Women's Studies
Biographical Sources- General
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Directories
Periodical Indexes and Databases
References & Bibliographies
Statistics
Internet Resources
Special Topics
- Feminist, U.S. Authors of Fiction
- Feminist, World Authors of Fiction
- Feminist, Authors of Poetry
- Sociology of Gender
- Women and Film
- Women's History
Biographical Sources - General
Biographies of British women : an annotated bibliography
/ Patricia E. Sweeney.
Location : Reference Ref CT3320 .S85 1993.
The Continuum dictionary of women's biography / compiler
and editor, Jennifer S. Uglow ; assistant editor on first edition (for science,
mathematics, and medicine), Frances Hinton.
Location : Reference Ref CT3202 .C66 1989
This volume provides biographical information on both
historical and contemporary women located throughout the world.
Distinguished women economists / James Cicarelli and Julianne Cicarelli.
Location : Reference Ref HB76 .C53 2003
Index to women of the world from ancient to modern
times : biographies and portraits. / by Norma Olin Ireland.
Location : Reference Ref Z7963.B6 I73 .
Notable American women, 1607-1950 ; a biographical
dictionary. Edward T. James, editor. Janet Wilson James, associate editor.
Paul S. Boyer, assistant editor.
Location : Reference Ref CT3260 .N57
This publication, along with its supplement Notable
American Women: The Modern Period (Ref CT 3260 .N573), provides lengthy
biographical articles on American women.
Notable American women : the modern period : a biographical
dictionary / edited by Barbara Sicherman, Carol Hurd Green with Ilene
Kantrov, Harriette Walker.
Location : Reference Ref CT3260 .N573
Profiles of Ohio women, 1803-2003 / Jacqueline Jones
Royster.
Location : Reference Ref CT3260 .R69
2003
Through a woman's I : an annotated bibliography of
American women's autobiographical
writings, 1946-1976 / by Patricia K. Addis.
Location : Reference Ref Z7963.B6 A32 1983
Entries in this volume are arranged alphabetically
by the author's last name. There are also indexes to the autobiographies
by occupation, subject, and title.
White fire : a portrait of women spiritual leaders
in America /Malka Drucker ; photographs by Gay Block.
Location : Reference Ref BL72 .D78 2003
Who's who of American women.
Location : Reference Ref E176 .W647
Updated every two years, this title includes biographical
sketches of contemporary American women.
Who's who of American women and women of Canada.
Location : Reference Ref E176 .W647
Women pioneers in television : biographies of fifteen
industry leaders / by Cary O'Dell ; with a foreword by Sally Jessy
Raphael.
Location : Reference Ref PN1992.8.W65 O34 1997
Women public speakers in the United States, 1800-1925
: a bio-critical sourcebook / edited by Karlyn Kohrs Campbell.
Location : Reference Ref HQ1412 .W67 1993
Women public speakers in the United States, 1925-1993
: a bio-critical sourcebook / edited by Karlyn Kohrs Campbell
Location : Reference Ref HQ1412 .W68 1994.
Women's studies: a recommended core bibliography
[by] Esther Stineman, with the assistance of Catherine Loeb.
Lanigan, Esther F., 1947-
Location : Reference Ref Z7961 .S75.
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Directories
Encyclopedia of women in American history.
Armonk, NY : Sharpe Reference, c2002.
Location: Reference Ref HQ1410 .E53 2002 v.1-3
Encyclopedia of feminist theories London
; New York : Routledge, 2000.
Location: Reference Ref HQ1190
.E63 2000
Handbook of the psychology of women and gender/
edited by Rhoda K. Unger.
Location: Reference Ref HQ1206 .H2385
2001
International handbook on gender roles / edited
by Leonore Loeb Adler ; foreword by Nancy Felipe Russo.
Location: Reference Ref HQ1075 .I58 1993
United States government documents on women, 1800-1990
: a comprehensive bibliography / Mary Ellen Huls.
Location: Reference Ref Z7964.U49 H85
1993 v.1-2
Routledge international encyclopedia of women : global
women's issues and knowledge / Cheris Kramarae and Dale Spender,
general editors.
