Cyber and Real Resources - for serious self-study and enlightenment, or just for fun and knowledge.

Contemporary Christian Music
Songwriting
Women and the Olympics
Women in Science
Women in Science and Math
Women's Studies and Issues Resources Sites

http://www.christianmusic.com

http://www.gospelforce.com

http://www.christianmusic.about.com/musicperform/christianmusic/

http://www.worldclasstv.com/e2w/video_room.htm

http://www.citv.com/broadcast/musicvideos

http://www.lightsource.com/lightsource/ls/music/index.stm

http://www.praisetv.com

http://www.carman.org.

http://www.1christian.net

http://www.ccmusic.org

http://www.cmcentral.com/cmc/index.cfm

http://www.users.erol.com/rmerik/songs.htm

http://www.dfwangels.com

http://www.ccmmagazine.com

http://www.air1radio.com

http://www.praisecharts.com

http://www.jamsline.com

http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/interviews/tracydawn.html

http://www.listenfirst.com/listen/review_poeticalaftermath.html

http://www.todayschristianmusic.com

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The Muse’s Muse
http://www.musesmuse.com/

SongScope
http://www.songscope.com/

Jeff Mallett’s Songwriter Site
http://www.lyricist.com/

BMI’s Official Website
www.bmi.com

Lyrical Line
www.lyricalline.com

Write Express Online Writing Dictionary
http://www.writeexpress.com/online.html

Songwriting Education Resource
http://www.craftofsongwriting.com/index.htm

Songwriter Nicole C. Mullen’s Official Site
http://www.nicolecmullen.com

The Official Site of the Band 17 Reasons Why
http://www.17reasonswhy.com/home.html

Alanis Morissette’s Official Site
http://www.alanismorissette.com/

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The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games
http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Olympics/olympicintro.html 

Sport Science
http://whyfiles.org/019olympic/

Ancient Olympics
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/index.html

History of Women at the Olympics
http://womenshistory.about.com/homework/womenshistory/cs/olympics/

96 Years of Women in the Olympics
http://www.feminist.org/archive/olympics/intro.html

Programs
http://www.sportnet.com.au/activeaustralia/national/targeted/women/topic_women_olympics.htm

Potted History
http://www.olympicwomen.co.uk/Potted.htm

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Women’s roles in the sciences have been increasing over the years.  Women play more important roles than ever before and have made many advances in this area.  The following references include URLs, books, and articles concerning all areas of women in science.  Some of the references are about the women themselves and their contributions, while others are works written by women in science.

Internet Resources

4,000 years of women in science
http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000ws/4000ws.html 

On-line consultation by the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/hansard 

Nature's women in science information
http://helix.nature.com/debates 

The Committee of Vice-Chancellors’ and Principals' Athena project
http://www.athena.ic.ac.uk 

Science, Engineering and Technology for Women Unit
http://www.set4women.gov.uk

UK Association for Women in Science and Engineering
http://www.awise.org 

Daphne Jackson Memorial Fellowship for women returners
http://www.sst.ph.ic.ac.uk/trust/ 

Women in Science, Engineering, and Technology
http://www.ae.ic.ac.uk/wset/home.html

Women in science, engineering and technology - an on-line consultation
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/hansard/files/report.html

The Nobel Prize Internet Archive
http://nobelprizes.com/nobel/women.html

Books

Ambrose, Susan A., ed. Journeys of Women in Science and Engineering. Temple Univ. Press, 1998.

Barr, Jean and Lynda Birke. Common Science? Women, Science, and Knowledge. Indiana University Press, 1998.

Benjamin, Marina, ed. A Question of Identity: Women, Science, and Literature. Rutgers Univ. Press, 1993.

Jacobus, Mary, Evelyn Fox Keller and Sally Shuttleworth, ed. Body / Politics: Women and the Discourses of Science. 1990.

Keller, Evelyn Fox. A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock. W.H. Freeman, 1983.

Keller, Evelyn Fox. Reflection on Gender and Science. Yale University Press, 1985.

Lykke, Nina and Rosi Braidotti, ed. Between Monsters, Goddesses and Cyborgs: Feminist Confrontations with Science, Medicine and Cyberspace. 1996.

Pattatucci, Angela M., ed. Women in Science: Meeting Challenges and Transcending Boundaries. Sage, 1998.

Rosser, Sue, ed. Teaching the Majority: Breaking the Gender Barrier in Science, Mathematics and Engineering. Teachers College Press, 1995.

For Further Reading

Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries,  by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne, is the first book to examine the lives and accomplishments of women who have received the Nobel Prize, as well as those those who contributed to prize-winning projects. 

History of Women in Science for Young People, by Vivian Sheldon Epstein, is an  outstanding resource for schools seeking role models for young women interested in science. 

100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century - describes the contribution of women from around the world in all fields ranging from writing and science to politics and  athletics. 

