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• About
  Information about about feminism, women's studies, and this website.
  • A Brief Overview of Feminism and Women's Studies
    Feminism uncovers the ways in which social and cultural assumptions and structures are shaped by gender.
  • About this Website
    Information about the past of, present of, and future plans for this website.
• Academic Programs
  Links to Women's Studies programs at colleges and universities.
  • Canadian Women's Studies On-Line
    The University of Toronto's graduate collaborative program in Women's Studies. Includes academic information as well as a topical list of resources for women.
  • Iowa State U: Women's Studies
    The Women's Studies Program at Iowa State University offers an undergraduate major and minor in Women's Studies, and also offers a graduate minor.
  • U of Chicago: Center for Gender Studies
    Mission statement for UC's Center for Gender Studies, containing links for their projects in feminist studies, lesbian and gay studies, and late liberalism, as well as an events calendar, newsletter, and list of resources.
  • U of Virginia: Gender Studies
    Contains a detailed topical list of web resources in the areas of history, literature, media, minority studies, reproduction and health, business, film and music, sports, and academic programs.
  • U of Wisconsin: Women's Studies Library
    The Office of the University of Wisconsin System Women's Studies Librarian. Assists UW students, faculty, librarians, and administrators with research assistance, professional presentations, and consultation. Includes valuable links to women's studies publications.
• Activism
  Explores feminist activism and the way organizations are using feminism in the real world.
  • Concerned Women for America: A Case Study
    Background and contact information for Concerned Women for America, the largest Christian Right organization targeted at women.
  • Links
    Links to activist foundations and organizations focused on empowering women and furthering women's rights.
    • Feminist Majority Foundation
      Home page of the Feminist Majority, a foundation committed to empowering women and winning equality through research, communication, and action. The site contains information on important issues affecting women and how to take action to defend women's rights. Also contains a searchable Feminist Events Calendar.
    • Global Fund for Women
      Home page of the Global Fund for women, a non-profit organization that has been making grants to encourage, support, and strengthen women's rights around the world since 1987. Grantee organizations work on issues such as women's health and reproductive rights, economic independence, education, and political participation.
    • NOW Online
      Home page for the National Organization for Women, an organization devoted to furthering women's rights through education and litigation.
    • Radical Women
      Radical Women views women's leadership as decisive to world revolution and trains women to take their place in the forefront of the struggle.
  • Resources
    Includes facts and statistics, links to feminist resources on the web, and contact information for over 90 women's organizations.
    • Feminist Activist Resources on the Net
      Index of links to feminist rousources and issues, including reproductive rights, sexual harassment and rape, domestic violence, women of color, politics, economic issues, global issues, and health.
    • The Health Care Response to Domestic Violence Fact Sheet (1994)
      Text of the Health Care Respose to Domestic Violence Fact Sheet, produced in 1994 by the Family Violence Prevention Fund and the Trauma Foundation, San Francisco, California.
    • Women's Organizations
      Contact information for women's organizations in areas including health, civil rights, politics, education, and employment. Please email feminism@eserver.org with any updates, revisions, or additions.
    • Women's Professional Orgs
      Contact information for women's professional organizations. Please email feminism@eserver.org with any updates, revisions, or additions.
• Gender and Sexuality
  Explores the issues surrounding gender and sexuality, especially where feminism is concerned.
  • Gender, Communication, and Cyberspace
    Articles, research papers, and reports that focus on gender, communication, and internet issues.
    • Cross-Gender Communication in Cyberspace
      A graduate research paper that analyzes the effect of computer mediated comunication (CMC) on communication across gender.
    • Gender Bias: Roadblock to Sustainable Development
      Text of a report by the WorldWatch Institute (written by Jodi L. Jacobson) that discusses the ways in which gender bias contributes the growth of poverty and population, particularly in subsistence economies.
    • Gender Differences in Communication: An Intercultural Experience
      Argues that cross-gender communication qualifies as a form of intercultural communication and offers advice on how to develop effective intercultural communication skills when speaking across genders.
    • Gender Issues in Computer Networking
      Discusses some of the key issues and controversies that have arisen regarding gender and computer networking, including participation of women in computer science and networking, social interactions, and pornography.
