Women's History

Resources from Women's Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries

From the International Institute of Social History. Links to institutions and collections, resources for women's history, journals, women's history organizations, discussion lists, general history resources, women's studies.

Advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education and research.

The Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading source of scholarly research and current data about American women’s political participation. Its mission is to promote greater knowledge and understanding about women's participation in politics and government and to enhance women's influence and leadership in public life. Includes state-by-state and national information.

The National Organization for Women (NOW) is the largest organization of feminist activists in the United States.

Established in 1977, NWSA is a professional organization dedicated to leading the field of women's studies and gender studies, as well as its teaching, learning, research, and service wherever they be found.

Women's history resources available through National Women's History Project

An on-line archival collection of primary documents from the Special Collections Library, Duke University. This collection contains manifestos, speeches, essays, and other materials documenting various aspects of the Women's Movement in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s.