500 Great Books by Women: A Reader's Guide - An indispensable and extremely well-organized treasure map to literature by women.  Contains brief reviews of 500 books by women, and seven cross-referenced indexes to identify books by author, title, genre, topic, and even country of book content. -Amazon.com 

Let's Hear It for the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14. Have culled a stellar group of 375 titles divided into picture books, storybooks, chapter books, and more complex writings. - Amazon.com 

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AWSEM - Advocates for women in science, engineering & mathematics
http://www.awsem.com/

Women Mathematicians
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm

Past Notable Women of Computing & Mathematics
http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/past-women.html

History Topics
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistoryTopics.html

4000 Years of Women in Science
http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/4000WS.html

Expect the Best from a Girl
http://www.academic.org/

Gender Equality for Mathematics and Science Conference (GEMS)
http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/math/gender/

Math Forum Bibliography - Girls' attitudes toward math
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/~sarah/Discussion.Sessions/biblio.attitudes.html

Achieving Gender Equality in Science Classrooms
http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Science_Education/Gender_Equity/

Careers in Mathematics
http://math.usask.ca/document/netinfo/careers.html

Groups Relating to Women in Mathematics http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/math-women-groups.html

Mathematics
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/subject/math.html

Interactive MathematicsMiscellany and Puzzles
http://www.cut-the-knot.com/content.html

What Still Needs to Change for the Good of Women in Mathematics
http://www.awm-math.org/articles/notices/199107/roitman/

Women in mathematica
http://homepages.which.net/~gk.sherman/maaa.htm

Great Women in Science and Mathematics
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/1378/womsci.html

Women in the history of mathematics
http://pass.maths.org.uk/issue2/news/wim.html

The Mathematics Program at Mississippi University for Women
http://www.muw.edu/sci_math/mathprograms.html

20TH CENTURY WOMEN OF MATHEMATICS
http://users.ju.edu/~mbessma/20thCent/Women/HEADING.htm

Black Women in the Mathematical Sciences
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/wmad0.html

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A-1 Absolutely Best W.S. Online Archive:  Inform:  (University of Maryland, College Park), Extensive collection of online material about women, a database which serves those people interested in the women's studies profession and in general women's issues.  The database contains collections of conference announcements, calls for papers, and employment opportunities, as well as a picture gallery, course syllabi, and a significant number of government documents.

Advancing Women:   International Business & Career Community News, Networking, Strategy For Women in the Workplace, with specialized categories and links to Women in Education, Challenges for the Future of Education, Training Women for Leadership in Education, eDscape - online discussion of scholastic topics, classroom experiences, "teacher search" function enables building one's own online community, linking email addresses, Teaching Resources, Education Career Resources, Education to Eliminate Gender Bias, Special Report- Schools, InterNIC Academic Guide to the Internet, and InterNIC Guide to US Universities.  Especially interesting is the article, "Women Execs Seize Latin American Opportunity," which highlights the rapid growth of the Telecom industry and opening up opportunities for women.  Knight-Ridder Service, Oct. 1996.

Advancing Women in Leadership:  On-line professional, refereed journal for women in leadership.  The journal publishes manuscripts that report, synthesize, review, or analyze scholarly inquiry that focuses on women's issues.

American Association of University Women (AAUW):  Contains info about AAUW publications, US congressional voting record on key issues; a national organization that promotes education and equity for all women and girls.

The Complete List of the American Memory Collection of the Library of Congress:  Photos & prints of the women's suffrage movement, portraits of leaders, etc.

Comprehensive Women's Web Sites:  A few particularly comprehensive, multi-disciplinary women's studies/women's issues sites.

Education Index: Women's Studies:  A selective, annotated listing of Women's Studies resource sites.  Part of a much larger collection of resources, arranged by field.

FeMiNa: A Woman-Focused Information Resource:  A search engine for women-related online info, excellent links to Arts and Humanities and Entertainment sites.

Institute for Teaching and Research on Women (ITROW):  Offers bibliographies, fact sheets, and other resources for teaching and research on women.   Major Priorities are listed as Neighborhood Research - Research on economic restructuring, neighborhood resources, and child development; Research on Women - Research projects; Fact Sheets about Women - Important issues, and what research shows; Curriculum Development - Transforming the curriculum; and includes the following Institute Resources On and About Women:  Bibliographies, Internet Links - links to Web resources on women, and Newsletters - news of ITROW.

Internet Resources On Women: Using Electronic Media in Curriculum Transformation:  Frequently-updated information about online curricular resources in Women's Studies, with excellent listings of new resources for using the Internet.  Also see Women-Related Music Updates.

Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library (Duke University):  The digitized collections include Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement, African-American Women, and Civil War Women. View pamphlets, letters, and even a songbook.

Scholarly Societies Project - Women's Issues:  Compiled by the University of Waterloo Library to facilitate access to webpages maintained by or for scholarly societies around the world concerned with women's issues.

Women and Talent:  Resources for gifted and talented women, articles and links to related sites, with additional links to Resources on creative expression.

Women  in Higher Education:  A monthly publication on issues facing women in academe.

Women's Centers at U.S. Universities:  A set of links compiled by the Women's Center at the University  of  Minnesota.

Women’s Internet Information Network:  a nonprofit organization dedicated to herstory; a networking site with information on women of achievement, female congressional representatives, exhibits, and speech archives.

Women of Color Resource Center:  The National Directory of Women of Color Organizations and Projects includes organizations that were founded by or are led by women of color; organizations whose membership and constituency are predominantly women of color; and organizations whose mission it is to address the range of social, economic, cultural and political challenges women of color face.

Women's Relationship with the Web:  Two bibliographies:  Women and the Internet; and Gender and Technology; plus an essay, book and film reviews, and links.

Women's Studies Resources Online:  (University of Illinois Women's Studies/WID Library):  Searchable Database on Women's Studies Programs, created and maintained by the National Women's Studies Association.

Women’s Studies/Women’s Issues Resources Sites:  Alphabetical listing of selective WWW sites which contain information about academic women’s study programs and women’s studies/women’s issues.  Links to more than 300 Women’s Studies programs and research centers.  Categories include:  Activism, Arts and humanities, Comprehensive, Multi-Disciplinary Sites, Health, International, Net Info, Science/Technology, Sexuality, and Women of Color.

WSSLINKS: Women and Gender Studies Web Sites:  Excellent, comprehensive collection of links from the Association of College and Research Libraries; includes topical subsections.

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