Women

Education

American Association of University Women (AAUW): AAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research.
Women's Studies: Core Books: The Core Books database of the Women's Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries provides a list of core books relating to women in different subject areas.
Core List of Journals for Women's Studies: The Core Lists of Journals for Women's Studies is compiled by the Women's Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.

U. S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau: The mission of the Women's Bureau is to improve the status of wage-earning women, improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency, and advance their opportunities for profitable employment.

Heart Truth: Use this site to access information regarding women and heart disease.

Photographs from the Records of the National Woman's Party: This collection of photographs from the Records of the National Woman's Party is a part of the Library of Congress American Memory project. The National Woman's Party was the militant arm of the American woman suffrage movement. They were the first to organize protests in front of the White House, and several members were jailed as a result. When some of these members went on a hunger strike in jail, the government force fed the women through feeding tubes inserted through their noses. The women were released eventually without being charged with any offense when newspaper stories regarding the treatment of the women embarrassed the government.
Women In Congress: This U. S. House of Representatives document was compiled and edited under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing and gives a history of women who served in Congress.
Working Women, 1870 -1930: This Harvard University collection of digitized resources features women's roles in the U. S. economy between the Civil War and the Great Depression.

Coalition Against Trafficking in Women: This organization addresses the issue of increasing trafficking of women and girls.
International Center for Research on Women (ICRW): This non-profit research center was founded in 1976. It is dedicated to improving the lives of women in poverty, advancing equality and human rights, and contributing to broader economic and social well-being. Search a database of articles relating to research on women. The center operates a library with 10,000 volumes available through interlibrary loan.
Global Fund for Women National Women's Law Center: Founded in 1972, the Center works towards protecting and advancing the progress of women and girls in school, at work, and other areas of their lives. This site provides information on legal issues concerning women and offers links to resources.
Woman Watch: This is the United Nations Gateway on the Advancement and Empowerment of Women. Access statistics and indicators, information on women and health, women and poverty, women and armed conflict, women and human rights, and much more.

Coalition of Labor Union Women: The Coalition is America's only national organization for union women and is dedicated to unify union women in a viable organization to determine common problems and concerns and to develop action programs to deal effectively with the objectives of the membership.
National Association of Women Business Owners: Use this page to access links to in;formation regarding women and business.

Emily's List: This is the organization that helps to raise funds for women candidates.
Feminist Majority: The Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF) is dedicated to women's equality, reproductive health, and non-violence. FMF utilizes research and action to empower women economically, socially, and politically. FMF offers resources on a number of issues of interest to women including reproductive rights, breast cancer, women's studies programs. feminist journals, government research, reference, and more.
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom: This organization was founded in 1915 with Jane Addams as its first president. Addams was the founder of Hull House in Chicago and the first U. S. woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.