Women's Studies 

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Handbooks

Most of these sources are located in Swem Library's Reference Collection (1st floor, adjacent to the Reference Desk):

Encyclopedia of Women and Gender: Sex Similarities and Differences and the Impact of Society on Gender, 2 v.  Editor-in-chief, Judith Worell. Ref HQ1115 .E43 2001

Encyclopedia of Virginia     For example, an article about Woman Suffrage in Virginia

Encyclopedia of Women's History - About.com

Feminsim: A Reference Handbook. Judith Harlan. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1998. Ref HQ1410 .H365 1998

Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide. 6v. Editor-in-chief, Lynn Walter. Ref HQ1154 .G74 2003

Historical Dictionary of Feminism by Janet K. Boles, Diane Long Hoeveler. Ref HQ1115 .B65 2004

History of Women in the United States. Doris L. Weatherford, General Editor. Ref HQ1410 .H58 2004

International Encyclopedia of Women. 4 v. Cheris Kramarae and Dale Spender, General Editors. Ref HQ1115 .R69 2000

Women's History - Timeline

Women in World History. 17v. Ref HQ 1115 W6 1999