Berger Institute for Work, Family & Children (Claremont McKenna College)
Educates students, scholars, law-makers, and the community about a wide range of work and family issues including the effects of changing demographics and diversity on work-family balance, the business case for family-friendly workplaces, poverty issues for working families, and the relationships among stress, health, and child development.

BlueSuitMom.com: Women-Owned Businesses
Recent reports say women are starting new businesses at 1.5 times the rate of men. Perhaps it's our innate ability to juggle multiple tasks, think on our feet or lack of fear. Whatever the reasons, women should support woman-owned business when possible.

Body Shop, The
A global manufacturer and retailer of naturally inspired, ethically produced beauty and cosmetics products. Founded in the UK in 1976 by Dame Anita Roddick, we now have over 2,100 stores in 55 countries, with a range of over 1,200 products, all animal cruelty free, and many with fairly traded natural ingredients. We were the first international cosmetics brand to be awarded the Humane Cosmetics Standard for our "Against Animal Testing" policy. And we have our own fair trade programme called "Community Trade", making us the only cosmetics company with such an extensive commitment to trading fairly. Community Trade now works with 31 suppliers in 24 countries, providing over 15,000 people across the globe with essential income to build their futures. We are a leader in the trend towards greater corporate transparency, and we have been a force for positive social and environmental change through our lobbying and campaigning programmes around our five core values: Support Community Trade, Defend Human Rights, Against Animal Testing, Activate Self-Esteem, and Protect Our Planet. We also have our own charity, The Body Shop Foundation. Launched in 1990, we give financial support to pioneering, frontline organisations that otherwise have little hope of conventional funding. The Foundation's focus is to assist those working to achieve progress in the areas of human and civil rights, environmental and animal protection.

Catalyst: Expanding opportunities for women and business
The leading research and advisory organization working with businesses and the professions to build inclusive environments and expand opportunities for women at work. As an independent, nonprofit membership organization, Catalyst conducts research on all aspects of women's career advancement and provides strategic and web-based consulting services globally. With the support and confidence of member corporations and firms, Catalyst remains connected to business and its changing needs. In addition, Catalyst honors exemplary business initiatives that promote women's leadership with the annual "Catalyst Award" and has been ranked No. 1 among U.S. nonprofits focused on women's issues by The American Institute of Philanthropy.

Center for Women's Business Research
Is the go-to source on the trends, characteristics, achievements, and challenges of women business owners and their enterprises. Our research enables America's top corporations, government policymakers, associations, and advocacy organizations to make informed, progressive decisions about programs and policies designed to reach and benefit women entrepreneurs. The Center has close relationships with national women business owner organizations, as well as with the distinguished women business leaders in the leadership of our organization and other groups.

Charles Scwab & Co.
Nominated by Catalyst, a New York-based women's advocacy group, in January of 2000 for programs that advance women.

Feminist.com - Marketplace - Women-Owned Business Directory
We hope this directory of Women Owned Businesses will make it easier to find and support women owned companies, help women owned businesses to network with each other, and showcase the wide range of women owned businesses that exist these days, as well as the enlightened principles and practices they bring to how they run their businesses.

Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF)
Founded in 1987, is a cutting edge organization dedicated to women's equality, reproductive health, and non-violence. In all spheres, FMF utilizes research and action to empower women economically, socially, and politically. Our organization believes that feminists -- both women and men, girls and boys -- are the majority, but this majority must be empowered.

Google
Search for "social investing women."

Google
Search for "women's issues."

League of Women Voters
A nonpartisan political organization, has fought since 1920 to improve our systems of government and impact public policies through citizen education and advocacy. The League's enduring vitality and resonance comes from its unique decentralized structure. The League is a grassroots organization, working at the national, state and local levels. Is strictly nonpartisan; it neither supports nor opposes candidates for office at any level of government. At the same time, the League is wholeheartedly political and works to influence policy through advocacy.

Ms. Magazine Online: More Than A Magazine -- A Movement
Magazine articles, feminist news, politics, ms.musings blog on women, media and culture, and take action center.

National Foundation for Women Business Owners
See Center for Women's Business Research

Northern Trust
Nominated by Catalyst, a New York-based women's advocacy group, in January of 2000 for programs that advance women.

Office of Advocacy (U.S. Small Business Administration: Women)
Women-owned businesses research page.