Location: Reference HQ1115 .R69 2000 v.1-4
The women's movement today : an encyclopedia of third-wave feminism/edited by Leslie L. Heywood.
Location: Reference HQ1115 .W644 2006
v.1-2
Women's studies encyclopedia / edited by Helen Tierney.
Location: Reference Ref HQ1115 .W645 1989
A three-volume set which includes signed, scholarly
articles on women's issues in the natural, behavioral and social sciences.
Articles often contain references to additional materials.
WAVE, women's audio-visuals in English : a guide
to nonprint resources in women's studies / [editor, Linda Schult ; compilers,
Hilary Bruce ... [et al.].
Location : Reference Ref HQ1180 .W38 1993.
Women and women's issues: a handbook of tests and
measures / Carole A. Beere.
Location : Reference Ref HQ1180 .B43.
Women in the Third World : an encyclopedia of contemporary issues / editor, Nelly P. Stromquist ; assistant editor, Karen Monkman. Location : Reference Ref HQ1870.9 .W6548 1998
U.S. women's interest groups : institutional profiles
/ edited by Sarah Slavin.
Location : Reference Ref HQ1904 .U2 1995.
American women sculptors : a history of women working
in three dimensions /Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein.
Location : Reference Ref NB236 .R8 1990
Black women in television : an illustrated history
and bibliography / George Hill, Lorraine Raglin, Chas Floyd Johnson.
Location : Reference Ref PN1992.8.A34 H55 1990.
Feminist art criticism : an annotated bibliography
/ Cassandra Langer. Langer, Cassandra .
Location : Reference Ref N72.F45 L36 1993
Latin American women artists of the United States
: the works of 33 twentieth-century women / by Robert Henkes.
Location : Reference Ref N6538.H58 H46 1999
The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers /
edited by Julie Anne Sadie and Rhian Samuel
Location : Reference Ref ML105 .N38 1994.
Women and American television : an encyclopedia /
Denise Lowe.
Location : Reference Ref PN1992.8.W65 L69
1999
Women composers : the lost tradition found / Diane
Peacock Jezic. Jezic, Diane.
Location : Reference Ref ML390 .J36 1994
Women pioneers in television : biographies of fifteen
industry leaders / by Cary O'Dell ; with a foreword by Sally Jessy Raphael.
Location : Reference Ref PN1992.8.W65 O34 1997
Women artists, 1550-1950 / Ann Sutherland Harris,
Linda Nochlin. Harris, Ann Sutherland.
Location : Reference Ref N6350 .H35 1977.
Women in the fine arts : a bibliography and illustration
guide / by Janet A. Anderson.
Location : Reference Ref N8354 .A47 1991
Women artists in the United States : a selective
bibliography and resource guide on the fine and decorative arts, 1750-1986
/ [edited by] Paula Chiarmonte.
Location : Reference Ref Z7963.A75 W65 1990
Black Women and Other Ethnic Women
A to Z of Native American women / Liz Sonneborn.
Location : Reference Ref E98.W8 S65 1998
African American women : a biographical dictionary
/ Dorothy C. Salem, editor.
Location : Reference Ref E185.96 .A45 1993.
American Indian women : a guide to research / Gretchen
M. Bataille, Kathleen M. Sands ; editorial assistant, Catherine Udall
Location : Reference Ref Z1209.2.N67 B36 1991.
Black stars : African American women scientists and
inventors / Otha Richard Sullivan ; Jim Haskins, general editor.
Location : Reference Ref T39 .S985 2002
Black women in America : an historical encyclopedia
/ editors: Darlene Clark Hine, Elsa Barkley Brown, Rosalyn Terborg-Penn.
Location: Reference Ref E 185.86 .B542 1993
Black women in television : an illustrated history
and bibliography / George Hill, Lorraine Raglin, Chas Floyd Johnson.
Location : Reference Ref PN1992.8.A34 H55 1990.
Epic lives : one hundred Black women who made a difference
/ Jessie Carney Smith, editor
Location : Reference Ref E185.96 .E65 1993
Native American women : a biographical dictionary
/ Gretchen M. Bataille, editor ; Laurie Lisa, editorial assistant.
