annual conferences
archives
centers and institutes
funding resources
health
museums
news and advocacy
organizations
web-based research resources
The National Women’s Studies Association
Los Angeles Queer Studies Conference
Gulf Coast Archive and Museum of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender History, Inc. - links to online, national, and international archives for LGBT information.
The Huntington Library and Museum- Library, art collections, and botanical gardens located in San Marino, CA.
The June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives - local archive in West Hollywood
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
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives
in los angeles
California State University, Los Angeles Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities
Gay, Lesbian, and Bi Assembly (USC)
Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center
University of California, Los Angeles Center for the Study of Women
beyond l.a.
Barnard Center for Research on Women - Links to publications and multimedia archives.
The Center for Women & Information Technology - Resource tab has links to other sites with even more links.
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 Resources, 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.
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
National Council for Research on Women
San Francisco State Un iv. Center for Research on Gender and Sexuality
The Scholar and Feminist- Barnard Center for Research on Women web journal
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.
usc funding opportunities
sources outside of usc
American Association of University Women - AAUW Educational Foundation - Links for fellowships and grants, research, education, and advocacy opportunities for women in academics.
The Kinsey Institute - Grants and Fellowships
NextStudent’s Scholarship Search Engine - Women’s Studies Scholarships
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.
California African American Museum - Located in Exposition Park J. Paul Getty Museum - Information on programs, collections, and exhibits at the Museum and Villa. Links to the Research and Conservation Institutes.
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.”
The Huntington Library and Museum- Library, art collections, and botanical gardens located in San Marino, CA.
The Japanese American Nation Museum (JANM)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) - Information about collections, exhibits, and programs. Online library catalog.
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.
UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History - Non-Western art
national feminist organizations
American Association of University Women
The National Women’s Studies Association
National Organization for Women (NOW)
at usc
general resources
Black Women Feminism- UC Santa Barbara Library bibliography
Feminist Theory Website - critical theory overviews, resources and bibliographies
Gender info 2007 - statistics from United Nations on gender related issues
Gender Stats: Databases of Gender Statistics "a compilation of data on key gender topics"
Statistical Resources on the Web- University of Michigan website with links to statistics from abortion to world population
Women in the United States- U.S. Census Bureau site
history resources
African-American Women on-line Archival Collections - Letters and memoirs written by African-American women during the mid 19th century.
Diotima - “Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World”
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
Everyday Life of Women in America, c. 1800-1920
Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index
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
Goodey’s Lady’s Book 1830 - 1885 (through Accessible Archives)
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.
Monastic Matrix -"A scholarly resource for the study of women’s religious communities from 400 – 1600 CE.”
North American Women’s Letters and Diaries - Colonial to 1950s
"Sob Sisters: The Image of the Female Journalist in Popular Culture"
ViVa: A Bibliography of Women’s History in Historical and Women’s Studies Journals
Women’s History Resources - Includes links to mega-sites as well as American and international women’s history sites.
Women's Literary Salons Archive: 1975-1985
Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600 – 2000
metasites & databases
1969: The Year of Gay Liberation The New York Public Library's excellent online exhibit on the year of gay liberation opens with an inviting digital poster with all the names of the gay liberation groups represented in the exhibit. There are collections devoted to LGBT health, seniors, history and teens, as well as a list of other digital collections that are available.
Academica - resources in Chicana and Chicano Studies
Contemporary Women’s IssuesGender, Race and Ethnicity in Media: University of Iowa Communication Studies directory of links from advertising to mixed media
Human Rights- UW Madison's List of Organizations and other sites that emphasize human rights issues
Family and Society Studies Worldwide
The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction - Professional & Research Links in the US
LGBT History on the Web- part of the Northwest Lesbian and Gay History Museum Project
National Woman's Party Digital Collection holds the National Woman's Party (NWP) historic collection of "records and artifacts that document the mass political movement for women's full citizenship in the 20th century, both in the United States and throughout the world.
UCSB Voice of the Shuttle -Gender and Sexuality Studies
University of Maryland Women’s Studies Database, Reference Room
Women of Color Websites megasite for women of color issues
Women’s Resources International (BiblioLine)
Women's Human Rights Resources Database
Women in Science and Engineering (as well as Stanford resources)
Women’s Studies Resources - annotated links
WomenWatch -"central gateway to information and resources on women's equality through the United Nations system."
visual resources
700 Important Women Artists, 9th – 19th Centuries
800 Important Women Artists, 20th Century 1900 - 1975
800 Important Women Artists, Contemporary 1975 - 2000
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.
From Site to Vision: The Woman’s Building in Contemporary Culture - An e-Book edited by Sondra Hale and Terry Wolverton
Images of Women in Ancient Art - Images of women in prehistory, Egypt, the Aegean, Palestine, and Greece as well as “Barbarian Women”
“WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution”
Women Artists - A web directory of women artists
