Women's Studies Online Resources

Women's Studies Online Resources will help you find information-rich, high-quality web sites focusing on women's studies or women's issues; women- or gender-related e-mail lists; women's studies files from the WMST-L File Collection; links to women's studies programs around the world; financial aid for women; and more. For information about Women's Studies at UMBC (Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County), see the UMBC Gender and Women's Studies home page.

Women's Studies / Women's Issues Resource Sites

A frequently-updated, annotated, selective set of more than 700 links to sites offering resources and information about women's studies and/or women's issues. Includes 16 topical subsections, such as Activism, Arts and Humanities, Health, Cyberculture and Internet Information, Science and Technology, Sexuality and Sexual Orientation, Women of Color, and more.

Women- and Gender-Related E-mail Lists

An occasionally-updated listing and description of more than 600 e-mail forums that focus on women- or gender-related issues. Includes 16 topical subsections, such as Activism, Arts and Humanities, Business, Health, Motherhood, Religion and Spirituality, Science and Technology, Sports and Recreation, Sexuality and Sexual Orientation, Women of Color, and more.

Women's Studies Programs, Departments, and Research Centers

Approximately 700 listings in the US and around the world. Annotations identify programs offering graduate degrees or certificates.

WMST-L File Collection

WMST-L is a large, international e-mail forum for discussion of Women's Studies teaching, research, and program administration. The File Collection contains more than 300 files relating to these topics. They are arranged alphabetically and also in eighteen subject sections:

• Academia
• Books and Films
• Feminism(s) (including Critiques)
• Feminist Theory/Theories
• Girls and Young Women
• Grad School/Job Market
• Health/Biology
• History
• Intro to Women's Studies
• Language
• Men
• Miscellaneous
• Pedagogical Issues and Strategies
• Program Administration
• Race/Religion/Ethnicity
• Sexuality/Sexual Orientation
• Societal Issues in the Classroom
• WMST-L

WMST-L: Academic Women's Studies List

Information primarily about WMST-L, an academic e-mail forum for discussion of Women's Studies teaching, research, and program administration. This section includes:

• information about WMST-L (including how to subscribe)
• a copy of the WMST-L User's Guide and WMST-L Digest Guide
• instructions for searching the WMST-L logfiles
• WMST-L's web interface and How to Use WMST-L's Web Interface
• The WMST-L Syllabus Collection contains hundreds of increasingly outdated web-based syllabi, arranged by field. I've left it up in response to others' claims that it is still useful, even though it has not been updated since 2006
• links to guides for citing online information.
• Linda McAlister's WMST-L film reviews (and some others)
• WMST-L File Collection

Financial Aid and Career Opportunities for Women

Information about financial aid, jobs, and internships

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