libraries
The Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC)
Recommended books for girls and boys. Especially helpful for finding multicultural resources.
Wisconsin
history
Wisconsin Women Making History
Wisconsin Women Making History is a growing digital resource that provides students and lifetime learners an online destination to find remarkable women who have contributed to Wisconsin’s state legacy.
history
Ada James Papers and Correspondence (1915-1918)
This collection is comprised of selected folders from the larger Ada James Papers (Wis Mss OP) housed at the Wisconsin Historical Society. Ada James (1876-1952) was a leading social reformer, humanitarian, and pacifist from Richland Center, Wisconsin.
history
Women’s History in Wisconsin
Wisconsin women have made many contributions to state and national history, yet our textbooks often reduce women’s history to the campaign for suffrage at the expense of everything else.
history
How Wisconsin Women Won the Ballot
On June 10, 1919, the Wisconsin Legislature passed a resolution ratifying the Federal Constitutional amendment abolishing sex as a qualification of voters. Theodora Youmans ( Wisconsin Women’s Suffrage Association President, 1913-1919) recounts the early story (1846-1911) as an historian and reports on later events (1912-1919) as an active participant: “All of this I saw, part of it I was”.
history
Sketches of Wisconsin Pioneer Women
Description Electronic copy of the book by Florence Dexheimer, first
Indigenous women
Wise Women Gathering Place
Wise Women Gathering Place is an independent non-profit organization that provides Native American culturally-specific services to any person harmed by violence.
trafficking
A Baseline Assessment: Data Collection and Analysis of Women Escort Advertisements Posted on Backpage.com in Madison, Wi.
This study will analyze the relationship between technology and sex trafficking in Madison, Wisconsin. This is a collaborative effort between the community of Madison and the University of Wisconsin 4W STREETS (Social Transformation to End Exploitation and Trafficking for Sex) Project.
abortion
Collaborative for Reproductive Equity (CORE)
The Collaborative for Reproductive Equity (CORE) is a multidisciplinary research center at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. CORE conducts and shares rigorous, policy relevant research to support reproductive health, equity, and autonomy in Wisconsin and beyond, and strives to align our work with a reproductive justice framework.
law
Reproductive Justice – End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin
End Domestic Abuse is an organization working to provide safety and to give a voice to all affected by domestic abuse, while creating the social change necessary to address its root causes. This page on the End Domestic Abuse WI is dedicated to sharing information and resources on reproductive justice, including Wisconsin and National Resources, Shareable Media, and an FAQ on Abortion Access in WI in the Wake of Roe V Wade Being Overturned
