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Women’s & Gender Studies Resources

Databases for Women’s & Gender Studies

Contemporary Women's IssuesComprehensive coverage of issues that influence women’s lives across the globe.

Diversity Studies: Gale OneFileExplore cultural differences and the contributions and influences of diverse populations in the global community.

Academic Search UltimatePeer-reviewed articles from scholarly journals, magazines and other publications covering virtually every academic subject area. Partially State of Maine Funded.

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News & Newspapers: ProQuestCurrent and historical new sources from around the globe.

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unelogoDonna M. Loring Lecture SeriesMaine Women Writers Collection

A Black Women's History of the United StatesA Black Women's History of the United Statesby Daina Ramey Berry

How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River CollectiveHow We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collectiveby Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, editor

Black Feminism Reimagined: After IntersectionalityBlack Feminism Reimagined: After Intersectionalityby Jennifer C. Nash

icon_web_resourceThe Lemonade Syllabusby Candice Benbow

No Tea, No Shade: New Writings in Black Queer StudiesNo Tea, No Shade: New Writings in Black Queer Studiesby Patrick E. Johnson

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Politics & Activism

icon_web_resourceThe Maine Women's Lobby

The Rise of Public Woman: Woman's Power and Woman's Place in the United States, 1630-1970The Rise of Public Woman: Woman's Power and Woman's Place in the United States, 1630-1970by Glenna Matthews

Political Worlds of Women: Activism, Advocacy, and Governance in the Twenty-First CenturyPolitical Worlds of Women: Activism, Advocacy, and Governance in the Twenty-First Centuryby M.E. Hawkesworth

After #MeToo: Feminism, Patriarchy, Toxic Masculinity and Sundry Cultural DelightsAfter #MeToo: Feminism, Patriarchy, Toxic Masculinity and Sundry Cultural Delightsby Casey Gerard

Gendered Asylum: Race and Violence in U.S. Law and PoliticsGendered Asylum: Race and Violence in U.S. Law and Politicsby Sara L. McKinnon

Framed by Gender: How Gender Inequality Persists in the Modern WorldFramed by Gender: How Gender Inequality Persists in the Modern Worldby Cecilia Ridgeway

Information Activism : A Queer History of Lesbian Media TechnologiesInformation Activism : A Queer History of Lesbian Media Technologiesby Cait McKinney

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Health Equity

Sex Cells: The Fight to Overcome Bias and Discrimination in Women's HealthcareSex Cells: The Fight to Overcome Bias and Discrimination in Women's Healthcareby Phyllis Greenberger

Black Women's Mental Health: Balancing Strength and VulnerabilityBlack Women's Mental Health: Balancing Strength and Vulnerabilityby Stephanie Y. Evans, Kanika Bell, and Nsenga K. Burton

CDCWomen's Health

icon_articleHealth Disparities Between Women With and Without Disabilitiesby Jennifer P. Wisdom PhD et al.

Medical Entanglements: Rethinking Feminist Debates about HealthcareMedical Entanglements: Rethinking Feminist Debates about Healthcareby Kristina Gupta

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for MenInvisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Menby Caroline Criado Perez

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Sexuality & Reproduction

icon_videoBreak the Silence: Reproductive & Sexual Health Stories

Reproductive Justice: An IntroductionReproductive Justice: An Introductionby Loretta Ross and Rickie Solinger

Shout Your AbortionShout Your Abortionby Amelia Bonow, Emily Nokes, and Lindy West

icon_bookBy the Light of My Father's Smileby Alice Walker

Masculinity

The Man Question: Male Subordination and PrivilegeThe Man Question: Male Subordination and Privilegeby Nancy E. Dowd

Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and Toxic MasculinityBoys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and Toxic Masculinityby Clementine Ford

Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of BoysRaising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boysby Daniel Kindlon

icon_videoThe Mask You Live InThe Representation Project

Work & Family

For the Family: How Class and Gender Shape Women's WorkFor the Family: How Class and Gender Shape Women's WorkBy Sarah Damaske

Disability and Mothering: Liminal Spaces of Embodied KnowledgeDisability and Mothering: Liminal Spaces of Embodied Knowledgeby Cynthia Lewiecki-Wilson and Jen Cellio-Miller

Common Sense and a Little Fire: Women and Working-Class Politics in the United States, 1900-1965Common Sense and a Little Fire: Women and Working-Class Politics in the United States, 1900-1965by Annelise Orleck

Memoir & Essays

Unbecoming: A Memoir of DisobedienceUnbecoming: A Memoir of Disobedienceby Anuradha Bhagwati

How We Fight For Our Lives: A MemoirHow We Fight For Our Lives: A Memoirby Saeed Jones

All Boys Aren't BlueAll Boys Aren't Blueby George M Johnson

Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and IdentityNonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identityedited by Micah Rajunov and Scott Duane

Gender Queer: A MemoirGender Queer: A Memoirby Maia Kobabe

Bad Feminist: EssaysBad Feminist: EssaysBy Roxanne Gay

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Gender Identity

Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis RodmanTransgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodmanby Leslie Feinberg

She's Not There: A Life in Two GendersShe's Not There: A Life in Two Gendersby Jennifer Finney Boylan

Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American FamilyBecoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Familyby Amy Ellis Nutt

Becoming a Man: The Story of a TransitionBecoming a Man: The Story of a Transitionby P. Carl

icon_articleUn/gendering Social Selves: How Nonbinary People Navigate and Experience a Binarily Gendered Worldby Harry Barbee and Douglas Schrock

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Queer Fiction & Poetry

Stone Butch BluesStone Butch Bluesby Leslie Feinberg

Zami, A New Spelling of my NameZami, A New Spelling of my Nameby Audre Lorde

The Sweetness of WaterThe Sweetness of Waterby Nathan Harris

US(a.)US(a.)by Saul Williams

HeartstopperHeartstopperby Alice Oseman

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Gender & Religion

Moral Combat: How Sex Divided American Christians and Fractured American PoliticsMoral Combat: How Sex Divided American Christians and Fractured American Politicsby Marie R. Griffith

The Islamic Veil: A Beginner's GuideThe Islamic Veil: A Beginner's GuideElizabeth Bucar

Women, Gender, Religion: A ReaderWomen, Gender, Religion: A ReaderCastelli, Elizabeth A. ed.

Gender, Religion, & Family Law: Theorizing Conflicts Between Women's Rights and Cultural TraditionsGender, Religion, & Family Law: Theorizing Conflicts Between Women's Rights and Cultural Traditions

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Tangerine

Miss Representation

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InQueery

How Anti-Asian Bias has been Perpetuated by a History of Stereotypes in Pop Culture

Queer History

LGBTQIA+ resources at UNE’s Maine Women Writers Collection

Lesbian Herstory Archives

Digital Transgender Archive

Marc Stein on the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots

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