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 Websites presented in alphabetical order Agents of Social Change: New Resources on 20th Century Women's Activism 
 "This exhibit marks the opening for research of eight collections of 20th century women activists. ... These new resources highlight women's part in the multiple struggles for social change that span the century." Features profiles and digitized material on feminist lawyer and judge Dorothy Kenyon, feminist and writer Gloria Steinem, the National Congress of Neighborhood Women, the Women's Action Alliance, and others. Includes lesson plans. From the Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College. http://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/agents/ Topics: Notable People: Women, Women Last updated Feb 20, 2008 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): Women's Rights
Background about the Women's Rights Project (WRP) at the ACLU, which was co-founded by Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 1972. Features a video history, information about women and the ACLU (such as Jane Addams, Jeanette Rankin, and Dorothy Kenyon), list of leaders, and a tribute to Ginsburg and WRP staff. Also includes project reports, and news and blog entries on the four WRP core areas: employment, violence against women, criminal justice, and education. From the ACLU. http://www.aclu.org/womens-rights Topics: Women Last updated Nov 6, 2009 Carrie Chapman Catt Childhood Home
This site features a biography, related links, and an article on the FBI files kept on the "key coordinator of the woman suffrage movement" and founder of the League of Women Voters. Also includes photos and information on the activist's childhood home, located in Charles City, Iowa. Created by archivist David F. McCartney at The University of Iowa at Iowa City. http://www.catt.org/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, History, Home & Housing, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Politics, United States History, Women Last updated Feb 20, 2005 Center for Reproductive Rights
This site provides reports, fact sheets, and articles pertaining to laws, legislation, and opportunities to take action on issues such as abortion rights, availability of contraception, teenagers' rights, and female genital mutilation. The site is searchable, and portions of it are also available in French and Spanish. From "a nonprofit legal advocacy organization dedicated to promoting and defending women's reproductive rights worldwide." http://reproductiverights.org/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Families, Medical Treatments & Devices, Social Issues, Women, Women's Health Last updated Jan 29, 2009 Chronology of the Equal Rights Amendment: 1923-1996
This is a concise timeline of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), starting with its first introduction in the United States Congress in 1923. Part of the National Organization for Women (NOW) Web site. http://www.now.org/issues/economic/cea/history.html Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Women Last updated Mar 1, 2004 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
Information about this United Nations (UN) convention, "often described as an international bill of rights for women ... [that] defines what constitutes discrimination against women and sets up an agenda for national action to end such discrimination." Provides the text of the convention, history, country reports, meeting information, and other documentation. Some material available in several languages. From the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women. http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Women Last updated Mar 23, 2005 Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement
Texts and images of articles, pamphlets, flyers, and booklets published from 1969 to 1974 that "focus specifically on the early radical origins of this movement in the United States." Includes classics such as Pat Menardi's "Politics of Housework," "Notes From the First Year," the Radicalesbians' "The Woman-Identified Woman," and early works from Steinem, Bunch, Firestone, Alpert, and Freeman. Searchable and browsable. From the Special Collections Library, Duke University. http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/wlm/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Social Science, United States History, Women Last updated Jan 31, 2007 Eldis Gender Resource Guide
Collection of publications from development organizations on gender topics such as education of women, violence against women, and gender and participation. Features annotations to the publications, profiles of the publishing organizations, an extensive guide to gender and HIV/AIDS, regional and country profiles (Africa, Middle East, Asia, and Latin America), and more. From Eldis, a development resource-sharing program based at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, England. http://www.eldis.org/gender/ Topics: Women Last updated Jan 31, 2007 The Equal Rights Amendment
Site about the continuing viability of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), "first proposed in 1923 [and] still not part of the U.S. Constitution. The ERA has been ratified by 35 of the necessary 38 states." Features history, a FAQ, discussion of strategy for passage, links to current legislation, and related material. A project of the Alice Paul Institute in collaboration with the ERA Task Force of the National Council of Women's Organizations. http://www.equalrightsamendment.org/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Women Last updated Jun 20, 2007 Feminists for Life of America (FFLA)
