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Bibliographies

Alston, R.C. A Checklist of Women Writers 1801-1900: Fiction, Verse, Drama. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1990.
Ref. PR 115.A47 1990

Ballou, Patricia K. Women: A Bibliography of Bibliographies.
Ref. HQ 1121.B31 1986

Barnes, Dorothy L., comp. Rape: A Bibliography, 1965-1975. Troy: Whitston, 1977.
HV 6558.B3

Cline, Cheryl. Women’s Diaries, Journals, and Letters; An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1989.
Ref. CT 3230.C55 1989

Engelbarts, Rudolf. Women in the United States Congress, 1917-1972: Their Accomplishments; With Bibliographies. Littleton: Libraries Unlimited, 1974.
JK 1030.A2.E5

Gabaccia, Donna R., comp. Immigrant Women in the United States: A Selectively Annotated Multidisciplinary Bibliography. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.
Ref. JV 6346.W7.G33 1989

Garber, Linda. Lesbian sources: a bibliography of periodical articles, 1970-1990.  New York : Garland, 1993.
Ref. HQ75.5 .G37 1993

Harrison, Cynthia E., ed. Women in American History: A Bibliography. 2 vols. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1979.
HQ 1410.H38 1979 Oversize

Humm, Maggie. Dictionary of Feminist Theory. 1995.
Ref. HQ 1115.H86 1995 2nd ed.

Humphreys, Nancy K. American Women’s Magazines: An Annotated Historical Guide. New York: Garland, 1989.
Ref. PN 4879.H86 1989

Kinnard, Cynthia D. Antifeminism in American Thought: An Annotated Bibliography. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1986.
Ref. HQ 1426.K552 1986

Krichmar, Albert. The Women’s Movement in the Seventies: An International English Language Bibliography. Metuchen: Scarecrow Press, 1977.
Ref. HQ 1154.K68

Lent, John A., comp. Women and Mass Communications: An International Annotated Bibliography. New York: Greenwood Press, 1991.
Ref. P 94.5.W65.L45 1991

Loeb, Catherine & Searing, Susan E. & Stineman, Esther. Women’s Studies: A Recommended Core Bibliography, 1980-85. 1987
Ref. HQ 1180.L6 1987

Miller, Connie. Feminist research methods : an annotated bibliography. New York : Greenwood, 1991.
Ref. HQ1180 .M55 1991

Pedersen, Diana L. Changing Women, Changing History: A Bibliography of the History of Women in Canada 2nd ed. 1996
Ref. HQ 1453.P43 1996

Pollack, Sandra, and Denise D. Knight, eds. Contemporary Lesbian Writers of the United States: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook.Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993.
PS 153.L46.C65 1993

Reardon, Joan. Poetry by American Women, 1900-1975: A Bibliography. Metuchen: Scarecrow Press, 1979.
Ref. PS 151.R4

Remley, Mary L. Women in Sport: An Annotated Bibliography and Resource Guide, 1900-1990. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1991.
Ref. GV 709.R46 1991

Ridinger, Robert B. Marks. The homosexual and society : an annotatedbibliography
New York : Greenwood Press, 1990.
Ref. HQ76.25 .R5 1990

Searing, Susan E. Introduction to Research in Women’s Studies.1985
Ref. HQ 1206.S4 1985

Searing, Susan and Shult, Linda. Women, race, and ethnicity : a bibliography. Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin System Women's Studies Librarian, 1991.
Ref. HQ1161 .W65 1991

Siegel, Patricia Joan, and Kay Thomas Finley. Women in the Scientific Search : An American Bio-Bibliography, 1724-1979. Metuchen: Scarecrow, 1985.
Ref. Q 141.S5 1985

Smith, Hilda L., and Susan Cardinale, comps. Women and the Literature of the Seventeenth Century: An Annotated Bibliography Based on Wing’s Short-Title Catalog. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990.
PR 113.S6 1990

Watson, G. Llewellyn. Feminism and Women’s Issues: An Annotated Bibliography and Research Guide.
Ref. HQ 1121.B31

Zuckerman, Mary Ellen, comp. Sources on the History of Women’s Magazines, 1792-1960: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Greenwood, 1991.
Ref. PN 4879.Z83 1991
 

Biographical Sources

Banks, Olive. The Biographical Dictionary of British Feminists. 2 vols. New York: New York UP, 1985.
Ref. HQ 1123.B36 1985

Bataille, Gretchen M. Native American Women. New York: Garland, 1993.
Ref. E 98 W8 B38 1993

Hine, Darlene Clark, ed. Black Women in America: an historical encyclopedia. New York: Carlson, 1993.
Ref. E 185.86 B542 1993

Mainiero, Lina, ed. American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present. 5 vols. New York: Unger, 1979.
Ref. PS 147.A4

Magill, Frank N. ed.  Great Lives From History. American Women Series.  Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, 1995.  5 vols.
Ref. HQ1412 .G74 1995

