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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
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"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.
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