Reference Sources

Research Guides

Women's Studies (New York Public Library)

University of Maryland Women's Studies Web Site

Women's History Resources

Aletta, Institute for Women’s History Digital Information Centre

Becoming Human: The Origins and Development of Women's Human Rights, by Arvonne S. Fraser

Global Women's Activism: Selected Sites

Reference works

A history of women in the United States: state-by-state reference, ed. by Doris L. Weatherford, Danbury, CT: Grolier Academic Reference 2004, 4 v.
v. 1. Alabama-Illinois -- v. 2. Indiana-Nebraska -- v. 3. Nevada-South Dakota -- v. 4. Tennessee-Wyoming; appendices.
HOLLIS Record
Internet Archive Full Text

The American women's rights movement: a chronology of events and of opportunities from 1600 to 2008, by Paul D. Buchanan. Boston: Branden Books, 2009. 256 p.
Schlesinger | Harvard Depository RSNI53
--Full Text linked from HOLLIS Record

The Feminist Chronicles: Timeline

Reference books on Gender Studies are located in the East end (RR4760-RR4765) of Widener's Loker Reading Room. Their catalog records can be browsed online in HOLLIS Classic by putting the call number (e.g., RR4760) in the basic Search screen and adjusting the Search Type menu to Widener call number.

Encyclopedia of social movement media, ed. by John D. H. Downing. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 2011 , 602 p.
Widener | WID-LC | P96.A44 E53 2011
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Encyclopedia of American social movements, ed. by Immanuel Ness. Armonk, NY: Sharpe Reference, 2004. 4 v.
Andover-Harv. Theol | Ref. | HN57 .E594 2004
Kennedy Sch of Gov | Ref | HN57 .E594 2004
Widener | RR 4745.10

International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest (1500- ). Print version:
The international encyclopedia of revolution and protest : 1500 to the present, ed. by Immanuel Ness. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. 8 v.
Widener | WID-LC | JC491 .I58 2009

Revolts, protests, demonstrations, and rebellions in American history: an encyclopedia, ed. By Steven L. Danver. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2011. 3 v.
Widener | WID-LC | HN57 .R48 2011

Cambridge History of Law in America

The Oxford Companion to United States History

The Oxford Guide to the United States Government

People power and protest since 1945: a bibliography of nonviolent action, by April Carter, Howard Clark and Michael Randle. London: Housmans Bookshop, 2006, 199 p.
Widener | WID-LC | HM1281 .P36 2006x

Nonviolent action: a research guide, by Ronald M. McCarthy, Gene Sharp. NY: Garland Pub., 1997, 720 p.
Kennedy Sch of Gov | HM278.Z99 M33 1997
Law School | HM278.Z99 M33x 1997
Widener | WID-LC | HM278.Z99 M33 1997x

The sixties in America, ed. by Carl Singleton. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1999. 3 v.
Widener | WID-LC | E841 .S55 1999

The 1960s: an annotated bibliography of social and political movements in the United States, by Rebecca Jackson. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992, 237 p.
Lamont | HN59.Z99 J33 1992x
Widener | WID-LC | HN59.Z99 J33 1992x

American masculinities: a historical encyclopedia, ed. by Bret E. Carroll. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2003. 562 p.
Widener | WID-LC | HQ1090.3 .A453 2003

A companion to gender history, ed. by Teresa A. Meade and Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks. Malden, MA: Oxford, UK: Blackwell Pub., 2004, 676 p.
Schlesinger | 305.309 M481c
Widener | WID-LC | HQ1075 .C655 2004
--Includes several essays on various geographical regions.

A companion to gender studies, ed. by Philomena Essed, David Theo Goldberg, and Audrey Kobayashi. Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub., 2005, 561 p.
Schlesinger | 305.3072 E78c
Widener | WID-LC | HQ1075 .C656 2005

Encyclopedia of sex and gender, ed. by Fedwa Malti-Douglas. Detroit: Macmillan Reference, 2008, 4 v.
Schlesinger | Ref. | 306.703 M261e
Widener | RR 4760.10

Encyclopedia of sex and gender: men and women in the world's cultures, ed. by Carol R. Ember and Melvin Ember. NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2004. 2 v.
Tozzer | REF | HQ16 .E53 2004

The Routledge history of sex and the body: 1500 to the present, ed. by Sarah Toulalan and Kate Fisher. Abingdon, Oxon; NY: Routledge, 2013, 579 p. HOLLIS Record with detailed contents and Google Books version

Encyclopedia of Birth Control, ed. by V. L. Bullough et al. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2001, 349 pp.
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International encyclopedia of marriage and family, ed. by James J. Ponzetti, Jr. 2nd ed. New York : Macmillan Reference USA, 2003, 4 v.
FindIt@Harvard

International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences

Marriage, family, and relationships : a cross-cultural encyclopedia, by Gwen J. Broude. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1994, 372 p.
FindIt@Harvard

Encyclopedia of marriage and the family, ed. by David Levinson. New York : Macmillan Library Reference USA : Simon & Schuster Macmillan, 1995, 2 v.
FindIt@Harvard

Historical and multicultural encyclopedia of women's reproductive rights in the United States, ed. by Judith A. Baer. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2002, 238 p.
FindIt@Harvard

Encyclopedia of sexual behavior and the law, by Robert L. Maddex. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2006, 419 p.
Law School | Reference | KF9325.A68 M33 2006

Encyclopedia of women and gender: sex similarities and differences and the impact of society on gender, ed. by Judith Worell. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2001. 2 v.
Gutman Education | Ref. | HQ1115 .E52 2001
Schlesinger | Ref. | 305.303 W929e
Widener | RR 4761.60

The Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures Online reflects current research on gender studies and the Islamic world across history, geographic borders, and disciplines. Print version:.
Andover-Harv. Theol | Ref. | HQ1170 .E53 2003
Lamont | REFERENCE | HQ1170 .E53 2003
Law School | Islamic Ref | BP173.4 .E53x 200
Widener | WID-LC | HQ1170 .E53 2003

 

LGBT, encyclopedia of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history in America, ed. by Marc Stein. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons: Thomson Gale, 2004. 3 v.
Andover-Harv. Theol | Ref. | HQ76.3.U5 E53 2000
Lamont | REFERENCE | HQ76.3.U5 E53 2004
Schlesinger | Ref. | 306.766 S819e, oversize
Widener | RR 4763.51.15

Bibliographies

Look for specialized subject bibliographies in HOLLIS Classic: Search <Muslim women and bibliography> [Subject Keyword search] on Expanded Search screen

Biography

Encyclopedia of women social reformers, by Helen Rappaport. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2001. 2 v.
Schlesinger | Ref. | 303.484 R221e
Widener | WID-LC | HQ1236 .R29 2001