Library Guides: Women's and Gender Studies Research Guide: Humanities: Arts, Writing, Philosophy, Religion

Electronic Journals

n.paradoxa: International Feminist Art Journal
An international feminist art journal which includes links to bibliographies of books and magazines on women's art organizations, archives and Internet sites.
WILLA: Women in Literature and Life Assembly
The publication focuses on the crucial issues regarding the status and image of women and girls in every educational setting, both inside and outside the classroom. Appears to have ceased publication in 2012.

Women in Philosphy and Religion

APA Committee on the Status of Women
This committee analyzes and reports of the status of women in the profession.
Life & Works of Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
A remarkable woman, a "first" in many fields. This site details her life and many accomplishments.
SWIP, Society for Women in Philosophy
Home page for the Society for Women in Philosophy, contains links to information on women philosophers, the SWIP electronic discussion list, and issues relating to philosophy and women.

Women & Writing

African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
Digitized resources from the Schomburg Center of the New York Public Library dedicated to promoting the works of more than 40 important Black women writers from the 19th century. Includes Phillis Wheatley, Harriet Jacobs, Ann Plato, Mary Prince, and many more.
British Women Romantic Poets, 1789-1832
Extensive finding aid and archive notes on works by British women Romantic poets, from OAC (Online Archive of California). Does not include digitized content.
Lire Les Femmes Ecrivains et Les Litteratures Africaines
Focusing on women writers of French-speaking, sub-Saharan Africa. Includes biographical information, texts, bibliographies, interviews, links to related sites, and a search engine. English version available. Appears to have ceased in Dec. 2018.
Suffragist Oral History Project (Regional Oral History Office)
Interviews with twelve leaders and participants in the women's suffrage movement. Includes Jeannette Rankin's memories of Carrie Chapman Catt.
Victorian Women Writers Project
This long-running digital project (1995- ) focuses on providing full-text works from lesser known Victorian women writers. Includes Lady Wilde, Olive Schreiner, Harriet Martineau, and many others. From Indiana University.
Voices from the Gaps: University of Minnesota
This project focused on the lives and works of BIPOC women writers in North America. Author pages were organized by name, place of birth, significant dates, and BIPOC identity group. Ceased in 2014 and preserved by the Univ. of Minnesota's University Digital Conservancy.
Women in Print: essays on the print culture of American women from the 19th and 20th centuries
Women Writers Project
Bringing texts by pre-Victorian women writers out of the archive and making them accessible to a wide audience.

Women in Art & Music

Clay Art Web Guide
Links to various sites dealing with, for instance, mosaics, ceramic masters, porcelain, art associations, and figurative sculpture.
International Alliance for Women in Music
The IAWM web site promotes interaction and awareness of activities related to women in music, and serves as a resource for women composers.
National Museum of Women in the Arts
CreativeFolk.com\
Scary Women Symposium
Women and Artistic Expression: Duke University
Pathfinder for sources in the Duke University Libraries from the Sallie Bingham Center for women's history and culture.
Women Song Composers: A Listing of Songs Published in the United States and England, ca. 1890-1930
A collection of sheet music written by women composers active in North America and England between 1850 and 1950.
World's Women On-Line! Electronic Art Networking
The World's Women On-line! is an electronic art networking project originally established to be presented at the United Nations' Fourth Conference on Women in Beijing, China in 1995. Utilizing the Internet as a global exhibition format, this site focuses attention on the challenge of bringing the vast resource of women's experience and culture into the rapidly developing field of information technology. The World's Women On-line! demonstrates the professionalism and achievement of women artists internationally; bridges language barriers through art imagery; and promotes the interdisciplinary collaboration between technologists and artists.