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Organizations
- Committee on the Status of Women (AAS - CSWA)
- Committee on the Status of Minorities (AAS - CSMA)
- Committee for Sexual-Orientation and Gender Minorities in Astronomy (AAS - SGMA)
- AAS Committee On Employment
- Committee on the Status of Women in Physics (APS - CSWP)
- American Association of University Women (AAUW)
- Association for Women in Science (AWiS)
- IUPAP Working Group on Women in Physics
- Science Careers a component of Science Magazine, which is published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Nature Careers & Jobs
- Women of NASA
- Women in Aerospace
- National Postdoctoral Association
- The Society of Women Engineers
- Association for Women in Mathematics
- The Caucus for Women in Statistics
- Committee on Women in Statistics (COWIS) from the American Statistical Association (ASA)
- STEMinist: Voices of women in science, tech, engineering and math
- Women In Higher Education
- Dept. of Labor Women's Bureau
- National Academies Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine
- Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
- Center for Women in Technology - UMBC
- National Center for Women & Information Technology
- "Women Wanted: Scholarships, Colleges and Careers in Computer Science" - a resource from Computer Science Online
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Astronomers
- MentorNet
- Equal Rights Association
- Land of Plenty: Diversity as America's Competitive Edge in Science, Engineering and Technology; Report of the Congressional Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering and Technology Development, 2000
Articles, Resources and Databases
- 4000 Years of Women in Science
- Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) - Contributions of Women
- "Love and the two-body problem" - Physics World article
- Contributions of 20th c. women to physics
- Dual physics career couples (McNeil/Sher survey)
- MIT report on status of women faculty
- Luisa Rebull's List of Resources
- University of Washington ADVANCE project - includes the faculty recruitment toolkit (resources)
- From Scarcity to Visibility: Gender Differences in the Careers of Doctoral Scientists and Engineers
- Women in Astronomy Resource Page
- "Why Women Become Veterinarians but Not Engineers" - Chronicle of Higher Education article on the rapid evolution of the fraction of women in veterinary medicine
- Women in Astronomy - our blog
- College Success for Women in Stem from Affordable Colleges Online
- Women in Science: A Web Guide
Statistics
- Gender of Conference Invited Speakers (PDF of archival webpage, last updated 2013)
- Gender Balance Among Tenured Astronomers (PDF of archival webpage, last updated 2013)
- Departmental Surveys (1992, 1999, 2003)
- AWIS Research
- AIP Statistics