by Bea Nettles. The poetry was written by her mother Grace Nettles. Bea Nettles is the Chair of Photography at the University of Illinois.
N.Paradoxa
An international online feminist art journal. This quarterly journal seeks to explore the paradoxes of feminism and the art world today
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Features: An online gallery covering art by women from the rennaissance to living artists. Library and Research Center with artist bibliographies, information about collections of special collections and research materials. A product catalog from the Museum Shop. Information about the Museum and its programs.
O'Keeffe, Georgia Museum
Mostly useful for text. Images tend to be stingy postage-stamp size. Useful if you plan to be in or visiting New Mexico.
O'Keeffe, Georgia
Organized in three chronological sections, "The Young Artist," "O'Keefe and Stieglitz," and "The Faraway," this site presents biographical information, images of O'Keefe and many of her paintings.
O'Keeffe, Georgia - Gallery
An amateur site with mostly small but decent color images of many paintings.
Old Masters: Overlooked Women Artists
Joan Altabe in Gadfly Unline
Postfeminist Forum
"Female representatives from the visual, written, and performing arts ponder the meanings of postfeminism in their professional and personal lives. Crossley and Joyce interviewed the participants and integrated their comments into a simulated discussion of postfeminism. This forum reveals the inherent polarity in the debate--a disillusionment with feminism's proclaimed idealism and productivity, and a reluctance to view feminism in a "post" phase." Guerrilla Girls, Critical Arts Ensemble, Tribe 8, Eurudice, Kiki Smith, Deb Margolin and others
Rebeca Bollinger
"Bollinger sees the Internet as a "tremendous space to excavate. People are leaving traces," she says. "They are trying to claim this new space." And like an archaeologist who digs up fossils, pots and garbage looking for a clue about an extinct civilization, Bollinger is digging around in the living time capsules of our culture. And she's trying to figure out what the hell is going on." --Arline Klatte, the Gate
Silence
A web page version of the germinal essay by art historian and critic Lucy Lippard first published in ArtNews (??) republished in 1976 in From the Center: Feminist Essays on Women's Art
South Asian Women's Cinema
Articles and Reviews from South Asian Women Network (SAWNet) of films by and/or about S. Asian women.
The Varo Registry of Women Artists
A registry of artwork created by contemporary women artists. Searchable by artist name, genre, medium movement, and medium. Additionally, women artists are free to place their artwork on the Internet through Varo.
Varo, Remedios
The Spanish surrealist (1908-1963) who escaped the Facists of Spain and Vichy France, settled in Mexico in 1941. This site has a biographical sketch, photos of the artist and a large (47) collection of high quality images of her paintings. See also: http://www.reidgroup.com/~dmg/remedios/
Victorian Women and the Visual Arts
Part of the long-established collectively produced hypertext, The Victorian Web. Both rich and spotty -- some artists are well covered others only listed. Subjects: Women as Subject, Professional Artists, Professional Sculptors, Amateur Watercolorists, Writers on the Arts, Art Education for Women. See also Professor Florence Boos' gallery of Victorian and Edwardian Women Artists at the University of Iowa.
Yolanda Andrade: "Mexico City"
"These photographs are part of a personal project about Mexico City which will take an extended period of time to complete. My project is to see Mexico City from a very personal point of view, to envision it as if I were making a visual diary, with my comments about politics, womanhood, machismo, religion, traditions, sexual mores, social attitudes, the imagination of the common person, high art and popular culture."
WomEnhouse
"WomEnhouse is a collaborative, multi-authored site that explores the politics of domesticity and gender relations through virtual "rooms" and conceptual domestic "spaces" by 24 artists, architects, poets, art historians, and cultural theorists."
Women & Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory
Published by NYU's Dept. of Performance Studies. "Features essays, scripts, interviews and articles on performance from interdisciplinary feminist perspectives."
Women's Art
Women in the library school at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill rounded up these resources.
Women's Art Registry (Australia)
The Women's Art Register is a collection of national significance used by artists, curators, teachers, students, researchers, designers and the general public. Established by artists in 1975 the Register records and promotes the work of Australian-based women. The earliest images date from 1840.
Women's Caucus for Art (National office)
"Founded in 1972 at an annual meeting of the College Art Association, the Women's Caucus for Art draws a multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary membership of over 3,000 artists, art historians and educators, gallery and museum professionals, critics, collectors, and other professionals involved in the visual arts." Organization information, not much else.
Women's Studio Workshop
Women's Studio Workshop is a not for profit artists' space founded in 1974 to provide a supportive working environment for all persons interested in the arts. WSW staff artists coordinates grants, fellowships, internships, and exhibition opportunities for visual artists in state of the art printmaking, papermaking and photography studios.
Women in Cinema: A Reference Guide
"Film, cinema, movies, motion pictures -- covers a wide range of topics. Though "Women in Cinema" narrows the topic in one sense to a particular type of film, at the same time it broadens it to include many aspects of topics such as feminism, the women's movement, and women's issues." from the introduction by the site author, Philip McEldowney, University of Virginia.
World's Women Online Gallery of Artists
While this site suffers from its minimal and confusing organization, it is well worth the effort. Lots of images of art by women from around the world, short biographies of the artist is included. Click on small images to see larger ones.

Communication and Media

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Berkeley Women and Language Group: "An organization of graduate students at the University of California at Berkeley who are committed to encouraging excellence and innovation in the study of language and gender." Conference Proceedings, Calls for Papers, and ordering information for publications.

Center for Women and Information Technology: Extensive news, announcements, and resources related to women/gender and information technology. Includes an enormous collection of web-based syllabi for women- and gender-related courses (> 550 syllabi), arranged by subject, and links to several other collections.
CHAT: Women & Communications Technologies: "This WEBsite is the CHAT Project. Its goal is to digitally travel the globe collecting women's interviews regarding communication and telecommunications technologies. How is telecommunications technology changing (positive and negative) the way we structure our daily relations, our communities, and our global society?"

Feminist Flicks: These vdeos, "available for sale from Reel.com, were hand-picked by Feminist Majority Foundation staff and are either feminist in a uplifting sense, or good for promoting discussion of feminist principles. Short descriptions of the films are available."
Film, Radio & TV - Feminist Majority Foundation: Links to everything from a "Cagney and Lacey" site to "Women Make Movies."
Gender and Communication - Agencia Latinoamericana de Información: "ALAI drew up proposals on communications for the 4th World Conference on Women and, in concertation with other organizations, contributed to the chapter on Women and the Media of the Beijing Platform for Action. This Web site gathers documentary material on these issues, in Spanish, English and French."

Gender and Media Module: Links to resources in these categories: Representations of Women - Visual Arts and Music - Film and Television - Pornography & Censorship - Debates - Print Media - Useful Indexes From Virginia Polytech's Women's Studies.
Gender and Race in Media: An index of web sites in the following topics: African American, Asian American, Assorted Gender & Media Links, Cyberspace, Feminist Media, Indexes and Directories, Latin American, LesBiGay, Native American, Print Media, Television & Film, Other Media . Compiled by Karla Tonella, University of Iowa.

Gender & Communication - Southeastern Louisiana University: A page of unannotated links to gender and communication resources produced by the Department of Communication & Theatre.
Gender and Communication--Finding Common Ground: by CDR Dee Norton, Gender Policy Advisor (G-WTL-1). of the Coast Guard. See Also: Update on Current Gender Issues
Gender and Postmodern Communication: A play in three acts by Fiona Steinkamp which represents in an edited and controled form the Monist Interactive Issue discussion on Gender and Postmodern Communication ran from 22nd June - 15th July 1996.
Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches from Around the World: Maintained by Liz Linton and supported by Sweet Briar College, this index of the speeches of women famous and not-so-famous contains the full text of each speech listed.

