Helpful Links
Below is a compilation of online resources, ranging from social services to health and wellness services to academic journals. Please take advantage of these links, and if you have any you would like to suggest to us to add, feel free!
Links
- Health-Realted Services
- Historical Sites
- Online Resources
- Organizations
- Publications
- Search Engines/Databases
Health-Related Services
- Chicago Rape Crisis Hotline
1-888-293-2080 - Domestic Violence Help Line for City of Chicago
1-877-863-6338 (1-877-TO END DV) - Between Friends Domestic Violence Agency
1-800-603-HELP - Acupuncture and Massage Clinic in Chicago
- Chicago Women's Health Center
- Howard Brown Health Center
Programs and Support Groups for the LGBT community - Go Ask Alice! Columbia University's Health Q&A Internet ServiceProfessional and Peer educators provide answers to student questions about sexuality, weight control, stress and many other health related topics of interest to college students.
- Live Oak
Psychotherapists and Consultants - Loyola Sexual Assault Resources
- Loyola Domestic Violence Resources
- Test Positive Aware Network
- Womencare Counseling
HISTORICAL SITES
- The Emancipation of Women 1750 - 1920
- The Equal Rights Amendment
- Exploring Constitutional Conflicts: The Nineteenth Amendment
- Gifts of Speech
This site is dedicated to collecting speeches by influential contemporary women, from Bella Abzug to Janet Yellen. The speechs are in text format, and the collection is expanding. - Internet Women's History Sourcebook
- Living The Legacy: The Women's Rights Movement 1848 -1998
- National Women's History Project
- Women's Internet Information Network presents: Women of Achievement and Herstory
- Women and Work
- Women's Rights and Abolitionism
- Women's Rights Then and Now
Online Resources
- The Ada Project
Tapping Internet Resources for Women in Computer Science - Blackgirl International
Internet resources for black women Campaign for Equity-Restorative Justice (CERJ) - Center for Women's Global Leadership
- Feminist.com
Links to sites about women's health issues, woman owned businesses activist resources and more. - Feminist Theory Web Page
Bibliographies, links and biographies, arranged by fields within feminism and by national/ethnic feminisms - Sunshine for Women
Findings of feminist scholars and other current issues of concern to women - Making Face, Making Soul... A Chicana Feminist homepage
- V Day Homepage
Promoting awareness of and action against violence against women - Women and Children First Bookstore
The homepage of an excellent source for women and children's books. Material can be ordered by fax or phone - WomenWatch
Information and Resources on Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women - Women in the News
Organizations
- American Association of University Women (AAUW)
Information on fellowships, grants and awards - Association for Feminist Anthropology
- Create 4 the UN
- Feminist Majority Foundation
- Code Pink: Women for Peace
- Feminists for Life
- Global Sisterhood Network
Links to social justice projects around the world - National Organization for Women (NOW)
- National Women's Studies Association
- Sewall-Belmont House & Museum
Celebrating the History of Women's Progress Toward Equality - The Office of Women in International Development
- UN Women
- Women's Environment and Development Organization
- Women's Opportunity Fund
Publications
- About Women Writers
- Feminist Studies
- Feminista
An online journal of feminist construction (with fabulous links) - Institute for Research on Women at Rutgers
- Institute for Women's Policy Research
- Journal of International Women's Studies
- Michigan Feminist Studies
- Mother Jones Online
- off our backs: the feminist newsjournal
- Tapestry
Online Webzine with regular features and articles of interest to women. - The White House Project
Dedicated to advancing women's leadership by enhancing public perceptions of women's capacity to lead and fostering the entry of women into positions of leadership, including the U.S. presidency. - Women's Review of Books
Women's Studies Journals
- Women & Performance
Journal of feminist theory featuring essays, scripts, interviews and articles on performance from interdisciplinary feminist perspectives. - Feminism & Nonviolence Studies Journal
Explores the traditon of prolife feminism and related life and death issues. - Feminist Collections
Quarterly journal of women's studies resources. - The Women's Review of Books
Contemporary, feminist guide to good reading. - Womanist Theory and Research
Journal of womanist and feminist of color scholarship and art. - Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society
Articles contest and reconfigure such founding terms as: woman, culture, feminist, race, and nation. - Journal of South Asian Women Studies
Fields of study include law, arts, religion, and philosophy. - Women's Studies: An Inter-Disciplinary Journal
For academics with an interest in gender issues, focusing on research and debate concerning women's studies in NZ and the Pacific.
Search Engines/Databases
- Artemis Guide to Women's Studies Programs
- Feminia
Index of sites for, by and about women - Diotima
Resources for the study of women and gender in the ancient world - Joan Korenman's Guide to Women's Studies Programs, Departments and Research Centers
- Women's Studies Database
Conferences, calls for papers, syllabi and much more