Information from this pro-life organization includes articles from its magazine, The American Feminist, on topics such as unplanned pregnancy, abortion, assisted suicide, and women's history. Also includes links to news and FFLA advertising. (Jane Sullivan Roberts, wife of Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr., currently serves as legal counsel to FFLA.) Some material available in Spanish. Access to some material requires free registration. http://www.feministsforlife.org Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Death & Dying, Diseases & Conditions, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Social Issues, Women, Women's Health Last updated Jul 27, 2005 The First Measured Century: Betty Friedan and "The Feminine Mystique"
Interviews with and about Betty Friedan, "the Founder of the National Organization for Women, the National Women's Caucus, and the National Abortion Rights Action League" and author of books such as "The Feminine Mystique." From the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) program, "The First Measured Century." http://www.pbs.org/fmc/interviews/3seg1.htm Topics: Notable People: Women, Women Last updated Feb 8, 2006 Francis E. Willard Historical Association
Website for the historical association and National Historic Landmark related to Frances Willard, "one of the most prominent social reformers in 19th century America. As president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union from 1879 until 1898, Willard rallied support for temperance as well as many other important reform movements including woman's suffrage, [and] women's economic and religious rights." Includes biographical material, and details about visiting her home in Evanston, Illinois. http://www.franceswillardhouse.org/ Topics: Drugs & Medications by Type, Notable People: Women, Women Last updated Mar 1, 2009 International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
This nonprofit organization conducts research, formulates policy, and works on "improving the lives of women in poverty, advancing equality and human rights, and contributing to broader economic and social well-being." The website features reports, issue briefs, and other publications on topics such as HIV/AIDS, nutrition and food security, reproductive health, and violence against women. http://www.icrw.org/ Topics: Women Last updated Nov 23, 2005 Legal Momentum: Advancing Women's Rights
This organization "advances the rights of women and girls by using the power of the law and creating innovative public policy." The site provides sections on issue areas (such as federalism, immigrant women, and reproductive rights) and updates on the group's court cases and activities in Congress. Includes fact sheets, publications (many available for free download; others must be purchased), and related links. Searchable. http://www.legalmomentum.org/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Women Last updated Mar 15, 2008 The Margaret Sanger Papers: Margaret Sanger and The Woman Rebel
A searchable collection of writings, letters, and other documents that "chronicle Margaret Sanger's publication of the radical, feminist journal, The Woman Rebel, and her emergence as the foremost leader of the birth control movement." Includes a chronology of events (1914-1916) and an index of related names and information. From the University of South Carolina. http://adh.sc.edu/ms/ms-table.html Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Correspondence, Families, History, Notable People, Reproductive and Sexual Health, United States History, Women, Women's Health Last updated May 19, 2005 National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR)
"NCLR is a national legal resource center with a primary commitment to advancing the rights and safety of lesbians and their families through a program of litigation, public policy advocacy, and public education." The site includes legal cases about custody, adoption, and employment; publications on family, transgender, youth, and school safety; upcoming events and projects; and sources of free information and counseling to members of the GLBT community. http://www.nclrights.org/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgendered People, Women Last updated May 26, 2008 National Women's Hall of Fame
Portraits and profiles of over 200 notable women of the United States. Includes Helen Keller, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Maria Tallchief, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Edith Wharton, and Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias. Nominees are women "whose contributions to the arts, athletics, business, education, government, the humanities, philanthropy and science, have been the greatest value." Searchable. http://www.greatwomen.org/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, History, Museums, Museums by Place: United States, U.S. History By Place, United States History, Women Last updated Feb 20, 2005 National Women's Law Center (NWLC)
The site for an organization that brings "women's concerns to public policy makers, advocates and the public alike" through "public policy research, monitoring and analysis; litigation, advocacy and coalition-building; and public education." Advocacy areas include athletics (particularly advocacy for Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in education), child care, child and family support, education, employment, health, the justice system, reproductive rights, sexual harassment, Social Security, taxation, and military. http://www.nwlc.org/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Women Last updated Mar 5, 2004 Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