Language and Gender Page, The: The Language and Gender Page provides information and resources about language and gender studies, an interdisciplinary field with connections to anthropology, cultural studies, education, ethnic studies, linguistics, literary studies, psychology, sociology, and women's studies, among others.Pages: People, Organizations, Conferences, Publications and Resources.
On Media and the Campaign: The Gender Gap: "Women rely less than men on a variety of news media, reveals a Media Studies Center/Roper poll. As a result, women and men may well be getting different pictures of the presidential campaign." --Freedom Forum Champaign 96 Report

Towards an Overview of Work on Gender and Language Variation: Clive Grey of Edge Hill Univerty College (U.K.), wrote this "short summary of the main trends of the work" in gender-linked language variation. He takes an historical approach, beginning in the 16th century.

WIN Women's International Net: A free, online publication, dedicated to furthering the knowledge of women's issues, bringing together women from all over the world for dialogue and greater mutual understanding, and tapping new sources of talent.

Women Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters During World War II - reproductions of original manuscripts, photographs, newspaper and magazine articles - historical sketches of eight women war correspondents and photographers.

WomMed/FemMed: Women and Media Network: The Network was created by the participants of the Toronto International Symposium "Women and the Media: Access to Expression and Decision-making", organized by UNESCO in March 1995.

Women's Wire: Weekly news summaries taken from Reuters News Service and other magazine-like features. News items are presented as-is from Reuters.

Women and Development

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African Women Global Network (AWOGNet): is based in the Center for African Studies at Ohio State. Its goal is to link individuals, institutions, and nongovernmental organizations involved in improving living conditions of women and children in Africa. AWOGNet's primary focus is on educational support, but it will also encourage agricultural projects, services for refugees and orphans, and professional development programs for women.

Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL): The Center's goals are to: Build internationl linkages among women in local leadership that enhance their effectiveness, expand their global consciousness and develop coordinated strategies for action; Promote visibility of women and feminist perspectives in public deliberation and policy-making globally; and Increase participation of women in national and international governing bodies and processes.

Feminism and Globalization: The Impact of the Global Economy on Women and Feminist Theory: Indiana University's Global Legal Studies Journal, a bi-annual "peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal focusing on the intersections of global and domestic legal regimes,markets, politics, technologies, and cultures," is highlighted by a symposium issue each fall. This symposium concerns feminism and globalization of market forces, and contains seven articles (full text).

International Gender, Science and Technology Information Map: Many WID resources at this site "developed by Sophia Huyer of the Women in Global Science and Technology Network
(WIGSAT) at the International Federation of Institutes for Advanced Study (IFIAS). WIGSAT facilitates policy research and collaboration on issues in gender, science and technology policy, at national, regional, and international levels."

Live Chat on Sinai Bedouin Women with Ann Gardner: A transcript from a Scholar's Hall Conference, a "live" chat on AOL. The guest is Ann Gardner who is a specialist in Sinai Bedouin women.

Reproduction Crisis:: Women and Structural Adjustment in the Caribbean an interview with Peggy Antrobus."...wherever structural adjustment has been implemented it has led to greater polarization between rich and poor and an increasing burden of labour being placed on women in particular..."

Reflections on Sinai Bedouin Women: Ann Gardner is a social anthropologist working in the Middle East. You will find links to various women in development sites here as well as occassional postings from her upcoming book Beneath the Veil: Bedouin Women of Sinai.

Third World Women Bibliography/Webliography: Women in Development: A page from a much larger site by Anacaona Makandal, this page is mostly bibliography with only a few webliography entries.

United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women: The Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW) is responsible for servicing the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the main UN policy-making body for women. It also services the Committeeon the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), which monitors the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, a human rights treaty for women.

WIDNET (Femmes & Développement-Women & Development): Updated daily. Directories of WID resources, databases, regional information, WIDNet magazines, statistics, various documents.

Women in Development: IBADS: A gopher site for the Information Bank on African Development Studies that provides summaries of projects concerning women's legal status, financial and enterprise development among the women of Africa, and a policy framework paper on gender development planning.

Women's Environment & Development Organization [WEDO]: Their stated purpose: To foster women's leadership and advocacy skills to transform women's concerns about the environment, development, population and gender equity into actions, programs and policies in countries around the world, with women as active and equal participants in decision-making in both the governmental and non-governmental arena -- from the community to the international level.

Women of Africa Resources: Information, bibliography, syllabi, links and other resources on African women compiled by Candice Bradley, Lawrence University.