Rhodes,  Carolyn H. ed., and Mary Louise Briscoe and Ernest L. Rhodes. First Person Female American: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography of the Autobiographies of American Women Living After 1950.  Troy, N.Y.: Whitston Pub. Co., 1980.
Ref. HQ1386 .F5

Telgen, Diane and Kamp, Jim, ed. Notable Hispanic American Women. Detroit: Gale, 1993.
Ref. E 184 S75 N68 1993

Willard, Frances, and Mary A. Livermore. A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-Seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life.  Buffalo: Moulton, 1893.
Microfiche E 156.L5 LAC 10769
 

Chronologies

Davis, Cynthia J.  Women Writers in the United States: A Timeline of Literary, Cultural, and Social History.  New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
PS147 .D38 1996

Greenspan, Karen. The Timetables of Women’s History: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in Women’s History. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.
Ref. HQ 1121.G74 1994
 
 

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

 Bell, Robert E. Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1991.
Ref. BL 715.B445 1991

Boles, Janet K. From the goddess to the glass ceiling : a dictionary of feminism Lanham, Md. : Madison Books, c1996.
Ref. HQ1115 .F77 1996

Boles, Janet K., 1944- Historical dictionary of feminism Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, c1996.
Ref. HQ1115 .B65 1996

Dynes, Wayne R., ed. Encyclopedia of Homosexuality. 2 vols. New York: Garland, 1990.
Ref. HQ 76.25.E53 1990

Humm, Maggie. The Dictionary of Feminist Theory. Columbus: Ohio State UP, 1995.
Ref. HQ 1115.H86 1995

Kowaleski-Wallace, Elizabeth, ed. Encyclopedia of feminist literary theory.  New York : Garland, 1997.
Ref. PN98.W64 E53 1997

Kramarae, Cheris. A feminist dictionary. London ; Boston : Pandora Press, 1985.
Ref. HQ1115 .K73 1985

McFadden, Margaret. Women's issues. Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, c1997.
Ref. HQ1115 .W6425 1997

Payne, Michael, ed. A dictionary of cultural and critical theory. Oxford, OX, UK ; Cambridge, Mass., USA : Blackwell Reference, 1996.
Ref. HM101 .D527 1996

Richardson, Diane and Robinson, Victoria, ed. Thinking feminist : key concepts in women's studies.   New York : Guilford Press, c1993.
Ref. HQ1154 .T475 1993

Routledge Companion to Feminism and Post-feminism.
Ref: HQ1115R68 2001

Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women: Global Women's Issues and Knowledge
Ref: HQ1115R69 2000

Schlueter, Paul, and June Schlueter, eds. An Encyclopedia of British Women Writers. New York: Garland, 1988.
Ref. PR 111.E54 1988

Smith, Bonnie G. ed.  Global Feminisms Since 1945.  New York: Routledge, 2000.
HQ1154 .G56 2000

Tierney, Helen, ed. Women’s Studies Encyclopedia. 3 vols. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989-1991.
HQ 1115.W645 1989

Todd, Janet, ed. A Dictionary of British and American Women Writers, 1660-1800. Totowa: Rowman & Allanheld, 1985.
Ref. PR 113.D5 1985
 

Discourse

Richter, Alan. The Language of Sexuality. Jefferson: McFarland, 1987.
HQ 23.R53 1987

Todd, Alexandra Dundas and Fisher, Sue, ed. Gender and discourse: the power of talk. Norwood, N.J.:  Ablex Pub. Corp., 1988.
Ref. HQ1154.G38 1988
 

Indexes, Directories and Abstracts

Directory of Archives and Manuscript Repositories in the United States. Phoenix: Oryx, 1988.
Ref. CD 3020.D49 1988

Directory of research on women and gender. [New York, N.Y.] : Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Columbia University, 1990.
Ref. HQ1181.U5 D56 1990

Herman, Kali. Women in Particular: An Index to American Women. Phoenix: Onyx Press, 1984.
Ref. HQ 1412.H47 1984

Ireland, Norma Olin. Index to Women of the World from Ancient to Modern Times: Biographies and Portraits. Westwood: F. W. Faxon, 1970.
Ref. CT 3202.I73

Manning, Beverley. Index to American Women Speakers. 1828-1978.Metuchen: Scarecrow, 1980.
Ref. AI3.M33

Manning, Beverley. We Shall Be Heard: An Index to Speeches by American Women, 1978 to 1985. Metuchen: Scarecrow, 1980.
Ref. PS 408.M36 1988

National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections Index. Hamden, CT: Shoe String Press. 1959-.
Ref. Z 1033.M3.N32

Neft, Naomi and Levine, Ann. Where women stand: an international report on the status of women in 140 countries, 1997-1998. New York : Random House, c1997.
Ref. HQ1154 .N39 1997
 

Quotations

Partnow, Elaine, comp. The Quotable Woman, 1800-1981. New York: Facts on File, 1982.
Ref. PN 6081.5.Q63 1982