    • Gender Issues in Online Communications
      Article by Hoai-An Truong, Gail Williams, Judi Clark and Anna Couey in conjunction with members of the Bay Area Women in Telecommunications Group (Version Number 4.2, 1993). This essay discusses how gender "follows" women into on-line communities and sets a tone for their interactions online. BAWIT focuses on key issues in this situation and suggests possible solutions.
    • Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
    • Sex and the Cybergirl
      Article which discusses the sexual advances and pornographic comments that barrage women who enter live chat rooms.
    • The Feminization of Cyberspace
      A personal reflection by "Doctress Neutopia," (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 31 January 1994) in which she explains why she identifies "virtual reality" as the perflect place for her "Neutopian imagination" to come to fruition.
    • What Do Women Really Want (Online, That Is)?
      The May 1994 issue of Interactive Publishing Alert contains the results of a new IPA survey that analyzes women's online usage patterns and preferences and what this means for electronic publishers.
    • Women's Access to On-Line Discussions about Feminism
      Suggests that the success of appropriating computer networks for feminist organizing in the future will reflect the extent to which women's access to computer networks is addressed by future users.
  • Pornography, Prostitution, and Sex Work
    Articles about pornography and prostitution and their effects on women.
    • Pornography and Damage
      Byers replies to the suggestion that Madonna has some feminist value and suggests a way of thinking about her as a pornographer. He asks "what is it to consume pornography?"
    • Prostitution
      Reprinted from Summer 1993 issue of The Mobilizer, the publication of the National Mobilization for Survival which campaigns aganst foreigh military bases. Todd concentrates on the increase in prostitution which arises from American military personnel being stationed in foreign lands.
    • Red Light, Green Light: The Global Trafficking of Women
      Discusses the international sex trafficking industry, including the women and girls who work as entertainment girls, hospitality girls, prostitutes, and massage girls.
  • Sexuality and Lesbianism
    Links, terminology, and information about lesbianism and sexuality.
    • A Girls' Guide to Condoms
      A comical, yet educational look at condoms from the a woman's perspective.
    • EServer Gender and Sexuality Collection
      A list of internet resources that discuss issues of gender and sexuality.
    • Lesbian Bodies in the Age of (Post)Mechanical Reproduction
      The author argues that lesbian bodies are becoming "broadcast," "techn-culture," and "mainstream" and explores the various significations of the lesbian body in modern discourse.
• Health
  Provides information on various women's health topics.
  • Essays and References
    Writings on women's health issues.
    • Body Image and "Eating Disorders"
      Chapter three of the 1992 Barnard/Columbia Women's Handbook. Discusses the disjunction between women's "real" and "ideal" body images and the relationship between body image and the economy.
    • Preventing Breast Cancer
      Reprinted from Rachel's Environment & Health Weekly, #418 (December 1, 1994), published by the Environmental Research Foundation. Article discusses the definition and causes of breast cancer along with steps to prevent/delay breast cancer growth.
    • Women and AIDS: Selected References (1986-1991)
      Bibliography of resources on Women and AIDS (from 1986-1991) compiled in July 1991 for the Congressional Research Service. Contains resources in three categories: research and epidemiology; social, political, legal, and ethical issues; and education and prevention.
  • Links
    Links to women's health statistics and information.
    • Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center
      Dedicated to the prevention and treatment of eating disorders, EDReferral provides information and treatment resources for all forms of eating disorders. Those who would like eating disorder information or need a referral can contact The Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center by telephone, "snail" mail or by e-mail. Phone: 858-792-7463, Fax: 858-481-5143, Address: 2923 Sandy Pointe Suite 6 Del Mar, CA 92014-2052.
    • Global Reproductive Health Forum
      Harvard' University's site that aims to encourage the proliferation of critical, democratic discussions about reproductive health, rights, and gender on the net. (Available also in Spanish.)
    • The Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Current Statistics on Disease
      Link to the CDC's "Health Topics A to Z" page which contains links to information and statistics on a near-comprehensive list of disease and healt topics.
    • United Nations Statistics Division
      Home page of the UN Statistics Division, including links to UN economic, demographic, and social science statistics.
• History
  Documents and websites that chronicle important benchmarks in the history of Women's Studies.
  • Documents
    Key documents in women's history.
    • A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
      Mary Wollstonecraft's famous 1792 book.
    • Ain't I a Woman?