Feminist Theory
French Feminists: Suggestions and submissions for publication on this page are welcome, see our Call for Contributions.
Reviews of Feminist Theory Books: Reviews published in online journals (mostly PostModern Culture).
Women in Philosophy Gallery: Images of women philosophers and theorists - slow loading, be patient.
The Agony of Feminism: Why Feminist Theory Is Necessary After All: Essay by Nina Baym, Jubilee Professor of Liberal Arts & Sciences, U. Illinois "Feminist theory's main point--that no coherent definition of that crucial feminist term woman underlay our diverse undertakings--was undoubtedly correct. But feminist theory's obsessive complaints over, alternately, the dearth or surplus of concepts of woman in our work seemed to reanimate the disabling essentialism that our practical feminism had hoped to escape."
Anne Balsamo - An Interview: on the occasion of her presentation, "Cyberflesh: World Wide White Wash" on 28 April 1997. " My project, whether it has been body building or cosmetic surgery or the Web itself, has been trying to investigate how these technologies have been taken up and the way in which they work and the way they function institutionally."
Association for Feminist Ethics and Social Theory
Back to the Future: Marriage as Friendship in the Thought of Mary Wollstonecraft: frp, tje Abstract: If liberal theory is to move forward, it must take the political nature of family relations seriously. The beginnings of such a liberalism appear in Mary Wollstonecraft's work." --Ruth Abbey
Bat Kol: A Feminist House of Study: "...we use the methodologies of feminist criticism to examine the integration of women into the many aspects of Jewish life."
Butler's Sophisticated Constructivism: A Critical Assessment: Abstract: This paper aims to investigate whether and in what respects the conceptions of the body and of agency that Judith Butler develops in Bodies That Matter are useful contributions to feminist theory. The discussion focuses on the clarification and critical assessment of the arguments Butler presents to refute the charges of linguistic monism and determinism." --Veronica Vasterling
Bodies and Technologies: Dora, Neuromancer, and Strategies of Resistance" [U Iowa only]: Wendy Wahl writes in PostModern Culture, January, 1993 about the failure of resistance to technologies of the early twentieth century
Chandra Mohanty and the Technology of Gender: By Ingrid Hoofd, Utrecht University, 1997. "The general aim of this paper will be to explain the idea of the technology of gender and especially as how it is appropiated by Teresa De Lauretis and Chandra Talpade Mohanty in respectively 'The Technology of Gender' and 'Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses'."
Cognitive Dissonance: Should Twentieth-century Women Composers be Grouped with Foucault's Mad Criminals?: Rosemary N. Killam in Music Theory Online Vol. 3.2 (1997). "This article considers recent books on twentieth-century music by Lester (1989), Kostka (1990), Straus (1990), and Morgan (1991) and their exclusion of women composers' scores. Three hypotheses for this exclusion are proposed, based on writings of Margolis and Foucault, and recent history in academic areas of theory and composition."
Deconstructing McClary: Narrative, Feminine Sexuality, and Feminism in Susan McClary's Feminine Endings: Elizabeth Sayrs, The Ohio State University. Published by the College Music Society in College Music Symposium 33/34(1993/1994): 41-55. "Susan McClary declares her book, Feminine Endings, to be the first work explicitly dedicated to a feminist critique of music, especially as it functions in the traditional academic disciplines of musicology and music theory. … I will focus on the interaction and tension between McClary's work and other feminist theories, including those she acknowledges and those she does not, especially in relation to her theory of narrative, and the issues of feminine/masculine sexuality and authority."
differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies: Tables of Contents and selected full texts from each issue. Published by Indiana University Press. Access to full text [U. Iowa only]
Evelyn Fox Keller: A Bibliography: Compiled by Eddie Yeghiayan for the UC Irvine Critical Theory Resource.
Feminism against `the feminine': Stella Sandford in the January/February issue of Radical Philosophy " Since the 1960s, English-language feminisms, in so far as they are distinctive, have centrally either presupposed or explicitly theorized the category of gender, for which there is no linguistic equivalent in French."
Feminism and Canons: or, How Feminism Rewrites the History of "Great Men" - By Cynthia Freeland, University of Huston. Originally a lecture at San Jacinto Community College, South Campus, in 1996, revised in 1999
Feminists as Invisible Dramaturgs: A Case Study of Terry Galloway's Lardo Weeping: by Donna Marie Nudd, in Liminalities: A Journal of Performance, V2, N2 2006.
Feminist Bioethics: 2004 entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy by Anne Donchin
Feminist Bioethics: Toward Developing a "Feminist" Answer to the Surrogate Motherhood Question (Access through Project Muse with UIowa ID): Rosemarie Tong, writing in Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 6.1 (1996) argues that "bioethicists should work toward developing the kind of shared theoretical base that will foster frequent consensus on the biomedical principles, practices, and policies most likely to serve the interests of most women in the U.S. today." Note: part of Project Muse, Johns Hopkins University Press - may be available only to subscribing institutions.
Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science: entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy by Elizabeth Anderson, University of Michigan. First published 2000, revised November, 2001.
Feminist Ethics: 2003 entry by Rosemarie Tong in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Feminist Film Theory: A 1996 draft by Cynthia A. Freeland for the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics.
Feminist History of Philosophy: 2000 entry by Charlotte Witt in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Feminist Perspectives on Class and Work: 2004 entry by Ann Ferguson in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Feminist Perspectives on the Self: 2004 entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy by Diana Meyers
Feminist Perspectives on Reproduction and the Family: 2004 entry by Debra Satz in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Feminist Research Processes: Practices, Issues, Debates: A special issue of Sociological Research Online a British peer-reviewed online journal. This thematic issue is compiled from previous issues but no dates are given for individual articles.
Feminist Studies in Aotearoa: FMST (Feminist Studies in Aotearoa Electronic Journal) is produced by and for those interested in feminist theory, feminist perspectives in philosophy, and contemporary feminist debates, publications and research. FMST operates from New Zealand.
Feminist Theory articles by Allan Hunter: Same Closet, Different Door: A Heterosexual Sissy's Coming-out Party - Sexual Objectification and Visual Aspects of Sexuality - The Radical Feminist Perspective in (and/or on) the Field of Sociology (a metatheoretical excursion) - Missing in Action: Radical Feminism and/or Poststructuralist Feminism the Academy - Witchpaper '86: Feminism, Orthodoxy, and Deviance - Rhythms, Predictability, and Order.
Feminist Theory Bibliography - Core List: Developed by by Beth Sibley for the Association of College and Research Libraries.
Feminist Theory and Feminist Jurisprudence: Sections on Violence, Legal Texts, Biographies of Prominent Women Lawyers and Judges and more compiled and maintained by Kim Dayton at the University of Kansas.
Feminist Theory, Power and Knowledge: A study guide for students at Deakin University's School of Social Inquiry written by Renate Klein and Bronwyn Winter. Sections: Introduction, Theory and knowledge, The diversity of feminist theory, Feminist theories of power, The practice of power, Resistance, visions and strategies for change.
Feminist Theory File Collection from WMST-L: Dated 1993 - A Compilation of Messages from WMST-L Subscribers in response to this request: "Does anyone have handy, at her or his fingertips, a few references for articles defending feminists "doing theory" from the attacks against theory (esp. poststructuralist theory and what's perceived as its "elitism," "density," "androcentrism," etc.)."
Feminist Theory Website: Kristin Switala is producing this set of pages with the following categories: History of US Feminism, Various Fields within Feminism, Different Ethnic and National Feminisms and Individual Feminists.
