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The Office of the Gender and Women's Studies Librarian
One of the premier resources for support of gender, women’s studies, and LGBT studies scholarship and librarianship. Contains collections of publications and primary sources.
UN Women Digital Library
Resource collection containing guides, case studies, reports, brochures, and videos.
Voice of the Shuttle: Gender and Sexuality Studies

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Catalyst
Catalyst is a global nonprofit working with some of the world’s most powerful CEOs and leading companies to help build workplaces that work for women.
Center for American Women and Politics
CAWP is a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is nationally recognized as the leading source of scholarly research and current data about American women’s political participation.
Discovering American Women's History Online
This database provides access to digital collections of primary sources (photos, letters, diaries, artifacts, etc.) that document the history of women in the United States.
The Emma Goldman Papers
The University of California Berkeley UCB has collected, organized, and edited tens of thousands of documents from around the world by and about Emma Goldman (1869-1940), a leading figure in American anarchism, feminism, and radicalism.
Equality Now
International network of lawyers, activists and supporters holding governments responsible for ending legal inequality, sex trafficking, sexual violence & harmful practices, such as female genital mutilation (FGM) & "child marriage."
IEEE Women in Engineering
A global network of IEEE members and volunteers dedicated to promoting women engineers and scientists, and inspiring girls around the world to follow their academic interests in a career in engineering and science.
International Women's Health Coalition
IWHC advances the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and young people, particularly adolescent girls, in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East.
Lesbian Herstory Archive
The world's largest collection of materials by and about lesbians and their communities.
MenEngage
MenEngage members work collectively and individually toward advancing gender justice, human rights and social justice to achieve a world in which all can enjoy healthy, fulfilling and equitable relationships and their full potential.
National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection
A curated collection from the Library of Congress containing articles and essays, and primary sources including newspapers, books, pamphlets, memorials, scrapbooks, and proceedings from the meetings of various women's organizations that document the suffrage fight.
National Museum of Women in the Arts
The only major museum in the world solely dedicated to championing women through the arts.
National Women's History Project
The National Women’s History Project recognizes and celebrates the diverse and historic accomplishments of women by providing informational services and educational and promotional materials.
Promundo
Promundo works to promote gender equality and create a world free from violence by engaging men and boys in partnership with women and girls.
The Safe Zone Project
The Safe Zone Project (SZP) is a free online resource providing curricula, activities, and other resources for educators facilitating Safe Zone trainings (sexuality, gender, and LGBTQ+ education sessions), and learners who are hoping to explore these concepts on their own.
UN Women Watch
Curated news and events on gender equality from across the United Nations.
Women's Liberations Movement Print Culture
Digital collection of manifestos, speeches, essays, and other materials documenting various aspects of the Women's Movement in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s.
Women's Sports Foundation
Founded in 1974 by tennis legend, Billie Jean King, the Women’s Sports Foundation is dedicated to creating leaders by ensuring all girls access to sports.
Working Women, 1800-1930
Digital collection of books, trade catalogs, manuscripts, and photographs exploring women's impact on the economic life of the United States between 1800 and the Great Depression.

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