Our Bodies Ourselves: Information on Women's Health & Sexuality
Our Bodies Ourselves (OBOS), also known as the Boston Women's Health Book Collective (BWHBC), is a nonprofit, public interest women's health education, advocacy, and consulting organization. Beginning in 1970 with the publication of the first edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves and continuing for over 35 years, OBOS has inspired the women's health movement by: Producing books that make accurate health and medical information accessible to a broad audience by weaving women's stories into a framework of practical, clearly written text; identifying and collaborating with exemplary individuals and organizations that provide services, generate research and policy analysis, and organize for social change; and inspiring and empowering women to become engaged in the political aspects of sustaining good health for themselves and their communities.

Sloan Work and Family Research Network
Designed to support research and teaching, promote best practices at the workplace, and inform state policy on issues that affect the lives of working families and the places where they work. To promote informed decision making about work and family issues and to facilitate dialogue that encourages community building among three stakeholders groups (and their constituents): academics/researchers; employers and the workplace; and state public policy makers. Offers "one stop shopping" for various types of work-family resources and provides useful and timely work-family information.

Surveys of Minority-Owned and Women-Owned Business Enterprises
U.S. Census economic data on race, ethnicity, and gender of business owners.

WFC Resources
Since 1984 WFC Resources (formerly Work & Family Connection) has been working to help employers create a workplace that's both supportive and effective, one that ensures that your investment in employees pays off, a work environment that meets business goals and also allows employees to meet their personal goals. If you are a company executive, work-life, human resource or benefits professional seeking to align your human capital with your corporate goals, then this site is for you.

WomenBiz.Gov
The National Women's Business Council (NWBC) was established as part of the Women's Ownership Act of 1988 as an advisory body of women business owners. NWBC was asked to identify the barriers to success for women-owned businesses and report annually to the President and Congress on its findings. By the early 1990s, the Council had begun bringing together women business owners, policy makers, bankers, representatives of women's business organizations, and other stakeholders to discuss possible solutions to the challenges facing women business owners and to recommend these solutions to the President and Congress. In 1994, the Small Business Reauthorization Act changed the structure of the NWBC to its current form to include both women business owners and representatives of women's business organizations.

Women's Bureau (U.S. Department of Labor)
To improve the status of wage-earning women, improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency, and advance their opportunities for profitable employment.

Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)
Founded in 1997, WBENC is the nation's leading advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to America's corporations. It also is the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the United States. WBENC works to foster diversity in the world of commerce with programs and policies designed to expand opportunities and eliminate barriers in the marketplace for women business owners. WBENC works with representatives of corporations to encourage the utilization and expansion of supplier/vendor diversity programs.

WomensNet.net: Grants and Funding Resources for Women Business Owners and Women Entrepreneurs
Good funding resources for a woman business owner, a woman starting a new business or a woman entrepreneur are few and far between --- truly free business grants for woman owned businesses or start-ups are rare, funding such as SBA loans or bank loans usually require equity we don't have and so funding usually comes from credit cards, family loans or trusting friends. But finding funding for a woman business owner or woman entrepreneur is only one small piece of the puzzle --- you are also probably building your web site, writing press releases, juggling the books, and maybe make a sale or two, and find a few clients. WomensNet.net is here to help you succeed in starting, building and running a successful business, online or off.

Woman Owned: Small Business Resources for Women in Business
Formed in 1998 and since then we has provided the information, tools, networking opportunities and advice that have helped hundreds of thousands of women.

Women's Issues
Looking for information on women's issues? Find statistics on working women and the wage gap, news on hot topics like abortion, women in politics, feminism, and more.

Women's Issues: refdesk.com
FACTS ENCYCLOPEDIA: WOMEN'S ISSUES.

Womoney
Sharon Ric, Ed.D. Financial planning for women and families. Interest in socially responsible investing.

Work-Family Connection
A not-for-profit educational organization that has been in operation since 1989. Our mission is to provide high-quality services that continually respond to the emerging needs of children, their families, schools and communities. Our programs, operated on school grounds for the convenience of families, include Before and After School Programs, Extended Day Kindergarten, Vacation/Holiday, and Summer Camp. Also see WFC Resources.

Working Mother magazine
Online version of the magazine which covers work and life issues important to career-committed mothers.