Feminist and Womanist Criticism: Excerpts from the chapter "Feminist and Womanist Criticism" in the book The Postmodernist Bible, which lays out "Postmodern feminism's contribution to the ongoing feminist critique of the Bible, literature, and religious ideology."
Gender, Body and the Sacred: Heterosexual Hegemony as a Sacred Order: Sari Charpentier in Queen: A Journal of Rhetoric and Power. "...I will claim that the overall maintenance of the heteronormative order itself, as it appears in the writings that oppose same-sex marriages and adoptions, may be understood as religious, since a heterosexual gender system is produced in these texts as a sacred order."
Gender and Race: (What) Are They? (What) Do We Want Them To Be?: Sally Haslanger, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy Massachusetts Institute of Technology "By far the best, most theoretically sophisticated available article-length reference, online or in text, on the concept of race. It stands out for clearly distinguishing the many different uses and corresponding definitions of race, and also for the comparisons it makes with the concept of gender. A shorter version of this paper is forthcoming in Nous." --Elizabeth S. Anderson, Department of Philosophy, University of Michigan
The Future of Sexual Difference: An Interview with Judith Butler and Drucilla Cornell [uiowa.edu only]: Conducted by Pheng Cheah and Elizabeth Grosz, in Diacritics 28.1 (1998) 19-42.U. Iowa readers should go to http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/proxy to find out how to configure your browser.
How Feminism Is Re-writing the Philosophical Canon - Charlotte Witt: The Alfred P. Stiernotte Memorial Lecture in Philosophy at Quinnipiac College, October 2, 1996.
Hypatia (Access through Project Muse - UIowa ID required): "Hypatia is the only journal for scholarly research at the intersection of philosophy and women's studies and is a leader in reclaiming the work of women philosophers."
International Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics: "Our goals are to develop a more inclusive theory of bioethics encompassing the standpoints and experiences of women and other marginalized social groups, to examine presuppositions embedded in the dominant bioethical discourse that privilege those already empowered, and to create new methodologies and strategies responsive to the disparate conditions of women's lives across the globe."
Irigaray and the Political Future of Sexual Difference [uiowa.edu or other subscribing institution only]: The Spring, 1998 issue of Diacritics dedicated to Irigaray. Special Editors: Pheng Cheah and Elizabeth Grosz.
Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion.
Judith Butler - www/theory.org.uk: "This page gives an introduction to Judith Butler and the arguments put forward in her 1990 book Gender Trouble."
Judith Butler: Her faculty page at the European Graduate School where, in addition to her position at UC Berkeley, she is the Hannah Arendt Professor of Philosophy in Saas-fee Switzerland. Includes a bibliography of Butler's works.
Judith Butler Bibliography: Compiled by Eddie Yeghiayan - UC Irvine Libraries
Kuhn, Feminism and Science? [ uiowa.edu or other subscribing institution only]: Evelyn Fox Keller, in Configurations 6.1 (1998) 15-19. Subjects: Luce Irigaray, Feminist theory and the political aspects of sex differences. [U. Iowa readers should put in their U.I. number without dashes or spaces to gain access]
Labyrinth: International Journal for Philosophy, Feminist Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics.
Lesbian Bodies in the Age of (Post)Mechanical Reproduction: Cathy Griggers, "Lesbian Bodies in the Age of (Post)Mechanical Reproduction" PostModern Culture May, 1992.
Mary Daly - Social Attitudes Towards Women: One of two essays published in The Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Studies of Selected Pivotal Ideas, edited by Philip P. Wiener, was published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, in 1973-74. See also: "Faith, Hope, and Charity"
NOEMA: The Collaborative Bibliography of Women in Philosophy: Not strictly feminist theory, but you will find references to many feminist theorists here.
Nomadic Philosopher: A Conversation with with Rosi Braidotti: In this interview with Kathleen O'Grady, Rosi Braidotti discusses her recent work at the intersection of feminist and environmental activism, the central role of feminism in the redefinition of philosphy, the polemics between continental and anglo-American feminist discourses, and the development of women studies programs in Western Europe and North America.
See Also: "Cyberfeminism with a difference" by Rosi Braidotti
Pornography and Silence: An Interview with Susan Griffin: Susan Griffin and discusses pornography with Karla Tonella in this 1981 radio progam for KPFA, Pacifica Radio, Berkeley, CA. Susan also reads from her book, Pornography and Silence: Culture's Revenge Against Nature.
The Professor of Parody: Martha Nussbaum writes a highly critical summation of Butler's writing in February 22, 1999 issue of The New Republic: "What precisely does Butler offer when she counsels subversion? She tells us to engage in parodic performances, but she warns us that the dream of escaping altogether from the oppressive structures is just a dream: it is within the oppressive structures that we must find little spaces for resistance, and this resistance cannot hope to change the overall situation. And here lies a dangerous quietism. ."
Pornography as a Cause of Rape by Diana E.H. Russell: "This version of "Pornography As a Cause of Rape" has been excerpted from my book, Against Pornography: The Evidence of Harm." --D. Russell
SeaChanges: The Journal of Women Scholars of Religion and Theology
Sexuality and Cyberspace: Performing the Digital Body: A special issue of Women & Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory, edited by Stacy Horn and Theresa M. Senft. "Our book uses an arsenal of techniques -- first-person narrative, substantial online experience, feminist, queer and postcolonial theories -- in order to address the latest intersections of identity, sexuality, and the Internet."
Social Dramas and Cultural Performances: All the President’s Women: by Elizabeth Bell in Liminalities: A journal of performance studies, V2 N1, 2006. "This essay [about “Monica and Bill” websites ] analyzes these cultural performances for their perpetuation of hegemonic masculinity and rescue of heternormativity through the President’s women—Monica Lewinsky and Hillary Rodham Clinton."
Society for Women in Philosophy: In addition to SWIP membership and listserv information, this site contains syllabi, bibliographies, articles, calls for papers and other resources. Created and maintained by Cynthia Freeland, U of Houston.
That was Then: This is Now: Ex-Changing the Phallus: Lynda Hart, Dept. of English, U of Penn. in PostModern Culture, September, 1993.
Theorizing--Feminism and Postmodernity: A Conversation with Linda Hutcheon: One of the most respected and renown of Canada's theorists provides lucid and succinct analyses of the most slippery of topics -- parody, irony, aesthetics. An interview by Kathleen O'Grady, Trinity College, University of Cambridge
Third World Women Bibliography/Webliography: Feminist Theory: A page from a much larger site by Anacaona Makandal, this page is mostly bibliography with only a few webliography entries.
Theorizing--Feminism and Postmodernity: A Conversation with Linda Hutcheon: One of the most respected and renown of Canada's theorists provides lucid and succinct analyses of the most slippery of topics -- parody, irony, aesthetics. An interview by Kathleen O'Grady, Trinity College, University of Cambridge
Toward an Interrogation of Escort Prostitution: Tessa Dora Addison and Audrey Extavasia, "Fucking (With Theory) for Money: Toward an Interrogation of Escort Prostitution" PostModern Culture May, 1992.
Using Early Cinema in Reassessing Feminist Theory: Ingred hoofd, Utrecht University, 1996. "The aim of this paper therefore will be to outline the theories with which traditional feminist film theory is working, to discuss the disadvantages that come with it and - most importantly - to show how thinking about early cinema can challenge these very preconceptions of traditional feminist film criticism."
Voices of the Shuttle: Gender Studies Page: Women's studies and feminist theory links with an emphasis on theory and multicultural sources.
What is feminist phenomenology? Thinking birth philosophically: Article by Johanna Oksala in the July/August 2004 issue of Radical Philosophy " Does the study of experiences, such as being pregnant or giving birth, which are traditionally understood as feminist issues and relegated to the margins of phenomenology, not change the phenomenological project in any fundamental way?."

