Resources
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ARTS
National Museum of Women in the Arts - http://www.nmwa.org/ - (NMWA) - Founded in 1981 and opened in New York in 1987; is the only museum dedicated solely to celebrating the achievements of women in the visual, performing, and literary arts. The permanent collection contains works by more than 800 artists, including Judith Leyster, Maria Sibylla Merian, Mary Cassatt, Camille Claudel, Georgia O¹Keeffe, Frida Kahlo, Elizabeth Catlett, Lee Krasner, Helen Frankenthaler, and Louise Bourgeois. NMWA¹s national membership of more than 35,000 is among the top ten percent of museum memberships nationwide.
BUSINESS
Break The Glass Ceiling Foundation - http://www.breaktheglassceiling.com/ - BreakTheGlassCeiling.com is a resource used by individuals to empower themselves for upward mobility. The individuals trapped beneath the glass ceiling are withheld from advancing within their organization and reaching their full potential. We here at BreakTheGlassCeiling.com are committed to helping individuals gain that full potential and move into fulfilling, successful careers. Online Women’s Business Center - http://www.onlinewbc.gov/ - Promotes the growth of women-owned businesses through programs that address business training and technical assistance, and provide access to credit and capital, federal contracts, and international trade opportunities.
Women in Technology International (WITI) - http://www.witi.com/center/aboutwiti/ - International organization solely dedicated to advancing women through technology; for women who consider technology central to their businesses, careers and professions. Provides inspiration, education, conferences, on-line services, publications and a worldwide network of resources. Includes the development of web-based tools, products and services, innovative support to women entrepreneurs, early-stage ventures, education, technology centers, and media networks.
CHILDREN
Missing & Exploited Children
Cybertipline.com - http://www.missingkids.com/cybertip/ - Cyber Tip Line handles leads from individuals reporting the sexual exploitation of children.
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) - http://www.missingkids.com/ - Co-founded in 1984 by the now-host of American’s Most Wanted, John Walsh. Provides assistance to parents, children, law enforcement, schools, in recovering missing children; raises public awareness about preventing child abduction, molestation, and sexual exploitation.
OPERATION LOOKOUT® - http://www.operationlookout.org/ - Works with searching parents on a national and international level by giving practical and technical help when children are missing before age 18.
CHOICE
NARAL Pro-Choice America - http://naral.org/ - For more than 30 years, NARAL Pro-Choice America has been the nation’s leading advocate for privacy and a woman’s right to choose. With more than one million members and supporters, NARAL Pro-Choice America is fighting to protect the pro-choice values of freedom and privacy.
ENGINEERING
Women in Engineering Program (WEP) - http://www.engr.utexas.edu/wep/ - Established in 1992 to recruit and retain female engineering students, to increase the percentage of female engineering graduates, and to provide a supportive structure that encourages the success of women in the College of Engineering at UT. Mission is to educate girls and women about engineering, to inspire women to pursue the unlimited opportunities within the world of engineering, and to unleash the potential of engineering-educated women to benefit society in an effort to increase the overall percentage of women in the College of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin.
EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT
The Equal Rights Amendment - http://www.equalrightsamendment.org/ - This website is a project of the Alice Paul Institute in collaboration with the ERA Task Force of the National Council of Women’s Organizations. The ERA has been ratified by 35 of the necessary 38 states. When three more states vote yes, the ERA might become the 28th Amendment. In these pages, find out about this historic amendment … and join the effort to achieve equal rights for women and men.
The Alice Paul Institute - http://www.alicepaul.org/ - The Alice Paul Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public about the life and work of New Jersey’s most famous suffragist, Alice Stokes Paul (1885-1977), author of the Equal Rights Amendment, founder of the National Woman’s Party, and a lifelong activist for women’s equality. API’s mission is to educate the public about her life, preserve historic Paulsdale, develop future leaders, and work towards achieving women’s equality.
FEMINISM
Feminist.com - http://www.feminist.com/ - Promotes women’s business development, supports women-friendly organizations, expands civic participation and encourages women’s self-sufficiency.
