Carrie the Vote
Carrie the Vote, a "tongue-'n-chic guide to voter registration," seeks to draw and attract a single unmarried female audience that has never voted before. Through their Web site, they hope to build critical mass by informing this huge demographic of their voting power. The site content addresses specific solutions to overcome the challenges of women's daily busy lives in order to cast a vote during elections.
Center for American Women in Politics
The Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) is a university-based research, education and public service center. Its mission is to promote greater knowledge and understanding about women's participation in politics and government and to enhance women's influence and leadership in public life. The site offers statistics on women officeholders and candidates, data on the gender gap and voting patterns, a lists of "firsts" for women in U.S. politics, and an archive of little-known facts about women and politics.
Institute for Women's Policy Research
The Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) is a public policy research organization dedicated to informing and stimulating the debate on public policy issues of critical importance to women and their families. IWPR focuses on issues of poverty and welfare, employment and earnings, work and family issues, health and safety, and women's civic and political participation. The site provides fact sheets and reports on the Instutite's latest findings.
League of Women Voters
The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and aims to influence public policy through education and advocacy. Among its resources, the site features a fact sheet of "5 Things You Need to Know on Election Day and Why They Matter."
NOT FOR OURSELVES ALONE
A PBS film by Ken Burns and Paul Barnes, NOT FOR OURSELVES ALONE tells the story of uncompromising women’s rights leaders Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. The site features an interactive history of the women's movement; biographical information, writings and speeches on the leaders of the women's movement; critical essays by noted scholars; lesson plans for language arts and history teachers; and lists of related sites, recommended reading, and related organizations.
ONLINE NEWSHOUR: Gender Politics
On PBS's NEWSHOUR, two partisan pollsters discuss the importance of women voters in Election 2004, and why women are a major target for President Bush and Senator Kerry's presidential campaigns. The transcript of this discussion can be found on the NEWSHOUR Web site.
1000 Flowers
1000 Flowers has organized the non-partisan "Nail the Election" to encourage unregistered women to register and to vote, to make their voices heard in November's elections and beyond. They have distributed political "beauty kits" in battleground states, registering hundreds of female voters while focusing attention on issues thought to be especially important to women, such as health care.
TO THE CONTRARY
Launched in April 1992, TO THE CONTRARY, public broadcasting's all-female news analysis series, provides an forum for women to discuss national and international issues and policies. The program recently featured a segment on "Granny Voters," and keeps updated links to headlines about political issues affecting women.
Women's Voices, Women's Vote
Women's Voices, Women Vote is a project to determine how to increase the share of unmarried women in the electorate and develop a set of messages to motivate their participation. The project is designed to "change the culture of unmarried women when it comes to voting — to get them to associate the act of voting to the social frame within which they want to be seen." The site offers the latest polling data on issues important to unmarried women.
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