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1970s LESBIAN FEMINISM is a website that grew out of a video project on the topic, "Sex and Revolution." The site includes a brief description of lesbian feminism of the 1970s, a separate section on radical lesbians of color, chronologies listing key events and publications, and bibliographies. Home page address is: http://womens-studies.ohio-state.edu/araw/1970slf.htm
The ABORTION LAW HOMEPAGE is a private effort intended to "help people, regardless of their political bent, understand the background and state of abortion law in America." It offers access to many legal documents, from Constitutional statutes to case law to transcripts of oral arguments. Web address: http://hometown.aol.com/abtrbng/index.htm
ABOUT-FACE is a "media literacy organization focused on the impact mass media has on the physical, mental and emotional well being of women and girls." Included on the website are examples of offending portrayals of women, the addresses of advertisers to contact, suggestions for letters, posters for purchase, resources, related links, and more. Web address is: http://about-face.org/index.html
ACTEW, Advocates for Community-based Training and Education for Women, "brings women's training providers together online to access programs and share information." The umbrella organization includes some sixty agencies across Ontario, and the website offers news and upcoming events, a "skills network" including job counseling, resume writing, advocacy, and more, and an email discussion list. The Web address is: http://www.actew.web.net/
ALL THAT WOMEN WANT is a free monthly online 'zine, a self-described "lively mix of features, fun, resources and best of the web picks." Site-specific content centers on articles/notes on women's business, parenting, and food, but collections of websites on such topics as entertainment, travel, computing, barter, books and writing, fashion -- and of course, shopping -- make for a wealth of content. Web address: http://www.allthatwomenwant.com/
AMERICAN SLAVE NARRATIVES: AN ONLINE ANTHOLOGY includes selected transcripts of interviews with former slaves by writers during the Works Progress Administration of the 1930s. Annotations and some photos enhance the transcripts (seven of the ten interviews are with women). Web address: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/wpa/wpahome.html
AMERICAN WOMEN'S HISTORY: A RESOURCE GUIDE points the researcher to print and online resources, employing a subject index, a guide to state resources, and instruction in locating books, journal articles, theses, and primary resources. A very rich site. Address:http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html
The AUSTRALIAN VIRTUAL CENTRE FOR WOMEN AND THE LAW, a project of the National Women's Justice Center, hopes to make it easier for women to get onto existing email lists or establish their own on a relevant topic. Check their Web page for the listing of available lists, at: http://www.nwjc.org.au/avcwl/
The AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S INTRA NETWORK offers links to sites both more local (Aboriginal Australia) and more global (Beijing), plus some interesting "cool clicks" to sites such as Tania the Toolwoman, who succinctly explains the workings of a car's internal combustion engine! Site address is: http://www.isis.aust.com/win/
B.a.B.e. (Be Active, Be Emancipated) is "a human rights center for women located in Zagreb, initiated by the Zagreb Women's Lobby in 1994." Among the group's projects are a legal advice hotline, monitoring of legal practices and laws related to women's rights, and education on the rights of women, refugees, and asylum seekers. Web address: http://www.interlog.com/~moyra/
BEAUTY AND HYGIENE PRODUCTS are the topic of numerous advertisements from the 1920s through the 1950s available in Ad[*] Access, the collection of Duke University's Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library. In addition to a brief overall history, ads may be viewed online. Try http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/cosmetics-history.html or http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/dynaweb/adaccess/beauty/
The BLACK WOMEN AT VIRGINIA TECH ORAL HISTORY PROJECT Web page honors the pioneering African American women who first entered the institution in 1966. Interview transcripts and audio clips are available for several of the former women students at: http://scholar2.lib.vt.edu/spec/bwhp/bwhproj.htm
The BRITISH WOMEN ROMANTIC POETS, 1789-1832 website, a project of University of California, Davis, is" an online scholarly archive consisting of E-text editions of poetry by British and Irish women" from the beginning of the French Revolution to 1832. The goal is some 300 texts in the archive. Web address: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/English/BWRP/index.htm
CANADIAN WOMEN'S STUDIES ON-LINE offers a wealth of connections to information about women's studies programs (currently more than forty), organizations, and other resources throughout Canada and elsewhere. Address: http://www.utoronto.ca/womens/cdnwomen.htm
CANTARA, a Nicaraguan organization focused on development of popular education, offers a gender training component that strives to "build just and equal relations, both among women and between the sexes, and to work toward a better quality of life." See their website at: http://www.oneworld.org/cantera/gender/index.html
CELEBRATING WOMEN'S ACHIEVEMENTS is a Web page full of information on Canadian women compiled each year for Women's History Month in Canada by the National Library. The 1999 section includes nice biographies as well as suggested readings about fifteen women activists. Web address: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/digiproj/women/ewomen.htm
CHOICES CAMPUS COMMUNITY is a project of the Feminist Majority Foundation's Campus Leadership Program, featuring chatrooms, bulletin boards, and other interactive tools to help connect feminist student leaders, supportive faculty, and community people. The focus is leadership development among young feminists. Web address: http://www.femmistcampus.org/
South Africa's COMMISSION ON GENDER EQUALITY website carries information about the CGE, press releases and documents from the Commission, as well as a directory of women who are willing to be contacted for comment on a variety of issues. Its address: http://www.cge.org.za/
COOLWOMEN carries an interesting mixture of current news and historical information, mostly on Canadian women. The feature at this writing commemorates the fourteen Canadian engineering students killed in December of 1989; an archive includes pieces on an early Nova Scotia entrepreneur, a militant Canadian suffragette, an Indo-Caribbean-Canadian poet, a recipe for laundry in the early 1900s, International Women's Day, and more. There are also a chatroom and bulletin board. The address: http://www.coolwomen.org/
The EUROPEAN WOMENACTION 2000 website is intended to "provide European women's organizations with a platform for strategizing around the Beijing Platform for Action review process." The site is hosted and managed by the International Archives of the Women's Movement (IIAV). Address is: http://www.iiav.nl/european-womenaction-2000/
EXOTIClZE THIS: ASIAN AMERICAN FEMINIST RESOURCES offers one of very few online resources with a range of connecting links geared particularly to Asian American women. Covers topics from politics and activists to pop culture, academics, bibliographies, zines, "filmic interventions," and grrls, all put together by feminist grad student Mimi Nguyen. Address: http://members.aol.com/Critchicks/index2.html
EXPECT THE BEST FROM A GIRL (That's What You'll Get) is a refreshing page from the Women's College Coalition that offers suggestions for what parents can do to encourage their daughters and battle stereotypes, some "surprising but true" facts about girls' development, several role models in non-typical occupations, and resources such as a sampling of programs for girls, some programs for adults, and some publications. Web address: http://www.academic.org/
FEMINA BOREALIS is an "action, education and research project that involves activists from five countries: Finland, Sweden, Norway, Russia, and the Sami Region." The umbrella organization hopes to develop a "more 'woman-friendly' regional policy" for the areas covered. Web address is: http://syy.oulu.fi/fb/
The FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE MUSEUM website carries an informative biography of the innovative British nurse, along with notes on the Museum's collections and links to related sites. Address is: http://www.florence-nightingale.co.uk/
The FRANCO-AMERICAN WOMEN'S INSTITUTE is a group of women in Maine (US) who promote ethnic women's voices, including Metis and Acadian voices. A Franco-American women writers and editors online slide show is available, as are links for French language and culture teachers. Web address: http://members.aol.com/FAWI2000/index.html
"GENDER GAP? WHAT GENDER GAP?" is an article by Joanna Glassner in Wired Magazine's November 8 edition that explores women's presence online which seems to be increasing. Two related Wired articles are also cited. Web address: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,32327,00.html
GEORGIE offers links to websites in several categories, including "WOMEN" -- with connections to such sites as Association for Women in Computing, Center for Research on Women, Distinguished Women of Past and Present, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Women in Philosophy, Women Nobel Prize Laureates, and Women Writers. Address is: http://www.fjg.com/women/
GIRLS UNLIMITED is the girl-supportive project of Myrna Lubin, the organization's founder and director. The GU website offers encouraging words to girls on dreaming big, making it happen for yourself, dealing with money matters, and examples of numbers of women in various professions, from puppeteer to conservation biologist to web and multimedia designer. Sitemap is found at: http://www.girlsunlimited.com/sitemap/index.htm
GRANTS FOR WOMEN, the website of "Grant Lady" Shakurra Amatulla, offers her For Us Women Newsletter complete with information on how to look for grants, a few "freebie" grant sites, plus subscription information to the newsletter and its many more tips on snagging a wide variety of grants. Web address: http://www.grantlady.com
GUIDE TO UNCOVERING WOMEN'S HISTORY IN ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS, a project of the libraries at University of Texas at San Antonio, offers links to a wealth of information about archival and primary source documents at repositories around the country. Though we've mentioned this collection of links before, it has grown considerably since its appearance in 1996. Address: http://www.lib.utsa.edu/Archives/links.htm
The report of HABITAT II, the International Workshop on Women's Access, Control and Tenure of Land, Property and Settlement, held in Gavle, Sweden in October 1995, is available on the Internet, either as a whole or in parts. Web address is: http://www.lm.se/habitat/
The Web page of the HAWAI'I WOMEN'S HERITAGE PROJECT, though not recently updated, offers interesting tidbits, especially about the arrival of Chinese women to the islands, women's practice of Taoist medicine, and the nature of women's work in Hawai'i. Web address: http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/hwhp/
The INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN POLICE includes on its Web page some historical morsels (though some links are broken), information on training opportunities, an "adopt an officer program" that encourages police women to mentor a woman officer in a developing country, links to state level organizations of women police, a forum for chatting, and more. Web address is: http://www.iawp.org/
The IRANIAN WOMEN'S STUDIES FOUNDATION website is still somewhat under construction, but offers the organization's statement of purpose, information on its eleventh annual conference in June 2000, and a few related announcements. Web address: http://www.iwsf.org/
The LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN WOMEN'S HEALTH NETWORK website (available in Spanish or English) includes news of various activist events (though all are dated 1999), information on the network's publications, plus links to other organizations that may be of interest. Web address: http://www.reddesalud.web.cl/ingles.html
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LIVES, THE BIOGRAPHY RESOURCE refers to itself as "the largest guide to biography sites on the Web," and includes a good section on women, with more than thirty-five significant sites on such topics as women writers, aviators, mathematicians, lawyers, and women of color. There are also a substantial number of women in the "Individual Lives" section of Web pages. Home page address: http://members.home.net/klanxner/lives/
MOMAZONS is "a national organization and referral network by and for lesbians choosing children." In addition to their Momazon 'zine, the network offers a directory of support services, a membership directory, a "mom-to-mom referral program," and opportunities for lesbian moms to participate in research projects. Their Web address: http://www.momazons.org/
The MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY carries brief biographies of twelve women in fields such as mathematics, astronomy, computer science, anthropology, and medicine. Web address: http://www.amazoncity.com/technology/museum/index.html
The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION, an "association that directs women to a construction industry career," also offers support for the approximately one in eight construction-related people who are women. Sections include Association News, an online store of merchandise for members, a members-only area, news of upcoming events, and some "helpful links" regarding the construction industry. Web address is: http://www.nawic.org/
The NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES (formerly the Women's Legal Defense Fund) is a nonprofit organization that "uses public education and advocacy to promote fairness in the workplace, quality health care, and policies that help women and men meet the dual demands of work and family." A study on obstacles to employment for low-income women, news on family/medical leave, and ways to prevent discrimination are part of the websites. Address is: http://www.nationalpartnership.org/
The NATIONAL WOMEN'S HEALTH NETWORK has a new website full of information on a variety of topics. Online policy papers (under "Advocacy") on tamoxifen, Depo-Provera, Norplant, estrogen for older women, and other health questions are available from this "national public interest membership-based organization advocating for the health of all U.S. women." Web address: http://www.womenshealthnetwork.org/Another health-related website is JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association)
Women's Health Information Center, at http://www.ama-assn.org/special/womh/womh.htm, which includes "top stories and in-depth special reports" as well as journal article abstracts. Information on more global health issues is available from the Women's Health section of the Global Health Network at http://www.pitt.edu/HOME/GHNet/GHWomen.html, which Links to a good number of sites on such topics as aging, cancer, domestic violence, and reproductive health.
The NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY PROJECT website includes an online catalog of history-related books, products, and curricula, a directory of women's history organizations and museums, information about National Women's History Month, a listing of costumed women's history performers, a quiz on U.S. women's history, and more. Web address is: http://www.nwhp.org/
The NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN'S HEALTH EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER is a program on the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota that works with issues, from fetal alcohol syndrome to to HIV/AIDS to domestic violence, related to women's health. Their website includes an Indigenous Women's Reproductive Rights page and products such as T-shirts supportive of positive health behaviors. Web address: http://www.nativeshop.org/
NEWS WE CAN USE is a daily updated site that "focuses on news, issues, books and Web sites of interest to women, most of which aren't heavily publicized in the mainstream media." Articles are linked under topical headings such as politics, international, in the workplace, technology, health, sports, and "ludicrous." Web address: http://www.newswecanuse.com/
THE NINETY-NINES, the International Organization of Women Pilots, established in 1929 and "going strong today," offers a website with plenty of history, links to related sites (such as the Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum and an oral history project), news on learning to fly and upcoming air races, and other topics. Web address is: http://www.ninety-nines.org/. Interested folks might also want to check out the Women in Aviation, International website at: http://www.wiai.org/
The ONE INSTITUTE: INTERNATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN ARCHIVES website offers access to the "world's largest research library on gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered heritage and concerns." The Lesbian Legacy Collection includes listings of books, periodicals, special collections, and bibliographies, and other sections of the website offer full-text profiles of key women in U.S. lesbian history. Web address: http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/oneigla/
Matt Thorn's website on SHOUJO MANJA (GIRLS' COMICS) explains this relatively recent Japanese cultural phenomenon as hugely popular for adult women as well as young people, with more intricate and relationship-oriented storylines than Western comics, and covering topics from friendship and love to pregnancy and child-rearing. Web address is: http://www.ky.xaxon.ne.jp/~matt/index.html
The SOURCEBOOK OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE STATISTICS ONLINE offers some six hundred tables covering "all aspects of criminal justice in the United States." From the home page, select "Search," then "Search table and figure list," then use "sex" as keyword to bring up tables based on gender breakdown. Data is from the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice. Address: http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/
The SOUTHERN WOMEN'S GROUP HOME PAGE originates from an Information and Referral Centre for Women in Bega, New South Wales, Australia. The feminist group's website includes search engines, a listing of local activities, plus links to sites on feminism, health, indigenous people, and media. Web address: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/5014/
The SUDANESE WOMEN RESEARCH CENTER of Canada includes on its website reports of women's status in the Sudan, training opportunities, activities provided by the center, and email contact. Address: http://members.xoom.com/_XMCM/swrtc/index.htm
A VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN (WOMABUSE) Web page is a listing of somewhat older (1991-1995) texts from a variety of nations on abuse of women and girls. Individual documents may be selected. Web address: http://www.alternatives.com/libs/womabuse.htm
W-2 CHILD SUPPORT DEMONSTRATION EVALUATION PROJECT -- INITIAL FINDINGS is a 118-page report from the Institute for Research on Poverty on the effects of Wisconsin's welfare reform program on child support. The pdf file self-loads an Acrobat reader. Address is: http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp/all.pdf. A number of other publications from the Institute feature discussion on 'Welfare Reform." The Focus newsletter (available online), particularly the Spring 1999 issue that centers on welfare mothers, and other special reports carefully evaluate the effects of welfare reform policies on the lives of low-income women. Web address for the Institute's publications: http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp/pubs.htm
WOMAN SUFFRAGE AND THE 19TH AMENDMENT is a project of the National Archives and Records Administration that offers reproducible copies of primary documents from the National Archives of the U.S. Among the documents: the original resolution proposing a Constitutional amendment guaranteeing voting rights for women, a 1974 petition to Congress from Susan B. Anthony, and a petition from the Anti-Suffrage Party of New York in 1917. There are also suggested teaching activities, a script of Anthony's "Failure is Impossible" speech, and links to related websites. Web address: http://www.nara.gov/education/teaching/woman/home.html
Barbara Robertson's WOMEN AND DISABILITY RESOURCES website includes links to general and economic resources, information on African American, older women, and lesbians with disabilities, and abuse of women with disabilities. Website address is: http://members.tripod.com/~Barbara_Robertson/Women.html
The WOMEN IN WORLD HISTORY CURRICULUM, led by project director Lyn Reese, offers some historical biographies, a catalog of curriculum units available for the secondary classroom, some activity suggestions, and a wealth of links to a number of other useful sites. Web address:http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/
WOMEN OF COLOR WEB "explore(s) the intersection of gender and 'race' on topics such as feminism, sexuality, and reproductive health and rights," with "access to full-length scholarly articles, book chapters, critical essays, and links to related resources," all by and about women of color. This rich resource includes links to organizations, discussion lists, bibliographies, and syllabi. Web address: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/grhf/WoC/
WOMEN'S HEALTH MATTERS is a new informational site provided by Canada's Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Center. It includes "virtual health centers" on such topics as cancer, osteoporosis, and cardiovascular health, plus recent news in women's health, interviews with women's health experts, and a resource directory. Online address: http://www.womenshealthmatters.ca/
WOMEN'S HISTORY offers a good selection of links to online archival collections (mostly on U.S. women) from a variety of periods, and to a number of online historical texts from the mid-1800s to early 1900s. Web address is: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/9061/USA/women.html
The WOMEN'S INFORMATION AND RESEARCH CENTER (WIRC) of Mongolia carries on its Web page links to documents (some in English), a calendar of events, and other Mongolian women's groups. The Center offers training in development, research, database processing, and information dissemination. Address: http://www.wirc.mn/
WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL NETWORK (WIN) NEWS website includes information about this quarterly publication published by Fran Hosken as well as information about books on genital mutilation and childbirth by the editor. Hosted by feminist.com, the Web address is: http://www.feminist.com/win.htm
WOMEN'S ISSUES -- 3RD WORLD is a Web guide provided by the ABOUT. COM service which, according to the site's professional guide, provides "useful information about the role of women in Latin America, the Middle East, Asia and Africa." Among article topics are East Timor women, dowry deaths, child labor, Kurdistan women, and women in Cuba. Many Web links are grouped under such topics as child marriages, domestic violence, disabilities, Jordan, Judaism, political rights, South and Southeast Asia, and rape as a war crime. Website address: http://women3rdworld.about.com/culture/women3rdworld/
The WOMEN'S RIGHTS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK website at Seneca Falls, New York, part of the National Park Service's system, offers information about the park's hours, fees, special programs and displays, and other nearby attractions (including the National Women's Hall of Fame). Web address: http://www.nps.gov/wori/
WOMENCONNECT.COM is subtitled "The source for women in business." Its daily update includes features, "politics daily," women-related business articles, career news, and "today's headlines," plus chat spaces for comment on suggested topics, such as marital name changes. Web address: http://womenconnect.com/
The WORCESTER WOMEN'S HISTORY PROJECT seeks to focus attention on what it calls the "first national woman's rights convention" in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1850. A reenactment of that convention as well as a contemporary conference is planned for this anniversary year. Related historical links (omitting the Seneca Falls links!) are also offered. Address: http://www.assumption.edu/html/Academic/history/WWHP/auframe.html
XGIRLSURF MAGAZINE: The Wired Source for Waterwomen Everywhere, is a zippy online 'zine with such items as surf tips, news updates, an artist gallery, a "GreenReport," and access to the Aloha Board (bulletin board). Web address is: http://www.xgirlmagazine.com/xgirlsurf/
Nell Merlino, creator of "Take Your Daughter to Work Day," is also co-founder of a micro-lending program for women in the U.S. COUNT ME IN FOR WOMEN'S ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE lends amounts ranging from $500 to $10,000 to women starting or expanding small businesses. Its website at http://www.count-mcin.org/index.html also offers an abundance of aids to anyone thinking about starring a business or looking for basic information about bookkeeping, financing, and more.
EVE: A POWER-PACKED READ, http://www.evemag.com/, appears to be by and for teenagers, mostly (but not solely) teenage girls. A masthead slogan with a rotating noun phrase proclaims, "Bringing Down the Patriarchy One _____ [filled in variously with 'Prom Queen,' 'Sorority Sister,' 'Beach-Fun Barbie,' 'Spice Girl,' 'Whistling Trucker,' or '.Nose Job'] at a Time." Regular columns of this zinc-like site include "Power Chick" (currently featuring Frida Kahlo), "Brain Candy" (up now is a tribute to dolls that depict women who are smarter and more athletic than Barbie), "Junk Drawer" with its "Inane Diet of the Month," and a "Rant Wall," which poses questions for readers to write in about ("Did God Write the Bible?" "All-Girls' Schools: Is Segregation Worth It?") The editors/contributors are not afraid to include possibly unpopular views: for instance, right-wing Dr. Laura gets a nod for her honesty and insight.
FEMMENOIR (http://www.femmenoir.net/), for lesbians of color and other women of color worldwide, is a site "designed to build self-esteem through our history and culture" and "to provide a platform for lesbians of color to express themselves at a time when information truly is power on this information superhighway."
The aim of the FRIENDS OF KAPULULANGU AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL WOMEN'S CENTER is "to support the elders of Kapululangu Women's [Law and Culture] Centre in any and every way we can." The Centre, on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert, serves women from many different aboriginal cultures who are trying to sustain "Australia's most enduring traditional lifeways." One interesting project of the Friends is hair collection, for the crafting of traditional hairstring. The Friends maintain an informative site at http://home.vicnet.net.au/~fokapu/
"[E]ffective, efficient and equitable water resources management is only achieved," claims the GENDER AND WATER ALLIANCE (GWA), "when both women and men are involved in integrated water resource management." People and organizations from around the world make up the GWA, which is funded by the governments of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. GWA participated in the March 2003 World Water Forum in Japan and is making reports available from sessions there; these and more are available at http://www.genderandwateralliance.org in English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese.
The INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR RESEARCH IN WOMEN'S HISTORY (IFRWH) helps to arrange international conferences and facilitate the exchange of information in its efforts to "encourage and coordinate research in all aspects of women's history at the international level." The IFRWH's newsletter, as well as information about conferences and published conference proceedings, can be accessed at http://www.historians.ie/women/
MADRE: AN INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION began in 1983 with a group of women who attempted to publicize the effects of -- and change -- U.S. policy in Nicaragua. Twenty years later, the mission is similar: "MADRE does much more than document and condemn abuses. We work with women who are affected by violations to help them win justice and, ultimately, change the conditions that give rise to human rights abuses. And we challenge U.S. policies that undermine human rights." The war in Iraq is a major current focus; the organization's website at http://www.madre.org/index.html offers a "daily digest" with news analyses and promotes the
"Every Child Has a Name" campaign, which includes distribution of emergency milk and medicine to women and families in Iraq.
MOMWRITERS[TM] "a community of professional and new writers...who face the unique challenges of writing with children underfoot," has a website at http://www.momwriters.com/ with links to listservs, a bulletin board, and a chat room. Members need not be mothers, but many are. Writing contests, critiques, special-interest groups, and self-promotion opportunities are available.
The MUSEUM OF MENSTRUATION AND WOMEN'S HEALTH, http://www.mum.org/, is an amazing feat of inspiration, research, and organization (and, one might say, courage) by a 51-year-old male artist named Harry Finley ("an old bachelor") who used to house the collection in his basement and open it for weekend tours. Finley candidly and convincingly answers inevitable questions in an online FAQ (including "But you're a guy...?"), and has notable names in health and women's studies on his advisory board. The site's abundant resources include bibliographies, product ads from the 1930s, visions for a future physical museum, humor, and (most fascinating to this reader) hundreds of emailed responses from women to the question "Would you stop menstruating if you could?" (The survey is ongoing; you can volunteer your own answer at http://www.mum.org/stopmen.htm)
The SUFI WOMEN ORGANISATION, as part of the International Association of Sufism, is "dedicated to promoting universal human rights." Headquartered in Novato, California, the group has chapters on every continent and a website at http://sufiwomen.org/
TAIWAN WOMEN, http://tw-women.formosa.org/, was started in 1995 by two Taiwanese women students who had met on the Internet. The organization's mission is to "promote discussion about women and gender issues among Taiwanese students in the U.S.A., facilitate the solidarity of Taiwanese women, especially among women studying and living in the U.S.A., and change the second-class status of women in Taiwanese society." In addition to website offerings, the group has a three- to four-day "winter camp" gathering in late December in a selected city; the 2002 camp, themed "Sex and the City," was held in New York.
The Office of the Women's Studies Librarian for the University of Wisconsin System announces a new, Web-based interactive tutorial,
USING A METASITE, at http://www.library.wisc.edu/projects/ggfws/iwitutorials/metasites/iws metasites.htm Like the three other online tutorials developed by this office, "Using a Metasite" teaches library research skills using topics related to international women's issues. It defines metasites, shows how to identify them, and explains their usefulness as springboards to material in the "deep" or "invisible" Web that is not indexed by search engines.
WOMEN AGAINST MILITARY MADNESS (WAMM) had its beginnings in the anti-nuclear-war-and-military-spending movement of the early 1980s and, nor surprisingly, is very active these days. Based in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, the group proclaims itself to be "a nonviolent feminist organization that works in solidarity with others to create a system of social equality, self-determination and justice through education and empowerment of women" and that wants to "dismantle systems of militarism and global oppression." A newsletter is published on WAMM's website, along with information about programs and events: http://www.worldwidewamm.org/
WOMEN IN THE FIRE SERVICE, a national organization based in Madison, Wisconsin, offers membership to both women and men who are "seeking to make the fire service a professional place where women and men work together harmoniously." The nonprofit network holds an international conference every two years and has an extensive website at http://www.wfsi.org
The WOMEN'S SOLIDARITY ASSOCIATION OF IRAN (WSAI) (http://www.salamiran.org/Women/Organisations/wsai.html) is a nongovernmental organization in Iran that focuses on Iranian Muslim women, with a goal of building relationships between them and women's organizations and movements in the rest of the world, as well as supporting women's rights in "the world's deprived societies." WSAI's statement of objectives includes the claim that "[w]omen may implement their duties as half of the population by safeguarding their families, moral values and proper dress."
