Pathfinder: Women's Studies

Scope|Subject Headings|Overview Sources|Chronologies|Specialized Reference Sources|Circulating Books|Periodicals, Journals & Trade Publications|Videos |Article Databases|Web Sites

SCOPE: For hundreds of years women have played a significant role in both world and U.S. History. Women in the fields of aviation, art, science, business, literature, and the environment as well as other arenas have made contributions to society. This pathfinder will focus on specific resources that will provide an in-depth analysis of the role of women in society and will serve as a guideline for student research.

SUBJECT HEADINGS

Books dealing with women's studies are listed in the Baddour Library's on-line catalog under the following subject headings:

Women in business
Women air pilots
Women artists
Women's studies
Women in literature
Women in sports

There are sources located in the Reference Section of the Baddour Library that give a general overview or summary of the topic you are researching. The following is a list of some of the sources available in the library.

OVERVIEW SOURCES

REF HQ 1236.5.U6F73 1993 The Women's Desk Reference

CHRONOLOGIES

REF HQ 1121.G74 1994 The Timetables of Women's History: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in Women's History

REF HQ 1122.T73 1994 The Women's Chronology: A Year-By-Year Record from Prehistory to the Present

SPECIALIZED REFERENCE SOURCES

REF Q141.B254 1998 American Women in Science: 1950 to the Present: A Biographical Dictionary

REF Q141.B5285 2000 The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid 20th Century

REF BL 458.E53 1999 Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion

REF TL 539.W395 1998 Encyclopedia of Women in Aviation and Space

REF PR 111.F45 1990b The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present

REF HD 6054.4.U6 S55 1994 Enterprising Women: Lessons from 100 of the Greatest Entrepreneurs of our Day

REF Q141.C69 1998 Ladies in the Laboratory? American and British Women in Science, 1800-1900: A Survey of Their Contributions to Research

REF Z7963.A75 A47 1991 N8354 Women in the Fine Arts: A Bibliography and Illustration Guide

Some representative books from the Circulating Collection are:

CIRCULATING BOOKS (LOCATED IN THE CALL NO. RANGE HQ)

Baker, Jean H. Votes for Women: The Struggle for Suffrage Revisited. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.

Bandy, Susan J. Crossing Boundaries: An International Anthology of Women's Experiences in Sports. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 1999.

Breton, Mary Joy. Women Pioneers for the Environment. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1998.

Cobble, Dorothy Sue. The Other Women’s Movement: Workplace Justice and Social
Rights in Modern America. Woodstock: Princeton University Press, 2005.

Creager, Angela NH. Feminism in Twentieth-Century Science, Technology,
And Medicine. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001.

Eagleton, Mary. A Concise Companion to Feminist Theory. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2003.

Franzosa, Susan Douglas. Integrating Women's Studies into the Curriculum: an Annotated Bibliography. Westport, Ct: Greenwood Press, 1984.

Gilbert, Sandra M. No Man's Land: The Place of the Woman Writer in the Twentieth Century. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989.

Hite, Molly. The Other Side of the Story: Structures and Strategies of Contemporary Feminist Narrative. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1989.

Holden, Henry M. Ladybirds II: The Continuing Story of American Women in Aviation. Mt. Freedom, N.J: Black Hawk Pub. Co; 1993.

Kwolek-Folland, Angel. Incorporating Women: A History of Women and Business in the United States. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1998.

Lindenmeyer, Kriste. Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Lives: Women in American
History. Wilmington, Del: SR Books, 2000.

MacNabb,Elizabeth L. Transforming the Disciplines: A Women's Primer. New York: Haworth Press, 2001.

Mays, Dorothy A.  Women in Early America:  Struggle, Survival, and Freedom in a   New World.  Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 2004.

Meade, Teresa A. & Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks. A Companion to Gender History. Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub; 2004.

Moore, Dorothy P. Women Entrepreneurs: Moving Beyond the Glass Ceiling. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 1997.

Polster, Mirian. Eve's Daughters: The Forbidden Heroism of Women. San Francisco: Jossey-Basss, 1992.

Ruiz, Vicki L. Unequal Sisters: A Multicultural Reader in U.S. Women's History. New York: Routledge, 1994.

Schacht, Steve P. Feminism with Men: Bridging the Gender Gap. Lanham, Md:
Rowman & Littlefield, 2004.

Zinsser, Judith P. History & Feminism: A Glass Half Full. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1993.

Some of the specific periodicals that the library subscribes to that focuses on the topic of women's studies are:

PERIODICALS, JOURNALS  & TRADE PUBLICATIONS

Click the link for a list of full text journals available through our databases in:

• Gender Studies & Sexuality

Open Access Journals in Gender Studies

VIDEOS

Video 50 Caroline Bird: Pioneer of Women's Studies, Author, Futurist

N8354.G74 2000 v.1-3 (3vols) Great Women Artists

ARTICLE DATABASES (on the library's database page; scroll down and choose one of the following):

• Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
• CQ Researcher:   The Future of Feminism 4/14/2006
• Facts on File
• First Search (by password only; please contact the library at x6559)

WEB SITES

American Women's History: A Research Guide
http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html
Maintained by Kenneth Middleton, a Librarian from Middle Tennessee State University. This site is divided into 27 areas of women's history including aviation, immigrants, Jewish women, Colonial America, etc. A nice feature is the digital archive with links to primary sources and World War I posters.

Early Modern Women Database
http://www.lib.umd.edu/ETC/LOCAL/emw/emw.php3
This site was created by librarians from the University of Maryland. It covers the time period from 1500-1800 and provides indexes by title, subject and publication type. (references works, periodicals indexes and databases, professional resources)

Feminist Theory Website
http://www.cddc.vt.edu/feminism/
Developed by Kristina Switala,from the University of Tennessee, this award-winning site links to contributions from scholars and specialists from all over the world. The site is available in English, Spanish, and French.

National Women's History Project
http://www.nwhp.org/
Created by the Women's History Project, which was started in 1980 as a non-profit agency to promote educational awareness of the importance of women's contributions to society. There is an interesting section called the Learning Place that has links to biographies of notable women from historical figures such as Harriet Tubman to such contemporaries as Maya Angelou and Madeleine Albright. Links for parents, teachers, and students are especially helpful.

Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1775-2000
http://womhist.binghamton.edu/
This excellent site was partially funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and has links to 800 primary source documents by date and subject. There are also links in the categories of webographies.

Women in American History
http://search.eb.com/women/
From Encyclopedia Britannica, this site covers women's history from 1600 to the present, including articles, a media gallery, primary sources, and links to additional resources.

WSSLINKS: Women and Gender Studies Web Sites
http://libr.org/WSS/WSSLinks/index.html
This extensive site provides links to 14 topical pages which includes Archives, Art and Film, Culture, Education, History, Lesbian Sites, etc. Links to bibliographies, metasites, reports, publications, organizations, and directories.