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The Woman's Newspapers™ Online Directory of Woman Oriented Websites
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A Forum for Women's Health - A Website about Womans Health Issues.

Ada Project, The  - The Ada Project (TAP) - named in honor of Ada Lovelace - is a clearinghouse for information and resources related to women in computing

Advancing Women - Business & Career Studies, Diversity Recruiting, Strategies to Empower Success in the Workplace.

American Association of University Women - A national organization that promotes education and equity for all women and girls. Thier commitment to these issues is reflected in thier public policy efforts, programs, and diversity initiatives.

American Medical Women's Association - an organization of over 13,000 women physicians and medical students dedicated to the care of the woman patient and serving as the unique voice for women's health.

Between Friends - site offers household hints, parenting tips, time management advice, ideas for organization, self improvememt, money management, career issues, self employment and more.

Black Women's History - information about the history of Black women in America and about the continuing work of historians to find and preserve that history.

Britannica's History of America's Women - In the last three decades, the field of women's history has begun to transform the way the overall history of the United States has been told. The women's liberation movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s simultaneously highlighted the neglect of women's experience in the writing of history and stimulated hundreds of educated women to study women's history.

Business of Women - A complete and updated listing of women-owned businesses on the Web.

Celebration of Women Writers - list of women writers with pointers to online selected works and biographies.

Center for the American Woman and Politics - Located at Rutgers University, CAWP is a research, education, and public service center which compiles information about women in American government and politics and monitors "the status and prospects of those women." Their fact sheets about current women officeholders and candidates are particularly helpful: authoritative, up to date, concise.

Cybergrrl - Informing, inspiring and celebrating women.

Distinguished Women of Past and Present - This site has biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways. There are writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers, and others. Some were alive hundreds of years ago and some are living today. We've heard of some of them, while many more have been ignored by history book writers.

Domestic Violence - More than 60 articles, published over 11 days, explore domestic violence - its causes, its victims, and some solutions

Ending Violence Against Women - Report by the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and the Center for Health and Gender Equity: "Around the world at least one woman in every three has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime. Most often the abuser is a member of her own family."

feMail.com - A Woman-Oriented portal delivering web and white pages directories, email accounts, e-commerce enabled websites for free.

Gender-Related Electronic Forums - an annotated listing of approximately 300 women and gender related E-mail lists.

Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches From Around the World - Dedicated to preserving and creating access to speeches by influential contemporary, women from around the world.

Gyn 101 - A woman facing her first gynecological exam will be able to learn about it at this site. All aspects of the exam are explained, including when to consider having an exam; choosing a doctor; preparing for the exam; questions to ask the doctor; and patient's rights.

HealthyWomen - Comprehensive information on women's health topics that will help you make informed health decisions.

HomeWorkingMom.com - site provides ideas, inspiration and support for mothers who choose to work at home.

Independent Women's Forum - "The Independent Women's Forum provides a voice for American women who believe in individual freedom and personal responsibility."

International Center for Research on Women  - private nonprofit organization founded in 1976 and based in Washington, D.C., with an office in India. ICRW's work has three distinct dimensions-research, technical support for capacity building, advocacy, and is informed by following essential ingredients for sustainable development.

Ladies Home Journal - LHJ.com is the online home of Ladies' Home Journal magazine. In addition to offering expanded coverage of articles that appear in the magazine, the site features an online Fitness Center where women can design their own diets, a Recipe Center with more than 1,000 recipes tested in the magazine's kitchens, a collection of celebrity profiles, and an enhanced version of the magazine's trademark feature, Can This Marriage be Saved?

Menopause Online - The Women's Health Center in Connecticut and the editors of Prevention Magazine want to provide women with up-to-date, easy to use information about menopause or perimenopause. Find information on health resources, menopause problems, treatments, vitamins, herbal remedies, etc. Take a health test, or link to a chat room, or a bulletin board.

Online Birth Center - A site about Midwifery, Pregnancy and Birth Related Information

Mother's Voices- Mothers' Voices is the only national, non-profit, grassroots organization mobilizing parents as educators and advocates for HIV prevention.

MsMoney.com - Tools and resources to help women take control of their financial health.

American Women's History: A Research Guide - American Women's History provides citations to print and Internet reference sources, as well as to selected large primary source collections. The guide also provides information about the tools researchers can use to find additional books, articles, dissertations, and primary sources.

Museum of Menstruation and Women's Health - Discover the rich history of menstruation and women's health on this Web site - MUM for short - devoted to menstruation and selected topics of women's health.

The National Museum of Women in the Arts - the only museum in the world dedicated exclusively to recognizing the contributions of women artists.

National Museum of Women's History - preserving and celebrating the story of Women.

National Women's Hall of Fame - Portraits and profiles of the close to two hundred notable women of the United States (living and deceased) inducted into the Hall of Fame since its founding in 1969.

National Women's History Project - The National Women's History Project is an educational nonprofit organization. Our mission is to recognize and celebrate the diverse and historic accomplishments of women by providing information and educational materials and programs.

