TWU Libraries

Free Internet Databases

• African Women's Bibliographic Database
• Early Modern Women Database
• Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index
• Find Articles

Internet Gateways

• Black American Feminism
• Femina
• Feminist Internet Gateway
• Feminist.com
• Gender-Related Electronic Forums [An annotated, frequently-updated, award-winning list of publicly-accessible electronic forums (also known as "e-mail lists") related to women or to women-focused gender issues]
• Subject Listing of Women and Gender Resources
• Women's Resources on the Net
• Women's Studies Database
• Women's Studies Resources
• Women's Studies/Women's Issues Resource Sites

Organizations/Agencies

• American Association of University Women
• American Association of University Women - Texas (AAUW Texas)
• Association for Women in Computing
• Association for Women in Mathematics
• Association for Women in Science
• Association of Women Industrial Designers
• Business and Professional Women/USA
• Concerned Women for America
• Delta Kappa Gamma Society International
• Feminist Majority Foundation Online
• Feminists for Free Expression
• Ladies Professional Golf Association
• League of Women Voters
• National Association for Female Executives
• National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
• National Organization for Women
• National Women's Studies Association (NWSA)
• OutProud: National Coalition for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth
• Society for Women in Philosophy
• Society of Women Engineers
• Soroptimist International of the Americas
• South African Women In Science and Engineering
• Women in Technology International
• Women's Caucus for Political Science

Publications

• African-American Women Writers of the 19th Century
• British Women Romantic Poets, 1789-1832
• Core Lists In Women's Studies
• God's Word to Women
• Internet Women's History Sourcebook
• 19th Century Women's Poetry
• Victorian Women Writers Project
• Votes for Women
• Working Mother

Topics on the Internet

Art

• Architecture and Interior Design
• Art
• National Museum of Women in the Arts
• New York Women in Film and Television
• WIC History of Women Through Art
• Women Architects
• Women Artists
• Women Artists in Canada
• Women Artists in History
• Women Artists: 17th and 18th Centuries
• The World's Women On-Line!
• WSSLINKS: Women and Art Sites

Business

• Advancing Women
• Catalyst
• National Association of Gender Diversity Training
• U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau
• Women in the Workplace
• Women on Wall Street
• Women's Work

Computing and Mathematics

• The Ada Project (TAP) [Mills College clearinghouse for information and resources related to women in computing]
• Biographies of Women Mathematicians [Biographical essays or comments on most of the women mathematicians. Some photos]
• Female Nobel Prize Laureates
• 4000 Years of Women In Science
• Past Notable Women of Computing and Mathematics
• Other Resources on Women Mathematicians and Scientists
• Women of NASA [Showcases outstanding women who are enjoying successful careers in math, science, and technology and how these women balance personal and professional responsibilities. The main components of the project are profiles and weekly web chats]

Education

• Women in Higher Education [Includes articles, career information, statistics and links]

Ethnicity

• Chicana Studies [CLNet]
• Latina Web Pages
• South Asian Women's NETwork [SAWNET. "South Asia" includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka]
• Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color [The lives and works of women writers of color]
• Women of Color Resources

Family Issues and Domestic Violence

• National Partnership for Women and Families [News and information about fairness in the workplace, quality health care, and policies that help women and men meet the dual demands of work and family. Founded in 1971 as the Women's Legal Defense Fund]
• Work and Family Connection [Clearinghouse of news and information about work-life issues and practices]
• Work and Family Researcher Network [Designed for researchers currently investigating work-family issues; faculty interested in incorporating work-family topics into their teaching; and graduate students interested in work and family. To facilitate access to information and literature on work-family issues]
• Working Moms' Refuge

Feminist Theory and Philosophy

• Feminist Theory [Karla Tonella, Women's Studies Resources, University of Iowa]
• Feminist Theory Website [Research materials and information for students, activists, and scholars interested in women's conditions and struggles around the world. Three parts: 1) various fields within feminist theory; 2) different national/ethnic feminisms; and 3) individual feminists]
• Gender Inn [Searchable database with access to over 6000 records pertaining to feminist theory, feminist literary criticism and gender studies focusing on English and American literature. English and German]