Partnow, Elaine, comp. The Quotable Woman, From Eve to 1799. New York: Facts on File, 1985.
Ref. PN 6081.5.Q64 1985

Partnow, Elaine, comp.  The New Quotable Woman.  New York : Facts on File, 1992.
Ref.  PN6081.5 .N49 1992

Research Guides and Handbooks

Beere, Carole A. Gender roles : a handbook of tests and measures. New York : Greenwood Press, 1990.
Ref. HM253 .B43 1990

Beere, Carole A., Sex and gender issues : a handbook of tests and measures. New York:  Greenwood Press, 1990.
Ref. BF692 .B38 1990

Carter, Sarah & Ritchie, Maurine. Women’s Studies: A Guide to Information Sources. 1990
Ref. HQ 1206.C37 1990

Diamant, Louis. The Psychology of sexual orientation, behavior, and identity: a handbook.  Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1995.
Ref.HQ16 .P79 1995

Harlan, Judith. Feminism: A Reference Handbook.  Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 1998.
Ref. HQ1410 .H365 1998

The… Information Please Women’s Source Book Boston: Houghten, Mifflin, 1994
Ref. HQ 1406.I54 1995

Kinnear, Karen L. Women in the Third World: a reference handbook. Santa Barbara, Calif.:  ABC-CLIO, 1997.
Ref. HQ1870.9 .K58 1997

Newton, David E. Gay and Lesbian Rights: A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, Calif.:  ABC-CLIO, 1994.
Ref. HQ76.3.U5 N48 1994

Watson, G. Llewellyn. Feminism and Women’s Issues: An Annotated Bibliography and Research Guide. 1990
Ref. HQ1206 W37  2 vols.
 

Statistics

American Men and Women: Demographics of the Sexes. New Strategist, eds.  Ithaca, NY : New Strategies Publications, Inc., 2000.
Ref.  HB1755.A3 A44 2000

Handbook for Producing National Statistical Reports on Women and Men.  Department of Economic and Social Information, Statistics Division. New York : United Nations, 1997.
Ref.  HQ1075 .H35 1997

Schmittroth, Linda, ed. Statistical Record of Women Worldwide. Detroit : Gale Research, 1995.
Ref. HQ1150 .S73 1995

Taeuber, Cynthia, ed. Statistical Handbook on Women in America. Phoenix: Oryx, 1996.
Ref. HQ 1420.T34 1996

The World's Women, 1995:  Trends and Statistics.  New York: United Nations, 1995.
Ref. HQ1154 .W95 1995
 

Men’s Studies

August, Eugene R. The New Men’s Studies: A Selected and Annotated Interdisciplinary Bibliography. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1994.
Ref. HQ 1090.A94 1994

Brod, Harry, and Michael Kaufman, eds.  Theorizing Masculinities.  Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1994.
 HQ1088 .T55

Clawson, Mary Ann. Constructing Brotherhood: Class Gender, and Fraternalism. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1989.
HS2275.C53 1989

Dynes, Wayne R. Homosexuality: A Research Guide. New York: Garland, 1987.
Ref. HQ 76.25.D9 1987

Franks, Helen. Goodbye Tarzan: Men After Feminism. Allen and Unwind, 1984.
HQ 1090.F73 1984

Griswold, Robert L. Fatherhood in America: A History. New York: Basic Books, 1993
HQ 756.G78 1993

Jardine, Alice & Smith, Paul, eds. Men in Feminism. New York: Methuen, 1987.
HQ 1154.M439 1987

Jeffords, Susan. Remasculinization of America: Gender and the Vietnam War. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1989
BF 692.5.J44 1989

Kupers, Terry Allen. Revisioning Men’s Lives: Gender, Intimacy, and Power. New York: Guilford Press, 1993
HQ 1090.K86 1993

Lees, Clare A., ed. Medieval Masculinities: Regarding Men in the Middle Ages. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1994.
HQ 1088.M45 1994

Marine, Gene. A Male Guide to Women’s Liberation. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972.
HQ 1426.M28

Messner, Michael A. and Sablo, Donald F. Sex, Violence & Power in Sports: Rethinking Masculinity. Freedom, CA : Crossing Press, 1994.
GV 706.5 M47 1994

Miedzian, Myriam. Boys Will Be Boys: Breaking the Link Between Masculinity & Violence. New York: Doubleday, 1991.
HQ 775.M58 1991

Morrow, France. Unleashing Our Unknown Selves: An Inquiry into the Future of Femininity and Masculinity. New York, Praeger, 1991.
HQ 1075.5.U6M67 1991

Seidler, Victor J. Recreating Sexual Politics: Men, Feminism, and Politics. New York: Routledge, 1991.
HQ 1090.S435 1991

Stoltenberg, John. Refusing to be a Man: Essays on Sex and Justice. Portland: Breitenbush Books, 1989.
HQ 28.S86 1989
 

Web Sites

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