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Graduate Student Feminist Network
Southern California Review of Law and Women's Studies
RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS
National Council for Research on Women
Defining Women's Studies: A Statement of the NWSA Task Force on Faculty Roles and Rewards
Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement
Feminist Research Center - Women’s Studies Programs, University Women’s Centers, FMF Resourcs, Feminist Internet Search Utilities, Feminist Journals, Feminist Magazines, Women’s History, Women’s Research Centers, Feminist Book Finders, Government Research and Reference, Daily Feminist Newswire
Institute for Women’s Policy Research - Current events relating to women, links to briefs, fact sheets, and reports (“Research”), and newsletters.
International Center for Research on Women - Advocacy group that focuses on poverty, hunger, and disease and the necessity for gender equality to end all three. Has a publications search, library catalog, various reports, and ways to get involved.
Making Face, Making Soul -A Chicana feminist homepage with links.
The Scholar and Feminist- Barnard Center for Research on Women webjournal
ARCHIVES AND RESEARCH RESOURCES
Women's and Gender History
Monastic Matrix -"A scholarly resource for the study of women’s religious communities from 400 – 1600 CE.”
Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index
Internet Women’s History Sourcebook (Also Medieval and LGBT Sourcebooks) - Essays on the general history, great women, women’s oppression, structure of women’s lives, women’s agency, feminism, and gender construction in various historical periods and locations from human origins through the modern period.
African-American Women on-line Archival Collections - Letters and memoirs written by African-American women during the mid 19th century.
Everyday Life of Women in America, c. 1800-1920
Goodey’s Lady’s Book 1830 - 1885 (through Accessible Archives)
North American Women’s Letters and Diaries - Colonial to 1950s
Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600 – 2000
Gerritsen Collection (Women’s History) - “The Gerritsen curators gathered more than 4,700 publications from continental Europe, the U.S., the United Kingdom, Canada, and New Zealand, dating from 1543-1945. The anti-feminist case is presented as well as the pro-feminist; many other titles present a purely objective record of the condition of women at a given time.”
Dolley Madison Digital Edition (Letters and Diaries) - Letters 1788 — April 1837
Duke Women’s Movement Archives - Documents form the Women’s Liberation Movement, an on-line archival collection focusing on the 1960s-1970s.
Women's Literary Salons Archive: 1975-1985
"Sob Sisters: The Image of the Female Journalist in Popular Culture"
Diotima - “Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World”
Women’s History Resources - Includes links to mega-sites as well as American and international women’s history sites.
LGBT Archives
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives
Gulf Coast Archive and Museum of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender History, Inc. - Links to online, national, and international archives for LGBT information.
Databases/Bibliographic Information
Gender Studies Library Resources
ViVa: A Bibliography of Women’s History in Historical and Women’s Studies Journals
University of Maryland Women’s Studies Database, Reference Room
Women’s Resources International (BiblioLine)
Family and Society Studies Worldwide
Women in science and engineering (as well as Stanford resources)
UCSB Voice of the Shuttle -Gender and Sexuality Studies
The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction - Professional & Research Links in the US
Women’s Studies Resources - annotated links
Women in Art, Architecture, and Archaeology
Women Artists - A web directory of women artists
700 Important Women Artists, 9th – 19th Centuries
800 Important Women Artists, 20th Century 1900 - 1975
800 Important Women Artists, Contemporary 1975 - 2000
Images of Women in Ancient Art - Images of women in prehistory, Egypt, the Aegean, Palestine, and Greece as well as “Barbarian Women”
UNLV Architecture Studies Library, Women in Architecture - Bibliography and source guide with links.
From Site to Vision: The Woman’s Building in Contemporary Culture - An e-Book edited by Sondra Hale and Terry Wolverton
Architect.org - Bibliographic information about gender and space.
Exploring Gender Through Archaeology, Selected Papers from the 1991 Boone Conference - A collection of essays discussing issues of gender using archaeological evidence.