Health

• About-Face [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. By encouraging critical thinking about the media, and personal empowerment, About-Face works to engender positive body-esteem in girls and women of all ages, sizes, race and backgrounds]
• FDA Office of Women's Health
• Girl Power!
• Information for Women on Food Safety, Nutrition and Cosmetics [U. S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition]
• IVF.com: Your Infertility Home on the Web [To provide accurate information in areas of women's health including: infertility, polycystic ovaries, IVF, endometriosis and pelvic pain treatment options]
• Medscape: Ob/Gyn and Women's Health
• National Osteoporosis Foundation
• National Women's Health Information Center [A project of the U.S. Public Health Service's Office on Women's Health (PHSOWH)]
• Online Birth Center [Midwifery, pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding]
• Planned Parenthood
• Media Advocacy Manual [American Public Health Association]
• WebMD: Healthy Women

History and Biography

• American Women [A Gateway to Library of Congress Resources for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States]
• Biographies of Historical Women
• Diotima [Materials for the study of women and gender in the ancient world]
• Distinguished Women of Past and Present [Biographies of historical and contemporary women writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers, and others]
• History [WWWomen]
• A History of Women in America [Beauty Be Woman]
• Internet Women's History Sourcebook [Online documents and secondary discussions which reflect the various ways of looking at the history of women within broadly defined historical periods and areas]
• National Women's History Museum
• National Women's History Project
• Places Where Women Made History [A national register of historic places travel itinerary. The itinerary highlights 74 historic properties in Massachusetts and New York that are listed in the National Register, America's official list of places important in our history and worthy of preservation. The itinerary includes interactive maps, descriptions of each place's significance in women's history, photographs, information on public accessibility, essays on women's achievements in American history, and links to other pertinent Web sites]
• Special Collections: Women [Links to collections of biographies and to biographies of individual women]
• U.S. Women's History [Women's Studies Section, Association of College and Research Libraries]
• WIC Biography Index [Women's International Center Living Legacy Award recipients and other exceptional humanitarians]
• Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1820-1940
• Women in World History Curriculum [An interactive site full of information and resources about women's experiences in world history]
• Women of Our Time [20th century photographs from the National Portrait Gallery]
• Women's History in America Presented by Women's International Center [Excerpted from Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia]
• Women's History Month[Gale Group free resource]

International

• Africa South of the Sahara: South Africa: Women
• Africa South of the Sahara: African Women [Reprint of the lead article in the National Council for Research on Women's Issues Quarterly, volume 1, number 2]
• South Asian Women's NETwork [SAWNET. "South Asia" includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka]
• Women's Issues - 3rd World [About.com]

Law, Discrimination and Civil Rights

• Sexual Harassment
• Women's Legal History Biography Project

Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

• Archival Sites for Women's Studies [WSS LInks. Women's Studies Section, Association of College and Research Libraries]
• Archives for Research on Women and Gender Project
• A Geographic Guide to Uncovering Women's History in Archival Collections [A guide to WWW pages of archives, libraries, and other repositories that have primary source materials by or about women. Archives for Research on Women and Gender Project at the University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries]
• Women's Archives and Special Collections on the WWW [Article by Ginny Daley, Special Collections Library, Duke University, originally written for the the Midwest Archvives Council Newsletter in Spring 1997]
• Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture in the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University
• Women Archivists Round Table [SAA]
• Women's Collections Roundtable Directory [Society of American Archivists]

Literature

• African-American Women Writers of the 19th Century [A selection of published works in the New York Public Library Schomburg Collection]
• British Women Romantic Poets, 1789-1832 [A collection of electronic texts from the Shields Library, University of California-Davis]
• A Celebration of Women Writers [A comprehensive listing of links to biographical and bibliographical information about women writers, and complete published books written by women. International scope]
• Domestic Goddesses [Devoted to women writers, beginning in the 19th century, who wrote "domestic fiction."]
• Femmes Fatales [Eight modern women mystery writers]
• Gifts of Speech [Speeches made by influential contemporary women around the world]
• 19th Century Women's Poetry [Textual selections drawn from 19th-century and early 20th-century anthologies. The majority of texts do not appear on modern anthologies]
• 19cWWW [19th century American women writers web. Includes electronic texts]
• Victorian Women Writers Project [To produce highly accurate transcriptions of works by British women writers of the 19th century]
• Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color [The lives and works of women writers of color]
• Women of the Left Bank, Paris, 1900-1940 [Early Modernism, especially women in Paris, 1900-1940. Actual scope extends beyond Paris]
• Women Romantic-Era Writers
• Women Writers [Extensive links and articles for 19th and 20th century women writers]
• WWWomen: Arts/Literature