      Text of the speech "Ain't I a Woman?" by Sojourner Truth, delivered at the 1851 Women's Convention in Akron, Ohio.
    • Equal Rights Amendment
      Text and brief background of the Equal Rights Amendment, written in 1921 by suffragist Alice Paul.
    • Seneca Falls Declaration
      Text of the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions from the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, prepared by Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
    • The Subjection of Women
      Full text of John Stuart Mill's famous book, The Subjection of Women.
  • Links
    Links to women's history sites.
    • Brown University Women Writers' Project
      Link to Brown University's Women Writers Project, a long-term research project devoted to early modern women's writing and electronic text encoding. Includes a searchable catalogue that provides bibliographic information about all WWP texts as well as links to related sites.
    • Distinguished Women, Past and Present
      Provides biographies of important women in fields including writing, education, science, politics, civil rights, art, and entertainment.
    • Women Come to the Front
      Web page for the Library of Congress exhibition on women journalists, photographers, and broadcasters in World War II.
• Links to Other Sites
  Select websites relevant to feminism and Women's Studies.
  • Forums
    Links to electronic and e-mail forums that provide information and discussion of feminism and women's issues.
    • alt.feminism
      A Google web interface to the popular USENET newsgroup that tackles feminist issues.
    • Electronic Women's Forums
      List of electronic forums of interest to women, subcategorized into general and specialized interest groups. Also contains a brief description of each group's primary focus. Please send additions, updates, and revisions to feminism@eserver.org.
    • soc.women
      A Google web interface to the popular USENET newsgroup that tackles women's issues.
  • General Sites
    Sites covering an array of women's issues and include information on cultural topics, theory, and research.
    • Feminist.com
      A great place to start your research on any feminist topic, including reproductive rights, suffrage, rape, abuse, sexual harassment, education, and parenting.
    • National Women's Studies Association
      A US-based organization committed to supporting and promoting feminist teaching, research, and professional and community service at the pre-K through post-secondary levels.
    • Women.com
      A more pop-culture look at women's issues, includes channels on careers, cars, fashion & beauty, health, sex & romance, travel, and weddings.
  • Topic Oriented Sites
    Links to several topic-specific sites.
    • "Women" at Al-Islam
      The "Women" section of this site includes information on women in a Qur'anic society, the husband-wife relationship, and the wearing of the veil.
    • Women Make Movies
      "Women Make Movies" is a non-profit feminist media organization and the nation's largest distributor of films and videotapes by and about women. A catalogue of almost 500 films and videotapes is available through their website as well as links and resources for those interested in independent media.
    • Women of Color Web
      This site contains writings by and about women of color that focus on feminism, sexuality, reproductive health, and rights.
• Theory
  Covers a variety of academic topics concerned with feminism and women's studies.
  • Academic Papers
    Writings that examine works by other authors, religious issues, and personal histories.
    • Changing Literary Representations of Lilith and the Evolution of a Mythical Heroine
      Research project by Amy Scerba (M.A. Literary and Cultural Theory, Carnegie Mellon University), completed April 1999. Scerba traces the development of the mythical figure Lilith from early Jewish texts through the Romantic period. This study culminates in a discussion of how Dante Gabriel Rossetti aided in Lilith's transformation from a demoness to a feminist heroine.
      • Changing Literary Representations of Lilith and the Evolution of a Mythical Heroine
    • Chopin and Schopenhauer: Similar Names, Similar Philosophies
      Trunzo examines the striking correlation between Shopenhauer's philosophy in "The World as Will and Representation" and Chopin's study of Edna Pontillier in "The Awakening," looking particularly at the cycle of desire and the salvation in the arts.
    • Divisions that Kill: The Enemy Without and Within
      Pharr discusses the efforts of the Christian Right to divide women "from within," thereby preventing a fully unified front against patriarchy.
    • Memoir of Aphra Behn
      Montague Summers account of the personal history of Aphra Behn, the first Englishwoman to earn her livelihood by authorship.
    • Of Arms and the Woman
      Article that discusses Chnthia Enloe's book The Morning After: Sexual Politics at the End of the Cold War. Lind's dialogue with Enloe's text examines feminist international relations theory and its various manifestations.
    • The Exit Meeting
    • Woman's Education According to Rousseau and Wollstonecraft
      Essay that discusses Jean Jacques Roussea and Mary Wollstonecraft's views toward the education of women, highlighting the "novel" idea that men and women should be educated together.
