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WOMEN'S STUDIES MINOR WEB SITES

See the Women's Studies Information page for a description of Siena's program.

The web sites listed below are recommended, but they are only a beginning. Women’s Studies is a very diverse discipline, incorporating material from other disciplines, academic and activist organizations, and popular culture. See the metasites below for links to web sites related to the study of women within the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Also check out the Library’s Academic Web Resources for related resources under specific subjects.

Metasites (Websites)

Comprehensive collections of internet resources for Women’s Studies.
Femina includes many consumer-related web sites.
Voice of the Shuttle, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Women and Gender Studies Web Sites (Women’s Studies Section, Association of
College and Research Libraries)
Women’s Studies Librarian’s Website (University of Wisconsin)
Women’s Studies Resources on the Web (Humboldt State University Library)


Archives and Libraries

American Memory Project (Library of Congress)
Lesbian Herstory Archives
The National Archives
National Women’s Hall of Fame
New York Public Library: Guide to Women’s Studies Collections
Schlesinger Library on the History of Women (Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard   University)
Sophia Smith Collection (Smith College)
Word on Women: A Directory of Historical Records Collections Documenting Women in History in New York State


Organizations

American Association of University Women
Feminist Majority Foundation
League of Women Voters
Ms. Foundation for Women
National Organization for Women
National Women’s Studies Association
The White House Project


Research and Scholarship

Center for Women Policy Studies
Institute for Women’s Policy Research
Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research (Stanford University)
The National Council for Research on Women
Women Watch “Information and Resources in Gender Equity and Empowerment of Women”
Information from various United Nations agencies. Look for statistics.


Statistics

FirstGov (United States Government)
GenderStats (The World Bank)
U.S. Census Bureau


Digital Collections—Women Writers

African American Women Writers
British Women Romantic Poets, 1789-1832
A Celebration of Women Writers
Emory Women Writers Resource Project
Other Women’s Voices: Translations of Women’s Writing Before 1700
Women Writers Online (Women Writers Project)


Women’s Studies Programs

Artemis Guide to Women’s Studies in the U.S.
 

Remember to check CYRIL, the Siena Library catalog, for other resources.

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