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Research Guides for Women's and Gender Studies: Welcome!

Introduction

Welcome to this collective research guide on the subject of Women's and Gender Studies. Click an image to visit a particularly guide. If you are on a phone, turn your phone sideways for better viewing. If you find this guide helpful, but are looking for more information, scroll to the bottom for links to other collective guides on literature and other subjects in the Humanities. At the bottom, you will also learn how to get help with your research.

American Women Writers


Jane Austen


Rachel Carson


Contemporary Feminists 


Emily Dickinson


Disparities in Female Health Care


Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement


Fairy Tales


Gothic Fiction


Joy Harjo


Frances Ellen Watkins Harper


Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad


Human Trafficking


The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks


LGBTQ+ Resources


Toni Morrison 


Mythology: Collected Research Guides


Sylvia Plath


Remembering the Stonewall Uprising


Researching Mina Loy and Friends


Queer Writers & Poets


Sexual Assault and Rape: Duquesne Resources


Edith Stein


Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Populations


Natasha Trethewey


Simone Weil


Women and Religion


Women & the Avant Garde


Women in STEM


Women Mystics


Women Philosophers 


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This guide was created by Alivia Austin, English Department Intern, and Ted Bergfelt, Humanities Librarian, September 2023