RELATED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS | PARTNER SITES | SITES RELATED TO WOMEN'S ECONOMIC RIGHTS ISSUES | SITES RELATED TO GENDER EQUITY FOR GIRLS | GOVERNMENT SITES
RELATED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
Explore a career as a bricklayer. CWIT TOP students recently traveled to the Bricklayer's school to learn about this trade. View pictures by clicking on "Calendar" and then on June 15th.
Illinois Workforce Investment Board
This state agency is responsible for coordinating and supervising workforce preparation programs across the state.
AFL-CIO: Ask a working women
Economic Policy Institute
Working for America Institute
Business and Professional Women, USA
National Association of Women in Construction
National Association of Women in Construction
The Women's Research and Education Institute
Tradeswomen Now and Tomorrow (TNT)
The national tradeswomen's organization. TNT supports and builds tradeswomen's organizations across the country.
Hard Hatted Women
Our sister organization in Ohio. Providing women in Ohio with nontraditional career exploration and training.
Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc.
Our sister organization in Oregon. Providing women in Oregon with nontraditional career exploration and training.
Nontraditional Employment for Women
Our sister organization in New York. Providing women in New York with nontraditional career exploration and training.
PARTNER SITES
National Women's Law Center
The National Women's Law Center has worked since its inception in 1972 to protect and advance the progress of women and girls at work, in school, and in virtually every aspect of their lives. CWIT's youth programs were highlighted in a recent report documenting the segregation of girls into low-wage, low-skill employment.
Women Employed
Construction Industry Service Corporation
National Black Child Development Institue
The Institute for Women in Trades
NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund
Women Chief Fire Officers
Women in the Fire Service, Inc.
Center for Women Policy Studies
Center for Research on Women and Gender; The University of Illinois
American Association of University Women
Wider Opportunities for Women
WOW works nationally and in its home community of Washington, DC to achieve economic independence and equality of opportunity for women and girls.
National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC)
The core purpose of NAWIC is to enhance the success of women in the construction industry.
National Institute for Women
National Center for Research in Vocational Education (NCRVE)
Women Airforce Sevice Pilots (WASPS)
Meet the women who test-piloted aircraft during World War II- with a timeline of women in military history and in flight, access to a teacher's guide.
Women Physicists
Interactive website includes biographical information about women physicists, their contributions, and research publications. The site will soon provide photos and archival materials.
Women of NASA
Math, Science, and Technology--here are profiles of women at NASA who specialize in these same aspect of these fields. Biographies, daily journals of their activities, Live Webchat schedules, tips for teachers, and resources galore.
Women Mathematicians
130 biographies of women mathematicians, indexed alphabetically and chronologically, many with photographs; good bibliography of print and electronic resources.
U.S. Naval Astronomers
Pictures and Biographies of twelve historic women astronomers affiliated with the U.S. Navy.
Archives of Women in Science and Engineering
Documents the history of women in these fields, individually and collectively, with excellent links to related sites.
4000 Years of Women in Science (and Mathematics)
Many thumbnails bios, some photos and reference lists.
SITES RELATED TO WOMEN'S ECONOMIC RIGHTS ISSUES
National Women's History Project
National Association for Women and Girls in Sport
Women and the Military
Very extensive site, featuring related topics and an array of international biographies.
American Women in Uniform
Selected women from all of America's wars are profiled.
Women's Rights National Historic Park
Photos, graphic images and primary documents relating to the first Women's Rights Convention (1848); historic sites related to the movement and biographies of its leaders.
National Woman's Party
Founded by the radical activist Alice Paul to win the vote for women, the NWP has a fascinating history, told at this site.
National Museum of Women's History
The museum's first "virtual exhibit" examines the development of the culture and imagery the evolved to promote women's voting rights in the U.S.: extensive collection of banners, buttons, documents.
National American Woman Suffrage Association
1848-1921. Related holdings of the Library of Congress.
"Women of Achievement and Herstory"
Informative calendar of events from Women's history.
The Triangle Fire
On March 25, 1911, the Triangle Shirt Waist Factory in New York City caught fire. 146 workers, mostly young women, had been locked in the sweatshop, and died in full view of their families and neighbors. The horror strengthened union organizing and important workplace reforms. Documents, audio histories, photo, bibliography, and archives are presented especially for high school researchers.
Notable Women Ancestors
Biographies and geneaologies of all women ancestors, from notables to pioneer women to grandmothers. Add your own heros and relatives to this growing database!
National Women's Hall of Fame
Short introductions to the 125 women who have been inducted.
150th Anniversary of the Women's Rights Movement
Extensive chronology, resources, inspiration! From 1848-1998.
SITES RELATED TO GENDER EQUITY FOR GIRLS
Women's Sport Foundation
Girls Incoporated National Resource Center
Girls Scouts of Chicago
Engineer Girl
Concerned about the persistent gap between boys and girls in understanding and using computers, the Girl Scouts-Lone Star Council of Central Texas has started The Edge- the first technology program for Girls Scouts in the United States.
Advocates for Women in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics
AWSEM has developed a model of advocacy, as well as a variety of products, designed to encourage girls to pursue their early interests in the sciences. They have a great on-line resource page.
GOVERNMENT SITES
University of Michigan Programs for Educational Opportunity Department of Education
Illinois State Board of Education
City of Chicago
State of Illinois
Center on Education and Work ; School of Eduaction; University of Wisconsin-Madison
Women's Educational Equity Act Publishing Center (WEEA)