Feminist Majority Foundation Online - http://www.feminist.org - Dedicated to women’s equality, reproductive health, and non-violence.
Ifeminism - http://www.ifeminists.net/ - Individualist feminism, or ifeminism, advocates the equal treatment of men and women as individuals under just law. The core principle of individualist feminism is that all human beings have a moral and legal claim to their own persons and property.
National Council of Women’s Organizations - http://www.womensorganizations.org/ - The National Council of Women’s Organizations is a Washington, DC-based nonpartisan network of more than 200 women’s organizations, representing more than 10 million members. It was established in 1982 in response to the expiration of the deadline for ERA ratification. The NCWO’s ERA Task Force was established in 1999.
National Organization for Women (NOW) - http://www.now.org/ - Dedicated to making legal, political, social and economic change to eliminate sexism and end oppression.
Minnesota NOW - http://www.mnnow.org/ - The Minnesota Chapter of the National Organization for Women. This statewide organization was formed in 1971 and its mission is still the same: taking action to bring women into the mainstream of American society NOW, exercising all privileges and responsibilities thereof, in truly equal partnership with men.
Women Leaders Online & Women Organizing for Change - http://wlo.org/ - First and largest women’s activist group on the Internet - empowering women in politics, media, society, the economy and cyberspace.
HEALTH & MEDICINE
American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) - http://www.amwa-doc.org/ - An organization of 10,000 women physicians and medical students dedicated to serving as the unique voice for women’s health and the advancement of women in medicine.
Planned Parenthood of MN, ND, SD (PPMNS) - http://www.ppmns.org/ - For more than 75 years, Planned Parenthood has worked in our region to make sure all people have the information and the means to decide freely and responsibly whether and when to have children.
HISTORY
Distinguished Women of Past and Present - http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/ - Biographies of women writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists and entertainers who have contributed to our culture.
Women’s History Resource - http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/hist.htm - Page of links to websites to American Women’s History and History Outside the USA.
History’s Women Unsung Heroines - http://www.historyswomen.com/ - Online Magazine - Lists of “First” Women, Women of Faith, Women in the Arts, Reformers, Women Who Ruled, Life’s Lessons, Amazing Mom’s, Women to Admire.
INTERNET
WWWomen! - http://www.wwwomen.com/ - Search directory for women online.
Webgrrls International - http://www.webgrrls.com/ - Webgrrls International provides a forum for women in or interested in new media and technology to network, exchange job and business leads, form strategic alliances, mentor and teach, intern and learn the skills to help women succeed in an increasingly technical workplace and world.
Women-Related Lists for Internet Information - http://research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/f_net.html - Email lists that focus on the Internet and cyber culture.
Women’s Resources on the Internet - http://www.ibiblio.org/cheryb/women/wresources.html
MEDIA
Women’s e-News - http://womense-news.org/ - A nonprofit independent news service covering the issues that are of particular concern to women.
Women’s International News Gathering Service (WINGS) - http://www.wings.org/ - All-woman independent radio production company that produces and distributes news and current affairs programs by and about women around the world.
Women’s Media Center (WMC) - http://www.womensmediacenter.com/home.html - WMC’s mission is to assure that women and women’s experiences are reflected in the media just as women are present everywhere in the real world; that women are represented as local, national, and global sources for and subjects of the media; and that women media professionals have equal opportunities for employment and advancement. Their web site is the major online source for hyperlinks to women columnists and bloggers as well as media organizations and resources.
Virtual Women - http://virtualwoman.org/ - covering issues of primary interest to women such as family, career, health and fitness, personal finance, relationships, and fashion.
PEACE / ANTI-WAR
CODEPINK: Women Say No To War - http://www.womensaynotowar.org/ - Women are mobilizing women around the globe to call for an end to the occupation and the violence in Iraq. With the majority of people in Iraq, the U.S., the U.K., and around the world opposing this war, now is the time for women to step forward and make our opposition more visible and vocal. With the launch of Women Say No To War Campaign, we are asking women around the world to sign on to the Women’s Call for Peace.
