No Turning Back: The Feminist Resource Site

Introduction
1. The Historical Case for Feminism

Some definitions of feminism

Selected academic resources: (bibliographies, libraries, and other academic feminist websites)

• Women's Studies Database at University of Maryland
• Women's Studies Resources at Northern Arizona University
• Feminisms at the E-Server
• Women's Studies/Women's Issues Resource Site by Joan Korenman at UMBC including the International Gender-Related Email Lists
• Feminist Studies Resources by Kathy Kerns at Stanford University
• For curriculum resources, see The National Women's History Project
• National Collaborative for Women's History Sites in the U.S.
• For library research sources, American Women's History: A Research Guide (archived as of 2010)
• Discovering American Women's History Online
• Best of the Web Feminist Webpages
• Celebrating Women's History: 100 Amazing Libraries and Collections on the Web

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Before Feminism
2. Gender & Power

In the long history before feminism, women developed many forms of creativity, productivity, and authority.

Nu Shu is a unique women's language in the Hunan province of China. The image to the right features a print version of this predominantly oral language. There is also a film about Nu Shu by director Yue-Qing Yang, available from Women Make Movies

A Midwife's Tale Women have long been engaged in the work of healing, as this diary of a midwife in preindustrial American illustrates. This innovative webpage allows you to explore primary sources for women's history.

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