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About-Face promotes positive self-esteem in girls and women of all ages, sizes, races and backgrounds through a spirited approach to media education, outreach and activism.

A site which features women’s quotes, a picture gallery, and book reviews.  It also features “This Day in Women’s History” listing the events which took place in the past on a certain calendar date.

Provides scholarships, awards, legal counsel, leadership and educational opportunities, as well as career and conference opportunities for all girls and women.

Promotes equity for all women and girls, lifelong learning, and positive societal change. Their grass roots activists work on community based projects, including raising money for scholarships for women and girls.  

http://www.aauwtc.org

AAUW Traverse City Area Branch serves Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties in Michigan promoting equity for women, education and self-development over the lifespan, and positive societal change.  This branch of AAUW fundraises to support educational purposes and supports gender equity issues, as well as national and state AAUW positions.

This non-profit professional organization is for women and men who have an interest in information and technology. The Association is dedicated to the advancement of women in the technology fields.

The purpose of the Association for Women in Mathematics is to encourage women and girls to study and to have active careers in the mathematical sciences, and to promote equal opportunity and the equal treatment of women and girls in the mathematical sciences.

Despite advances made in science, women still hold fewer upper level positions, bring in lower wages, and face barriers and stereotypes at many levels. This affects all individuals in science and science as a whole. AWIS is a non-profit association working to promote women's activities in all fields of science, mathematic, and engineering.

For more than a century the United States Bahá'í community has been involved in advancing the status of women and bringing to realization the principle of the equality of women and men through involvement with like-minded local and national programs and organizations.

Offers tips and tools to strengthen father/daughter relationships; provides a newsletter, articles, and opportunities to build rapport.

This comprehensive site profiles educational and career opportunities in the field of nursing.  Learn more about how myths and stereotypes are fading away as more men enter the nursing profession.

It includes and area about nurses with disabilities, as well as information on scholarships and how to do a program search.

Girl Scouts of the USA is the world's largest organization dedicated to helping all girls everywhere build character and gain skills for success in the real world. In an accepting and nurturing environment, and in partnership with committed adult volunteers, girls develop strong values, leadership skills, social conscience, and conviction about their own potential and self-worth that will serve them all their lives.

GenderWatchers (GW) is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting social, educational, economic and political development that encourages women's full participation in the world in which they live.  GenderWatchers generates quality, empirical information and technical assistance on women's educational research and programs.

The official site of the National Women's Hall of Fame.

HHW has a programmatic emphasis on education, outreach, and advocacy.  Encouraging girls to engage in "non-traditional occupational dreams" and women to enter the trades and other skilled high-wage careers is primarily its educational task.  They will provide “career speakers”, age appropriate curriculum materials such as coloring books and videos, as well as staff development workshops on sexual harassment prevention.

This site thoroughly profiles careers in healthcare.  It offers options that will help students afford tuition payments; as well as directs them to educational sites offering classes in their chosen career.  This site also provides lesson plans for elementary, middle or high school teachers easily incorporated into daily activities to show students the endless opportunities in healthcare!

The thirty-three videotapes in the Her Own Words® series on women's history tell the stories of many women, ranging from Progressive writers Belle Case La Follette and Zona Gale to women who are working right now in nontraditional careers such as construction,  policing, welding, machining, and dentistry. A series of five videos on American Indian women tell the stories of contemporary Winnebago (Ho Chunk) women in their own words.

Men Stopping Violence is a social change organization dedicated to ending men's violence against women.  They work locally and nationally to dismantle belief systems, social structures, and institutional practices which oppress women and children and dehumanize men themselves.

Devoted to actions that help make sure MEN and WOMEN receive equal treatment, by providing information, resources and sponsoring projects that can help.

Their mission is to take action to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society now, exercising all privileges and responsibilities thereof in truly equal partnership with men.  NOW seeks to eliminate the roots of sexism in society by actions, including lobbying, educating and mobilizing the community on women’s rights issues.

The Michigan Women’s Foundation promotes economic self-sufficiency and personal well-being for women and girls to improve their lives and significantly change their future.