Location : Reference Ref E98.W8 B38 1993.
Notable Black American women / Jessie Carney Smith,
editor.
Location: Reference Ref E185.96 .N68 1991
Notable Hispanic American women / Diane Telgen and
Jim Kamp. Detroit : Gale Research, c1993.
Location : Reference Ref E184.S75 N68 1993.
Employment and Social Movement
1993 handbook on women workers : trends and issues.
[Washington, D.C.?] : U.S. Dept. of Labor, Women's Bureau, 1994.
Location: OTTERBEIN GOVT DOCUMENTS L 36.108:W 84/3
Indicators of equal employment opportunity--status
and trends / U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Location: OTTERBEIN GOVT DOCUMENTS: Y 3.EQ 2:2
IN 2/997
Job patterns for minorities and women in state and
local government / U.S.Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Location: OTTERBEIN GOVT DOCUMENTS: Y 3.EQ 2:12-4/
Minorities and women in higher education./U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission
Location: OTTERBEIN GOVT DOCUMENTS: Y 3.EQ 2:12-6/
983
Women at thirtysomething : paradoxes of attainment
/ Clifford Adelman.
Location: OTTERBEIN GOVT DOCUMENTS: ED
1.302:W 84
The women's movement today : an encyclopedia of third-wave feminism/edited by Leslie L. Heywood.
Location: Reference HQ1115 .W644 2006
v.1-2
Women Working, 1800-1930 (Harvard University Library)
A World view of women : social,
political, and economic attitudes : a special report / issued by the Office
of Research and Media Reaction, USIA.
Location : Reference Ref HQ1206
.W93 1994
Women public speakers in the
United States, 1800-1925 : a bio-critical sourcebook / edited by Karlyn
Kohrs Campbell.
Location : Reference Ref HQ1412
.W67 1993
Women public speakers in the
United States, 1925-1993 : a bio-critical sourcebook / edited by Karlyn
Kohrs Campbell
Location : Reference Ref HQ1412
.W68 1994.
Current issues in women's health./ Dept. of Health
& Human Services, Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration,
[1991].
Location: OTTERBEIN GOVT DOCUMENTS:HE 20.4010/4:
The Harvard guide to women's health / Karen J. Carlson,
Stephanie A.Eisenstat, Terra Ziporyn
Location : Reference Ref RA778 .C2163 1996.
Health care for women : access, utilization, outcomes
: January 1990 through July 1993 : 580 citations / prepared by Loretta D.
Ulincy, Susan J.Simmons.
Location: OTTERBEIN GOVT DOCUMENTS: HE 20.3615/2:93-5.
Substance use among women in the United States./Dept.
of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration
Location: OTTERBEIN GOVT DOCUMENTS: HE 20.424:3.
Who? what? where? : resources for women's health
and aging. [Bethesda, Md.?] : National Institute on Aging, [1992].
Location : Reference Ref RA564.85 .W47 1992.
Women's health care : a comprehensive handbook /
edited by Catherine Ingram Fogel, Nancy Fugate Woods.
Location : Reference Ref RA564.85 .W66684 1995.
Almanac of American women in the 20th century / Judith
Freeman Clark. Clark, Judith Freeman.
Location : Reference Ref HQ1420 .C55 1987
American women's history / Doris Weatherford.
Location : Reference Ref HQ1115 .W4 1994.
The book of women's firsts : break-through achievements
of almost 1,000 American women / Phyllis J. Read, Bernard L. Witlieb.
Location : Reference Ref CT3260 .R428 1992
Chronology of women worldwide : people, places & events that shaped women's history / Lynne Brakeman, editor ; Susan Gall,
managing editor.
Location : Reference Ref HQ1121 .C617 1997.
Handbook of American women's history / Angela Howard
Zophy, editor, Frances M. Kavenik, associate editor.
Location: Reference Ref HQ 1410 .H36 1990
Historical dictionary of women's education in the
United States / edited by Linda Eisenmann.
Location : Reference Ref LC1752 .H57 1998.
The timetables of women's history : a chronology
of the most important people and events in women's history
/ Karen Greenspan.
