INTERNET RESOURCES

Women's Studies Sites

bullet Associations & Scholarly Societies

American Association of University Women - promotes education and equity for all women and girls,
     lifelong education, and positive societal change

Association for Women in Computing - a non-profit professional organization for women and
     men who have an interest in information and technology

The Institute for Research on Women and Gender - explores differences and commonalities among
     and between women and men in the multicultural United States and internationally

National Association for Women in Catholic Higher Education - objectives are to facilitate support
     of  one another as women, to create, organize, and disseminate work for justice for women in
     the academy, and to provide a forum for members to speak our on issues relevant to women in the
     academy, especially those issues unique to Catholic institutions

National Organization for Women- an organization of feminist activists that works to eliminate
     discrimination and harassment in the workplace, schools, the justice system, and all other
     sectors of society; secure abortion, birth control and reproductive rights for all women; end
     all forms of violence against women; eradicate racism, sexism and homophobia; and promote
     equality and justice in our society

Society for Women in Philosophy
- created to promote and support women in philosophy

The Society of Women Engineers - the largest non-profit educational and service organization
     representing both student and professional women in engineering and technical fields

bullet Biography

Biographies of Notable Women
- an ever-expanding list of biographies of notable women, both
     those who are famous and those who should be more well known


Distinguished Women of Past and Present - features biographies of women who contributed to
     our culture in a variety of different ways

bullet Feminism

Feminist Majority Foundation - was created to develop bold, new strategies and programs to 
     advance women's equality, non-violence, economic development, and, most importantly,
     empowerment of women and girls in all sectors of society

Feminist Theory - various web sites presented by the University of Iowa

bullet General

Femina - provides women with a comprehensive, searchable directory of links to female friendly
     sites and information on the World Wide Web

Women's Studies Database - University of Maryland - serves those people interested in the women's
     studies profession and in general women's issues

Women's Studies/Women's Issues Resource Sites - a selective, annotated, highly acclaimed listing
     of web sites containing resources and information about women's studies / women's issues,
     with an emphasis on sites of particular use to an academic women's studies program

Women and Gender Studies Web Sites - provide access to a wide range of resources in support of
     Women's Studies

bullet Government, Law, & Public Policy

Office on Violence Against Women - provide federal leadership (United States Department of Justice) to reduce violence against women,
      and to administer justice for and strengthen services to all victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking

U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission
- coordinates all federal equal employment opportunity regulations,
     practices, and policies

bullet Writers/Writings

A Celebration of Women Writers- a listing of writers living between 1901 and 2000

Domestic Goddesses - a moderated E-journal, devoted to women writers, beginning in the
     19th century, who wrote domestic fiction

Emory Women Writers Research Project - a collection of edited and unedited texts by women
     writing in English from the seventeenth century through the nineteenth century