The WORLD SUMMIT ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY (WSIS), whose purpose is "to formulate a common vision and understanding of the global information society," will convene in Geneva in December 2003 and then in Tunis in 2005. The WSIS GENDER CAUCUS is working to ensure that "gender dimensions" are included. The Caucus's background, goals, and documents are offered at http://www.wougnet.org/WSIS/wsisgc.html
The website ZAN (meaning "woman" in Farsi), at http://www.zan.org/home.html, was started in 1996 as a way for its creator to publish an anthology -- called A Migrant Storm - of work by Iranian women from outside Iran. Today, the site "continues to be the main place where Iranian women network with one another globally and where non-Iranians learn about us." Zan is "inclusive of all ages, religions, races, colors, classes, sexual orientations, and anything else that you can think of!"
Launched in May 1993, the CANADIAN WOMEN'S HEALTH NETWORK (CWHN) remains committed to developing the necessary "resources and strategies to better women's health." The networks website at http:// www.cwhn.ca offers women a wide array of valuable online resources that reflect a "holistic vision of women's health." Users can read an online version of CWHN's Network magazine; explore links to articles on breast cancer, eating disorders, reproductive health, and other women's health-related topics; and read book reviews. The site also contains an electronic bulletin providing up-to-date information on new policies, research from the Centers of Excellence for Women's Health, current events, and updates on women's health issues.
JAGORI, started in 1984, is a documentation, resource, and training center for women in India. The center, located in New Delhi, offers libraries of both print and video resources. Jagori's website, at http://www.jagori.org, includes information on the documentation and training programs the organization provides, current campaigns and ongoing projects, and a page on the Indian Women's Movement.
KARAMAH: MUSLIM WOMEN LAWYERS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS is dedicated to the belief that "dialogue, peaceful conflict resolution, democratic structures and active involvement can counter the destructive effects of ignorance, silence and prejudice." Founded in 1993, Karamah ("dignity") has as its objective to educate about freedom of religion and the civil rights movement as well as to offer legal help to Muslim communities and organizations. The organization's website at http:// www.karamah.org includes a number of articles, press releases, and speeches.
LESBIAN ADVOCATES-PHILIPPINES (LEAP!) is an NGO--formed in 2000--that envisions "a society that recognizes and respects the responsible expression and exercise of reproductive and sexual rights and choices of all people regardless of their sex, gender, sexual orientation and other status." LEAP! aims to raise awareness on lesbian issues and provide support for the lesbian community; many of the organization's programs are listed on the website at http://leap.pridemanila.cjb.net
The NETWORK OF WOMEN IN MEDIA, INDIA (NWMI) is an informal, nonhierarchical organization of women in media professions that began in January 2002 with the goal of providing a forum to "share information and resources, exchange ideas, promote media awareness and ethics, and work for gender equality and justice within the media and society." The networks website (http:// www.nwmindia.org/) facilitates the sharing of information through its various interactive resources including discussion forums and opinion polls, as well as current news stories. Style guides, codes of ethics, and other resources that help promote professionalism and career advancement in the field of journalism can also be found on this site.
The PROVINCIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON THE STATUS OFWOMEN (PACSW) exists "to provide advice to government on issues of women's social and economic equality" in the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador. The council's website (http://www.pacsw.com) contains a plethora of information on issues that will be raised during the upcoming provincial election--among them health, violence against women, housing, and childcare. A link to the online guidebook Feminism: Our Basis of Unityy helps women to find ways to "discuss, listen, teach and learn from other women and organizations." Also located on the site are links to local status-of-women councils and community alliances (including women's shelters), PACSW news bulletins and other publications, and links to related websites and research.
SENIOR-SPIRIT: AN E-ZINE FOR 50+ WOMEN, located at http://www.senior-spirit.com/, is a bimonthly electronic publication featuring articles on lifestyle, health, travel, and other information useful and relevant to older women. Founded by Mary Ann Zimmerman, Senior-Spirit acts as an "advocate, mentor and instructor." It is a source to help lessen the weight of every day problems" that inspires, informs, and celebrates women in the later stages of their lives. Among the interesting stories currently featured on the home page is "Fashion Heresy ... the Case for Not Dressing Your Age." The site also provides useful links to health, travel, and financial information; an online bookstore; and a forum through which senior women can share ideas and experiences (the current topic is "Widows-In-Control").
WE HAVE BRAINS is a "discussion project for feminists" and "the feminist-curious." Each week a new question is posted to which readers can reply. There is also a weekly posting of "Grrrly News," which consolidates many women-related news articles into one place, and "They Have Brains," which profiles a different feminist figure every week. The site is located at http://www.wehavebrains.com
The California-based website WITHITGIRL (http:// www.withitgirl.com) is a refreshingly alternative site for independent girl "boarders" (as in surf-, snow-, or skate-) and other athletes, as well as visual artists, writers, music lovers, and moviegoers. Fairly easy to navigate and appropriate for young women age twelve and up, WithItGirl steers away from the mainstream, encouraging high-powered participation in life. Users will find movie, book, and band reviews, an art gallery, thought-provoking articles on topics ranging from women's boxing to confronting cadavers in medical school, the GetItGirl store (where you can get everything from surfboards to guitar-pick earrings), message boards connecting young women from around the world, and links to other sites. Site visitors may want to take a look at Team WithItGirl, a showcase of young women who compete in various boarding sports at amateur or professional levels.
Women Against Fundamentalism (WAF) was a London-based organization that became inactive in 1997. The new website WOMEN AGAINST FUNDAMENTALISMS represents a revival of the organization that aims to uphold the original goals of studying and challenging fundamentalisms in all religions. The site, at http://waf.gn.apc.org, includes much information about fundamentalism and how it affects women, articles from journals, a discussion group, and links to other related sites.
The purpose of WOMEN LIVING UNDER MUSLIM LAWS (WLUML) is to "facilitate access to information and each other." The site includes extensive listings of news articles, calls for action, and publications, and a page of links to other websites not only about women in Islam, but also about reproductive rights, sexual identity, gender equity, and a number of other women-related topics. The site, at http://www.wluml.org/english/index.shtml, can be viewed in English, French, or Arabic.
300 WOMEN ARTISTS: MEDIEVAL TO MODERN is a University of Wisconsin-River Falls website offering images of work produced by many women artists, as well as links to other sources of images and biographies of women artists. The Web address: http://www.uwrf.edu/history/women.html
The AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR SINGLE PEOPLE website was brought to our attention by our wonderful graphic artist, who has herself felt the pains of "marital status discrimination." The association's website carries a host of resources, from Recent News to Facts About Singles, Marital Status State by State, Domestic Partnership Information, and Unwed Births Internationally, as well as membership information. Website address is: http://www.singlesrights.com
The ARMENIAN INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION website is a bit dated in parts but includes a bibliography on Armenian women and news about an international conference to take place in October of this year in Armenia. Website address: http://www.njin.net/~merguian/AIWA/
ASK MISSINFORMATION, the website of Internet advice columnist Jayne Lytel, offers advice here on topics ranging from arts and entertainment to health to parenting, shopping, and relationships. Archives of past responses offer a raft of information. URL for the site is: http://www.missinformation.com/
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FEMINISM AND SCIENCE REFERENCES is available online (in both HTML and PDF formats) thanks to a PROMISE (Projects for Multicultural and Interdisciplinary Study and Education) project funded by the National Science Foundation. PROMISE's goal is "to build upon feminist critiques of science by integrating studies of science and feminism." The bibliography's Web address is: http://www.scsv.nevada.edu/~promise/refs.html
The CANADIAN WOMEN'S MARCH COMMITTEE has put together a substantial website on which are gathered a variety of resources, including demands on the Canadian government, links to related projects, and a growing listing of events and plans across the provinces for participation in the World March of Women 2000. Home website is: http://www.canada.marchofwomen.org/en/index.html
A CELEBRATION OF WOMEN IN ENGINEERlNG is the National Academy of Engineering's project to "bring national attention to the opportunities, creativity, and potential that engineering represents to women and to all people of all ages." Some forty-five women engineers are profiled in the "gallery." Website address is: http://www.nae.edu/cwe
The CENTER FOR WOMEN'S GLOBAL LEADERSHIP, a consortium of six programs based at Rutgers, has "fostered women's leadership in the area of human rights through women's global leadership institutes, strategic planning activities, international mobilization campaigns, UN monitoring, global education endeavors, publications, and a resource center." Website address is: http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/
CROW, the sophisticated E-zine by and about Croatian women, carries regular sections on stereotypes (in egregious ads), positive role models, Croatian women's groups, and an archive of previous issues (some 800 Web pages) in addition to current features. The magazine is also looking for financial sponsors to help it get into print as one of the only periodicals in the region with an alternative image of women. The Web address is: http://www.4net.hr/crow/crowom00.htm
CURVE MAGAZINE, a lesbian publication based in San Francisco, has an online presence that includes excerpts from recent and back issues, subscription information, an email list, and more. Their URL: http://www.curvemag.com/
CYBERSISTERS is a "telementoring" program for middle school girls that pairs students at Oregon State University and University of Oregon with girls for encouragement and support in math and science. The Web address is: http://www.cyber-sisters.org/
A list of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE websites came to our office by way of WMST-L (the women's studies discussion list). Among the sites noted: Relationship Crises and Violence (http://www.looksmart.com/eus1/ eus53671/eus158224/eus214358/r?l&); the American Bar Association's Commission on Domestic Violence (http://www.abanet.org/domviol/home.html); Men Against Domestic Violence (http://www.silcom.com/%7Epaladin/madv/); Emotional Abuse list from Domestic-Violence.net (http://www.domestic-violence.net/dv/general/emotional.htm); Safety Tips and Advice for Women (http://www.safetyforwomen. com/); The Domestic Violence Institute (http://www.dviworld.org/); and the Center for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence (http://www.cpsdv.org/).