General and Mixed Resources

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Jump to Specialized Search Engines
AS@UVA Yellow Pages: Gender Studies: Selective, timely links to resources relating to Gender in America; general resources plus editors' selections of the most useful sites. Topics: Women's Studies Resoures, Family Studies Resources, Queer Studies Resources, Men's Studies Resources

AsiangURLS: "A website for Asian women that's beyond stereotypes." A great resource jam-packed with news.
Border Crossings: An experiment in hypertextual relationships by Karla Tonella of the University of Iowa that explores the common ground between Cyorgs, Gender, LesBiGay, Dispora, La Frontera, Border Incidents and Other Borders.

Chicana Feminist Homepage - Making Face, Making Soul: Created by Susana Gallardo, a doctoral candidate in the department of Religious Studies at Stanford University. A deserving winner of the "Lycos Top 5% of the Web" award. Chock full of substantive content and valuable resources. This site keeps its eye on other online news and magazine sites for stories on Chicanas -- from basketball players to an index of professors. That's the front page. Inside you will find poetry, literature, biographies and many more links to resources and other Chicana sites.

Exoticize My Fist (Asian-American Feminist Resources): "I should explain why I --an already burdened feminist graduate student with multiple 'zines, articles, and other media projects in both development & production-- felt inordinately compelled to pick up the gauntlet and tackle this Xenian task (yes, I am a rabid Xena fan): I got annoyed. That is, I got exceedingly irritated trying to find rad Asian/American women's work on the web and figured everybody else must be sick of it too."

Gender and the Law: The menu is based on Katharine T. Bartlett, Gender and Law: Theory, Doctrine Commentary, Little, Brown and Company, ix to xxvi (1993). There is nothing much there yet, but topics planned include: Foundations of Women's Legal Subordination,? Formal Equality as a Means of Assuring Women's Rights, Substantive Equality, Nonsubordination, Women's Different Voices, Autonomy, Non Essentialism.

Gender-free Pronoun FAQ: Despite the title, the main subject of this document is not frequently-asked questions about gender-free pronouns, but instead is a general information source about gender-free alternatives to gendered pronouns.

Gender Related Electronic Forums: Joan Korenman of the University of Maryland Baltimore County maintains the most comprehensive and up-to-date list of electronic discussions. Both listservs and Usenet newsgroups are covered.

Internet Resources on Women: Updates: A frequently-updated, annotated listing of new and changed web sites offering information on women of particular use to educators and students. This site provides updates to Joan Korenman's book Internet Resources on Women: Using Electronic Media in Curriculum Transformation.
Minerva: Women & the Military: H-MINERVA is the H-Net discussion list devoted to the study of women and war and women in the military, worldwide and in all historical areas. Discussions are frequently about current events regarding women in and in relation to the military as well. Linked to The Minerva Center, an educational foundation and publisher of related books.

National Center for Curriculum Transformation Resources on Women: A centralized source of information on the resources available to help faculty and teachers incorporate the scholarship on women into their courses.

Nineveh On Line: Assyrian American Women's homepage. Clicking on "Who are we" takes you to a brief history of Assyrian people. A link to the Journal of The Assyrian Academic Society, newsletters, other resources.

Pope John Paul II's Letter to Women: The Vatican text of the papal letter to women issued in preparation for the Beijing Conference. It is dated June 29 and released July 10 at the Vatican. (It's presence here should not, by any means, be considered an endorsment of its contents, the writer or the church.)

Resources on Women and Gender (Rutgers): In addition to rounding up all the usual suspects, Jane Sloan and her collegues provide an excellent selection of Reference Tools organized by archives, bibliographies, directories, encyclopedic sites etc.

Third World Women Bibliography/Webliography: A site by Anacaona Makandal, is more bibliography than webliography at the moment, but I expect that will change over time. Categories: General, Art, Feminist Theory & Criticism, Film, Labour and Slavery, Lesbian and Bisexual, Literature, Music, Reproductive Rights and Women in Development.

University of Wisconsin System Women's Studies Library: Primarily bibliographic information with links to websites on women and gender including on-line newsletters and periodicals. Compiled by Phyllis Holman Weisbard, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison.

Voice of the Shuttle: Gender Studies Page: The "Voice of the Shuttle: Web Page for Humanities Research" was woven by Alan Liu. of the University of California, Santa Barbara. Alternate Location in U.K.

WMST-L File List: More than 90 files containing discussions from WMST-L, (WoMens STudies Listserv) essays, bibliographies, film reviews, and other information that Women's Studies faculty and students should find of great value. It contains 14 subject sections: Books and Films; Feminism(s) (including critiques); Feminist Theory/Theories; Girls and Young Women; Grad School/Job Market; Language; Men; Miscellaneous; Pedagogical Issues and Strategies; Program Administration; Race/Ethnicity; Sexuality/Sexual Orientation; Societal Issues in the Classroom; and WMST-L.

