Archives and Webographies in Women's History

An extensive listing of resources in women's and women's movement history from the Women and Social Movements, 1600-2000 website.

Black American Feminisms

From the website Black American Feminisms:

"The multidisciplinary subject bibliography of black American feminist writings that follows is an effort to combat the erasure of black feminist subjectivity and thought through the promotion and use of the literature for the general public, students, scholars and life-long learners seeking information on African American feminism and African American feminist interpretations of a broad range of issues. The bibliography documents and validates an intellectual tradition that is continuously ghettoized within black studies, women's studies and society as a whole. Moreover, the bibliography serves to ensure a place for black American feminist thought in the social change discourse, ensuring that black women's contributions in art, politics and society are preserved and perpetuated."

Chicago Women's Liberation Union Herstory Project

The Chicago Women's Liberation Union formed in 1969, "a group of Windy City women determined to challenge the suffocating male supremacy of the time." (from the website) To read an overview of their history, read transcripts of histories from participants, view feminist artwork, and peruse their historical archive, click here.

Feminist Majority Foundation's Global Feminism 

The FMF's Global Feminism page includes summaries of United States and United Nations Platforms for Action for Women, 1975-1995, as well as information on global issues, resources, and actions.

Jewish Women and the Feminist Revolution

Online exhibit on Jewish women's impact on feminism and on the American Jewish community.  Includes dozens of statements by Jewish feminists, some audio documents, and various primary source documents.

National Clearinghouse on Marital and Date Rape

The Clearinghouse began in 1978 under the directorship of Laura X as a project of the Women's History Research Center, which Laura founded in 1968. To access the Clearinghouse website, click here.

Links to our online chronlogies section

Social Justice (wiki)

This Social Justice wiki website was a student project for Professor Robin D.G. Kelley's Black Movements in the U.S.course taught at Columbia University. It centers on activist intellectuals and organizations in New York City, but many had, or continue to have a national impact. From the website, "All of the movements included here represent one or more of the following categories: labor, civil rights, black liberation, reparations, socialism/communism, feminism, welfare rights, youth/Hip Hop activism, education, peace, environmental justice, and anti-globalization. In each case, students explore the broader political vision(s) of each of these movements (what are they trying to accomplish); the context for their emergence; their strategies and tactics; the impact they have had on the communities they serve as well as on struggles for social justice as a whole; and the kind of support they need to sustain the work they are doing."

Third Wave Foundation

A multi-issue feminist activist organization working nationally to support young women and transgender youth ages 15-30.  Through financial resources (scholarships and grants), public education, relationship building, and leadership training, Third Wave helps support and strengthen young women, transgender youth and their allies working for social and economic justice. 

Women of Color Web

Housed at the Harvard School of Public Health, the Women of Color Webhas a remarkable collection of writings on "feminisms," sexualities and reproductive rights, with articles and book extracts by authors such as Loretta Ross, Patricia Hill Collins, Kimberlé Crenshaw, bell hooks, and many others.   It also includes teaching resources, discussions and invaluable links.