Music

• Clara '96 [Clara Wieck Schumann, Born September 13, 1819 - Died May 20, 1896]
• Hildegard Publishing Company
• Women Composers and Women's Music [William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University School of Music, Worldwide Internet Music Resources]
• Women Hymn Composers before 1900 [Women composers who composed the music for hymns that were published before 1900]
• WWWomen: Arts/Music

News and Information

• Voices of Women

Politics

• Center for American Women and Politics [CAWP is a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey]
• Concerned Women for America [To protect and promote Biblical values among all citizens: first through prayer, then education, and finally by influencing our society - thereby reversing the decline in moral values in our nation]
• Emily's List [Identifies viable pro-choice Democratic women candidates for key federal and statewide offices]
• Gay and Lesbian Politics WWW and Internet Resources [A selective, annotated guide to the best and most authoritative resources on politics, law, and public policy]
• League of Women Voters
• National Organization for Women (NOW)
• Susan B. Anthony University Center for Women's Leadership
• Women's Caucus for Political Science [A non-profit organization which seeks to improve the status of women in the profession of political science by promoting equal opportunity for women political scientists inemployment, promotion and tenure decisions, as well as graduate school admissions and financial aid decisions]

Programs, Departments and Research Centers

• Artemis Guide to Women's Studies in the U.S [Compiled by Kathryn Robinson]
• Graduate Programs in Women's Studies [Compiled by Smith College. A co-operative project of the University of Illinois at Urbana and the National Women's Studies Association]
• University LGBT/Queer Programs [Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer studies in the USA and Canada
• Women's Studies Programs, Departments, and Research Centers [Compiled by Joan Korenman]
• Mailing Lists for Women's Studies Programs and Campus Women's Centers [Compiled by Gerri Gribi]

Religion

• At Issue: Women in Ministry [Information on the issues surrounding women in ministry in the light of the Biblical witness and the practices of both the early Christian church and of the Seventh Day Adventist church throughout the years of its history]
• B.A.S.I.C. [Praying and working for the ordination of women in the Roman Catholic Church]
• Concerned Women for America [To protect and promote Biblical values among all citizens: first through prayer, then education, and finally by influencing our society_thereby reversing the decline in moral values in our nation]
• God's Word to Women [The 1923 book by Katherine Bushnell online in lesson sections. In progress until entire book is online]
• Who's To Be Ordained? [Links to resources and documents on the ordination of women to the priesthood]
• Women's Ministries [Episcopal Women's Center that serves the one and a half million Women in the Episcopal Church USA, the Anglican Network, and ecumenical partners]

Science and Technology

• The Ada Project (TAP) [Mills College clearinghouse for information and resources related to women in computing]
• Female Nobel Prize Laureates
• 4000 Years of Women In Science
• Women of NASA [Showcases outstanding women who are enjoying successful careers in math, science, and technology and how these women balance personal and professional responsibilities. The main components of the project are profiles and weekly web chats]

Sexual Orientation

• Bisexual Resource Center
• Gay and Lesbian Politics and Law: WWW and Internet Resources
• Lesbian.org
• National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
• The Other Queer Page
• OutProud: National Coalition for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth
• Queer Resources Directory

Sports

• Amazons International [With links]
• Gender Equity in Sports [University of Iowa Gender Equity in Sports project documents legal aspects of interscholastic or intercollegiate sport.
• Ladies Professional Golf Association
• Title 9 Sports catalogue
• USA Basketball
• Women in Sports [Biographical information about women sports figures.
• Women's Sports Foundation [Information on women's sports topics.
• WWW Women's Sports Page [An index of links to women's and girls' sports pages around the WWW]