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• AFSCME: The Union for Working Women
• AFSCME Women's Rights Committees: A Guide For Action
• Women's Rights Fact Sheets
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• Working Women (AFL-CIO)
• Coalition of Labor Union Women
• The Berger-Marks Foundation — dedicated to organizing women into unions
• Women Organizing Women: How Do We Rock the Boat Without Getting Thrown Overboard? — The Berger-Marks Foundation

• Institute for Women's Policy Research
  • Women's Economic Status in the States: Wide Disparities by Race, Ethnicity and Region - 2004
  • Status of Women in the States - 2004
  • The Status of Women in Your County: A Community Research Tool

• U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau
• Women in the Labor Force: A Databook — Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2005 (2004 edition)
• Quick Facts on Older Women Workers, ages 55 and over — U.S. Dept. of Labor Women's Bureau
• Glass Ceiling Commission
• U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
• Census Bureau Facts for Features: Women's History Month, 2006 — current data on the status of women

• WWWomen!
• Feminist.com
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• UN Women Watch

• National Organization for Women (NOW)
  • The Truth About George — National Organization for Women; President Bush's record on women's issues
• Feminist Majority Foundation
• National Council of Women's Organizations
• GenderStats — World Bank; international social and economic gender comparison statistics

• Women's resources: Sites of interest — C&RL News, May 2005

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