Location : Reference Ref HQ1121 .G74 1994.
Women in American history : a bibliography / Cynthia
E. Harrison, editor ; Anne Firor Scott, introd.
Location : Reference Ref Z7962 .H37.
The women's chronology : a year-by-year record from
prehistory to the present / James Trager
Location : Reference Ref HQ1122 .T73 1994.
What every American should know about women's history
: 200 events that shaped our destiny / Christine Lunardini.Trager
Location : Reference Ref HQ1410 .L86 1994
Women's Firsts. / Caroline Zilboorg, editor ; Susan
B. Gall, managing editor ; foreword by Christine Todd Whitman.
Location : Reference Ref CT3203 .W66 1996.
Encyclopedia of women in American politics
/ edited by Jeffrey D. Schultz and Laura van Assendelft ; foreword by Helen
Thomas.
Location : Reference Ref HQ1236.5.U6 E53 1999
Women and politics worldwide / edited by Barbara
J. Nelson and Najma Chowdhury.
Location : Reference Ref HQ1236 .W6363 1994
Women in Congress, 1917-1990 / by the Office of the
Historian, U.S. House of Representatives.
Location : Reference Ref JK1030.A2 W65 1991.
Women and the military : an encyclopedia / Victoria
Sherrow.
Location : Reference Ref U21.75 .S54 1996.
American women writers: a critical reference guide
from colonial times to the present, edited by Lina Mainiero.
Location : Reference Ref PS147 .A4.
American women writers : bibliographical essays /
edited by Maurice Duke, Jackson R. Bryer, and M. Thomas Inge.
Location : Reference Ref PS147 .A44 1983.
Asian American short story writers : an A-to-Z guide
/ edited by Guiyou Huang.
Location : Reference Ref PS153.A84 A828 2003
The Bloomsbury guide to women's literature / edited
by Claire Buck.
Location : Reference Ref PN471 .B57 1992
Caribbean women novelists : an annotated critical
bibliography / compiled by Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert and Olga Torres-Seda
; with contributions from the Dutch by Hilda van Neck-Yoder.
Location : Reference Ref PN849.C32 P3 1993
Detecting women : a reader's guide and checklist
for mystery series written by women / Willetta L. Heising.
Location : Reference Ref PS648.D4 H457 2000
A Dictionary of British and American women writers,
1660-1800 / edited by Janet Todd
Location : Reference Ref PR113 .D5 1985.
Encyclopedia of feminist literature / Kathy J. Whitson Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004. Location : Reference Ref PN471 .W455 2004
Encyclopedia of feminist literature / Mary Ellen Snodgrass. New York : Facts On File, c2006. Location : Reference Ref PN471 .S58 2006
The Feminist companion to literature in English :
women writers from the Middle Ages to the present / Virginia Blain,
Patricia Clements, Isobel Grundy.
Location : Reference Ref PR111 .B57 1990
Modern American women writers / Elaine Showalter,
consulting editor, Lea Baechler, A. Walton Litz, general editors
Location : Reference Ref PS151 .M54 1990
Pen names of women writers : from 1600 to the present
: a compendium of the literary identities of 2650 women novelists, playwrights,
poets,diarists, journalists and miscellaneous writers, fully cross-referenced/
Alice Kahler Marshall.
Location : Reference Ref Z1041 .M34 1985.
The pen is ours : a listing of writings by and about
African-American women before 1910 with secondary bibliography to the present
/ compiled by Jean Fagan Yellin, Cynthia D. Bond.
Location : Reference Ref Z1229.N39 Y44 1991
Women playwrights of diversity : a bio-bibliographical
sourcebook / Jane T. Peterson and Suzanne Bennett
Location : Reference Ref PS338.W6 P48 1997.
The new Beacon book of quotations by women / [compiled
by] Rosalie Maggio. Boston : Beacon Press, c1996.
Location : Reference Ref PN6081.5 .N48 1996
The New Quotable woman / compiled and edited by Elaine
Partnow. New York : Facts on File, 1992.
Location : Reference Ref PN6081.5 .N49 1992
Shakespeare and feminist criticism : an annotated
bibliography and commentary / Philip C. Kolin.
