March is officially Women’s History Month, but why not celebrate it all year? Check your local listings for specific locations and times.
General Web sites
ALAI Mujeres Spanish-language site provides news about women in Latin America, emphasizing social activism
American Women Collection from the Library of Congress that highlights women’s history and culture in the U.S.
Amnesty International
Ancestry.com The go-to site to find African American ancestry records
Biographies of Notable Women
Center for Reproductive Rights
The Center for Women & Information Technology
Equality Now
Empowerment4Women Facing Feminism: Feminists I Know Join feminists from around the world by contributing a photo and text to express your feminism in this online exhibition by Annette Marie Hyder
Global Fund for Women
Independent Women’s Forum
International Women’s Day (March 8th) Celebrated internationally, the theme of 2007 is “Ending Impunity for Violence Against Women and Girls.” Check out their list of global events.
International Museum of Women “Imagining Ourselves” A Global Generation of Women Online exhibit, series of global events, and book. Join the conversation.
Lesbian Herstory Archives
Les Penelopes Global site with events, reports, and resources for women.
National Women’s History Project The theme for National Women’s History Month, March 2007, is “Generations of Women Moving History Forward.” Check out the 2007 honorees or learn how to promote women’s history in your own community.
National Museum of Women in the Arts
National Organization for Women (NOW)
National Research Center for Women & Families
National Women’s Law Center National Women’s Political Caucus Grassroots organization focused on U.S. women’s participation in the political process and creating equality for all women
NARAL Women’s Pro-Choice America
Polaris Project Combating Human Trafficking and Modern-day Slavery
Same-Sex Marriage: A Selective Bibliography of the Legal Literature
SearchMothers Community, Resources, and Insights for Mothers
Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day It is celebrated every fourth Thursday in April. This year it is on April 26th.
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Check out the Commission on the Status of Women 2007. See also the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Women Against Rape Black Women’s Rape Action Project & Women Against Rape
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
U.S. Events, Celebrations, Lectures, Exhibits
Note: For global events, check out International Women’s Day (March 8th) online.
ALABAMA
Birmingham
International Women’s Day Seminar Human Trafficking and Women’s Impact on Politics: luncheon featuring the Women of Consequence Awards to Meda Mladek and Soon-Bok Sellers; featured speaker Alabama Chief Justice, Sue Bell Cobb Harbert Center March 8th 7:30 a.m.
ALASKA
Homer
Kachemak Bay East Campus “Women and Islam in the Middle East” Featuring lectures by Glenna Holtby and Karen Button, free admission March 8th 6–8 p.m.
Homer Theatre: “Lunafest” Films by, for, and about women March 11th and 18th 1 p.m. Ongoing.
CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles
The IMPROV on Melrose Warriors Against Aids Awareness Concert & Comic Relief Jam Celebrate National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness. This is a Red Nation celebration in collaboration with UNITED AMERICAN INDIAN INVOLVEMENT& RED CIRCLE PROJECT. For more information go to rednation, a nonprofit founded by Joanelle Romero. March 23, 2007
The Moral Museum: Selections from the Bick Archive (Cindy Smith) Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art & Design Multi-media installation by New York artist, Cindy Smith, begins with a critical examination of Frank Capra’s classic film, It’s a Wonderful Life (1946), and ends on the history of women’s rights in America. Through March 31, 2007
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park Multiple Vantage Points: Southern California Women Artists, 1980–2006 Fifty artists featured. Curator: Dextra Frankel. February 25–April 15, 2007
MoCA WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution Comprehensive historical exhibition on international origins and legacy of feminist art. March 4–July 16, 2007
Oakland
Women of Color Resource Center First Congregational Church Speaking Fierce: An Evening of Art, Poetry, Music, and Dance March 8th, 6:30 p.m.
