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WSSLinks: Women, Girls, and Education




Welcome to Women, Girls, and Education, part of WSSLinks, developed and maintained by the
Women and Gender Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.


WSSLINKS | ACRL Women and Gender Studies Section Home Page




Women's Studies | History |Organizations | Periodicals |Discussion Lists

Curriculum








Higher Education

    Women in the Curriculum series
    From the National Center for Curriculum Transformation Projects on Women, these short books offer suggestions, resources, and rationale for infusing gender into courses in all disciplines. They are aaccessible in fulltext throughERIC (select advanced search and search for "Women in the Curriculum series" as a title search. Include the quotation marks in the search statement.).


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Pedagogy




"Surfacing the Structures of Patriarchy: Teaching and Learning Threshold Concepts in Women's Studies," By Holly Hassel, Amy Reddinger and Jessica Van Slooten. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Volume 5, Number 2, July 2011.

Annotated Bibliography on Feminist Pedagogy in the Composition Classroom: Feminization, Maternal Paradigms, and Essentialism
By Sheri Laska, July 1998


Feminist Pedagogy is a category of the Women's Studies Core Books Database, sponsored by the Women and Gender Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.



Through the Flower
Feminist art education project, by Judy Chicago


Quotations on Feminist Pedagogy
Compiled by Penny Welch, University of Wolverhampton (Jan. 2000).


Using A Feminist Pedagogy As A Male Teacher: The Possibilities Of A Partial And Situated Perspective
By Steven P. Schacht,Radical Pedagogy v. 2, no. 2 (Fall 2000)



WMST-L File Collection: Pedagogical Issues and Strategies
Discussion files from WMST-L, the women's studies email discussion list.



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Research




ERIC Database Search
Searchable database of educational research. Search for "women," "girls," "gender," and specific topics. For complex searches, try
search.

Research sponsored by the American Association of University Women

Research Centers
International listing of research centers on women; primarily university-based. Maintained by the Univ. of Wisconsin System Women's Studies Librarian.



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Funding




FinAid
Links to financial aid sites for female students.


Funding Sources for Women
"Finding Funding for Women: Web and Non-Web Resources," by Liz Breed, inFeminist Collections v. 25, no. 2 (Winter, 2004) covers funding for higher education as well as other endeavors.


Fundsnet Women Grants and Resources
Links to funding sites for education and other endeavors.

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Teacher Training




"Women Teachers Empowered in India: Teacher Training Through A Gender Lens," by Sandra Stacki, UNICEF, 2002. (52p.pdf)

Gender Issues in Education




General and Multi-Issue Sites





Education of Girls and Women as a Human Right, and Sample Campaigns and Projects Around the World




Empowering Girls
Several projects, organizations, and coalitions are active in mentoring and educating girls about science, technology, careers, positive body images, etc., and in educating the public about girls' issues. Here are some of note:
    WE LEARN (Women Expanding Literacy Education Action Resource Network)
    "a community promoting women's literacy as a tool that fosters empowerment and equity for women."







Status of Women in Higher Education: Commissions, Offices, Initiatives, and Reports

Teen-age Pregnancy and Parenting


Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, which banned sex discrimination in educational programs

Welfare Reform and Its Effects on the Educational Opportunities of Poor Women


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Women's Studies


National Women's Studies Association/Ms. Magazine Guide to Women's and Gender Studies

Women's Studies Programs, Departments and Research Centers
Links to those with websites. Maintained by Joan Korenman.


Graduate Programs in Women's Studies
Maintained by Smith College's Women's Studies Program.


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History of the Education of Women




Education Section of American Women's History: A Research Guide, by Ken Middleton, Middle Tennessee State University Library
Lists bibliographies, biographical sources, encyclopedias/historical overviews, primary sources in archival, microform, and digital collections, and more.

Daniel Defoe on the Education of Women, 1719
In the Internet History Sourcebook, edited by Paul Halsall.


Dead Sociologists' Index includes material about Harriet Martineau and Jane Addams' views of the education of women.


History of Women and Education online exhibit from the National Women's History Museum


Symposium: History of Women in Education, Harvard Educational Review, 57:4 (Winter 1997)

Women Teachers and Educations links from About.com, maintained by Jone Johnson Lewis

Women Who Go to College by Arthur Gilman, Century Magazine 36 (1888): 714-18.


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Organizations




Directories of Organizations

    Women's Organizations
    Maintained by the Univ. of Wis. System Women's Studies Librarian. Scroll to section of "Academic professional organizations."


Selected Individual Organizations


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Periodicals





(Description on the site.) Issues are available in print and in these databases to which some libraries subscribe:Contemporary Women's Issues, Education Fulltext, GenderWatch, Project Muse, and JSTOR.


Gender and Education
(Description on the site.) Issues are available in print and in these databases to which some libraries subscribe:Academic Search Elite, Contemporary Women's Issues, MasterFILE Premier, andProQuest Research Library.


Journal of LGBT Youth (formerly Journal of Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education)
(Description and tables of content on the site.) Contains current information on what's happening in educational policy, curriculum development, professional practice, and pedagogy involving gay and lesbian studies. Issues available in print and in LGBT Life with Full Text , to which some libraries subscribe.


Newsletter online at no charge published by the Program on the Status and Education of Women of the Association of American Colleges and Universities covering women's leadership, campus climate, curriculum, pedagogy, and research about women. Previously issued in print, it is entirely an electronic periodical, as of December, 2002.

Radical Teacher: a Socialist, Feminist, and Anti-Racist Journal on the Theory and Practice of Teaching
(Tables of contents, book reviews, and some columns are available on the site.) Available in print and in these databases to which some libraries subscribe: Academic Search Elite, Contemporary Women's Issues, Education Fulltext, and Education Research Complete,

Transformations: The Journal of Inclusive Scholarship and Pedagogy
(Description on the site.) A resource for curriculum transformation and scholarship. Available in print and in these databases to which some libraries subscribe:AltPressWatch, Education Fulltext, Education Research Complete, and GenderWatch.


Women in Higher Education
A monthly overview of issues affecting women on campuses. Non-subscribers can read sample articles and statistical information. Subscribers to the print version can access all articles. Available in fulltext inContemporary Women's Issues and GenderWatch databases to which some libraries subscribe.


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Discussion Lists




Women-Related Lists About Education or Campus Life
Maintained by Joan Korenman

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Maintained by: Phyllis Holman Weisbard, Women's Studies Librarian, University of Wisconsin System.
Email pweisbard at (replace with "@") library.wisc.edu

430 Memorial Library, Madison, WI 53706

Originally created by: Phyllis Holman Weisbard
URL:http://womenst.library.wisc.edu/womened.htm
Last updated: June 2012. Links checked: February, 2013.



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