Resource List of Books, Materials & Websites
Related to Women & Literacy

Books & Articles	Websites (on Women & Literacy)	Listserves
Specifically for women Learners	Websites (by/for women learners)	Video & Miscellaneous

Bibliography of Books & Articles

This is a listing of books and resources for educators and researchers interested in learning more about issues for women and literacy.

**FEATURED**

Miller, M, & Alexander, I. (2004). Women and Literacy: Moving  from Power to Participation. Women's Studies Quarterly - Special Issue Spring 2004. New York: The Feminist Press at CUNY.

In addition to many fine research articles, the WSQ issue includes an annotated bibliography, and the materials quoted by authors are also important.

 

Books & Articles

Atkinson, T., Ennis, F. and Lloyd,  B-A. (1994). Listen to  women in literacy: The power of woman-positive literacy work. Toronto, ONT.:  CCLOW - Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women with Fernwood Publishing.

Ballara, M. (1992). Women and literacy. Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Zed Books Ltd.

Brown, C.S. (1990). Ready from within, A first person narrative: Septima Clark and the civil rights movement. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press.

Cox, R., & Sanders, L. (1988). Women & literacy. Canadian Woman Studies / les cahiers de la femme, 9 (3 & 4)

Dowdy, J.K. (2003). GED stories: Black women and their struggle for social equity. New York: Peter Lang Publishing. For review, go to: http://literacy.kent.edu/cra/2003/j_habashi/index.html

Gayfer, M. (Ed.) (1980). Special report: Women in adult education. Convergence. Convergencia, Convergence, 8 (1-2).

Hayes, E. & Flannery, D.D., (eds.). (2000). Women as learners: The significance of gender in adult learning. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Heller, C.E. (1997). Until we are all strong together: Women writers in the Tenderloin. New York: Teachers College.

Horsman, J. (1990). Something in my mind besides the everyday: Women and literacy. Toronto: Women's Press, Canada.

Horsman, J. (2000). Too scared to learn: Women, violence and education. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc.

Imel, S. & Kerka, S. (1996). Women and Literacy: Guide to the Literature and Issues for Woman-positive Programs. Columbus: ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education, the Ohio State University. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 400 381).
This publication is intended to support efforts that focus literacy programs on women. It serves as a guide to information and resources on women and literacy. An updated version will appear in WSQ, Spring 2004.

Lanehart, S.L. (2002). Sista, speak: Black women kinfolk talk about language and literacy. Austin, TX: Univ. of Texas Press.

Laubach Literacy Action,  (1995). By women / for women: A beginning dialogue on women and literacy in the United States. Syracuse, NY: Laubach Literacy Action.

Miller, M. (2000). Feminist resources and curriculum for women achieving literacy. Minneapolis, MN. : Research was made possible with a grant from The LuAnn Dummer Center for Women Graduate Student Research Award, 1999-2000. Univ. of St. Thomas. , (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 445 250).

Miller, M. (2002). Women's literacy power: Collaborative approaches to developing and distributing women's literacy resources (Doctoral Dissertation, University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, MN. 2002). Dissertation Abstracts International, 63, 09A, 3085. Also [On-Line] http://www.litwomen.org/Dissertation/dissindex.html.

Miller, S.S. (March 1996). Sharing ideas and language with illiterate women: A challenge for print feminism. Proceedings of the 1996 World Conference on Literacy, Philadelphia,  [On-line], http://www.literacyonline.org/products/ili/pdf/ilprocsm.pdf.

Morrish, E., Horsman, J., Hofer, J. (2003). Take on the Challenge: A Source Book from the Women, Violence, and Adult Education Project. World Education. On-line version available - pdf

Nonesuch, K., (Ed.) (1996). Making Connections: A Literacy and EAL Curriculum from a Feminist Perspective. Toronto: CCLOW - Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women.

Olson, G.A. & Hirsh, E. (1995). Feminist praxis and the politics of literacy: A conversation with bell hooks. In Olson, G.A. & Hirsh, E., (eds.). women writing culture (pp. 105-137). Albany: State University Press of New York.

Royster, J.J. (2000). Traces of a stream: Literacy and social change among African American women. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press.

Taylor, D. , (Ed.) (1997). Many families, many literacies: An international declaration of principles. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Walters, S. & Manicom, L. (1996). Gender in popular education: Methods for empowerment. Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Zed Books.

Wikelund, K. Reed (1993, November). Motivations for learning: voices of women welfare reform participants. Philadelphia: National Center on Adult Literacy,  (NCAL Techincal Report TR93-10), http://www.literacyonline.org/products/ncal/pdf/BP9413.pdf

Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunies for Women
The publications produced by the Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunies for Women are now available on the Internet. For a complete listing, go to: http://www.nald.ca/cclow/search/

Fiction

Bledsoe, L.J. (1997). Working Parts (A Novel). Seattle, WA: Seal Press.

Molteno, M. (2000). A Language in common. North Melbourne, Vic. Australia: Addenda (distributed by Spinifex Press).

Sapphire,  (1996). Push: A Novel. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

Women-Centered Literacy Materials

See annotated listing on the WE LEARN website: http://www.litwomen.org/Resources.html

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Websites of interest for Women and Literacy

WE LEARN -Women Expanding: Literacy Education Action Resource Network www.litwomen.org/welearn.html

Women and Literacy Special Collection sponsored by NIFL -
temporarily housed at http://www.womensliteracy.org/

Literacy Resources / Rhode Island
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Swearer_Center/Literacy_Resources/women.html

ProLiteracy Worldwide connected site - Women in Literacy/Women in Action
http://www.laubach.org/WIL/USA/usa.html