EARLY MODERN WOMEN ONLINE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY by Georgianna Ziegler of Folger Shakespeare Library (Washington, DC) offers a solid collection of links to resources under the topics: general sites, individual women writers, art and music, literary megasites, and cultural background. Web address for the bibliography: http://www.folger.edu//welcome.htm
The ECE (Economic Commission for Europe) PREPARATORY MEETING ON THE 2000 REVIEW OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BEIJING PLATFORM FOR ACTION has published its Conclusions online (in PDF format) at: http://www.unece.org/women/beijing+5/meetdoc/conclus.pdf
ELDIS: GENDER is a megasite with hundreds of links to organizations and resources related to women in development. Hosted by the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, England, the website has this URL: http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/gender/gender.htm
The EMORY WOMEN WRITERS PROJECT, directed by Sheila Cavanagh, carries forty-nine "edited and unedited texts produced by women writing in English from the seventeenth century through the nineteenth century." The project is designed to offer students the opportunity to edit early texts, and pedagogical instructions are included. Web address: http://abelard.library.emory.edu/wwrp/index.html
ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, from the Population Information Program at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, includes chapters on: intimate partner abuse, sexual coercion, the impact on reproductive health, and how health providers can play a role in interrupting such violence. The URL is: http://www.jhuccp.org/pr/l11edsum.stm
The EWHA WOMEN'S STUDIES website, which includes the university's Korean Women's Institute, the Asian Center for Women's Studies, the Ewha Institute for Women's Theological Studies, and the Department of Women's Studies, offers a place to share news, research, and resources. The Web page for Asian Journal of Women's Studies is part of the Ewha site. English-language website address is: http://ews.ewha.ac.kr/ews/eng/
FEMAID gathers information from organizations fighting for particular women's causes, publishing them on a listing that includes their address, email, and detail of needs. Among the organizations currently listed are Saathi (in Nepal), Gabriela (the Philippines), and RAWA (the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan). Website address for FemAid is: http://www.femaid.org/index.html
FRIENDS OF LULU is the Web page for a "national nonprofit organization whose purpose is to promote and encourage female readership and participation in the comic book industry." Included are a suggested reading list of comics and graphic novels, a list of women who are doing comics (with links to many Web pages), membership information, and more. Web address: http://www.friends-lulu.org/
FUNDACION MUJERES EN IGUALDAD/MEI (Argentina) sees its purpose as being to "develop strategies for the empowerment of women through coalition building, a qualitative training of politicians and by creating public awareness of gender issues." Workshops, seminars, a databank of women in decision-making positions, publications, and more are pan of MEI's program. The organization's Web address is: http://www.mei.com.ar/
The GENDER AND MEDIA MODULE website of Virginia Tech's Women's Studies system includes collections of links to a host of other websites on: Representations of women, Film and television, Print media, Pornography and censorship debates, and Arts and music. The URL is: http://www.cis.vt.edu/ws/wsmodules/MediaModule.html
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GURL GRANTS offers grants of $1,000 to $3,000 to young women age 13-19 in the U.S. and Canada (except Quebec) for any special project they may want to undertake. Next round of applications are due July 1, 2000. Check out the first round of award winners and find out how to submit applications at http://www.gurl.com/grants/index.html?D1221
HOUSEHOLD WORDS: WOMEN WRITE FROM AND FOR THE KITCHEN, an online project of the Department of Special Collections at the University of Pennsylvania libraries, features curator Janet Theophano's selection of cookbooks from the Esther B. Aresty collection on the culinary arts. Theophano's essay relates the cookbooks to the lives of women of the period and images offer excerpts from some of the books. Web address: http://www.library.upenn.edu/special/gallery/aresty
IMAGES OF WOMEN IN ANCIENT ART, put together for an art history course at Sweet Briar College, examines representations of the female in ancient art, with a special section on the small but seemingly overweight figure known as "Venus of Willendorf." Web address is: http://www.arthistory.sbc.edu/imageswomen/
The INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S HEALTH COALITION, based in New York, "works with individuals and groups in Africa, Asia, and Latin America to promote women's reproductive and sexual health and rights," providing "technical, managerial, moral and financial support" to organizations working with women's health in Southern hemisphere nations. Their Web address: http://www.iwhc.org/index.html
The INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S RIGHTS PROJECT website, based at York University's Centre for Feminist Research in cooperation with the UN's Division on the Advancement of Women and UNIFEM, carries information about the project, including resources on trafficking in women. URL for the site: http://www.yorku.ca/research/iwrp/
KALLIOPE: A Journal of Women's Literature and Art, offers on its website selections from its current issue as well as subscription information, a brief history of the publication, and information about its annual poetry contest. Website address: http://www.fccj.org/kalliope/kalliope.htm
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF QUEEN ELIZABETH I covers a great deal of ground about the queen's life, family, and the European arena within which she ruled, and provides links to recent films about her. Web address is: http://www.elizabethi.org
The MAINE WOMEN WRITERS WEB RING is seeking to pull together a web ring of women who either write about Maine or live in the state and write on any topic. An online registration form is provided. Web address is: http://members.aol.com/RobFAM10/ MWWWR.html
MARIAN ANDERSON: A LIFE IN SONG is a "virtual exhibition" curated by Nancy M. Shawcross based on the original 1994 University of Pennsylvania libraries' exhibition on the famous African American operatic singer, whose papers were given to the libraries. The website includes an inventory of the papers available online, an online index to more than 4,000 photographic images, a browsable photograph site, and details of Anderson's life. The URL is: http://www.library.upenn.edu/special/gallery/anderson/
MARRIAGE, WOMEN, AND THE LAW: A DIGITAL COLLECTION is a demonstration project by the Research Libraries Group focusing on family law and domestic relations in the 19th century, primarily in the U.S., with some material on the U.K. To access, click on the CONNECT button. Contributing libraries and the focus of their contributions: New York Public Lib, (social conventions and status of women), New York Univ. Law Lib, (Comstock laws material), Harvard Univ. Law Lib. (accounts of trials), North Carolina State Archives (marriage in the South), U. of Pennsylvania Law Lib. (antimiscegenation documents), Library Company of Philadelphia (miscegenation), Princeton University Libraries (polygamy and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints), and Univ. of Leeds (British sources). Web address: http://www.rlg.org/demo/scarlet.html
MEDSCAPE'S WOMEN'S HEALTH page, geared to health professionals, carries a wealth of information in sections such as Today's Women's Health News, Treatment Updates, Conference Summaries, Clinical Management, Exam Room, and In Focus. Website address is: http://womenshealth.medscape.com/Home/Topics/ WomensHealth/womenshealth.html
MENTORNET is the National Electronic Industrial Mentoring Network for Women in Engineering and Science, which grew out of a program to retain women undergraduates by pairing students with engineers and scientists in industry. The website is located at: http://www.mentornet.net/
MOONDANCE is an online 'zine subtitled "Celebrating Creative Women." Among the many departments are arts, fiction, opinions, poetry, song and story, and cosmic connections. A complete archives offers all past issues. Web address is: http://www.moondance.org/
The NATIONAL WOMEN'S NETWORK FOR INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY is a membership organization that "facilitates networking and information exchange between women's groups and individuals concerned with women's rights." Based in the UK, the Network offers a bi-monthly newsletter and includes links to related organizations on its website. The URL is: http://www.nwn.dircon.co.uk/
The ORLANDO PROJECT pulls together the work of universities in Canada, the United States, England, and Australia in "writing the first full scholarly history of women's writing in the British Isles." Goal of the project is several print volumes and an electronic database. Web address is: http://www.ualberta.ca/ORLANDO/
The PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH, headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA, works toward "improving women's health and wellbeing locally and globally." Their website offers special sections on adolescent health, women's fights and empowerment, reproductive and sexual health, and health promotion, prevention, and access. The URL is: http://www.piwh.org/index.html
The PERDITA PROJECT aims to create a database of some 400 manuscripts by early women writers (16th and 17th centuries) of the British Isles. The website includes some samples from the database, plus related information. Web address is: http://human.ntu.ac.uk/perdita/
POWRE (PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN IN RESEARCH & EDUCATION) is a program of the National Science Foundation that "supports activities that promote the development of scholarly and institutional leaders in research and education." Grants of up to $75,000 are offered to women scientists or engineers with Ph.D. or equivalent experience for short-term projects to "enhance their professional advancement." Web address for guidelines: http://www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/powre/start.htm
RAINBO: The RESEARCH ACTION AND INFORMATION NETWORK FOR BODILY INTEGRITY OF WOMEN is an international organization working on issues of women's health and human rights, such as female genital mutilation and other forms of gender-based violence. The Web address is: http://www.rainbo.org/
RENAISSANCE WOMEN WRITERS, a class syllabus on the topic, includes images of many women of the period. Website address: http://www.lang.uiuc.edu/complit/rw/index.html
SAID IT FEMINIST NEWS is a monthly online magazine concerned with culture and politics, edited by Adriene Sere. Since March 1999 the publication has been appearing regularly, currently including such columns as Media Glance, Remember This, and One Way to Look at It, in addition to features. Web address is: http://www.saidit.org/
The SOR JUANA INEZ DE LA CRUZ website offers an electronic edition of the complete works of this great 17th-century Mexican poet. Luis Villar, developer of the website, includes a lovely portrait of the writer, background on her historical period, and a recent bibliography. The site's URL: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sorjuana/
The SUMMARY OF WOMENWATCH ONLINE WORKING GROUPS on the 12 critical areas of concern of the Beijing Platform for Action is available in pdf format. Some 10,000 women "met" online from September through December 1999 to share their ideas of what progress has been made in the five years since the Beijing Fourth World Conference on Women (1995). You may access the summary at: www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/ecn6-2000-pc-crp1.pdf
The SURF REPORT on Women's History, from the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board, covers websites useful to K-12 students under the topics General (women's) History, Suffrage and Rights, and Biographies. Web address: http://www.ecb.org/surf/women.htm
THIS IS MY WAR, TOO! is the tide of a "cyber exhibit" on women in the Women's Army Corps, put together by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. Photographs of WACs on duty and of their various uniforms are supplemented by brief text and a bibliography. Web-site address: http://badger.state.wi.us/agencies/dva/museum/mywartoo.html
UNDERWIRE, Microsoft Network's own women's online magazine, covers everything "from the politics of marriage to the state of the nation." In addition, there are "experts on fitness, relationships, sex, etiquette and car care." Web address: http://www.underwire.msn.com/Underwire/cover.asp
UNPACKING ON THE PRAIRIE: JEWISH WOMEN IN THE UPPER MIDWEST includes sections on "The Journey," .... "Life Inside the Jewish Home," and "Life Outside the Jewish Home" (each with several subsections), all describing the struggles of Jewish families trying to carry their faith and tradition into a sometimes hostile environment. Website address: http://www.jewishwomenexhibit.org/
US WOMEN CONNECT intends to link women and girls in the U.S. working for women's rights and empowerment with activists working elsewhere around the world. Five online working groups are currently evaluating the progress made by the U.S. government in implementing the Platform for Action (from the Fourth World Conference on Women) and the U.S. National Action Agenda. The URL is: http://www.uswc.org/
VICIT VIM VIRUS ("Virtue conquers power") website offers advice on dealing with sexual harassment in the workplace. "Created by working women who have successfully fought against sexual harassment and retaliation in the workplace," says the website. The VVV Newsletter includes such sections as: Assertive Comebacks, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Questions about Sexual Harassment." Web address is: http://www.gojobrights.com/
Two VIDEO SUPPLIERS have new websites: Women Make Movies, with a catalog of more than four hundred films and videotapes, may be found at: http://www.wmm.com/; and Groupe Intervention Video, a Canadian distributor, is on the Web at: http://www.givideo.org/
The VIRTUAL VIDEO CLUB FOR SCHOOLS (VCS) is a project designed "to improve access to computer science for young women" (age 14-18) through video conferencing activities. URL for the project is: http://www.dcs.qmw.ac.uk/~vcs/
A report on WELFARE REFORM and its initial impact on single-mother families is available on the Web from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Between 1995 and 1997, the report says, the "income of the poorest 20 percent of female-headed families with children...fell an average of $580 per family." View the entire report at: http://www.cbpp.org/8-22-99wel.htm
WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE WAR, GRANDMA? an oral history of women of Rhode Island during World War II -- was put together by students in a high school honors English class. In addition to the interview transcripts, there are introductory essays, a bibliography, and photos of the women interviewed. The URL is: http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/WWII_Women/tocCS.html
WOMEN AND RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (WRED) is "dedicated to enhancing the sustainability of rural Ontario communities," promoting "business development, life skills, networking, access to capital,...information,...markets, business diversification" and more. The website address includes a listing of resources: http://www.wred.org/
