Research Guides: Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies: Web Resources

Women's Activism

Black American Feminism: A Multi-Disciplinary Bibliography: A bibliography of the views of black American Feminists from a variety of disciplines.
Feminist Majority Foundation: A feminist group that advocates for equality for women.
National Organization for Women (NOW): A feminist group that focuses on a variety of women's rights issues.

4000 Years of Women in Science: Contributions women have made in the field of science.
Alan Guttmacher Institute: A research institute that helps to advance the sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Biographies of Women Mathematicians: Biographies of women in the field of mathematics.
Female Nobel Prize Laureates: A list of women who have won the Nobel Prize.
Office of Women's Health: A branch of the Department of Health and Human Services that focuses of women's health.

BRIDGE: A global network working to advance gender equality, women's rights, and dignity and empowerment in development.
Center for Reproductive Rights: An organization that pushes for the reproductive rights of women.
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women: An organization that works to end human trafficking and sexual exploitation of women worldwide.
International Center for Research on Women: An organization that conducts empirical research to fight poverty and advance gender equality.
WHO: Gender, Equality, and Human Rights: A branch of the World Health Organization that oversees the integration of gender, equality, and human rights into different programs areas.
UN Women: A branch of the United Nations that advocates for gender equality and the empowerment of women.

American Women: Library of Congress Gateway: A gateway that helps guide through researching in the field of American Women's history.
Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches from Around the World: A collection of prominent speeches made by women from around the world.
Middle East & Islamic Studies Collection: Women & Gender Issues: A collection of materials on Middle Eastern women.
Women's History Sourcebook: The histories of women from different parts of the world.

African Women's Bibliographic Database: A database that contains thousands of citations regarding African Studies.
Femina: A collection of news stories from all over the globe that have been translated into English.
GENESIS: Women's History Sources in the British Isles: This library collection documents the lives of women, primarily from the United Kingdom, for the past 150 years.

HistSex: HistSex.org is the home of an interdisciplinary, interinstitutional, and international resource for information on the history of sexuality.
Out History: A collection of stories and the history of the LGBTQ community.
Timeline: Milestones in the American Gay Rights Movement: A timeline of key events from the American Gay Rights Movement.

Equality Michigan: An organization that works for equal treatment of all people regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation.
LGBT Detroit: An organization that works to raise awareness for the diverse LGBT community located in Detroit.
National Center for Transgender Equality: A resource center for transgendered individuals.
Human Rights Campaign: The largest civil rights organization working towards equality for the LGBTQ community.
OutRight Action International: An international organization that fights for LGBTIQ rights.