Women's International Electronic University: Modem delivered instruction in the following areas: (a) technological skills: courses that specifically teach and train women in the use of the computer and related technologies (b) living skills: health and wellness, parenting and caretaking, economic literacy, dealing with violence, agricultural knowledge.. (c)academic courses: writing and critical thinking, women's studies, social and political science, languages, literature, theology. Emphasis on courses that promote social analysis, communication and global awareness. (d)continuing education for workers and professionals: medical and social services, information science, business and leadership skills.

Women's Studies: A Research Guide (New York Public Library): "The Research Libraries of The New York Public Library are one of the most important resource centers for Women's Studies in the United States. In addition to vast retrospective holdings relating to women, including manuscript and archival material, NYPL has a strong collection of current Women's Studies materials."
Women's Studies Programs and Research Centers: Links to more than 450 women's studies programs, departments, and research centers around the world. Annotations identify those programs offering graduate degrees or certificates.
Women's Studies Librarian's Office: Exhaustive lists of bibliographies of monographs and scholarly articles in women's studies. The site also offers core lists of women's studies books in print.

Women's Studies/Women's Issues Resource Sites.: The University of Maryland Baltimore County maintains two very useful pages of women's studies pointers. One offers an alphabetical list of over 500 selected women's and gender related sites of all types. To make the list easier to navigate, it has also been divided by topic, including activism, arts and humanities, health, international, net info, science/technology, and sexuality, as well as a separate list pointing to over 450 national and international university women's studies programs and research centers. The second page provides an annotated collection of over 500 women's issues and gender studies email lists.

WWSSLinks Women's Studies Gender Studies Web Sites: Developed and maintained by the Women's Studies Section Collection Development Committee of the Association of College and Research Libraries, Topical pages: General sites, Archives, Art and Film, Culture (includes Literature), Education, Health, History, International, Lesbian Sites, Music, Philosophy, Politics, Science, Theology

Specialized Search Engines

Electronic Resources on Diversity: African American, Asian American, European American, Latino/as, Middle Eastern American and Native American pages.

Womens Studies Database: The most comprehensive site for academic women's studies resources, including syllabi, papers, film reviews, bibliographies, links to women's studies departments, the best compilation of women/gender/feminist/male studies listservs. Hosted by the University of Maryland.

WWWomen: Possibly the largest index of links to resources for and about women. Includes listings for content for women in arts, business, education, health, history, sports and more! Also includes random site selector, featured women profiles, and forum areas. Some feminist sites are purposely ignored because the sponsors want a "more corporate look."

FeMiNa: One of the resources left out of WWWomen because it is "a hotlist of feminist oriented links" It's stated purpose is "to provide women with a comprehensive, searchable directory of links to female-friendly sites and information on the World Wide Web."

Feminist History

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9000 Years of Anatolian Woman: An Exhibition by the Ministry of Culture: Rich in images and authored by Günsel Renda, deals with women's place in religion and her social status, the exhibit covers: Prehistory to the Iron Age (7th millennium B.C.-7th century B.C.): Greek, Roman and Byzantine periods (7th century B.C.- 15th century A.D.); and the Seljuk and Ottoman periods (12th century A.D.-early 20th century).
4000 Years of Women in Science: Short, informal biographical notes and links to other women in science sites.
African-American Women, Digital Scriptorium of Duke University: On-line archival collections featuring scanned pages and texts of the writings of African-American women. Currently includes the memoirs of Elizabeth Johnson Harris (1867-1942), an 1857 letter from Vilet Lester, a slave on a North Carolina plantation, and several letters from Hannah Valentine and Lethe Jackson, slaves on the estate of David Campbell, a governor of Virginia.
The Book of Margery Kempe: Edited by Lynn Staley. An excellent introduction and the full text is available via The Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages (TEAMS )Texts Online Project. "Written probably in the late 1430s, The Book of Margery Kempe is one of the most astonishing documents of late medieval English life. Its protagonist, who represents herself as its ultmate author, was not simply a woman but a woman thoroughly rooted in the world."
Bibliographies and Guides to Research: Many bibliographies collected at the Todd Library, Middle Tennessee State University on women history.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "Cupid in the Kitchen": The Rhetorical Situation of "Cupid in the Kitchen:" Topicality in the 1890's and the 1990's by Alan Taylor, U. of Texas at Arlington, 1993. " Gilman's vision is revolutionary, and in some respects, prophetic. She proposes that the domestic chores of cleaning and nutrition be professionalized."
Civil War Women: On-line Archival Collections: Features scanned images of manuscript pages and full text of the writings of women during the American Civil War. Currently available are the 1864 diary of Alice Williamson, a 16-year-old girl from Gallatin, Tennessee, and the papers of Rose O'Neal Greenhow, a renowned Confederate spy.
Civil War Women: Primary Sources on the Internet: Lists and provides links to original documents - diaries, letters, photographs, and writings - related to women during the Civil War era which are currently available on the net.
Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World: "This web site is intended to serve as aresource for anyone interested in patterns of genderaround the ancient Mediterranean and as a forum forcollaboration among instructors who teach courses about women and gender in the ancient world." Designed andmaintained by Suzanne Bonefas and Ross Scaife, Univ. of Kentucky.
Dissertations and Theses on Lesbian History 68-95: This list includes the following: work done on lesbian history, work on feminism which may be related to lesbian history; work done by males related to lesbian history; and in a separate section is listed workdone by/about lesbians of color in ANY field.
Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement: An On-line Archival Collection Collections Library, Duke University. The materials in this on-line archival collection document various aspects of the Women's Liberation Movement in the United States, and focus specifically on the radical origins of this movement during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Items range from radical theoretical writings to humourous plays to the minutes of an actual grassroots group.
Dorothy Day Library on the Web: "This site is devoted to the writings of Dorothy Day who co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement with Peter Maurin in 1933." Bigraphical material and a substantial number of full-text articles writen by Day.
Emma Goldman: A Guide to Her Life and Documentary Sources: Emma Goldman (1869-1940) stands as a major figure in the history of American radicalism and feminism. An influential and well-known anarchist of her day, Goldman was an early advocate of free speech, birth control
Female Buffalo Soldier: "Cathay Williams .... For two years the former slave from Independence, Missouri, served as Private William Cathay until she became ill and was discovered by the post physician to be a woman. She was discharged at Ft. Bayard, New Mexico, on October 14, 1868, and later opened a boarding house in Raton which was a popular stop for General Phil Sheridan."
Florence Nightingale: A Selection of her Letters: The Clendening Medical Library's small collection of Nightingale's letters reproduced as both an image of the handwritten letter and a typed transcription. Letters dated 1856 through 1897. Admirably organized and presented.
Godey's Lady's Book Online: Four 1850 issues of one of the most popular periodicals of the 19th century. Nicely reproduced images, and poetry and prose placed in postmodern hypertext frames. In spite of the presentation, some of the flavor of the original lingers.
Jewish Women in America: Annotated Bibliography and Guide to Archival Resources: Phyllis Holman Weisbard, University of Wisconsin System Women's Studies Librarian. Hypertext format, annotated entries in these categories: Books, Articles in Periodicals and Anthologies, Collections of Memoirs, Oral Histories, and Creative Writings, and Archival Resources (links to other library collections). http://members.aol.com/CritChicks/
Joan's Witch directory: Joan Pontius of Belgium has collected various historical materials, especially quotes from Malleus Malificarum.
Lady Liberty: The Changing Face of American Freedom: by Lisa Guernsey. Sections: "Origins: The Female Form as Allegory"; "Symbols: Lady Liberty's Male Relations; Politics"; "The Agendas Behind the Monuments"; "Journeys: Tracing the Paths of our Lady Liberties"; "Ironies: Race, Gender and the Deception of "Freedom." Also: The Poetry of Lady Liberty's Diverse Public featuring poems by Emma Lazarus, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Wiliam A. Cox and Rita Dove.
Lesbian History Project/Lesbian Archives: Archives and Oral History Collections That Have Lesbian Materials
Margaret Sanger Papers Project: From the History Department, New York University. Includes information about about the Project, as well as about Margaret Sanger's life and work, along with links to related sites
Medieval Feminist Index: The Medieval Feminist Index covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages.
Medieval Feminist Newsletter Bibliography: Bibliography of interest to those involved with feminist historiography of late medieval and early modern Europe. Compiled by Chris Africa, Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship.
Minerva: Women & the Military: H-MINERVA is the H-Net discussion list devoted to the study of women and war and women in the military, worldwide and in all historical areas. Discussions are frequently about current events regarding women in and in relation to the military as well. Linked to The Minerva Center, an educational foundation and publisher of related books.
National Women's History Project: A clearinghouse for women's history information, resources, activities, and programming ideas.
Sophia Smith Collection: "The Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College is an internationally recognized repository of manuscripts, photographs, periodicals and other primary sources in women's history."
Upstate New York and the Women's Rights Movement: Nicely done exhibit curated by Mary M. Huth. Includes reproductions of primary documents from the late 18th century through the passing of the 19th amendment in 1920. Sections on: Theoreticians, Precursors, The Seneca Falls and Rochester Conventions, The Syracuse Convention, Amy Post and Other Upstate New York Feminists, Dress Reform,Women's Education, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton .
ViVa, A Bibliography of Women's History Journals: International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam. ViVa is a current bibliography of women's history in historical and women's studies journals. Articles in English, French, German and Dutch are selected from more than sixty European and American periodicals.
"Votes for Women" Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920: This collection, which is part of the Library of Congress' "American Memory Project," consists mostly of portraits (Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Sojourner Truth, among others), but also includes other pertinent photographs, two political cartoons, and a hyperlinked suffrage timeline. "It is a pictorial partner for the text documents in "'Votes for Women:' Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Collection, 1848-1920.'"
Why I Can't Be a Nun: Edited by James Dean. Originally Published in Six Ecclesiastical Satires, author unknown, dated early 15th century. Detailed introduction and full text. "Why I Can't Be a Nun poses a dilemma: how should a young woman, devoted to piety, live a good life if the institutions originally designed to enhance her spiritual welfare have become residences of sin rather than devotion? "
Women at War: Redstone's WWII Female "Production Soldiers": A survey of the contributions of women Ordnance and Chemical Warfare Service workers at Redstone and Huntsville Arsenals from the beginning of production in 1942 until the end of the war in 1945.
Women Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters During World War II - reproductions of original manuscripts, photographs, newspaper and magazine articles - historical sketches of eight women war correspondents and photographers.
Women in America, 1820 to 1842: Women in the new republic as recorded by eighteen European travelers to the United States during the first half of the 19th century, compiled by the American Studies Group of the University of Virginia.
Women's Army Corps: A commeration of World War II Service by Judith A. Bellafaire.
Women of Science at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass.: From 1888 to 1910, women women comprised approximately one-third of the total enrollment at MBL. Photos and biographies of many, including Nobel Prize winner, Barbara McClintock.
Women's History Texts at Mississipi State U.: A small mixed bag of articles and bibliographies centered around various historical periods.