Location : Reference Ref PR2965 .K76 1992.
Women in literature : reading through the lens of
gender / edited by Jerilyn Fisher and Ellen S. Silber ; foreword by David
Sadker.
Location : Reference Ref PN56.5.W64 W65 2003
Womanwords : a dictionary of words about women /
Jane Mills.
Location: Reference Ref HQ1115 .M546 1992.
A Women's thesaurus : an index of language used to
describe and locate information by and about women / edited by Mary Ellen
S. Capek.
Location: Reference Ref Z695.1.W65 W65 1989
The biographical dictionary of women in science : pioneering lives from ancient times to the mid-20th century / Marilyn Ogilvie and Joy Harvey, editors Location : Reference Ref Q141 .B5285 2000 v.1-2
Black stars : African American women scientists and
inventors / Otha Richard Sullivan ; Jim Haskins, general editor.
Location : Reference Ref T39 .S985 2002
Contemporary women scientists / Lisa Yount.
Location : Reference Ref Q130|.Y65 1994
Ladies in the laboratory? : American and British
women in science, 1800-1900 : a survey of their contributions to research
/ Mary R.S. Creese,with contributions by Thomas M. Creese.
Location : Reference Ref Q141 .C69 1998.
Notable women in the life sciences : a biographical
dictionary / edited by Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara S. Shearer.
Location : Reference Ref QH26 .N68 1996.
Notable women scientists / Pamela Proffitt,
editor.
Location : Reference Ref Q141 .N736 1999
Notable women in the physical sciences : a biographical
dictionary / edited by Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara S. Shearer.
Location : Reference Ref Q141 .N734 1997
Women of mathematics : a biobibliographic sourcebook
/ edited by Louise S. Grinstein and Paul J. Campbell
Location : Reference Ref QA28 .W66 1987
American women in sport, 1887-1987 : a 100-year chronology
/ compiled by Ruth M. Sparhawk ... [et al.].
Location : Reference Ref GV583 .A64 1989.
Encyclopedia of women and sport in America / edited
by Carole A. Oglesby ... [et al.].
Location : Reference Ref GV709 .E53 1998.
Encyclopedia of women and sports / Victoria Sherrow.
Location : Reference Ref GV709 .S44 1996.
Outstanding women athletes : who they are and how
they influenced sports in America / by Janet Woolum ;
Location : Reference Ref GV697.A1 W69 1992.
Women in sports : the complete book on the world's
greatest female athletes / by Joe Layden, foreword by Donna A. Lopiano
Location : Reference Ref GV697.A1 L35 1997
Chronology of women worldwide : people, places &
events that shaped women's history / Lynne Brakeman, editor ; Susan Gall,
managing editor.
Location : Reference Ref HQ1121 .C617 1997.
Encyclopedia of women and world religion / edited
by Serinity Young. New York : Macmillan Reference USA, c1999.
Location : Reference Ref BL458 .E53 1999 v.1
The International Handbook of Women's Studies/Loulou
Brown, Helen Collins, Pat Green
Location: Reference Ref HQ 1180.W2 1993
Progress of the world's women 2005 : women, work, & poverty / Martha Chen
Location: Reference HQ1240 .P66 2005
Statistical record of women worldwide / Linda Schmittroth,
editor.
Location: Reference Ref HQ1150 .S73 1995
A World view of women : social, political, and economic
attitudes : a special report / issued by the Office of Research and Media
Reaction, USIA.
Location : Reference Ref HQ1206 .W93 1994
This volume provides data on international public
opinion regarding a variety of women's issues including abortion and workforce
participation. Countries included in the poll are highly selective.
The world's women, 2005 : progress in statistics.
Location : Reference HQ1154 .W95 2006
Women and politics worldwide / edited by Barbara
J. Nelson and Najma Chowdhury.
Location : Reference Ref HQ1236 .W6363 1994
The world who's who of women / editorial director,
Ernest Kay. Cambridge : International Biographical Centre, c1980.