  • Feminist Theory
    Links and information covering feminisms, feminist theory, and women's history.
    • Choice is the Power of Feminism
    • Feminisms
      Provides detailed definitions of many of the varieties of feminism, including both academically-recognized sub-categories (e.g., Marxist and Socialist Feminism) as well as pop-culture feminist categories (e.g., "Amazon Feminism").
    • Feminist Theory Website
      Provides research materials and information for students, activists, and scholars interested in women's conditions and struggles around the world.
    • Feminist Theory: An Overview
      An overview of feminist theory that focuses specificially on feminist literary theory, its changes over time, and its relationship to gender theory
    • Subject to Debate
      Women have been unfairly blamed for a lot of things over the years. But poverty? Women cause poverty? That is the emerging bipartisan consensus, subscribed to by players as far apart as Charles Murray and Eleanor Holmes Norton, Dan Quayle and Bill Clinton, National Review and The New York Times.
    • The "Cultural Elite" and the Rest of Us
    • The Struggle for Feminist Purity Threatens the Goals of Feminism
      Patai discusses the tough issues of identity politics, separatism, and essentialism within the feminist movement and offers suggestions for how these can be overcome.
    • The Women's Movement - Our History
      A brief history of the women's movement.
• Workplace
  A collection of links that deal with issues surrounding working women.
  • Wages, Hiring Policies, and the Glass Ceiling
    Documents about policies that have historically reflected discrimination in the workplace.
    • A Working Woman's Guide to Her Rights
      Leaflet 55 of the Women's Bureau of the United States Department of Labor, August 1992. Discusses various U.S. anti-discrimination policies, provides case-study examples, and offers suggestions for what to do when an employer impinges on one's rights.
    • Feminism and Position Envy
      Features article from Arena Magazine, Number 4, April/May 1993. Sofia discusses "the subsumption of feminism," which she defines as efforts to contain and minimize the damage feminism might wreak on male-centered norms, and particularly directs her argument toward the academy.
    • Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
      Report from the Congressional Information Service (1993) that discusses the degree of sexual harassment in the workplace and the resulting directives to employers imposed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
    • Subject to Debate
      Pollitt discusses and refutes the claim that women -- particularly single mothers -- cause poverty.
    • The Glass Ceiling
      Toussaint discusses the history of women's economic oppression, including the recent phenomenon of "the glass ceiling."
    • Twenty Facts on Women Workers
      Facts and statistics on women in the workforce in the early 1990s. Compiled by the Women's Bureau of the United States Department of Labor, June 1993.
  • Women in the Professions
    Documents about women's experiences in the workplace.
    • Becoming a Computer Scientist
      November 1990 report by the Association for Computing Machinery on the status of women in computing science. Originally published in Communications of the ACM, Volume 33, Number 11, pp 47-58 (November 1990).
    • Fact Sheet on Women's Political Progress
      Statistics on the involvement of women in various governmental offices, including senator, state representative, governor, attorney general, and others. Originally published by the National Women's Political Caucus, March 1993.
    • Facts About Women in the Military, 1980-1990
      Factsheet produced by the Women's Research and Education Institute that disucsses roles for women in the military, how women in the military are viewed by the public, and the role of minority women in the military. Also includes timelines for women's involvement in each branch of the military.
    • I'm a Stranger Here Myself: A Consideration of Women in Computing
      Originally published by the Association for Computing Machinery, 1992. The author discusses the discrepancy between the number of women earning computer science degrees and those in the computer-related workforce. This essay answers the questions: What happens between undergraduate classes and final career choice? Why are women so underrepresented among computing and engineering faculty? And why should we in user services be concerned?
    • Student Ratings of Professors Are Not Gender Blind
      Basow argues that student ratings of professors (as evidenced in student evaluation forms) may be biased against women in subtle but significant ways and that female professors are often judged on a double standard.
    • Where Were the Women? A Critical Question for Latin America's Left
    • Women and Computer Science
      This site, maintained by Ellen Spertus at Mills College, contains information on the history of women in computing as well as links to other on-line resources for women interested in computer science.
    • Women in the U.S. Military: Selected Data
      Statistics on women in the U.S. military from fiscal year 1992. Compiled by the Defense Manpower Data Center of the Department of Defense