A Celebration of Women Writers: Links to information and some online texts from a variety of sources. Some of the authors have homepages. A selection of collections and bibliographies at the bottom of this very long page.
African American Women Writers the 19th Century (NYPL Digital Schomburg): Full texts, facsimiles of some pages and images. "The texts in the collection include essays, works of fiction and poetry, and autobiography and biography--among them, Anna Julia Cooper's A Voice from the South; Phillis Wheatley's Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. The materials are drawn primarily from The New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, one of the world's leading research facilities devoted to the preservation of materials on the global African and African diasporan experiences."
Alice Walker: Anniina's Alice Walker Page features a biographical sketch, links to interviews, bibliographies, "Poetry, Short Stories, and Excerpts," "Essays, Articles, and Criticism" and more. See also: Lit Chat, Salon Magazine and Alice Walker, "Roselily", Censorship & the Religious Right
Anais Nin: Of primary interest here are a few academic essays and a page devoted to personal recollections by people who knew Nin. A fairly extensive set of links to books by and about Nin as well as related topics and people.
Ana Castillo -- anacastillo.com: This site by and about poet, essayist and novelist Ana Castillo provides a rich sampling of her poetry, excerpts from her latest novel Peel My Love Like an Onion, a bibliography, a biography and much more. "Ana de Web" links to many articles about and some by Castillo in Web publications like Salon, LatinoLink, etc.
Aphra Behn Page: "Aphra Behn, the first professional woman writer in English, lived from 1640 to 1689. After John Dryden, she was the most prolific dramatist of the Restoration, but it is for her pioneering work in prose narrative that she achieved her place in literary history."
Ariadne (German language site): A service by Helga Hofmann-Weinberger and Christa Wille of the Austrian national library which offers a Database, a NewsLetter, Bibliographies, Historical magazines (until 1918) , Historical magazines (1918 to 1934), and links to other Internet resources.
Audre Lorde: The Modern American Poetry set of pages devoted to Lorde's biography, articles about her work and links to other sites. See Also: A Tribute to Audre Lorde and a bibliography as well as the PBS documentary A Litany for Survival.
Bluestocking Archive (La Belle Assemblée: Romanticism, Bluestockings and the Virtual Salon): "This archive assumes a deep relation between the intellectual and social movement of the Bluestockings, the culture and cult of Sensibility and High Romanticism. It is an archive of texts by or relating to the eighteenth-century British Bluestocking Circle and the second generation Blues, including predecessor texts, and literature of sensibility as it is derived from the Bluestockings' concerns with aesthetics, and with women's aesthetic achievements." --Elizabeth Fay, Associate Professor of English at The University of Massachusetts, Boston.
Bonnie Proudfoot reads a few of her favorite poems: Part of the Poetry Online from Wired for Books site. Click Realplayer button to download free player.
The Book of Margery Kempe: Edited by Lynn Staley. An excellent introduction and the full text is available via The Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages (TEAMS ) Texts Online Project. "Written probably in the late 1430s, The Book of Margery Kempe is one of the most astonishing documents of late medieval English life. Its protagonist, who represents herself as its ultimate author, was not simply a woman but a woman thoroughly rooted in the world." See also: Margery Kempe
British Women Romantic Poets, 1789-1832: An Electronic Collection from the Shields Library, University of California, Davis. "The goal of this project is the design and development of highly accurate and reliable electronic editions of works published by British women poets between 1789 and 1832." Note to U. Iowa users: The Information Arcade in the Library has software that will allow you to read and search the SGML texts included here.
The Brontë Sisters: Cecilia Falk, a Swedish/English translator of literature, put together this collection of images, bibliographies, biographical sketches and links to other pages on Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë.
Brown University Women Writers Project: An electronic textbase of women's writing in English before 1830. "The WWP provides access to texts that would not ordinarily be available for study. Anyone may order drafts-in-process of almost 200 texts which are printed directly from our textbase."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "Cupid in the Kitchen": The Rhetorical Situation of "Cupid in the Kitchen:" Topicality in the 1890's and the 1990's by Alan Taylor, U. of Texas at Arlington, 1993. " Gilman's vision is revolutionary, and in some respects, prophetic. She proposes that the domestic chores of cleaning and nutrition be professionalized."
Chicana Feminist Homepage - Making Face, Making Soul: See especially "Suggested reading in Chicana/o literature," "Chicana/o poetry on the 'Net." and "Other links to Chicana/o and Latina/o literature." Created by Susana Gallardo, a doctoral candidate in the department of Religious Studies at Stanford University. A deserving winner of the "Lycos Top 5% of the Web" award.
Chick-Lit: Postfeminist Fiction: "Reviewers ask, what is chick-lit? What is postfeminist fiction? They are annoyed when the editors of this new anthology, Cris Mazza and Jeffrey DeShell, fail to answer those questions adequately (or obviously) in their separate introductions. But if we are capable of reading the book, aren't we capable of figuring out what its titles and introductions might mean?"
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: A biographical sketch with links to other resources by Nilu N. Patel, Emory University for their Postcolonial Studies site
Daughters of Fire: Children’s Author Fran Manushkin in Conversation with Kathleen O’Grady (2001). Daughters of Fire is a collection of ten illustrated stories based on central female figures in the Hebrew Bible. O’Grady is a Research Associate at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University, Montreal.
Domestic Goddesses (a.k.a. Scribbling Women): A moderated E-journal, devoted to women writers, beginning in the 19th century, who wrote "domestic fiction."
Doris Lessing: A Retrospective: A well done tribute to Lessing with a gallery of portraits that begin in 1950, interviews with the writer, a biographical sketch and a bibliography. Her books are also described and cross-referenced by several classifications. News on the upcoming Opera by Philip Glass and Lessing due to premiere in May, 1997. Also, if you have the free plug-in RealAudio installed, you can listen to this short excerpt of Lessing giving a Massey Lecture for the Canadian Broadcast System - later published in its entirety as Prisons We Choose To Live Inside.
Emily Dickinson: This is primarily a page of links to other sites -- a large page of many links -- created by Paul E. Black and kept up to date by Kris Selander.
Emily Dickinson read by Laura Lee Parrotti: Part of the Poetry Online from Wired for Books site -- over 40 poems you can listen to. You will need realplayer to hear the readings. Click the button to download.
Emory Women Writers Resource Project: "The Emory Women Writers Resource Project is a collection of edited and unedited texts by women writing in English from the seventeenth century through the nineteenth century."
Exoticize My Fist (Asian-American Feminist Resources): "I should explain why I --an already burdened feminist graduate student with multiple 'zines, articles, and other media projects in both development & production-- felt inordinately compelled to pick up the gauntlet and tackle this Xenian task (yes, I am a rabid Xena fan): I got annoyed. That is, I got exceedingly irritated trying to find rad Asian/American women's work on the web and figured everybody else must be sick of it too." See especially "Articles and Essays," "Academics," and "Bibliographies."
Feminist Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Utopia: Biographies, bibliographies, non-print media, Internet links, scholars directory. Moving soon. If the link above does not work try http://feministsf.org
Gabriela Mistral: A brief biography at a prestigious site, the Nobel (Prize) Foundation. You will also find the text of her speech at the Nobel Banquet, 1945.Another, slightly longer biography at the Books & Writers site. Two poems can be found here and several selections from Desolation here (student translations by Lucy Lim ). See also: Selected Poems translated by Ursula K. Le Guin. Otherwise there is very little available in English.
Gloria Anzaldúa: Co-editor with Cherrie Moraga of This Bridge Called My Back, one of the most used books in women's studies classes and author of another classic, La Frontera/Borderlands was widely known as an important cultural theorist. She died of complications related to diabetes in 2004. See Also Voices From the Gaps entry.
H.D. (Hilda Doolittle): "These pages are written and maintained as a volunteer effort by Heather Hawkins, Cataloging Librarian at the University of San Francisco Law Library by day and H.D. fan by night." Biography, bibliographic lists, links to resources, reviews, links to archive holdings, information and links to resources about H.D.'s friends and associates. Also: The Pink Month: Hilda Doolittle
Isle of Lesbos: Lesbian Poetry: Alexandria North, "created this site to honor the works of those poets who, over the ages, have written eloquently about romantic love between women."
Jamaica Kincaid: A biographical sketch with links to other resources by Vanessa Pupello, Emory University for their Postcolonial Studies site. See also: Salon Magazine interview. and an interview in Mother Jones Magazine.
Jewish Women's Resources (Bibliography): Compiled by Tsiporah Wexler-Pashkoff. Mostly unannotated. Categories: General, Liturgy, Synagogue and Worship, Holidays, Life Cycle, Biblical and Talmudic Women, Post-Talmudic and Modern Women, History, Holocaust, Fiction, Bibliographies and Course Guides, and Web Sites
Joy Harjo: A graduate of the Univ. of Iowa Writer's Workshop,and best known perhaps for her poetry, Harjo is an artistic polymath. This is her own official site where you can download a sample MP3 track from her new CD and a video clip of Eagle Song or follow her thoughts on her Web Log.
Joyce Carol Oates: A dedicated and glowing effort by Randy Souther, a Reference Librarian at the University of San Francisco. Some of the more unusual features include a gallery of book-jacket portraits, Oates on various writers and others, and sound files of Oates reading, along with a rich collection of bibliographies, excerpts, full texts, reviews and more.
Kate Chopin as Feminist: Subverting the French Androcentric Influence: "Chopin's uniqueness as a woman writer, at its best, speaks out well beyond the French influence and it is a voice which is strikingly female. The French male form and style she adopts from Maupassant are adapted to suit her own purpose, to explore a position unique to woman. She exerts literary individuality and originality and, ultimately, speaks in a truly feminist voice." --Jane Le Marquand Massey University Palmerston North, New Zealand originally published in Deep South v.2. n.3. (Spring 1996).
Leslie Marmon Silko: This work-in-progress endeavors to provide links to all relevant information regarding Leslie Marmon Silko available on the WWW. Bibliography, interview, online essays & poetry, book reviews ...
Louise Erdrich: This site provided by her publisher HarperCollins naturally presents all of her books for sale but there is a lot more here -- reading guides, interviews, and biographic information. Also see the Louise Erdrich page on the Voices From the Gaps site at the Univ. of Minnesota.
Literary Resources -- Feminism and Women's Literature: Part of the Literary Resources collection maintained by Jack Lynch, this page is devoted to sites specifically on women's literature and feminist criticism.
Ntozake Shange: This set of pages by Jody F. Kerr includes a bio, bibliography, criticisms, and world wide web links.
Octavia Butler: A page from the Voices From the Gaps web site at the University of Minnesotta featuring a photo, biographical and bibliographic information on the multiple Hugo and Nebula prize-winning science fiction author.
Paula Gunn Allen: Emeritus professor of English at UCLA, winner of an American Book Award for Spider Woman's Granddaughters. prolific writer and cousin to Leslie Marmon Silko. This page on the Storytellers site is chock full of links to resources.
Paris Press: "Paris Press publishes fine feminist literary work in all genres from the experimental and politically radical to work by worthy yet neglected writers." This page features their publications with extended book jacket text. Muriel Rukeyser, Ruth Stone and Jan Freeman are among the authors.
Rita Dove: Lady Freedom Among Us: Both text and audio versions of this poem, published as a special edition of one hundred by Janus Press. Images and movies of the book are also online here.
Sapphic Ink: A lesbian literary journal devoted to bringing quality lesbian writing to a broader audience via the World Wide Web.
South Asian Women's Network - Books by and for South Asian Women: Books, Magazines, Cookbooks, bibliographies, biographical sketches and photos of writers mostly from India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka but also includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Nepal and Malayasia. Part of the larger SAWNet site.
Spinsters Ink: A feminist publishing house: "We are committed to publishing works by women writing from the periphery: fat women, Jewish women, lesbians, old women, poor women, rural women, women examining classism, women of color, women with disabilities, women who are writing books that help make the best in our lives more possible."
Third World Women Bibliography/Webliography: Literature: A page from a much larger site by Anacaona Makandal, this page is mostly bibliography with only a few webliography entries.
Toni Morrison: This site by Jody F. Kerr contains a short biography, a bibliography of Morrison's works and what appears to be the results of a MLA or other database search for critical writing about Morrison, and finally, a page of links to other Toni Morrison Web sites.
Ursula K. Le Guin: Le Guin's richly loaded "official" site which was designed by a science fiction compatriot, Vonda N. McIntyre.
Victorian Women Writers Project: "The goal of the Victorian Women Writers Project is to produce highly accurate, SGML-encoded transcriptions of literary works by British women writers in the late Victorian period."
Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color: The University of Minnesota offers a growing source of information on women writers of color in the US. Includes biographical and bibliographic information, annotated lists of Internet resources relating to each writer, and, when available, images and audio files. Writers can be browsed by name, birthplace, racial or ethnic background, and significant historical dates.
Vonda N. McIntyre: Nebula and Hugo award winner McIntyre presents her own bibliography, biography and collections of essays, reviews and interviews
White Teeth: A Conversation with Author Zadie Smith: An interview with Zadie Smith, well-known British-Jamaican author by Kathleen O'Grady, Research Associate, Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia (Montreal). Originally Published in Atlantis: A Women’s Studies Journal, Vol. 27.1 (Fall 2002): 105-111.
Women and Literature: Not the whole canon by any means, but a good start on some of the top women writers.
Women's Poetry from World War I: "Many of these poems are the products of direct experience of the processes of war -- making weapons, nursing the wounded, the loss of brothers, sons, or lovers in the trenches -- by women on active service in the battle areas as well as by women involved in the war effort at home." Five selections from a larger British site devoted to text analysis and the analysis of WWI poetry.
Zora Neale Hurston: This substantive site features texts, photos, bibliography, chronology, essays and links to other Zora web pages, the Harlem Renaissance and related authors. Also: Conjured into Being An essay on Their Eyes Were Watching God by Rita Hooks.