OBGYN.net - physician-reviewed service offering medical professionals, women and industry a home for publishing, accessing information and global interaction.

Nurturing Network, The - "Offering the practical support a woman needs to give her child life... and make the most of hers as well."

Places Where Women Made History - This site highlights 74 historic properties in Massachusetts and New York that are listed in the National Register.

SeniorWomen.com - "We've fashioned this site in an attempt to reflect a number of personal and public issues that will cover, in part, women's personal and public concerns. We also hope it reflects those two most compelling relationships, that of community and connectivity."

SheClicks - Awoman's way to work the Web. Devoted to helping women master online life—and build a healthy attitude toward the Internet that says, "Hey! We own this pile of hardware, it doesn't own us."

SheThinks.org - Features articles, news, bulletin boards and reader feedback on everything from dating and courtship, to academia and politics. Independent, strong, curious, eclectic -- these words describe the SheThinks reader.

Statistics and Indicators of the World's Women - A statistical source-book providing a comprehensive analysis of how women fare worldwide in a broad range of fields including families, health, education, work, human rights and politics.

USA Women's Suffrage - comprehensive Web site with over 150 entries on the struggle for women's suffrage in the United States, including biographies of 60 women involved in the campaign.

VOWWorld: Voices of Women - Women are telling their stories, discussing issues that affect them, and sharing hard-won wisdom more than ever. Voices of Women is adding to this information exchange by offering articles on a wide variety of interesting topics for women, a calendar of events, links to other women-related websites, a Directory of goods and services, and a Marketplace of woman-friendly businesses to empower you on your journey.

WAHM.com - Dedicated to women who are working at home while caring for their children.

Wise Women of the Web - Celebrates the creative contributions of women all over the world.

Women and Computer Science  - Academic directory on On-line writings about women and computer science

Women Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters During World War II - Site focuses on the work of eight women who chronicled life for Americans during the war, both at home and overseas. Brief biographical sketches are followed by lists of resources within the Library of Congress, some of which are also online. The women profiled are Therese Bonney, Toni Frissell, Marvin Breckinridge Patterson, Clare Boothe Luce, Janet Flanner, Esther Bubley, Dorothea Lange, and May Craig.

Women with Disabilities - Site "offers general sources about critical health issues for a variety of disabilities, including physical, neurological, hearing, speech, and visual impairment."

Women in Philosophy  - This bibliography is a project in collaborative scholarship with a database now containing over 16,000 records representing the work of over 5,000 women. You are invited to participate in building a first-rate, comprehensive, and continuously up-dated bibliography of works by women in aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, logic, metaphysics, history of philosophy and philosophy of mind, of science, of art, and of many other subjects.

Women in Technology - For more than a decade, WITI has successfully provided women in technology inspiration, education, conferences, on-line services, publications and an exceptional worldwide network of resources. WITI is the first and only international organization solely dedicated to advancing women through technology.

Women's Health Information Center - The Journal of the American Medical Association presents the Women's Health Information Center, a resource for physicians and other health professionals regarding women's health.

Women's International Center - To celebrate women and their positive, enduring contributions to humanity through the Living Legacy Awards. Since 1984, WIC has brought the world together to praise and honor women at the annual gala event held in San Diego, California.

Women Inventors in History - "The Inventors Museum is a place where you can learn from the past and dream of the future. It is truly a place where you can reach for the stars," - Dr. Sally Ride, America's First Female Astronaut

Women 's Law Initiative - The Alliance for American Innovation presents a wing of its web museum dedicated to inventive women.

Women Nobel Prize Laureates  - In 1903, only two years after the Nobel Foundation was established, a Nobel Prize was awarded to a woman, Marie Curie, for the first time. Women have been winning Nobel Prizes ever since. In fact, one woman, Bertha von Suttner was influential in convincing Alfred Nobel to set aside a Prize for peace.

Women Online Worldwide - Women Weaving Through Cyberspace... Women Online Worldwide (WOW) intends to become a hub for women on the Internet by focusing on the spirit of womankind and facilitating personal and professional development of women. Features designed to WOW you include news, features, resources, interactive chat, a monthly online magazine called Tapestry, and a bi-weekly e-mail newsletter, "The Loom." Also available are regional listings of women professionals, a software library, and a vendor area where subscribers can browse and order products and services from women- owned businesses.

Women's Quarterly, The - "A new type of 'women's' periodical that is full of lively, informative articles to interest and challenge women of all backgrounds and views."

Women's Review of Books, The - Monthly review of current books by and about women.

Women's Studies Programs, Departments, & Research Centers - Links to approximately 200 programs in the US and around the world..

Women's Studies Web Pages - Courtesy of Yahoo

Women's Studies/Women's Issues WWW Sites - Partially annotated, frequently-updated listing to hundreds of informative Web sites dealing with women's studies/women's issues.

 Did you know? The combined estimated readership of our 10 area Woman’s Newspapers is over 850,000! and growing... 


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