Location : Reference Ref HQ1123 .W65 1980
Women in Poland./U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Location: OTTERBEIN GOVT DOCUMENTS:C 3.2:W 84/10
Women in the Third World : an encyclopedia of contemporary
issues / editor, Nelly P. Stromquist ; assistant editor, Karen Monkman.
Location : Reference Ref HQ1870.9 .W6548 1998.
Biographies of British women : an annotated bibliography
/ Patricia E. Sweeney.
Location : Reference Ref CT3320 .S85 1993.
Index to women of the world from ancient to modern
times : biographies and portraits. / by Norma Olin Ireland.
Location : Reference Ref Z7963.B6 I73 .
1993 handbook on women workers : trends and issues.
[Washington, D.C.?] : U.S. Dept. of Labor, Women's Bureau, 1994.
Location: OTTERBEIN GOVT DOCUMENTS L 36.108:W 84/3
Current and historical statistics on women's participation
in the workforce. Essays provide an analysis of the statistics which are
clearly presented in charts, graphs, and tables.
The 1995 information please women's sourcebook /
Lisa Dimona and Constance Herndon.
Location: Reference Ref HQ2039.U5 I64 1995
A Statistical portrait of the United States : social
conditions and trends / edited by Mark S. Littman ; [contributors:
Mark S. Littman ... [et. al.]].
Location: Reference Ref HA214 .S73 1998
The economic status of Black women : an exploratory
investigation/ Zalokar, Nadja.
Location: OTTERBEIN GOVT DOCUMENTS CR 1.2:B 56/3
Families on welfare : sharp rise in never-married women reflects societal trend : report to
the Chairman, Subcommittee on
Human Resources, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives /
United States General Accounting Office./ United States. General Accounting
Office.
Location: OTTERBEIN GOVT DOCUMENTS:
GA 1.13:HEHS-94-92
Indicators of equal employment opportunity--status
and trends./U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, [1997]
Location: OTTERBEIN GOVT DOCUMENTS: Y 3.EQ 2:2
IN 2/997
Maternal and child health statistics : Russian Federation
and United States, selected years 1985-95./U.S. Dept. of Health and Human
Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for
Health Statistics, [1999]
Location: OTTERBEIN GOVT DOCUMENTS: HE 20.6209:5/10/999
Minorities and women in higher education./U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission
Location: OTTERBEIN GOVT DOCUMENTS: Y 3.EQ 2:12-6/
983
- presents recent and ongoing projects aimed at improving gender policy across a wide variety of areas in OECD countries and beyond. It also features “Women and Men in OECD Countries”, a brochure presenting interesting facts and figures on gender issues.
Progress of the world's women 2005 : women, work, & poverty / Martha Chen
Location: Reference HQ1240 .P66 2005
The world's women, 2000 : trends and statistics.
Location : Reference Ref HQ1154 .W95 2000
The world's women, 2005 : progress in statistics.
Location : Reference HQ1154 .W95 2006
Statistical abstract of the United States /
prepared by the chief of the Bureau of Statistics,Treasury Department.
Location : Reference Ref HA202 .S83 (older
issues are in Documents: C 3.134: )
Statistical handbook on women in America / compiled
and edited by Cynthia M. Taeuber ; forewords by Gail Sheehy, Wilma Vaught,
Sheila Wellington.
Location: Reference Ref HQ 1420 .T34 1996
A statistical handbook which details changes in American
women among different generations. Most statistics are derived from U.S.
government publications. Includes a subject index.
Statistical record of women worldwide / Linda Schmittroth,
editor.
Location: Reference Ref HQ1150 .S73 1995
The status of women in Ohio : politics, economics,
health, demographics / Institute for Women's Policy Research.
Location: Reference Ref HQ1438.O3 .S73 1998
The status of women in the states : politics, economics,
health, rights, demographics / edited by Amy B. Caiazza.
Location: Reference Ref HQ1410 .I57 2002
Studies in American fertility : late expectations--
childbearing patterns of American women for the 1990s, profile of the foreign-born
population in the United States./U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Location: OTTERBEIN GOVT DOCUMENTS: C 3.186:P-23/176
Women Working, 1800-1930 (Harvard University Library)