They promote “Young Women For Change”  a funding project which gives young girls the tools, knowledge, and authority to fund programs in their own communities.   

The goal of the Michigan Women's Historical Center and Hall of Fame is to give visibility to Michigan women artists, photographers, sculptors, etc.  The Michigan Women's Studies Association, its parent organization, also sponsors a Conference each spring on the campus of a university or college to bring more visibility of women's role in history and make women aware of what is happening and what is available to them.

To provide leadership in the identification and infusion of sex equity in all educational programs and processes and within parallel equity concerns, including, but not limited to age, disability, national origin, race, religion, and sexual orientation.

IWITTS provides the tools to successfully integrate women into male-dominated careers -- such as technology and law enforcement -- via our training, publications, products, e-strategies, and technical assistance.  They work nationally and their audience includes educational institutions, police departments, employers, and women and girls themselves.

NOW's goal has been to take action to bring about equality for all women. NOW works to eliminate discrimination and harassment in the workplace, schools, the justice system, and all other sectors of society; secure birth control and reproductive rights for all women; end all forms of violence against women; eradicate racism, sexism and homophobia; and promote equality and justice in our society.

NWF has Natural Resource Centers across the country. This site lists each center and elaborates of the work done at each center. 

This is an educational nonprofit organization. Their mission is to recognize and celebrate the diverse and historic accomplishments of women by providing information and educational materials and programs.  They provide lesson plans for teachers in all curriculum areas, biographies, books, as well as videos.  Their search engine helps locate documents on this website and related sites. 

The mission of the Programs for Educational Opportunity (P.E.O.) is to help public school districts ensure that all students have an opportunity to succeed in school whatever their race, gender, or national origin. We have provided equity-related assistance to K-12 education since 1970 in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Education. Our programs include technical assistance in educational equity and dissemination of school improvement programs designed to help all students succeed.

This site offers activities and curriculum for environmental careers

This not-for-profit educational and service organization is a driving force that establishes engineering as a highly desirable career aspiration for women. SWE empowers women to succeed and advance in those aspirations and be recognized for their life-changing contributions and achievements as engineers and leaders.

An international volunteer service organization for business and professional women who work to improve the lives of women and girls, in local communities and throughout the world.

This agency strives to improve the status of wage earning women, improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency, and advance their opportunities for profitable employment.

Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) Program

Women in Aviation, International is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the encouragement and advancement of women in all aviation career fields and interests. We provide year-round resources to assist women in aviation and to encourage young women to consider aviation as a career. WAI also offers educational outreach programs to educators, aviation industry members and young people nationally and internationally.

This site records the history of American women in aviation and provides information on books, articles, events, and educational opportunities involving women and aviation oriented careers.

Nontraditional careers are those in which women make up less than 25 percent of the workforce. The pay, benefits and job satisfaction can be much higher  than in traditional female occupations. These fourteen videos, produced by Jocelyn  Riley, are available from HER OWN WORDS®, PO BOX 5264, Madison, WI 53705-0264; phone 608-271-7083; fax 608-271-0209; email herownword@aol.com "Powerful videos on women in nontraditional careers" (Tradeswomen Tools for Change).

Women in Sports is dedicated to providing role models of women athletes that validate women's accomplishments and perpetuate a new vision of women's abilities, autonomy and self determination.  Provides links to all types of athletics and role models.

This unique site is full of information and resources about women’s history in a global, non- U.S., context. Here teachers, students, parents, history buffs, and the interested public can find information on female heroes, biographies of women rulers, and influential women from selected eras.  It also provides interactive lessons and curriculum reviews.

Their mission is to preserve and recognize the contributions of women to their families and communities in northwest lower Michigan.  Their  “Oral History Program” is an ongoing effort to record and preserve the stories of women in northwest lower Michigan. The interviews are conducted by trained volunteers and recorded on audio cassettes. The Oral History team, which began work in 2002, has completed more than 40 interviews.

Delves into issues and actions by exploring reports on Title IX, sport psychology, teen pregnancy, sexual harassment, health & fitness and more.  Provides grants and scholarships as well as  supporting Community Action Programs that encourage local communities to support and celebrate participation of girls and women in sports and fitness.