Another Canadian website on women's economic development is WOMEN'S ENTERPRISE INITIATIVE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (WESBC): http://www.wes.bc.ca/
Several WOMEN AND SCIENTIFIC LITERACY PROJECT SITES were recently mentioned in an issue of AAC&U On Campus With Women: Portland State University: http://www.horizons.pdx.edu/~fem-sci-lit/; Rowan University: http://www.rowan.edu/mars/depts/ biology/faculty/tahamont/RschSem.htm; University of Arizona: http://w3.arizona.edu/~ws/newweb/wsl/project.html; and St. Lawrence University: http://it.stlawu.edu/~hypatia/courses.html
WOMEN ARTISTS IN HISTORY carries information on artists from the medieval period onward. Many of those listed have websites of their own, and there are also links to a number of other sites on women artists. Web address of this one is: http://www.wendy.com/women/artists.html
WOMEN IN POLITICS: BEYOND NUMBERS is a project of IDEA (Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance) intended to "enhance women's effectiveness in political positions" and "strengthen their impact in decision-making forums." The text of a handbook of ideas and strategies is included on the website, at: http://www.idea.int/women/index.html
WOMEN IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, TRADES AND ENGINEERING Web page offers reports on women in high tech fields in British Columbia, dual science-career couples, statistics on women's participation in science and engineering, and on women's enrollment in computer science. Check their website at: http://taz.cs.ubc.ca/wistte/
WOMEN WORKING WORLDWIDE, based in the UK and started in 1983, "supports the struggles of women workers in the global economy through exchange and international networking." Tools include networking, publishing, conferences, and campaigns to promote fair trade and draw attention to the plight of low-paid workers around the world. WWW's Web address: http://www.poptel.org.uk/women-ww/index.html
WOMEN'S EARLY MUSIC website features a webring "tour" of early music women composers, articles on a variety of music topics, links to arts pages, pieces on Japanese music and arts, in short a host of information from the International Association of Women in Music. Their URL: http://150.252.8.92/www/iawm/pages/
WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS NET (whrNET) is "a collaborative Information & Communication Technology (ICT) project developed by an international coalition of women's organizations." Information and links on the site are divided into issues, advocacy/strategies, news and urgent action alerts, UN/regional systems, and capacity building. Web address: http://www.whrnet.org/home.htm
The WOMEN'S INTERNET COURSE, put together by Denise Oested and offered through the Women'Space website, includes six modules, from "The Absolute Basics" to "Think About the Future." Each module features a brief intro to the topic plus a collection of links to other sites on the subject. See what you might pick up at: http://www.womenspace.ca/Campaign/WomensInternetCourse/intro.html
A directory of WOMEN'S STUDIES PROGRAMS AND CAMPUS WOMEN'S CENTERS IN THE U.S., compiled by Geri Gribi, also offers PDF-format mailing labels for the programs and women's centers. See her directory at: http://creativefolk.com/directories.html
WOMENTOR is a small, women-owned business intended "to develop in women the skills needed to mentor others -- and themselves" in the business field. The group offers instructional materials, training, and consulting. Web address is: http://www.womentor.com/
The WORLD MARCH OF WOMEN 2000 U.S. website (under the auspices of N.O.W.) is in process of expanding its planning information for the scheduled October 15 march on Washington, DC -- setting up a delegation, special needs, housing suggestions, sponsoring organizations, and the like. Web address: http://www.now.org/issues/global/events/march2000/
The AFRICAN GENDER INSTITUTE at University of Capetown has a vision of Africa as "a continent liberated from the legacies of colonial and patriarchal domination." The Institute offers programs (including Gender and Women's Studies degrees as well as workshops), projects, a newsletter (all issues available online), and a mailing list of interconnected researchers, in moving toward realization of its vision. Website address is:http://www.uct.ac.za/org/agi/
ALTERNATIVE FAMILY MAGAZINE, the "international parenting magazine for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered parents and their children," is alive and well (after a brief hiatus, according to a press release). The magazine's website includes complete text of selected articles, chat sessions, related links, and a resource directory. Web address: http://www.altfammag.com/
The ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE (AWIS) Web page carries information about the organization, its chapters, activities and programs, career development, publications, and the latest news on "issues affecting women in science and technology." The address: http://www.serve.com/awis/index.html
BODY STUDIES IN FEMINIST THEORY website is essentially a lengthy bibliography on the subject, with links to brief biographies and bibliographies of the work of theorists Susan Bordo and Elizabeth Grosz. Web address is: http://www.cddc.vt.edu/feminism/bod.html
The BROWN UNIVERSITY WOMEN WRITERS PROJECT textbase of pre-Victorian women's writing in English has its official online "publication" scheduled for August 1, at which time it will be available via license. More than two hundred texts from 1450-1830 are in the initial database, with fifty to one hundred rifles to be added during the coming year. Check the website for the beta-test version of the database and/or licensing information: http://www.wwp.brown.edu/
CATH'S LINKS TO EATING DISORDERS ON THE INTERNET includes general information, links to Internet discussion groups and chats, books and video suggestions for both personal and professional interests, plus online articles about facets of the disorder ranging from boys/men's eating disorders to the connection with sports participation to prevention ideas. Site address is: http: //www.nvg.org/~cath/ed/
CHANGEMAKERS.NET JOURNAL carried two articles in its February 1999 issue on women entrepreneurs in South America: Dora Andrade, who "uses classical dance training to foster healthy personal development" in poor youngsters, and Rosa Maria Ruiz, the "driving force" behind a national park that "encompasses the most biodiverse protected region in the world." The Web address: http://www.changemakers.net/journal/99february/index.cfm
COMMUNICATION STUDIES: GENDER & RACE IN MEDIA website from University of Iowa includes [inks to a host of websites and documents organized by topics from Advertising to Asian American to Cyberspace to LesBiGay to Television & Film. Web address: http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/resources/GenderMedia/
Several links on CYBERFEMINISM are available on this website, including excerpts from "The Cyborg Manifesto" by Donna Haraway, an article by Rosi Braidotti, "Identity and the Cyborg Body" by Elizabeth Reid, and more. Address is: http://www.n5m.org/n5m3/pages/cyberfeminism/links.htm
CYBERGRRLZ, "The e-zine for girls with brains and a sense of humor," has quite an array of features, from Aunt Crabby's advice to DoReMi concert etiquette to an ongoing comic, movie reviews, Pam's Puzzles, a mailing list, and more. Web address:http://www.cybergrrlz.com/
The EQUITY RESOURCE CENTER now has a website complete with an online version of its Vocational Equity newsletter. There are also a number of equity-related articles from other sources, a sample catalog of the Center's materials, curriculum resources, and more. Address on the Web: http://www.cew.wisc.edu/equity/
The EUROPEAN WOMEN'S LOBBY, founded in 1990 and comprised of more than "2,700 member associations in the 15 Member States," carries on its website basic information about European elections, position papers, and links to a variety of related websites. Take a look at the Talent Bank, a database of the "names and qualifications of women experts from all over Europe whose competence corresponds to the work fields of European Union." Website address: http: //www.womenlobby.org/en/index.html
EUROPRO-FEM: EUROPEAN PROFEMINIST MEN'S NETWORK is a fairly new website offering links to a number of profeminist men's sites, a bibliography of related works, online articles (accessible by language or alphabetically by author), and news (though at this viewing, somewhat dated). Web address: http:// www.menprofeminist.org/
FEMINIST FOREMOTHERS 1400 TO 1800 is the 1999 Women's History Month offering of Sunshine for Women website. For each of the 31 days of the month of March, the site offered a short biography of a different woman from the pre-1800 period, complete with excerpts of her "overtly feminist" writings. Website address: http://www.pinn.net/~sunshine/march99/whm_99.html
The website for FEMINIST RESISTANCE TO WAR AND VIOLENCE IN SERBIA offers lengthy excerpts from the Garland Press book (forthcoming) by Lepa Mladjenovic and Donna M. Hughes, which explores the background of the ongoing bloodshed m the Balkans and feminist attempts at resistance. Web address is: http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/warvio1.htm
FRANK HENDERSON'S PAGE ON LITURGY AND MEDIEVAL WOMEN offers listings of his scholarly writings, including the topics of baptism, the Catholic Lectionary, marriage, and more. Web address: http://www.compusmart.ab.ca/fhenders/
GENDER, ETHNICITY AND CLASS, a website compiled by Daniel Chandler of the University of Wales, offers a goodly number of articles and links on the topic, including connections to his Gender and Advertising, Gender and Television, and Film and Gender pages. Web address: http: //www.aber.ac.uk/~dgc/gender03.html
GENDER ISSUES IN FILM website from the Media Studies Working Group at Ryerson Polytechnic University of Toronto offers a wealth of citations to work on the topic. Web address: http://www.ryerson.ca/mgroup/filmsex.html
GENDER STUDIES IN AGRICULTURE is a searchable online bibliographic database of descriptions of some 6000 articles on women in rural and agricultural societies. Materials described are from 240 agricultural and social science journals and books. Web address is: http://www.bib.wau.nl/gsia/
GRRLSPACE NETWORK is a gathering place for a number of "sites created by and for women and grrls." Includes a Neofeminism bulletin board, NrrdGrrl discussion forum, a CyberGrrlz Mini-Mall, several "features," and a collection of e-zines for grrlz. Address: http://www.grrlspace.com/home.shtml
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INSIDER VIEWS ON WORKPLACE ISSUES website by Sarah Banda Purvis "provides firsthand insights about issues affecting women who work in traditionally male-dominated business settings." Excerpts from Purvis' book The Illusion of Inclusion, Myths & Misconceptions Every Working Woman Needs to Know as well as a number of links to related websites are included. Address: http://www.insiderviews.com/
LEATHER SPINSTERS ON THE WEB offers a newsletter, chat room, health tips, a directory, a pen pals section, and more for the leather spinster ("a happily unmarried woman who sees her life as fulfilling and complete without a mate"). Website address is: http://leatherspinsters.com/ezine.html
The LESBIAN MOTHERS SUPPORT SOCIETY of Calgary, Alberta, Canada offers a myriad of links to helpful websites or information on adoption, alternative fertilization, children's resources, coming out, legal issues, lesbian health, relevant organizations, parenting articles, pregnancy, and general lesbian-related links. Their address: http://www.lesbian.org/lesbian-moms/
The MEDIA AWARENESS NETWORK page on "Gender Portrayal" includes Teaching Lessons and Units, ideas for Classroom Activities (a survey of young women's magazine content, particularly Seventeen), and Supporting Resources (mostly articles and web links). The address: http://www.media-awareness.ca/eng/med/class/teamedia/genders.htm
MOONDANCE, an online 'zine subtitled "Celebrating Creative Women," offers in its Spring 1999 issue a variety of columns, nonfiction, fiction, poetry, opinions, "inspirations," and more. Web address: http://www.moondance.org/
MOTHERS ARE WOMEN is an organization of "Women Who Believe in the Value of Motherwork" but who believe their "decision to remain at home with their children for some period is an affirmation of feminism." The website includes a regular publication, (Homebase Magazine), an email discussion group, a position paper on caregiving, related links, and more. Address: http://www.cyberus.ca/~maw/indxcont.htm
The revived and revised women-owned MS. MAGAZINE has a website with some if its current content online (the lead topic was adultery when we checked, and several articles on the subject were available). Columns include Healthnotes, Just the Facts, and Worknotes, and a bulletin board discussion group is available for exchange of opinion. Web address: http://www.msmagazine.com/
The NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN WOMEN is open on the Internet, celebrating women under the categories of Achievement, Courage, and Humanitarian Service. The numbers are limited at this point, but nominations are sought. Try to read past the frustrating red-on-blue lettering. Address: http://pages.whowhere.com/community/nmaw/welcome.html
NET YIN, part of the Third Millennium Classroom website, is subtitled "Women on the Wheel of vLife" [sic].
According to the website, this bi-monthly reports on "projects, resources, and information which champion gender equity and promote the active role women are playing in the electronic revolution." The address: http://www.millennaire.com/tmcny.html
NOEMA: THE COLLABORATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WOMEN IN PHILOSOPHY, a database first placed on the Internet in 1995, now includes more than "16,000 records representing the work of over 5,000 women." It is available in both frame and non-frame versions, complete with author index and search engine. For frames, go to: http://billyboy.ius.indiana.edu/ WomeninPhilosophy/WomeninPhilo.html or for the nonframes version: http://www.cs.ius.indiana.edu/LZ/webwip/web_docs/wipv3/main.html
NURSE ADVOCATE website focuses on nurses and workplace violence, offering an email list, government documents, nursing organization reports, and links to articles and websites on the topic. Web address: http://www.nurseadvocate.org/
OSKA: THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S INFORMATION CENTER IN POLAND includes on its extensive website an English-language section that carries: basic information about the Center, summaries of the Center's Bulletin, news articles on women in Poland, a perspective piece on women in Central and Eastern Europe following collapse of the Soviet Union, and interesting tidbit quotes from the media. The address is: http://www.oska.org.pl/
OUT OF THE CAVE: EXPLORING GRAY'S ANATOMY is the title of Kathleen Trigiani's examination of the masculine/feminine Mars/Venus dichotomy in a series of five essays (two online, three yet to come). Web address: http://web2.airmail.net/ktrig246/out_of_cave/
PLANET AMAZON, describing itself as "your guide to a world of women," is apparently a search system [inking to a number of women-related sites by topic. The content is a bit weak, however: "feminism" comes up with only 4 hits, women of color also 4, while women-owned businesses turns up 90 sites. Web address: http://www.planetamazon.com/
The QUEST FOR EQUALITY is World Book's salute to Women's History Month, including articles from its encyclopedia about the early women's movement (plus biographies of some "women trailblazers" and some women's history websites). Address: http://www.worldbook.com/fun/whm/home.html
