Career Services Office
Resources for Women
Books
Lazarus, Barbara B., Ritter, Lisa M., and Ambrose, Susan A. The Woman's Guide to Navigating the Ph.D. in Engineering & Science. New York: IEEE Press, 2001.
Toth, Emily. Ms. Mentor's Impeccable Advice for Women in Academia. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997.
Web Sites
American Association of University Women
For more than 125 years, the American Association of University Women has been one of the nation’s leading voices promoting
education and equity for women and girls. AAUW is composed of two corporations: the Association and the AAUW Educational
Foundation. Through its nationwide network, AAUW opens doors for women and girls and influences public debate on critical social
issues such as education, civil rights, and workplace equity. AAUW sponsors community programs; publishes groundbreaking research
on women, girls, and education; is one of the world's largest sources of funding exclusively for graduate women; and fights
sex discrimination in education.
Advancing Women is dedicated to helping women network about workplace issues. The site contains the Advancing Women in Leadership Journal, articles about workplace issues and barriers, money and investing advice, the latest news of interest to women, chat rooms, and message boards.
Catalyst is an independent research and advisory services organization working to advance women in business. Its dual mission: to enable professional women to achieve their maximum potential and to help employers capitalize fully on the talents of their female employees.
Raise the Nation is a nonprofit corporation developed to help single parent women continue or repay their education expenses. It was created by Insanity House, advocates for single parent and nontraditional families, and is funded by foundations, individual contributors, corporate sponsors, pro bono rent and equipment, and media support.
The Society for the Psychology of Women was established in 1973 as Division 35 of the American Psychological Association. The Society is devoted to providing an organizational base for all feminists, women and men of all national origins who are interested in teaching, research, or practice in the psychology of women. Their purpose is to promote feminist scholarship and practice, and to advocate action toward public policies that advance equality and social justice.
Women Employed, a non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the economic status of women and remove barriers to economic equity.
Women in Engineering, a one-stop clearinghouse of educational programs and career opportunities for female engineers, categorized by age (grades kindergarten through college), and their parents, teachers, counselors, and program directors developed by Tufts University's School of Engineering and co-sponsored by the Society of Women Engineers and the Women's Engineering Program and Advocacy Network
Women in Science provides an international registry where women scientists can connect with one another. It includes a mentoring area, online interviews, and teachers' resources.
Working Women is an outreach program sponsored by the AFL-CIO. The mission of the site is to begin a national dialog among working women about the issues they care about most: equal pay, health care, child care, and flexible, family-friendly work environments.
Younger Women's Task Force, a project of the National Council of Women's Organizations, is a nationwide, diverse and inclusive grassroots movement dedicated to organizing younger women and their allies to take action on issues that matter most to them. By and for younger women, YWTF works both within and beyond the women's movement, engaging all who are invested in advancing the rights of younger women.
The Ms. Foundation for Women supports the efforts of women and girls to govern their own lives and influence the world around them. Ms. funds and assists women's self-help organizing efforts and pursues changes in public consciousness, law, philanthropy, and social policy. The foundation directs resources to break down barriers based on race, class, age, disability, sexual orientation and culture.
The National Organization for Women (NOW) is dedicated to making legal, political, social, and economic change to eliminate sexism and end all oppression.
References on Chilly Climate for Women Faculty in Academe is a list of references about sex discrimination in the academic world; gender bias in student evaluations, hiring, the tenure process, and peer review; and pay inequity. A number of other online resources are also referenced and linked.
The National Clearinghouse on Academic Worklife is a single resource where you can find links to articles, research and policy reports, policies, demographic information, and links to other useful Web sites. Developed at the University of Michigan's Center for the Education of Women, with support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the National Clearinghouse on Academic Worklife contains resources for researchers, administrators, faculty, and others interested in academia and work. NCAW includes selected resources on all aspects of academic work and related issues: faculty careers, including tenure track and non tenure track faculty, benefits, climate and satisfaction, flexibility and work/life balance, policy development and policies that affect faculty, graduate students as future faculty, administrators' concerns, and more.
