Useful Links

Here is a collection of useful links compiled. This is a work in progress, so please drop the Webmaster a line if you have any to add.

University Departments and Local Resources

• Duke University, Department of History
• Duke University, Women's Studies Program
• NC State University, Department of History
• NC State University, Women’s and Gender Studies Program
• UNC Chapel Hill, Department of History
• UNC Chapel Hill, Women's and Gender History
• UNC Chapel Hill, Women's Studies Department
• UNC Chapel Hill, Workshop Series "Gender, Politics, & Culture in Europe and Beyond"
  (a workshop series bringing together interested scholars from the Triangle Area and beyond, and providing an exciting opportunity to present and discuss the findings of recent research)
• UNC Greensboro, Women's and Gender Studies Program

Organizations and Networks

• Berkshire Conference of Women Historians
  (The best-known aspect of the Berkshire Conference is the meeting of the Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, or "Big Berks," held every three years. The Big Berkshire Conference began in the early 1970s and grew out of the flourishing of interest in women's studies across the country.)
• Coordinating Council for Women and History (CCWH)
  (The CCWH, an organization for women in the historical profession, is an affiliate of the American Historical Association. It is committed to exploring the diverse experiences and histories of all women. Its primary goals are to educate men and women on the status of women in the historical profession and to promote research and interpretation in areas of women's history in the United States and internationally. To that end, CCWH seeks to strengthen ties between permanent and adjunct faculty, graduate students, secondary and elementary teachers and students, public historians, and the general public.)
• H-Women Network and Website
  (H-Women is an international electronic discussion group that has been set up to provide a forum for college and university historians to discuss women's history.)
• H-Minerva Network and Website
  (H-Minerva is the H-Net discussion network devoted to the study of women and war and women in the military, worldwide and in all historical areas.)
• International Federation for the Research in Women's History
  (The international network of women's and gender historians affiliated with the International Federation of Historians)
• Southern Association for Women Historians and H-SAWH Network
  (The Southern Association for Women Historians supports the study of women's history and the work of women historians. SAWH welcomes as members all women and men who are interested in U.S. southern history and/or women's history, as well as all women historians in any field who live in the U.S. South. The SAWH sponsors H-SAWH, which is an international electronic discussion group for scholars and teachers interested in the history of women and gender in the U.S. South. On June 8-11, 2006, the SAWH Seventh Conference on Women's History will be held at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.)

Online Resources

• Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1830-1930
  (Directed by Kathryn Kish Sklar and Thomas Dublin, this site consists of sets of selected primary documents focusing on specific questions related to women and social movements in the United States between 1830 and 1930.)
• ViVa Women's History Database
  (a current bibliography of women's and gender history, containing records of more than 5,400 articles published between 1975 and 2000)
• The Internet Women's History Sourcebook

Webmaster

• Dr. Karen Hagemann (UNC Chapel Hill, History Department), Email: hagemann@unc.edu

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