Services & Resources

• Faculty Handbook Fall 2005 (PDF)
• University Services and Resources

Links

• Health-Realted Services
• Historical Sites
• Online Resources
• Organizations
• Publications
• Search Engines/Databases

Health-Realted 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)
• Friends of Battered Women and Their Children
  1-800-603-HELP
• Go Ask Alice
  Professional and Peer educators provide answers to student questions about sexuality, weight control, stress and many other health related topics of interest to college students.
• Howard Brown Health Center
  Programs and Support Groups for the Lesbigaytrans community
• Loyola Domestic Violence Help
• Loyola Wellness Center
• Planned Parenthood

Historical Sites

• The Emancipation of Women 1750 - 1920
• 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

Online Resources

• The Ada Project
  Tapping Internet Resources for Women in Computer Science
• Aviva
  Monthly listings of women's groups & events worldwide
• Blackgirl International
  Internet resources for black women Campaign for Equity-Restorative Justice (CERJ)
• Mailing List
  Posts include publicity and events about radical justice reform methods and strategies, news and alerts about problems in the criminal justice system and the subject of international and inter-ethnic conflict resolution. Include your name and your state, province, or country of residence in your subscription request.
• 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
• Insider Views on Workplace Issues
  Provides firsthand insights about issues affecting women who work in traditionally male-dominated business settings
• Making Face, Making Soul... A Chicana Feminist homepage
• V Day Homepage
  Promoting awareness of and action against violence against women
• Women and Children First
  The homepage of an excellent source for women and children's books. Material can be ordered by fax or phone
• Women Leaders Online
• Women in the News

Organizations

• American Association of University Women (AAUW)
  Information on fellowships, grants and awards
• Association for Feminist Anthropology
• Feminist Majority Foundation
• Code Pink: Women for Peace
• Feminists for Life
• Global Sisterhood Network
  Links to social justice projects around the world
• Nationl Organiation for Women (NOW)
• National Women's Studies Association
• The Office of Women in International Development
• Unifem
  United Nations Development Fund for 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
• 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 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