The Declaration of Peace - http://declarationofpeace.org/ - A nonviolent action campaign for an end to the US War in Iraq.
PROGRESSIVE
mnpACT! - http://www.mnpact.org/ - mnpACT! is a non-partisan, non-profit Registered Political Committee working for a more progressive government. The mission of mnpACT! is to build a progressive community based upon the core values of respect, dignity and opportunity, by educating people about progressive ideas, advocating for progressive issues, and electing progressive candidates to local, state and federal offices.
PUBLICATIONS
Bitch Magazine - http://www.bitchmagazine.com/ - Bitch | Feminist Response to Pop Culture is a print magazine devoted to incisive commentary on our media-driven world. We feature critiques of TV, movies, magazines, advertising, and more-plus interviews with and profiles of feminist pop culture makers, new books and music, and lots more.
BUST Magazine - http://www.bust.com/ - With an attitude that is fierce, funny, and proud to be female, BUST provides an uncensored view on the female experience. BUST tells the truth about women’s lives and presents a female perspective on pop culture. BUSTing stereotypes about women since 1993.
Minnesota Women’s Press - http://www.womenspress.com/ - Minnesota Women’s Press, Inc., is a communications company. Their mission is to promote communication by, about and among women in ways that create community, encourage change and are grounded in a transforming feminist worldview.
Ms. Magazine - http://www.msmagazine.com/ - Ms. was the first national magazine to make feminist voices audible, feminist journalism tenable, and a feminist worldview available to the public.
Off Our Backs - http://www.offourbacks.org/ - The mission of off our backs is: to provide news and information about women’s lives and feminist activism; to educate the public about the status of women around the world; to serve as a forum for feminist ideas and theory; to be an information resource on feminist, women’s, and lesbian culture; and to seek social justice and equality for women worldwide.
SCIENCE
4000 Years of Women in Science - http://crux.astr.ua.edu/4000ws/4000WS.html - Lists over 125 names from our scientific and technical past.
Association for Women Geoscientists - http://awg.org - Promotes the professional development of its members, to provide geoscience outreach to girls, and to encourage women to become geoscientists.
AWIS: Association for Women in Science - http://www.awis.org/ - The Association for Women in Science is dedicated to achieving equity and full participation for women in science, mathematics, engineering and technology.
Woman Astronomer - http://www.womanastronomer.com/ - The mission of Woman Astronomer is to promote astronomy as a hobby and science, to encourage women and girls interested in astronomy, and to be a resource to the astronomy community and the public at large. This Web site strives to spark interest in astronomy through profiles of the inspirational lives of women astronomers, professional and amateur, past and present.
Women of NASA - http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/intro.html - A resource developed to encourage young women to pursue careers in math, science, and technology.
SHOPPING
Amazon Bookstore Cooperative - http://www.amazonfembks.com/ - Founded in 1970, Amazon Bookstore Cooperative, Inc. is the oldest independent feminist bookstore in North America. Our store is a worker-owned cooperative offering products and services that foster the strength, wisdom, beauty and diversity of women, girls, and their families.
SPORTS
Women in Sports - http://www.makeithappen.com/wis/ - Women in Sports is dedicated to providing role models of women athletes that validate women’s accomplishments and perpetuate a new vision of women’s abilities, autonomy and self determination. Women will find the courage and daring to follow their goals.
Women’s Sports Foundation - http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org - Our mission is to advance the lives of girls and women through sports and physical activity.
TECHNOLOGY
Association for Women in Computing - http://www.awc-hq.org/ - A non-profit professional organization dedicated to the advancement of women in the technology fields.
Scholarly Societies Project - http://www.scholarly-societies.org - Links to over 20 websites of scholarly societies concerned with women’s issues.
TITLE IX
Title IX I EXercise My Rights - http://www.titleix.info/ - I EXercise My Rights is a public service, informational campaign designed to educate the public about Title IX. Simply stated, Title IX is a law passed in 1972 that requires gender equity for boys and girls in every educational program that receives federal funding.
Title IX Info. at NOW - http://www.now.org/issues/title_ix/index.html