RESOURCE CENTRAL'S WOMEN'S PAGE offers an interesting and eclectic collection of women-related links, from the Women in Philosophy main page to Women's Auto Help to Joan Korenman's list of Women's Studies programs around the country to Bizymoms.com. Their address: http://www.resourcehelp.com/qserwomen.htm
SCREENING GENDER: PROMOTING GOOD PRACTICE IN GENDER PORTRAYAL IN TELEVISION is the project of five European public broadcasting companies. The project's website offers an international study of gender portrayal and other background material, plus information on training videos geared to changing television stereotypes and increasing the diversity of gender roles. Web address: http://www.yle.fi/gender/
The SISTERHOOD IS GLOBAL INSTITUTE (SIGI), established in 1984, "works toward empowering women and developing leadership through human rights education." More than 1,300 individuals and organizations in 70 countries count themselves as members. The website includes action alerts, information on a human rights education manual, the organization's publications and newsletter, plus other resources. Web address: http://www.sigi.org/index.htm
SOCIAL INDICATORS is the bland title of a range of statistical information compiled by the United Nations Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs as the "minimum" suggested for "followup and monitoring implementation of recent major United Nations conferences" having to do with women. Topics include population, youth and elderly programs, water supply and sanitation, housing, child-bearing, education, literacy, and more. The Web address: http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/social/main.htm
The SOCIETY OF CANADIAN WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (SCWIST) offers on its website some organizational history, projects, news, and links to other websites of interest to women in science and technology. Web address: http://www.harbour.sfu.ca/scwist/index.htm
SWIM WITH THE DRAGONS is a website celebrating west Australian women in science, with profiles of more than 150 actively working women scientists and encouragement for students to dive right in. Web address: http://www.swimwithdragons.com.au/index.html
The UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WOMEN'S STUDIES CONSORTIUM now has its own website, complete with a directory of women's studies administrators and campus women's centers, details of initiatives and activities (such as the collaborative women's studies major), Annual Conference news, the Newsletter, women's studies courses around the system, and related links. The Internet address: http://www.uwsa.edu/acadaff/womens/
The U.S. CENSUS BUREAU'S WOMEN'S STATISTICS NEWS RELEASES hold a wealth of fairly current information on women in the United States, on topics ranging from work to education level to single mothers, women living alone, percentage voting, and more. The lode is at: http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/women.html
At the website VIOLET: LAW & ABUSED WOMEN, "you will find pertinent legal information that you may need if you are being abused by someone you love. This site has information on what options you have, where you can go for assistance and where you can go to be safe." The Legal Studies Program at the University of Alberta has put together an information-packed site on such topics as getting out, getting the police involved, protecting yourself, taking children with you, and going to court. Web address: http: //www.violetnet.org/
WEB BY WOMEN FOR WOMEN, subtitled "Fighting Censorship That Affects Women," covers a host of topics that have in the past or present been censored, to the detriment of women's lives. Among the topics: abortion, pregnancy, AIDS/HIV, menopause, breastfeeding, women in science. Website address: http://www.io.com/~wwwomen/
WEBGRRLS INTERNATIONAL, with the motto "Empowering Women Through Technology," wants to be the "networking community for women in or interested in new media and technology" Originating in New York City, the organization now has chapters all over the U.S., in Canada, Europe, Asia, and "down under." Web address: http://www.webgrrls.com/
WHOOSH! is the official journal of the International Association of Xena Studies (as in Xena: Warrior Princess, the television show). The July- 1999 online issue covers such topics as "Spiritual Ancestors to Xena: Yentl and Binary Gender Issues," "Laura Palmer: Warrior Princess... Tramp...Homecoming Queen," and "Fans, Sycophants, Superfans, and Psychofans: What Kind of Fan Are You?" There are author and subject indexes and an archive of previous issues. Address: http://www.whoosh.org/whoosh.html
A WOMAN GOT IT DONE Web page by Cindy O'Hora provides links to a number of interesting websites on women in history, with prompts such as "Who was the first black American woman to win the Nobel prize for Literature" (Toni Morrison), and "Margaret Sanger was one of the most influential leaders of the last 100 years. Why?" For this wealth of information, start at: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/8613/Woman.html
WOMEN ACTIVE IN BUDDHISM offers on its Web page a collection of links to activists, teachers, scholars, women's ordination, projects and groups, a bibliography, female Buddhas and bodhisattvas, periodical and AV resources, famous female buddhists, and more. The Web address: http://members.tripod.com/~Lhamo/
WOMEN AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1830-1930 is a website put together for teachers of U.S. women's history, to "introduce students to a rich collection of primary documents" in women's history of the period. Based on some sixteen projects (and adding regularly) such as The Appeal of Moral Reform to Antebellum Northern Women, African-American Women and the Chicago World's Fair, 1893, and much more. Address: http: //womhist.binghamton.edu/index.html
WOMEN @ WORK TO END VIOLENCE: VOICES IN CYBERSPACE includes excerpts from the Internet discussion group "end-violence" begun in October 1988 as a joint project of UNIFEM, the World Bank, and the Global Knowledge Partnership. Comments are grouped under such headings as Legal Strategies, Political Advocacy, Training and Education, Service Provision, Research and Documentation, and Changing Male Behavior. Web address: http://www.undp.org/unifem/w@work/index.htm
WOMEN IN AMERICAN LITERATURE is a database created by students at Kutztown University, including authors from Louisa May Alcott to Judy Blume, Anne Sexton, and Sojourner Truth. Web address: http://www.kutztown.edu/faculty/reagan/lit.html
WOMEN IN JOURNALISM, the oral history project of the Washington Press Club Foundation, offers many of its interviews/oral histories online, including such names as Betty Carter, Ellen Goodman, Helen Kirkpatrick Milbank,
Catherine Shen, and Carole Simpson. Web address is: http://npc.press.org/wpforal/ohhome.htm
WOMEN OF COLOR RESOURCE CENTER website includes information on the National Directory of Women of Color Organizations and Projects, an online issue of Sister to Sister/S2S (the Resource Center's newsletter), contact information, and more. Their Web address: http://www.coloredgirls.org/index.html
WOMEN WELCOME WOMEN is an international organization of women who travel to each others' homes in hopes of "fostering international understanding by crosscultural friendship." See their website at: http://www.womenwelcomewomen.org.uk/
WOMEN'S BOOKS ONLINE is a "cooperative book review" intended to "encourage women to read women's books and to buy women's books at women's bookstores if they possibly can." Though not recently updated, the website includes quite a number of reviews. The address: http://home.cybergrrl.com/review/
WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS CANADA provides contact information for a number of Canadian women's groups, accessible via topics such as assault, child care, equity/status of women, health/medicine, human rights, military, science/technology, and women of African descent. Web address is: http://www.utoronto.ca:80/womens/organiz.htm
The WOMEN'S SPORTS FOUNDATION website is full of information on a variety of sports, relevant topics and issues (including homophobia and sexual harassment), and provides biographies of at least one woman in a variety of sports. Though not quite up-to-date (nothing on the current U.S. women's soccer team, for example), there's plenty for sports fans to check out. Address: http://www.lifetimetv.com/WoSport/stage/INTERACT/
WOMEN'S STORIES: THE WEEK'S FAMOUS AND INFAMOUS WOMEN offers a daily biography of a range of women, from (at the week of this writing) Anne Morrow Lindbergh to Wilma Rudolph to Lillian Helman, plus links to the ubiquitous amazon.corn book connections. An archival page carries biographies for all of 1999. Address: http: //writetools.com/women/
WORLDWOMAN is the expansive title of an ambitious project begun by Scottish women, who in May piloted a newspaper on the Internet by and for women covering news from around the globe of particular interest to women. The founders hope that by March 2000 there will be sister editions in countries around the world, each with sections on working, health, news, and sports. The Web address: http://www.worldwoman.net/worldwoman/
WWW. NEOFEMINISM. COM is an interesting e-zine with wild abandon about the definition of "neofemmism" and a variety of sections, including: "loudmouth opinions," neofeminism defined, creative writing, spirituality, political, and a "no comment" type section on "babe" Web banners. The site address: http://www.neofemmism.com/
EMAIL Lists
(Below is a very small sampling of new email discussion lists, just some that have come to our attention over the last few months. For a much more complete listing try Joan Korenman's Web page at: http://www.umbc.edu/wmst/forums.html. With particular thanks to Alyson King, compiler of a "Selected List of Women's Studies Resources on the Internet" in Resources for Feminist Research Spring/Summer 1999, pp. 153-164, and to the Women' Space email list.)
E-voices is a list that grew out of an "Emerging Voices" panel at the National Teleconference on Women in Higher Education at the University of Minnesota this March. The presenters want to continue the communication about how to improve the status of women in higher education through this list (based on the website of The Feminist Conspiracy). To subscribe, send email to Emi (list administrator) at emi@survivorproject.org with your name and a brief introduction.
The WIDEFORUM-L discussion list encourages participation by the public, but women's groups in particular, to help develop Women's Initiative strategies for the WIDE (Web of Information for Development) project of the United Nations. To subscribe, send a request to WIDEFORUM-L@LYRIS.BELLANET.ORG with only one line in the message body, saying: subscribe WIDEFORUM-L yourfirstname yourlastname.
SYSTERS ONLINE COMMUNITY, at http:// www.systers.org/, started as small mailing list in 1987; it now has more than 2800 members in fifty-some countries and is part of the Institute for Women and Technology. Membership is restricted to women "in the technical end of computing." A thoughtful essay on why it is not discriminatory to allow only females to join, by late founder Anita Borg, is at http://athena.systers.org/about.html; the argument might provide good material for discussion in any women's studies course.
WAF-L is the email discussion group of the London-based WOMEN AGAINST FUNDAMENTALISMS, whose website is described above. To subscribe, send an email to listproc@gn.apc.org with the message subscribe waf-1 andy bloggs (replacing "andy bloggs" with your name).
In 2001, the Applied Research Branch (ARB) of Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) commissioned research that would "provide a more in depth understanding of women's experiences in the institutions of education, employment, and the family." POLICY RESEARCH ISSUES FOR CANADIAN YOUTH: TRANSITION EXPERIENCES OF YOUNG WOMEN, by Lesley Andres (April 2002), focused on school subject choices among girls and boys, higher education, career choices and expectations of young women, and the relationship between employment, family, and income earnings. A comprehensive look at the research literature on these topics revealed that while female inequality at the macro level has remained "remarkably stable" in the areas of education, occupation, and income earnings, certain groups, including female lone parents and low-income families, continue to experience significant disadvantages. A full-text version of this paper can be found at http://www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/sp-ps/arbdgra/publications/research/2002docs/ SP-555-11-02/SP-555-11-02_E_abs.shtml
WOMEN IN DAILY LIFE: AN ON-LINE BIBLIOGRAPHY is a collection of archives from the Center for Jewish History that "represents all of the areas in which Jewish women have played a major role including her involvement in Domestic Life, Social Life, and Formal Occupations." Also found in the selective bibliography are sections for "general bibliographies on women as well as periodicals for and by women" and holdings from Yeshiva University Museum that include photographs, objects, paintings, and textiles. Women in Daily Life can be found on the Center for Jewish History website at http://www.cjh.org/academic/women.html
In the introduction to the UNIFEM publication WOMEN, WAR AND PEACE: THE INDEPENDENT EXPERTS' ASSESSMENT ON THE IMPACT OF ARMED CONFLICT ON WOMEN AND WOMEN'S ROLE AND PEACBUILDING, authors Elisabeth Rehn and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf state, "Our purpose is to expose women's invisibility--as victims, as survivors and as peace-makers and leaders," and clarify that "reducing the women we met to mere tragedy is not our goal." Their assessment addresses such issues as sexual slavery and exploitation, displacement, malnutrition, HIV/AIDS, the effects of sexual violence on mental health, justice and accountability, and women's involvement in peace efforts, using the firsthand accounts of women in conflict areas to encourage global awareness and local change. The 155-page document includes bibliographic references; chapters can be downloaded in PDF format at http://www.unifem.org under "Resources."
Both the 2002 and 2003 AMELIA BLOOMER LISTS -- "recommended feminist books for youth" compiled by the Feminist Task Force of the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table -- are available for downloading at http://www.libr.org/FTF/b1oomer.htm1
DECLARATION OF THE KNOW-HOW CONFERENCE 2002: The declaration that came our of "Know How 2002: A Safari into the World of Women's Information," held July 22-27, 2002, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda; hosted by Isis-WICCE and Isis International/Manila, with support from IIAV: http://www.isiswomen.org/onsite/knowhow/kampaladeclaration.htm
Helen Derbyshire, GENDER ISSUES IN THE USE OF COMPUTERS INEDUCATIONINAFRJCA (Imfundo: Partnership for IT in Education, 2003), in either PDF or Microsoft Word format: http://imfundo.digitalbrain.com/imfimdo/web/learn/genderissues/
Lina Eckenstein (d. 1931), WOMAN UNDER MONASTICISM: CHAPTERS ON SAINT-LORE AND CONVENT LIFE BETWEEN A.D. 500 AND A.D. 1500 (Cambridge: University Press, 1896), is available in electronic form in the University of Wisconsin Libraries' Historical Primary Sources collection: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/HistPriSrc.EckenWoman
Helen Pankhurst, IN WHOSE INTEREST? A PAPER ON MICROFINANCE (Womankind Worldwide, 2002): http://www.womankind.org.uk/ (click on "Publications," then on "Money Literacy"). Pankhurst says in her introduction, "Micro-finance initiatives, particularly in the form of credit and savings schemes, are an increasingly visible element of development work. They are also an area in which women are often targeted. This article reflects on some of the issues behind their popularity and highlights areas of concern."
