Women's Studies with Renee Schlueter

Discrimination persists in the workplace and can emerge when women act as their own advocates to seek a raise, experts say. (March 24, 2014)

We all lose because of the biases of Wall Street and Silicon Valley. December 2, 2017

6/4/2017

This website includes a stunning collection of 64 videos and essays from women across the agency who contribute to NASA’s mission in many different ways.

This website provides biographies of women who were pioneers in the computing field.

This website provides links to "Important Female Scientists:" such as Jane Goodall and Rachel Carson.

Recent studies, many of them done by early-career scientists, are teasing out a more nuanced story than the one in the headlines (March 6, 2016).

The first woman to head the Yale physics department — she specializes in the study of black holes — has continued to combat gender inequities in science. (November 28, 2016)

Research into the metaphors used to describe inventions found that they carried implicit associations about men and women’s stereotypical gender roles. (October 11, 2016)

The astronaut Peggy Whitson surpassed the 534-day record for most time in space by an American. (April 24, 2017)

“The Ongoing Gender Gap in Art Museum Directorships” shows that just one of the nation’s 13 largest museums is run by a woman. (March 22, 2017)

The depiction of Arab women in art is a relatively recent phenomenon. For centuries, it was unconditionally banned. (March 18, 2017)

(March 27, 2017)

Tracks the progress of women in academia.

The Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), (a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey), is nationally recognized as the leading source of scholarly research and current data about American women’s political participation.

Formed from the movement that secured the right to vote for women, the centerpiece of the League’s efforts remain to expand participation and give a voice to all Americans.

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(January 28, 2014)

Spanish women have made tremendous advances in recent years as the revolt against mainstream parties helped break down some old-boy networks. But that upheaval, the women say, has also laid bare the deeply entrenched sexism and machismo in Spain’s political establishment. (March 8, 2017)

Women tend to be more collaborative and bipartisan. They push for far more policies meant to support women, children, social welfare and — when they’re in executive positions — national security. (November 10, 2016)

Online encyclopedia (access through Library) that details all kinds of details and statistics about working women throughout U.S. history.

Provides information on weekly earnings and salaries, family characteristics and education.

Quick data on women in the workforce, leading occupations and women-owned businesses.

Harvard University online collection

New economic research suggests that the attitudes toward a woman when she is born have a lasting impact on how much she works, and earns, as an adult. August 19, 2018

The Simple Truth about the Gender Pay Gap succinctly explains the pay gap in the United States; how it affects women of all ages, races, and education levels; and what you can do to close it.

The Women’s Media Center – founded by Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem – has the goal of making women visible and powerful in media.

There is a piercing problem at The Times. Women have skidded down the power structure. ( March 4, 2017)