Women's Issues Caucus
Statement of Purpose
The members of the Women's Issues Caucus discuss
women's issues, especially as they affect professional women.
Annual Conference Events
Women's Issues Caucus will be co-sponsoring session at next year's conference
in Minneapolis. Tentative sessions planned include "Psychology of Food Packaging"
and "Woman Friendly Employee Benefits."
We also hope to network amongst caucus members and other interested folks
at a reception on Sunday evening and possibly a dutch treat lunch one day
during the Annual Meeting.
Other Information
The Caucus puts out an occasional newsletter. An electronic copy of the
lastest newsletter will be available soon at this location.
Contacts
Minneapolis Convenor:
Angie Anthony
Contact the Webweaver:
Rowan Fairgrove
Links to Pages of Interest to Professional Women
General
- ALA Social Responsibilities Roundtable
- American Library Association's organization on social issues, including women's issues. See esp. their subgroup Feminist Taskforce.
- BizWomen
- BizWomen provides the online interactive community for successful women in business: to communicate, network, exchange ideas, and provide support for each other via the Internet.
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Science & Computing
- ACM's Committee on Women in Computing
- ACM-W engages in activities and projects that aim to improve the working and learning environments for women in computing.
- Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
- CPSR Gender Page, an electronic archive on women and computing.
- Society of Women Engineers
- A non-profit educational and service organization supporting the issues of women engineers and encouraging young women to enter technical fields.
- Women in Information Technology
- An annotated list of sources about and for women in the fields of library & information science, computer science, and information technology. .
History
- 4000 Years of Women in Science
- Part of the Women's History Project focussing on women in science. Includes links to other women & science sites.
- Living the Legacy: The Women's Rights Movement 1848 - 1998
- Programs and events celebrating 150 anniversary of Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York. Sponsored by the National Women's History Project.
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