MUSEUMS
Los Angeles Area Museums
J. Paul Getty Museum - Information on programs, collections, and exhibits at the Museum and Villa. Links to the Research and Conservation Institutes.
The Herculaneum Women and the Origins of Archaeology- Exhibit open during July 12 – Nov. 5, 2007 at the Getty Villa
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) - Information about collections, exhibits, and programs. Online library catalog.
“WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution”
California African American Museum - Located in Exposition Park
A Woman’s Journey: The Life and Work of Artis Lane
UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History - Non-Western art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
The Huntington Library and Museum- Library, art collections, and botanical gardens located in San Marino, CA.
Museum of Tolerance - With exhibits providing anti-bias lessons.
Norton Simon Museum - The museum is located in Pasadena, CA and contains Western and Asian art from many periods.
Armand Hammer Museum of Art - “The Hammer Museum is a unique, cutting-edge arts institution that connects the classics and the contemporary through its varied collections, wide-ranging exhibitions, and provocative programs.”
Other Museums
National Museum of Women in the Arts - Located in Washington, D.C.
National Museum of LGBT History - Located in New York. Part of the LGBT Community Center
UNIVERSITY CENTERS AND PROGRAMS IN LOS ANGELES
University of California, Los Angeles Center for the Study of Women
California State University, Los Angeles Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities
UNIVERSITY CENTERS AND PROGRAMS OUTSIDE L.A.
Barnard Center for Research on Women - Links to publications and multimedia archives.
San Francisco State Univ. Center for Research on Gender and Sexuality
UCSC Institute for Advanced Feminist Research
Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County: Women’s Studies Programs, Departments, & Research Centers - Alphabetical list of/links to over 700 women’s studies programs in and outside of the US.
The Center for Women & Information Technology - Resource tab has links to other sites with even more links.
Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University - Research program focuses on issues relating to women and gender in science, engineering, technology, mathematics, and business
CONFERENCES
NATIONAL FEMINIST ORGANIZATIONS
The National Women’s Studies Association
NEWS AND ADVOCACY
Women’s E-News - News coverage of women’s issues and more with a female perspective.
Gender-Related Electronic Forums
WMST-L File Collection - Large international email forum for various aspects of Women’s Studies programs.
Association for Women’s Rights in Development - Information for people who want to be involved in achieving women’s rights.
National Women’s Alliance - An organization dedicated to ending discrimination against females of color. Not many resources.
Feminist.com - Online community promoting equality, justice, and wellness for women.
Women Leaders Online and Women Organizing for Change - Links to news items, current events, involvement opportunities, etc. Still under construction.
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
Southern California Review of Law and Women’s Studies (RLAWS) - A legal journal emphasizing gender, feminist jurisprudence, social justice, and law produced by USC Law School students.
USC Rites of Sisterhood Youth Mentoring Program
Women and Youth Supporting Each Other (WYSE)
Men CARE- Men Creating Attitudes for Rape Free Environments
MRS Degree Improv Group
Out for Reel (Gay Filmmakers Association)
Women’s Theater Organization
HEALTH RESOURCES
University Park Health Center - Information on health services on the USC University Park Campus, including Health Promotion and Prevention Services.
USC Center for Women and Men - The Center provides information and resources for those interested in men’s and women’s issues on campus and for those who have experienced gender-based harm.
Rape Treatment Center at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center
Sexuality Information and Education Center of the United States - Contains resources and information regarding sexual health education.
FUNDING SOURCES
American Association of University Women - AAUW Educational Foundation - Links for fellowships and grants, research, education, and advocacy opportunities for women in academics.
Society for the Psychology of Women - Hyde Graduate Student Research Grants
SSSS: The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality - Awards & Grants
Spencer Foundation for Graduate Research - A foundation that provides funding to those interested in improving education.
The Kinsey Institute - Grants and Fellowships
NextStudent’s Scholarship Search Engine - Women’s Studies Scholarships
