Useful Links

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Created by members of the History of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland (H-WRBI), this site encourages research and where possible to make available material to facilitate that research at all levels. :
http://www.history.ac.uk/history-women-religious/

Centre for Early Christian Studies specialises in the study of the early Church Fathers, which is vital to the understanding of Western civilisation and hence the history of women :
http://www.acu.edu.au/research/flagships/early_christian_studies

The Historians of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland:
 http://www.rhul.ac.uk/bedford-centre/history-women-religious/

The Plunkett Centre for Ethics in Health Care is a research centre within Australian Catholic Univeristy - National for the study of ethical issues in health care and biomedical research, many of which are relevant to women's history.
http://www.acu.edu.au/research/flagships/plunkett_centre_for_ethics

Institute for the Advancement of Research is helpful if you are interested to undertake research at the Australian Catholic University - National.
http://www.acu.edu.au/research/research_strengths/institute_for_the_advancement_of_research

Commission for Australian Catholic Women This Commission is designed to promote the participation of women in the Australian Catholic Church and is interested to be in conversation with women and men around the nation. http://www.cacw.catholic.org.au

International Federation for Research in Women's History
http://www.historians.ie/women

Australian Historical Association - organises a conference each year with national and regional conferences alternating
http://www.theaha.org.au

Cushwa Centre for the Study of American Catholicism, University of Notre Dame, Indiana. Newsletter of interest to Australian Catholics.
http://www.nd.edu/~cushwa

Seachanges electronic journal of Women Scholars of Religion and Theology
http://www.wsrt.net.au/seachanges/index.shtml

Women's History Review - major resource in women's history - international journal for the publication of new scholarly articles in women's history
http://www.triangle.co.uk/whr

Directory of Sources for Women's History in Ireland
http://www.nationalarchives.ie/wh

Women's History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/women.womensbook.html

Australian Catholic Theological Association:
http://www.catholictheology.asn.au/Text/1130129521199-0236/ACTA-Net

Theology@ McAuley E Journal - an acclaimed new theological journal of ACU:
http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/research/theology/ejournal/

The following provides a page of links to 30 catholic sites of various perspectives:
http://www.catholic-church.org/cid/top20.html

Archives of feminist theology:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/index.htm

The Irish Theological Association which has great resources and links:
http://www.theology.ie/

UK archives research - a useful tool:
http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/

The Fawcett Library - the famous UK Women's Library named after the suffrage activist: Millicent Garrett Fawcett :
http://www.lgu.ac.uk/facilities/as/fawcett.html

American Historical Association - lots of good links to historical groups:
http://www.historians.org/

Berkshire conference of women historians - the product of the earliest association of women historians:
http://www.berksconference.org/

Genesis - access to women's history sources in the British Isles:
http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/genesis/