United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women, INFORMATIONAND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR IMPACT ONAND USEAS AN INSTRUMENT FOR THEADVANCEMENTAND EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN, Report of the Expert Group Meeting, Seoul, Korea, November 11-14, 2002: 70 pages in PDF format at http://www.un.orgtwomenwatch/daw/egm/ict2002/reports/EGMFinalReport.p df For a shorter report about the meeting by Jo Sutton of Womenspace, who attended as an observer, see http://consult.womenspace.ca/e-participation/DAWEGM.html
Frances Elizabeth Willard (1839-1898), OCCUPATIONS FOR WOMEN: A BOOK OF PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR THE MATERIAL ADVANCEMENI THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, AND THE MORAL AND SPIRITUAL UPLIFT OF WOMEN (Cooper Union, N.Y: The Success Co., 1897), is available as c-text in the University of Wisconsin Libraries' Historical Primary Sources collection: http://libtext.library.wisc.edu/HistPriSrc/
WOMEN IN DMLYLIFE: AN ON-LINE BIBLIOGRAPHY is posted on the website of the Center for Jewish History: http:Ilwww.cjh.orglacademiclwomcn.html
Email List
GENDER AND WATER -- "Global E-Conference on Gender Mainstreaming in Integrated Water Resource Management": Read or search the archives, or join the list, at http://listserv.surfnet.nl/archivesfwater.htm/
(Below is a very small sampling of new email discussion lists, a few that have wine to our attention over the last few months. For a much more complete listing of new and existing lists centered on women's interests, try Joan Korenman's Web page at: http://www.umbc.edu/wmst/forums.html)
BOL, a moderated discussion list on issues related to gender in South Asia, is initiated from the Centre for Women's Development Studies in India. To subscribe, write to MAJORDOMO@MOS.COM.MP with this message in the body of the email: subscribe bol
FEAST is an acronym for Feminist Ethics and Social Theory, the group that sponsors the list. To subscribe, send email to LISTSERV@lsv.uky.edu with the following text in the message: subscribe FEAST firstname lastname
GENDER AND NATION/NATIONALISMS is a scholarly, interdisciplinary list focusing on Europe in the early modern, period and the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A subscription form may be found on the website: http://www.kgw.tu-berlin.de/fng/
GENDERICT is an electronic list for discussion of gender and ICT (information/communication technology) with the goal of insuring that South Africa's technology policies meet women's needs. To subscribe, send an email message to LISTPROC@LISTS.SN.APC.ORG with nothing in the subject line and the following text in the message: subscribe genderict firstname lastname
MOMS offers discussion for lesbian moms. To subscribe, send a message to MAJORDOMO@QUEERNET.ORG with the following in the body: subscribe moms firstname lastname
* Compiled by Linda Shult
(Below is only a small sampling of email discussion lists, some that have come to our attention over the few months. For a much more complete listing of new and existing lists centered on women's interests, try Joan Korenman's Web page at: http://www.umbc.edu/wmst/fofums.html)
AMERICAN WOMEN'S INTERNET ASSOCIATION email list is intended for women of diverse backgrounds involved with the Internet. Possible threads may concern "everyday life situations, world and local issues, ...human resources, workplace issues as well as working at home, ...new technological avenues available in education," and more. To subscribe, go to the URL http:// www. onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/awia or for information, send email to: thasea@juno.com
EQ-UNI is a new moderated European discussion list concerning gender equality in higher education. To subscribe, send the message subscribe eq-uni to MAJORDOMO@HELSINIKI.FI
The FRANCES WILLARD SOCIETY (in honor of Frances Willard, a suffragist and the first woman to write a nonfiction book about her sports experience) is a private email list intended for people (including some men) who write about women's sports. To join, send your name, email address, snail mail address, and phone number to Mariah Burton Nelson at Mariahbn@aol.com
GENDER AND NATIONS/NATIONALISMS is a scholarly email list connected with the Center for Interdisciplinary Women's and Gender Studies (ZIFG) at the Technical University of Berlin. Emphasis is on the early modern period to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries with regional focus on Europe. To subscribe, send a brief message to: fng-l-owner@zrz.tu-berlin.de or fng-l@zrz.tuberlin.de
PUBLISHING-FEMINISM is "an international email/ electronic discussion forum created to provide a network for those interested in all issues relevant to feminism and publishing," including censorship. To join the list, send a message to LISTPROC@LISTS.COLORADO.EDU saying within the body of the message: subscribe publishing-feminism yourfirstname yourlastname
WEBCRONES mailing list is for "women of age, wisdom and power (Crones) who wish to collaborate in The Crone Project, a doctoral study exploring the Crone." For information, check the website at: http://www.geocities.com/ Wellesley/Garden/3371/mlist.html and to subscribe, send an email to LISTSERV@YORKU.CA saying in the body of the message subscribe webcrones yourfirstname yourlastname
WSS-L is an email list for the Women's Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and is "open to anyone interested in women's studies librarianship." To subscribe, send a message to LISTPROC@ALA1.ALA.ORG, leaving the subject line blank and saying in the body of the message subscribe WSS-L yourfirstname yourlastname
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According to a recent Nielsen Media Research survey on Internet usage, there are some ninety-two million North Americans online, with women making up forty-six percent of the subscribers. While this sounds encouraging as to women's online presence, the survey also noted a "forty percent increase in the number of people buying online over the last nine months, with the number of women making online purchases increasing by eighty percent." Check it out for yourself at: http://www. nielsenmedia.com/ newsreleases/releases/1999/commercenet.html
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WOMEN IN PUBLISHING is celebrating its twentieth anniversary. The organization was established in 1979 when about a hundred women attended a London meeting with the intention of organizing themselves to "provide a forum for discussion of ideas, trends and subjects of interest" to women in publishing, "encourage networking and support," share "information and expertise," provide training in the field, publicity for women's achievements, and generally "promote the status of women within publishing." There are now sister organizations around the world, in Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, and the United States. A regular publication, Wiplash, keeps the membership informed about meeting speakers, training opportunities, news from the publishing field, and the like. The group recently produced a thirty-two-page glossy commemorative of their history and founders (from which the above quotations come), including recollections of their years working for women in the publishing trades. Send congratulations to: Information Officer, Women in Publishing, c/o The Publishers' Association, Third Floor, 1 Kingsway, London, WC2 6XF, UK; website: www.cyberiacafe.net/wip
NEW WEB PAGE ON WOMEN, GIRLS, AND EDUCATION
A new page recently compiled by Phyllis Holman education and organizations. The site may be Weisbard for the WSSLINKS site (Women's Studies reached from our own Web page (http://section of the Association of College and Research www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/Libraries), covers a variety of Web-based resources womened.htm) or from the WSSLINKS page on Women, Girls, and Education. Topics range from (http://libraries.mit.edu/humanities/curriculum and pedagogy to gender issues in WomensStudies/wscd.html).
The AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND DIVERSITY PROJECT maintained by Carl Gutierrez-Jones at the University of California, Santa Barbara, includes substantial information on California and its recent Proposition 209, but also a good number of more general articles, documents, and a bibliography, all covering various sides of the issue. The address: http://humanitas.ucsb.edu/aa.html
A disturbing but significant collection of resources on AFGHAN WOMEN resides at a Mining Co. website. From the Revolutionary Association of Women in Afghanistan, Amnesty International, Peace Magazine, and other sources comes a picture of strong women battling a series of repressive regimes. Web address: http://women3rdworld. miningco.com/msub30.htm
AFRICAN WOMEN'S RIGHTS is the focus of the Africa Policy Information Center's excellent home page on women. A plethora of documents available online and a number of key Internet links make this page a good information source on African women. Address: http://www.africapolicy.org/action/women.htm
AGENDA, the ten-year-old South African feminist journal, has a website that offers contents of the current issue, fulltext of several current and past articles, subscription information, and a number of links to related groups. Check their webpage at: http://www.oneworld.org/agenda/
The Library of Congress's AMERICAN MEMORY PROJECT is comprised of "multimedia collections of digitized documents, photographs, recorded sound, moving pictures, and text from the Library's Americana collections." Some collections are entirely on women (such as "Making Do: Women and Work," featuring interviews with three women from the 1930s), while others include many sections on women. A search on "women" at the basic level of the American Memory website brings up 2,460 items. This is a must-see, at: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/amhome.html
ISIS International's ASIAN AND PACIFIC WOMEN'S WEB SITES listing provides links to such groups as the Tibetan Women's Association, Engender (engaged in environment and sustainable development issues), ARROW, the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, and the Philippine Women's University. The listing is at: http:// www.sequel.net/~isis/links.html
AUNT LUTE BOOKS, a "not-for-profit multicultural women's press," has a new Web page that includes a book list with description and ordering information, selected links, and submission guidelines. Check their site at: http://www.best.com/~auntlute/index.htm
A summary of the BEIJING DECLARATION and PLATFORM FOR ACTION, adopted unanimously at the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing, China, is available on the UN's Dept. of Public Information website. For each of the twelve "critical areas of concern" there are strategic objectives and specific actions to be taken by nations around the world. Website address: http:// www.undp.org/fwcw/plat.htm
BLACK LIVING is the home page of Black Women in the UK and is "about lifestyles, having fun and dealing with issues that we all face." It includes features on education, health, fun, and money. Web address is: http://www. blackliving.com/
BRAVE GIRLS AND STRONG WOMEN BOOKSTORE (in association with Amazon.com Bookstore) offers a list of forty books, from smaller presses whose publications can get overlooked, that portray strong girls and women in action. The selected books are "chosen not only for their positive messages, but also for their engaging, high-quality writing," according to the Web introduction. Check the site at: http://members.aol.com/brvgirls/
The BRIDGES FOR WOMEN SOCIETY of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, offers a Web page describing its resources for women with a history of abuse who are making to transition to job placement. A Survivor's Handbook includes a wealth of information (a good model for other programs?), and there are connections to employment listings and other resources. Address: http://www.vvv.com/ ~careers/
The CENTER FOR WOMEN & RELIGION has a new website with information about its activities and staff as well as links to denominational sites, lesbian and gay religious websites, home pages for young feminists, and more. Try them at: http://aquinas.gtu.edu/Centers/cwr/
A CHICANA FEMINIST HOMEPAGE titled "Making Face, Making Soul..." offers "one Chicana's efforts at providing an introduction to Chicana and Chicano culture and issues in Chicana feminisms through a collection of educational and cultural resources." There are definitions, chicanas chingonas ("really cool Chicanas" with photos and brief biographies), amigas and allies, literatura, academica, and more. Check the site at: http://chicanas.com/
The CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR'S LANDMARKS FOR WOMEN page includes a "timeline" that offers tidbits from women's history beginning in 1848, the year of the convention in Seneca Falls. The first of a series of five articles to appear in the paper (this one on equal pay) can be found at the same URL. The address: http://csmonitor.com/durable/1998/07/17/p7s2.htm
DOMESTIC GODDESSES (or Scribbling Women), maintained by Kim Wells, is dedicated to six women writers of "domestic fiction": Louisa May Alcott, Willa Cather, Kate Chopin, Sarah Orne Jewett, Harriet Beecher-Stowe, and Edith Wharton. For each writer there is a fairly extensive biography, at least one paper of literary criticism, a bibliography, and links to other websites of related interest. Web address is: http://lonestar.texas.net/~kwells/dgl.htm
THE EMANCIPATION OF WOMEN: 1860-1920, compiled by John Simkin, is a Spartacus Educational website with a bounty of information on British suffragists. Biographies with portraits, a database of primary source materials, a visual database, and a bibliography of relevant books provide good study material for school projects or background on the movement to gain women the vote. Address is: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/resource.htm
EMILJA is the Baltic and North-West Russian Database for Women's Studies and Gender Research, searchable on the world Wide Web. Located on the NIKK (Nordic Institute for Women's Studies and Gender Research) Web page, the address is: http://www.esst.uio.no/nikkdb/baltic/emilja.html
EUROPEAN DATABASE: WOMEN IN DECISION-MAKING is a searchable database on women in political leadership in European Union nations. Searchers can look for name, type of participation, member state, or governmental institution. The basic Web page (available in English or German) is: http://www.db-decision.de/
FEMINIST VOICES, the free Madison area news journal by and for women, has a website complete with a goodly sample of its content, and also offers a new discussion list on women's issues, intended for women everywhere. To join the list, email the staff at femmistvoices@hotmail.com and to see the website, find the URL: http://members.spree.com/feminist/voices.html
GAY AND LESBIAN HISTORY is a site full of information, compiled and run by Paul Halsall. Divided into sections that include the Ancient Mediterranean, Medival Worlds, Europe, North America, and Africa, Asia, Latin American, and Oceania, plus themes and bibliographies, the site is quite content rich. Check it out at: http://pwh. base.org
A GAY AND LESBIAN STUDIES SYLLABUS available on the Web includes a course outline. The address is: http:// www.conterra.com/jsears/syl383d.htm Other introductory GLBT syllabi are included at the Women's Studies site at University of Maryland: http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/ Topic/Diversity/Specific/Sexual_Orientation/Syllabi/
GENDER & SEXUALITY IN THE CLASSICAL WORLD is the title of a course offered by Professor Laura McClure at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that includes a syllabus, a rather extensive bibliography, links to related sites, and paper topic suggestions. You can visit the site at: http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/classics/CLAS_351/gender.html
GENDER INN offers a searchable database of some 5,000 items on feminist theory, literary criticism, and gender studies in the realm of English and American literature. Gathered since 1987 at the English Dept. of the University of Cologne, the database includes primarily monographs and essay collections, with occasional journal articles. Try a search at: http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/englisch/ datenbank/e_index.htm
GIFTS OF SPEECH website offers the complete texts of some seventy-five women leaders' speeches. A variety of women is included, from Hillary Clinton to Margaret Thatcher, Denise Levertov, Andrea Dworkin, and Elizabeth Dole. The URL is: http://gos.sbc.edu/
GIRLS NEED MODEMS!: CYBERCULTURE AND WOMEN'S EZINES is a master's paper by Krista Scott of the Women's Studies program, York University. Scott's table of contents includes such intriguing chapter titles as "Speaking Cyberian," "Women and Children First: Mythos and Metaphor," and "Chicks, Flicks, Politicks." The entire text may be found at: http://www.netrover.com/~cdixon/mrp.html
The GLOBAL REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH FORUM from Harvard University "aims to encourage the proliferation of critical, democratic discussions about reproductive health, rights, and gender." Information-rich and nicely designed, this site's multiple pages focus on HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, contraception, abortion, family planning, and maternal health in addition to gender and reproductive rights, and there's even a "teenzone." Address: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/organizations/healthnet/