This companion site to a PBS program explores the work of these suffragists. Find information for use in the classroom, articles and essays, historic documents including the "Declaration of Sentiments" from the Seneca Falls Convention, and biographical information. Also find recommended books, related links, and discussion forums. http://www.pbs.org/stantonanthony/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Politics, United States History, Women Last updated Feb 28, 2005 Office of International Women's Issues
This part of the U.S. Department of State "coordinates the integration of women's issues into the broader U.S. strategic, economic and diplomatic goals." This site provides press releases, fact sheets, reports, and related material on topics such as women in Afghanistan and Iraq, and trafficking in people. http://www.state.gov/g/wi/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, International Governments, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq, Women Last updated Oct 14, 2004 Sewall-Belmont House & Museum
Website for this museum in Washington, D.C., that "is the headquarters of the historic National Woman's Party and was the Washington home of its founder and Equal Rights Amendment author Alice Paul." Features background about the house, a brief illustrated history of the National Woman's Party, and descriptions of the museum's collections (a digitization project is in process). Also includes the publication "Black Women in America: Contributors to Our Heritage." http://sewallbelmont.org/ Topics: Women Last updated Jan 10, 2008 Stanton and Anthony Papers Project
"The mission of this project is to find and copy all of the [Elizabeth Cady] Stanton and [Susan B.] Anthony papers that still survive — as manuscripts and printed texts — and make those primary sources available and useful for research." The site features the full text of materials by the two women's rights advocates, a timeline, bibliographies for adults and children, statistics on women's voting records from 1868 to 1873, and related resources. From Rutgers University. http://ecssba.rutgers.edu/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Politics, Women Last updated Oct 2, 2004 The Susan B. Anthony House
The official site of the Susan B. Anthony House in Rochester, New York, provides a biography and timeline of the American civil rights leader, abolitionist, suffragist, and temperance worker. The virtual and online tours provide exterior and interior views of the house, which is a National Historic Landmark; the entire neighborhood is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There is also brief information on the Anthony dollar. http://www.susanbanthonyhouse.org/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Museums by Place: United States, Notable People: Women, Women Last updated Oct 2, 2004 This Shall Be the Land for Women: The Struggle For Western Women's Suffrage, 1860-1920
This exhibit from the Women of the West Museum offers a chronology and introduction to the principal women involved in the women's suffrage movement in 10 Western states. Browse the exhibit through an interactive map or the list of biographies of the women. A bibliography, timeline, and activities supplement the exhibit information. http://www.museumoftheamericanwest.org/explore/exhibits/suffrage/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, History, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Politics, United States History, Women Last updated Apr 27, 2005 U.S. History -- Women's Rights/History: Lesson Plans
Compilation of lesson plans concerning women's rights and women's history, including topics such as women aviators, first ladies, voting rights for women, women in the U.S. Civil War, quilting, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story "The Yellow Wall-paper." From EDSITEment, a joint project of the National Endowment for the Humanities and other organizations. http://edsitement.neh.gov/tab_lesson.asp?subjectArea=3&subcategory=27 Topics: Women Last updated Feb 27, 2008 Union Women's Alliance to Gain Equality (1971-1982)
An exhibit of photographs of people and activities of the Union Women's Alliance to Gain Equality (Union WAGE), "an organization of socialist and progressive women from 1971 through 1982. It supported women organizing in the work place and included struggles for democratic rank and file unions." The photographs were taken by Cathy Cade from 1970 through 1975; many include images of workers on strike. From the Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California, Berkeley. http://www.irle.berkeley.edu/exhibit/cade/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Labor, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Women Last updated Jan 19, 2009 Women of Protest: Photographs From the Records of the National Woman's Party
"This online presentation is a selection of 448 photographs from the approximately 2,650 photographs in the Records of the National Woman's Party collection, housed in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress." The photographs, which represent "the militant wing of the suffrage movement," are from 1875 to 1938 (mostly from 1913-1922). Includes essays and a timeline (1912-1997). From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/suffrage/nwp/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Notable People, Photograph Collections, Politics, United States History, Women Last updated Aug 23, 2005 Women's Education Evolves, 1790-1890: Selected Primary Sources From the William L. Clements Library
