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Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies: Reference Sources

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Turret lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas, October 1942.

United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs Division

Women - Encyclopedias, Handbooks, Directories

The Greenwood encyclopedia of women's issues worldwide
Main Ref HQ1115 .G74 2003

Routledge international encyclopedia of women: global women's issues and knowledge , 4 volumes.
Main Ref HQ1115 .R69 2000

The American women's almanac: an inspiring and irreverent women's history
Main Ref HQ 1410 B47 1997

American women's history
Main Ref HQ 1115 W4 1994

Chronology of women's history
Main Ref HQ 1121 O47 1994

What American Women Did, 1789-1920
Main Ref HQ1154 .C665 2001

The dictionary of feminist theory
Main Ref HQ1115 .H86 1990

Handbook of American women's history
Main Ref HQ 1410 H36 1990

The nature of woman : an encyclopedia & guide to the literature
Main Ref HQ1115 .W37

The reader's companion to U.S. women's history
Main Ref HQ1410 .R43 1998

The woman's encyclopedia of myths and secrets
Main Ref BL 458 W34 1983

Women in American politics [electronic resource] : history and milestones
HQ1236.5.U6 W43 2012 INTERNET

Women in the Third World : an encyclopedia of contemporary issues
Main Ref HQ1870.9 .W6548 1998

Women's studies encyclopedia
Main Ref HQ 1115 W645 1989

International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences / edited by James D. Wright 

Periodicals on Women and Women's Rights

Periodicals on women and women's rights
Main Micro IndexZ7964.U49 P4

A collection of microfilms and microfiche which reproduce the complete runs (with minor gaps) of 24 periodicals of special interest for women's studies. These titles, originally published in the 19th or early 20th century, include publications which focus on labor unions, family planning, woman suffrage, and women's rights. Individual articles in these periodicals are not indexed.

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2005 NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship between Virginia Cavaliers and Northwestern University Wildcats

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