Among the HYPERTEXTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA American Studies Program are several by women authors. Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861), Charlotte Lennox's Life of Harriot Stuart (1750), Bessy Conway, Or, The Irish Girl in America (1861) by Irish immigrant Mary Anne Sadlier, Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), and Harriet Wilson's Our Nig (1857) are all available in full text on the following website: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/hypertex.html
INDIATIME WOMEN offers a "who's who" of Indian women in philosophy, politics, religion, film, and other areas, plus links to organizations, health and beauty information, women's issues, and basic statistics on Indian women. Address of the website: http://www.indiatime.com/women/women.htm
INSTRAW (International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women) launched its Web page this year in celebration of International Women's Day and the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations' Commission on the Status of Women. The website offers information on INSTRAW's programs (which include training in economic and political development, environment, and media and communications), publications, financial resources, and organization. The Web address is: http://www.un.org/ instraw/
KIDS HELP PHONE website offers an 800 number that young people can call for all sorts of information on eating disorders, drugs, birth control, sexual violence, and other health-related questions. Forums are also available for discussion and the site itself carries limited print information. (In French or English.) Site address: http://kidshelp.sympatico.ca/
LATIN AMERICAN RESOURCES on women and gender studies is a LANIC/University of Texas collection of useful websites both general and by country. The address: http://www.lanic.utexas.edu:80/la/region/women/
MADGRRLS Web page carries information on the Madgrrls forum, "designed to meet the needs of women who have mood swings, voices, fears and visions." For more description and information on how to subscribe, check the website at: http://members.aol.com/madgrrls/index.html
MOUSY is an online magazine focused on young women (and originally on tech and computer-oriented ones, hence the name) that takes on all types of topics, from NPR's smooth "alternative" line to Superfan Sisterhood to the finales of TV series and organizing an online boycott. The editors promise new content weekly and a new issue every few months. Site address is: http://www.mousy.com/mousyweekly/fg-fin-ales.html
If Disney's version of MULAN, the legendary Chinese woman Hua Mulan, has you wondering about the movie story's authenticity, suggested resources are: 100 Celebrated Chinese Women (http://www.span.com.au/100women/ 55.html); The Mulan FAQ Page (http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/5082/mulanfaq.html); or The Ballad of Mulan (http://www.chinapage.com/mulan.html)
The MUSEUM OF MENSTRUATION is an actual museum whose interesting site carries information on a variety of topics, from early commercial tampons to menstrual cups to humor. Check this one at: http://www.mum.org/
The NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS ARCHIVE housed at Miami University in Ohio includes on its website a directory of Native American women playwrights, a bibliography of their work, a description of its programming, and related links. The homepage is at: http://www.lib.muohio.edu/nawpa/
NORTHERN FEMINIST UNIVERSITY (or Kvinneuniversitetet Nord), based in northern Norway, was founded in 1991 to be a "centre of knowledge where women's experience and knowledge is made visible, recognized, further developed and documented." Activities include courses, conferences, the Femina Borealis network, and projects such as "twinning" for gender advocacy in South Africa. See their website at: http://www.kun.nl.no/
The OREGON MENOPAUSE NETWORK and its newsletter HEALTH FORUM FOR MIDLIFE WOMEN now share a website that offers basic information about their work. Try it at: http://www.menonetwork.org/
PIMPS, TRICKS AND FEMINISTS is the title of Kelly Holsopple's informed section of the Plenary at this summer's National Women's Studies Association conference. The text is available on the website of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women: http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/catw/khnwsa.htm
The National Park Service's PLACES WHERE WOMEN MADE HISTORY takes Web travelers through 74 properties in New York and Massachusetts. There's the Susan B. Anthony House in New York, and Villa Lewaro, the home of Madame C.J. Walker, America's first Black millionaire, as well as the Massachusetts setting where Edith Wharton wrote much of her work. Tour starts at: http://www.cr.nps.gov/crwebl/nr/travel/pwwmh/
The ROSA LUXEMBURG INSTITUTE is an interdisciplinary women's studies institute intended for "engagement, research and praxis from a feminist perspective" in such fields as history and theory of science, genetic engineering, development, ecology, global patriarchy, and networking. The English website address is: http://iguwnext.tuwien.ac.at/~rli/Seiten/english/englwelc.htm
RUSSIAN FEMINIST RESOURCES is the ambitious project of Australian Elena Leonoff, who has gathered a wealth of Internet material on Russian women, in English and Russian, from the arts to politics to academic resources (including syllabi) and health information. Check the multiple Web pages starting at: http://www.geocities.com/ Athens/2533/russfem.html
"The SANS-PAPIERS -- A Woman Draws the First Lesson" is the English translation of an enlightening essay (originally in French) by Madjiguene Cisse on the struggle of African women living as illegal immigrants in France as they build communities, battle colonialism and sexism, and learn to deal with the political system to help their predicament. An interesting read, at:http://www.bok.net/pajol/madjiguene2.en.html
SELECTED SOURCES -- WOMEN, ENVIRONMENT, AND DEVELOPMENT is a lengthy, annotated listing of resources compiled by Marlene Roy of the International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg. Includes books, reports, papers, and conference materials. Unfortunately, not updated since Fall 1995. Site address: http:// iisdl.iisd.ca/ic/info/ss9509.htm
SHATTER THE GLASS CEILING is a bi-weekly webzine by Judi Lewis that carries regular columns: editorials, The Looking Glass, Current Events, Health & Medicine, Business, 9-5 Life, H for H (Hubby for Hire or household fix-it tips), and Supermoms. Address: http://www. theglassceiling.com/shatter.htm
SONGS COMPOSED BY AMERICAN AND BRITISH WOMEN ca. 1890-1930 is a searchable Web page listing some 2,700 titles by 435 women composers. Compiler Christopher Reynolds notes this era was the "zenith" of women's song composition. Address is: http://musdra. ucdavis.edu/FMPro/women.html
TEACHER EDUCATION AND GENDER EQUITY by Jo Sanders is a new document from the ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education that discusses the importance of equity training for those now in teacher education programs. Address: http://www.ed.gov/databases/ ERIC_Digests/ed408277.html
THEORIZING: FEMINISM AND POSTMODERNITY offers an interview with Canadian feminist theorist Linda Hutcheon by Kathleen O'Grady of Trinity College. (Reprinted from Rampike.) Address: http://bailiwick.lib. uiowa.edu/wstudies/hutcheon.html
THIRD WAVE is a "member-driven, national non-profit organization devoted to young feminist activism for social change," says the opening page of this website. Offering statistics, articles in its online newsletter, as well as links to a number of other informative pages, this project of feminist.com seeks to reach and support young women just learning how unequal the opportunities out there can be, how much violence there is, etc. Check out the Third Wave site at: http://www.feminist.com/3dwave.htm
Information on the TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FACTORY FIRE in 1911 in New York City is available on a website put up by the Kheel Center at Cornell University. The site is intended to help students locate historical information on the tragedy in which 146 workers, mostly young immigrant women, died. Photographs, political cartoons, oral histories, background on sweatshops, links to related websites, and more comprise this excellent Web page. The address: http://www.ilr. cornell.edu/trianglefire/
UNITED LESBIANS OF AFRICAN HERITAGE (ULOAH), a sisterhood founded in Los Angeles in 1990, has a Web page with basic information about the organization and its annual international SISTAHfest, an "On the Table" commentary section, and more. Check the site at: http://members.aol.com/uloah/home.html
VIOLENCE AND RESPONSES TO VIOLENCE is a section of Australian Michael Flood's massive Men's Bibliography that includes an extensive listing of feminist writings on violence. Domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, child sexual assault, and anti-violence education for men are among the topical groupings for the resources listed. The URL: http://online.anu.edu.au/ ~e900392/mensbiblio/MensBiblioMenu.html
VOICES OF GIRLS IN SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, AND TECHNOLOGY is a project of the Appalachia Educational Laboratory focusing on enhancing girls' participation in science activities in particular schools and offering stories, articles, curriculum materials, and research papers that have developed from the project. There's also a good page of related links to equity-oriented resources. Website address is: http://www.ael.org/nsf/voices/
WELFARE REFORM IMPACTS ON THE PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAM: A PRELIMINARY FORECAST is an online document from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that "projects the impacts of welfare reform on tenant incomes and resulting rent revenues at eight public housing authorities (HAs) in four states" (Exec. Summary). See the details at: http://www.huduser.org/publications/publicassist/welreform.html
WISCONSIN WOMEN'S NETWORK is "a coalition uniting individuals and organizations from across the state of Wisconsin who share a concern for equality and justice for women." The Network's new Web page describes the component organizations, gives action alerts on pending legislation, a calendar of upcoming events, and news from the legislative task forces (on such areas as child care, domestic violence, economic issues, and sex equity in education). Web address is: http://www.execpc.com/ wiwomen/
WOMEN ABOARD, an organization providing "a network for women boaters," carries on its Web space (shared with Watermark Publishing) some of the "Best Tips" from its newsletter over the years 1994-1997, such as making your boat your home, maximizing limited storage space, living aboard in cold climates, and the like. Check the site at: http://www.cruisingguide.com/wmaboard.html
WOMEN AND GIRLS LAST: FEMALES AND THE INTERNET by Janet Morahan-Martin is available as part of the proceedings of the IRISS (Internet Research and Information for Social Scientists) Conference 1998 held in March 1998 in Bristol, UK. See Morahan-Martin's comments at: http://sosig.ac.uk/iriss/papers/paper55.htm
The WOMEN AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (WID) PROGRAM at Michigan State University includes on its Web page a listing of the program's publications, a "Resource Guide" of links to websites from different developing regions, and information on MSU programs. Site address is: http://www.isp.msu.edu/wid/
A WOMEN & SOCIETY "TELEWEB" COURSE SYLLABUS, offered by instructor Sonja Millbourn of Butler County Community College, includes an online discussion group. Address is: http://www2.southwind.net/ ~smilbour/wsyll.html
WOMEN AND THE HOLOCAUST is a Web project that pays special attention to the straggles of women who were mothers, resistance fighters, camp organizers, rescuers, survivors. Personal reflections, letters, tributes, articles, an annotated bibliography, and more are part of this multi-page historical collection. View it at: http://www.interlog.com/~mighty/
The WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT section of the United Nations' ESCAP (Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific) agency offers basic information on its "developing" website about women's programs, such as literacy initiatives, technology transfer, sanitation workshops, and the like. Site address is: http://unescap.org/wid/index.htm
The WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION OF LOS ANGELES (WLALA) appears to be an extremely active group of professionals who seek to "promote the interests of women attorneys and judges, to further understanding of and support for the legal rights of all women, and to promote equality and equal opportunity for all people. A bibliography (of mostly non-legal books) with lengthy annotations is included. You can find their website at: http://wlala.org/Index.htm
The WOMEN'S ART LIBRARY of Britain has a website with information on library hours, how to get things published in its journal MAKE, how to borrow one of the 141,000 slides in the library, and answers to lots of related questions. Check it out at http://web.ukonline.co.uk/womensart.lib/home.html
The WOMEN'S BUSINESS CENTER is an interactive business website "dedicated to helping entrepreneurial women" gain the "information and expertise they need to plan their economic independence through owning a business of their own." Based on the vision of the Small Business Administration's Office of Women's Business Ownership, the website offers such detailed help as "Bookkeeping and Accounting: From Start to Finish," "Success Stories," marketing tips, and much more. The main address is: http://www.onlinewbc.org/
The WOMEN'S CYBRARY includes more than 1,000 links to women's writing online. Books, reviews, authors' pages, magazines, links to many other collections of links, and more are available at: http://www.womenbooks.com/cybrary.html
WOMEN'S HEALTH INTERACTIVE includes three "health centers" on its Web page: for midlife, gynecologic, and infertility concerns. Each offers a variety of information related to the particular life stage. A "quality of life study" on perimenopause/menopause conducted in conjunction with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School invites participation, as do several online discussion groups. The URL is: http://www.womenshealth.com/
The WOMEN'S PRESSES LIBRARY PROJECT works toward cooperation with libraries in increasing the visibility of small press titles in library collections. A list of presses, the titles they produce, a search mechanism, and more are on the WPLP website at: http://www.litwomen.org/wplp.html
WOMEN'S SPIRITUALITY IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES is a course offered by Dr. Nicola Denzey at Bowdoin College, whose syllabus is available on the Web. The course outline includes wonderful graphics and many links to full-text primary documents and other relevant websites. See it at: http:// www.bowdoin.edu/~ndenzey/syllabus_232.htm
The WOMEN'S VOTING GUIDE, a nonpartisan Web project of the Women Leaders Online Fund, began with the voting records of incumbent U.S. Senators, now includes the votes of the U.S. House of Representatives, and will follow the positions of candidates for the 1998 general election in both House and Senate races, providing women with "easy access to specific and meaningful information on the positions of candidates." Keep an eye on this one at: http:// womenvote.org/
WORKPLACE SOLUTIONS is a project of Wider Opportunities for Women intended to help unions and employers "Successfully Recruit and Retain Women in Nontraditional Occupations." There's a resource clearinghouse, an online forum, a self-assessment form, and even a "success gallery" of companies/unions who have helped women move into higher-paying nontraditional jobs. Site address is: http://www.workplacesolutions.org/
ZAPATISTA WOMEN/MUJERES ZAPATISTAS website is in the process of building a resource for information about the struggle of women in the Chiapas region of Mexico, including full text of the book Chiapas, And the Women? by Rosa Rojas, a discussion forum, the beginnings of a bibliography, and links to related websites. The address: http://www.actlab.utexas.edu/~geneve/zapwomen/
Other Electronic Resources
Joan Korenman recently announced establishment of the CENTER FOR WOMEN AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY at University of Maryland, Baltimore County, to "encourage women's and girls' involvement with information technology, both as users and as IT professionals, and to encourage and support research concerning the relationship between gender and IT." Joan will relinquish her duties as director of UMBC's Women's Studies Program to become director of the new Center. Congratulations, Joan!
A European woman is gathering the names and addresses of women's groups around the world. As of last report Denise Osted had 1,000 groups and hopes to reach 4,000. She wants to include "women's studies departments, women's resource centers, shelters, religious groups, magazines, rape crisis lines, political activism groups, health organizations, journals, professional associations, women's bookstores and publishers, feminist libraries, research groups, economic and racial justice groups, etc." Once compiled, she will make the information available free to anyone. Send her email at: fullmoon@euronet.nl
As part of a five-year project by the Finnish government toward the prevention of prostitution, Nordic researchers in areas such as gendered power, societal sexual contracts, marginalization, stigmatization and control, and women's studies have developed an email network. Coordinator is Marjut Jyrkinen, STAKES, and email contact is marjut.jyrkinen@stakes.fi
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