This exhibit illustrates "aspects of women's education from the Early Republic to women's entrance into colleges and universities." Browse digitized items (such as letters and diaries) on subjects such as colonial heritage, female curriculum, student life, teaching, academies and seminaries, and religion, race, and culture. From the William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan. http://www.clements.umich.edu/womened/ Topics: Education, Women Last updated Feb 10, 2009 Women's History Month: Timeline of Key Events in the American Women's Rights Movement
The timeline runs from 1848 to 1994, with brief notes on people and events, some linked to related articles. From infoplease. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenstimeline1.html Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, History, Special Months, United States History, Women Last updated Mar 3, 2005 Women's Human Rights Resources
Issues included at this site are education, equality, feminist theory, health, labor and employment, marriage and family, political rights, property law, housing, prostitution, race and gender, religion, and violence. Each topic areas has articles with citations (most are annotated) of published scholarly materials; documents with abstracts (some full-text) of cases, UN publications, reports from nongovernmental organizations, international conventions/treaties, and more; and annotated links. From the University of Toronto Bora Laskin Law Library. Searchable. http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/diana/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, International Law, Treaties, & Agreements, Women Last updated Feb 21, 2005 Women's Issues
Articles and links to resources about women. Topics include work, politics, reproductive rights, body image, health, religion, violence against women, and relationships. An About.com site. http://womensissues.about.com/ Topics: Agriculture, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, International Governments, Women Last updated May 7, 2006 Women's Learning Partnership (WLP) for Rights, Development, and Peace: Resources
Bibliographies, statistics, and other resources on international women's issues. Some of the topics covered include women and leadership, women's human rights, violence against women, and technology for women's empowerment. Provides a list of "local, national, regional and international women's organizations in the Global South, especially in the Middle East and North Africa." From the Women's Learning Partnership, a group "dedicated to women's leadership and empowerment." http://www.learningpartnership.org/resources Topics: Women Last updated Sep 11, 2006 Women's Rights
Contains transcripts and video of interviews with over ten political leaders and activists, sociologists, economists, and others, emphasizing the "unfinished struggle to secure women's rights." Includes a timeline of people and events related to women's rights (1776-2001), a glossary, and activities for students. From the Conversations with History Archive, University of California, Berkeley. http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/women/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Women Last updated Feb 20, 2005 Women's Rights and Democracy in the Arab World
This paper reviews the political and educational rights of Arab women, family law, and the impact of women's rights and democracy in the Arab world. Provides an overview of issues facing Arab women, and notes progress and pitfalls the United States faces in encouraging women's equality in the Middle East. Opens directly into a PDF file. From the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/CarnegiePaper42.pdf Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Regions of the World, Regions of the World, Women Last updated Jul 23, 2005 Women's Rights National Historic Park
Website for this Seneca Falls, New York, historic site where "in 1848 Elizabeth Cady Stanton and four other women invited the public to the First Women's Rights Convention to discuss expanding the role of women in America." Includes material about "the people who organized it, the people who came, and what happened next," a photo gallery, and plans for the 160th anniversary in 2008. From the National Park Service (NPS). http://www.nps.gov/wori/index.htm Topics: Women Last updated Feb 7, 2008 WomenWatch
This site "is the central gateway to information and resources on the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women throughout the United Nations system." Features news and links to sites and reports on topics such as gender mainstreaming, statistics and indicators, education and training, health, violence against women, rural women, HIV/AIDS, and more. From the United Nations Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE). http://www.un.org/womenwatch/ Topics: Women Last updated Feb 26, 2008 The World Bank Group: Gender and Development
Resources from the World Bank Group "to promote gender equality and empower women." Includes Bank strategy and policy on gender; reports and publications; profiles of gender issues in Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, and South Asia; and links to statistics and other resources. http://www.worldbank.org/gender/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Finance, International Governments, Women Last updated Apr 5, 2006 |
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