WOMEN AND POLITICS

As part of our work in the Fall 1996 semester, the Women's Studies 100 class examined "Women and the Election." To conduct research on the internet, we started this list of resources. Some of these are annotated by me or Allegheny College Audio-Visual Specialist Helen McCullough. Others are suggestions from the students themselves. While the 1999 U.S. elections are not as exciting as those of 1996, many of these resources have been updated and continue to be useful for understanding women and politics. The sites are generally grouped under basic categories, but are not in any particular order. Scroll down or click on the subheadings to move through this document. Within the document, you will be able to click back to the top, right here. The Internet is constantly changing. If some of these links don't operate, or if you have suggestions for others, please send them along.

1. Sites of General Interest 2. Women and Politics 3. Voters and Voter Education 4. Sites That Focus on Particular Candidates 5. Issues / Women's or Otherwise 6. Citation Formats 7. Comments or Problems?

Last modified August 29, 1999 Amelia Carr Instructor for WS 100

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1. Sites of General Interest

Yahoo's Politics

Yahoo! maintains a sort of "phone book " of the web, and their politics section is a good place to begin searches. Note the "activism" category. Or go straight to the Yahoo! Elections Page for many sites on the current contests.

CNN Interactive

This news-oriented site is maintained by CNN / Time. Tristan Kime found this when he was researching the CNN broadcast of "They Don't Bake Cookies Anymore"

CNN

CNN's Search engine page that contains transcripts from their news stories.

Whitehouse Home Page

Also, consider using E-mail addresses for the President of the U.S. or to the First Lady of the U.S.

U.S. Senate Home Page

U.S. House of Representatives Home Page

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2. Women and Politics

Government and Politics

This site is attached to the Women's Studies Department of the University of Maryland. Many sections, searchable.

CAWP

The Center for American Women and Politics is housed at Rutgers. The site maintains fact sheets about women in government. Their NEW Leadership program educates and empowers young women to participate actively in politics and public policy making.

NOW

The National Organization for Women maintains a large site. The homepage identifies sections on key issues. In 1996 Sandy Levcik found the Parental Rights and Responsibilities Act material useful. NOW also maintains a page of feminist political resources

Women Leaders Online

This site on "women organizing for change" was recommended by Stephanie Sheldon.

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3. Voters and Voter Education

League of Women Voters

Bridget Andrews & Sandy Levcik confirm this as a good site.

Project Vote-Smart

This site was recommended by Michelle Moriello. It describes itself as a "voter's self-defense system," dedicated to getting out information about our elected leaders.

Power the Vote

This site co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters and the Ladies Home Journal was mentioned by both Staci Pechulis and Bridget Andrews. But can this really be "the only election web site especially for women"? Lycos reviews this site in its top 5%. But like Election '96 itself, this site is a thing of the past.

PBS Democracy Project

This Public Broadcasting System website is oriented toward school projects concerning citizenship issues. As of August 1999, the site was not particularly involved with questions about the election.

Gender Gap

This page collects entries an electronic discussion conducted on the listserve H-WOMEN on the issues of the Gender Gap in the 1996 election.

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4. Sites That Focus on Particular Candidates

Democratic National Committee

The article that Sandy Levcik recommended that you go directly to the section on "Why Women are the Key to the 96 Election" is no longer posted, but you might check out the activities of the Women's Leadership Forum.

Lycos Celebrity Guide: Hillary Rodham Clinton

Oh dear, Jackie Skroupa's favorite "I love Hillary Clinton" page from 1996 is gone, but this Lycos site gathers both official and unofficial sites about the current first lady, would-be senator.

American First Ladies

This is a review of Lewis L. Gould, ed., American First Ladies: Their Lives and their Legacy. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1996, that was posted on the listserve H-WOMEN.

1996 Dole Campaign Headquarters website: offline

In 1996 Rachel Renshaw pointed out that Dole's campaign website had an entire section called "women's issues." The Republican National Committee doesn't list women as one of their issues in August 1999.

from The Written Word

Tristan Kime refers us to this 1996 article by Randolph T. Holhut: "Elizabeth Dole: Why Can't She Run for President Instead of Her Husband?"

EMILY's List (text version)

Well known site of the "Early Money Is Like Yeast" organization to provide support for women early in their campaigns. Jessica Loomis recommends that you go straight to the campaign page of EMILY's List if you're interested in women running election campaigns.

Women's Campaign School at Yale University

This group offers brief but intensive training on campaigning for women. Allegheny College now owns a video on this group, too. Site includes links and other resources

National Journal's Cloakroom

In 1996, Christine Morgan found the site "Politics Now" very useful to those who are doing reports on statewide elections. That group has disbanded to go their separate ways, but this site National Journal's Cloakroom contains some of the insider information that made PN site so popular.

Pennsylvania Women's Political Network

Erica Johnson says this is a site with lots of fascinating information about political women in Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, the site hasn't been updated since November 5, 1997.

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5. Issues / Women's or Otherwise

Women's Resources

Another Amelia Carr / Allegheny College page, a companion page to this one, collecting links to women's web resources.

6. Citation Formats

Emory University maintains a good page for sources on the proper citation of websites: Citation formats.

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7. Questions? Comments?

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Amelia Carr, Director of Women's Studies, 520 N. Main St. Allegheny College, Meadville, PA 16335

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