The beginning of a collection of online writings and resources
by/about/for women.
Women's studies programs and women's centers
The Jean Nidetch
Women's Center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
The Women's Center at
Amherst College.
The
Australian Institute for Women's Research and Policy.
The
Women's Resources Project presents information on academic programs
in Women's Studies and libraries with strong collections pertaining to
the discipline, women and literature, community resources for women, and
a gathering of women's resources found on the 'net.
The
inforM database at the University of Maryland
Women's
Centers at other colleges.
Minnesota Women's Center's Information and Referral Database
(IRD)
(contains information on counselling, housing, health, finances, women
in science and engineering, domestic abuse, and other issues)
Some information on work towards a
Women's Center at MIT
Women's Studies stuff from a lot of different colleges.
something about a women's center, from the G&S page people
yet another neat-o collection of women's studies stuff.
Calls For Papers on a wide variety of issues
Women in academia and industry
MIT Engineering
Coalition for Excellence in Education and Leadership (ECSEL) pages
for women and minorities.
Stanford's
Women in Computer Science (WICS) group now has a web site.
TAP: The Ada Project at Yale (Tapping Internet Resources for Women
in Computer Science)
The Daphne Jackson
Memorial Fellowships Trust awards fellowships to women scientists
and engineers wanting to return to their professions after a career
break for family reasons.
Hints For
An Academic Career: a collection of hints for women going into
academics, compiled by Marianne Winslett.
Directory
of women's professional organizations.
Gender and Sexuality
Safety Net
is a list of domestic violence resources including statistics,
bibliographies, a handbook on domestic violence, and lists of important
numbers for help and information.
The Sexuality and
Gender homepage. This connection can be a little slow, but it has
some really great stuff on it.
A Gender directory is
maintained by BAWIT (Bay Area Women in Telecommunications). This link
may be a little slow.
Griggers: Lesbian Bodies
Mirror Images will be
dedicated to the preservation of lesbian culture and herstory.
Patpong Sisters: An American Woman's View of the Bangkok Sex World
Assault Prevention Information Network
Bay Area Model Mugging. It's really cool.
The Sexual
Assault Information Page is a non-profit information and referral
service.
Women's health and women in the health care industry
Fit For 2
iscusses staying fit during pregnancy and after childbirth.
Emergency
Contraception. This page provides information on methods of
preventing pregnancy after unprotected sexual intercourse.
SisterLove, Inc.
is a non-profit organization established to provide education and
support for women by women who are at risk for or who are already
infected with HIV or have AIDS.
A Guide
to Women's Health Issues.
A bibliography of information on women
in science, health and technology.
The New York State
Breast Cancer Information Clearinghouse.
Midwifery WWW server
Nightingale, the UTennesee
Nursing Gopher.
Homebirth Page
VA AIDS Information Newsletter
Nursing Services at Duke University Medical Center
Barnard College's Women's
Handbook, an extensive collection of writings.
General
information on women's health, from UIUC.
Atlanta
Reproductive Health Centre
Information on Endometriosis
Information Clearinghouses and References
Women's Resources on the Web
Jim Mansfield's listing of feminism, women's
studies, and women-related sites on the net.
Women's Wire, back from the land
of outdated URLs!
A wonderful collection of resources on women
and minorities in engineering, collected by Ellen Spertus
(ellens@ai.mit.edu)
Laura Hunt's guide
to feminist/women's studies resources on the Internet.
A Women's guide to the Internet.
Or something.
Women in
Information Technology
The
Social Science Information Gateway's collection of resources on
feminism which is part of the Econoomic and Social Research Council,
based at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom.
Women's Web
will contain news, Internet resources and a forum for the discussion of
women's issues. Check periodically for new content.
Feminism and Political Activism
Feminist
Activist Resources on the Net, maintained by Sarah Stapleton-Gray
Geekgirl is a
magazine for "girls who'd rather have a modem than a pony." This is
really weird.
The home page of the Fourth World Conference on
Women.
Bluestocking: Get a
leg up on feminism with Blue Stocking. Fun, controversial, pro-sex, with
heart and an open forum. Blue Stocking features art, poetry, articles,
cartoons, opinion pieces and letters.
The London
Lesbian Avengers
The Global
Fund for Women.
A fact sheet on women's
political progress in the USA.
Biographies of Women in Congress
Feminist
Activist World Wide Web Page
Women, Feminism, and Religion
- A paper on how the general topic of
women and religion
might be connected to the net.
These items don't have a clear topic yet.
A
Celebration of Women Writers".
Exhibits of Contemporary Women
Artists and info about the women artists archive resource at Sonoma
State University.
Big Old Collections of Info
- For a long, long list of more resources, search for "women"
here.
a gopher thing
Another pile of
gopher stuff.
What a mess. Great stuff though, if you can find it.
maintained by Jessie Stickgold-Sarah
sorokin@mit.edu