Music

Amazon Radio: From WPKN, Bridgeport CT - "Women's Music for all who color outside the lines!"
Archive of Syllabi in Women's Studies in Music: On the Royal Holloway University of London Web site but featuring syllabi mostly from U.S. universities.
Bibliography of Sources Related to Women's Studies, Gender Studies, Feminism, and Music: Compiled for the Society for Music Theory -- Committee on the Status of Women (CSW). Broad list of topics. Last updated 2002.
Coolgrrrls.com: International music news, mp3s reviews
Core Lists in Women's Studies - Music: Liza Vick created this bibliography of books on women in music
Diana Ross: Two articles by Daniel Garrett: in Waxpoetics "The Force Behind the Power: Jazz, Joy, and Social Vision in the Work of Diana Ross" and on the Identity Theory site, a review of Diana Ross, the Motown Anthology: Singer, Actress, Businesswoman, Icon, Scapegoat.
Drummer Girl: A resource for women who drum. Worth the visit just to read "Let me tell you why I made this page ..." There are good resources here too.
Early Music - Women Composers: Biographies and discographies, a good collection of images and an excellent page of links to other women in music sites by Sarah Wentworth, New York University. See also an extensive collection of early music MIDI by Women Composers.
FemaleMusician.com: "The Female Musician is an educational electronic music magazine, audio production facility and online community for women of all ages who seek to pursue a career in music."
Feminist Majority Music Links: Annotated page of links to women musicians and women's music resources
Harmony Ridge Music: Dedicated to femal singer songwriters. Over 400 artists
International Alliance for Women in Music: Among other things this site is running "Radio Requests," a campaign to get more women composers played on classical music radio stations. They publish two journals: Women & Music: A Journal of Gender and Culture and IAWM Journal. They also sponsor the Pauline Alderman Award for outstanding scholarship on women in music.
Music: Archive of Women's Studies in Music Syllabi: A collection of syllabi from differnet universities beginning in 1994 as well as other links to women in music resources on the Internet.
New York Women Composers: New York Women Composers, Inc. is a New York not-for-profit corporation controlled by its members, all of whom are women composers of serious concert music or are women in musical occupations who support the composers in their efforts to be recognized. Membership is open to residents of New York State and the greater tristate metropolitan area.
Pauline Oliveros Foundation Inc. Home Page: Founded in 1985 to encourage and support the creation of new work, the Foundation furthers research in arts technology and sponsors the exploration and uses of art for the education and development of human consciousness, making the results available to the public.
Recordings & Educational Materials on Music and Women in Music: This site has: Classical CDs and cassette tapes, Women Composers, 12th C. onward, American Composers, Other Premiere Recordings, Audio Samples, Composer and Artist Bios, Program Notes, CD Covers, Music Publisher Sources
Women and Music: A Journal of Gender and Culture: Women and Music: A Journal of Gender and Culture, an annual journal of scholarship about women, music, and culture, is published for the International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) by the University of Nebraska Press.
Women Composers: A database of classical music composers "whose works have been recorded on compact disc" created by Karla Hartl, founder and chair of the Kapralova Society.
Women Hymn Composers before 1900: Some biographical information, MIDI files, lyrics and scores. Put together by Donald McKillican
Women in Music: This link takes you to the American Musicological Society's page of music resources. Scroll down about half way to find several links to Women in Music resources.
Women in Music (UK): Resources for women musicians and composers. "WiM celebrates and helps raise public awareness of women's work in all types of music. It supports, encourages and enables women to make music. Current projects include a Professional Development Scheme and a Commissioning Fund ."
Women in Music Syllabi: Provided by the International Alliance for Women in Music - as of June, 1998 the page contained links to no syllabi newer than 1996.
Women In Music with Laney Goodman: A weekly one-hour radio program broadcast on public radio stations. If your local public station doesn't carry the program or puts it on at some ungodly hour you might be able to listen online. The page has a list of links to online broadcasts. You'll find playlists for each week's program here too.
Women's Songs: "Bibliographic List of Published Songs Composed by American and British Women, ca. 1890-1930" by Christopher Reynolds, U.C. Davis, 1996.

Sports

General || Activism || Art || Communication/Media || Development - WID
Feminist Theory || History || Literature || Music || Sports

96 Years of Women in the Olympics: "Our overview of women in sports and the Olympics provides facts about women in the Olympics and an summary of women in sports. It also features an interview with feminist Olympics expert Carole Oglesby." --Feminist Majority Foundation

Colorado Silver Bullets: Homepage of women's professional baseball team, including meet the team,season archive, journal entries, team history and more general items such as women in baseball, baseball for dummies and sports wrap chat.

Coverage of Women in Sports: Q & A: ...with Championship Basketball Coach Tara VanDerveer. "the reason the media keep women's sports out of the news is because when the "old guard" sees women running free on the playing fields, they bristle at the fact that women aren't "barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen."

CNN/SI Women's Sports News: Selections from the second trial issue of Sports Illustrated's new magazine spotlighting female athletes.

Empowering Women in Sports: A publication of the Feminist Majority Foundation's Task Force on Women and Girls in Sports, 1995. Full text in hypertext form.

Feminist Majority Foundation's Task Force on Women and Girls in Sports: The Task Force is comprised of leaders in the field of women's athletics who are at the forefront of expanding opportunities for women and girls in athletics . . . members of the Task Force are leading the fight against Congressional attacks on Title IX, the federal law that prohibits discrimination against women in federally-funded education, including athletics.
Gender Equity in Sports: An up-to-date resource document covering issues, legislation, and court decisions related to Title IX and gender equity in interscholastic and intercollegiate sports. Created and maintained by Mary Curtis - University of Iowa.

WNBA on NBC: The Women's National Basketball Association news in all the glitter NBC can give it -- trivia game, personality profiles, etc.

WNBA - Official page: May or may not be working.

Women in Sports: Women in Sports is dedicated to providing role models of women athletes that validate women's accomplishments and perpetuate a new vision of women's abilities, autonomy and self determination. Women will find the courage and daring to follow their own goals. Includes an alphabatized list of women's names, some are links to biographical information, some only to pictures.

Women's Basketball Hall of Fame: The history of women's basketball and current events

Women's Professional Volleyball Association: About the WPVA: 1997 schedule; schedules 1994-1996 (with results), awards, money leaders, point leaders; players; address; organization; history.

Women's Sports Foundation: About the organization; Girls' sports and fitness zone; women's sports world; womens fitness world.

Women's Sports Links: An annotated list of links to women in sports resources on the Internet produced and maintained by the Feminist Majority Foundation. Includes other index sites.

WWW Women's Sports Page: From the University of Texas: Links to biographies of women athletes; issues in Women's sports; Organization, by sport, and other general women's sports pages.

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