Domestic Organizations and Resources
American Association for the History of Medicine
A scholarly association dedicated to the study of the history of health, healing and disease. It is the longest continuously functioning academic society of this kind in North America. The membership of the Association includes historians, health professionals, librarians, curators and archivists as well as graduate students in history and the health sciences. Includes Women Historians Committee and links to many education and research resources on the history of medicine.
                                         
Exploring and Collecting History Online
Exploring and Collecting History Online (ECHO) is a directory of 5,000+ websites concerning the history of science, technology, and industry. You can search it or browse it according to category. Every listing contains a brief description.

Foundation for the History of Women in Medicine
Preserves the history of women in medicine through an oral history project, research fellowships, student scholarships and an annual recognition award.

Sigersist Circle
A group of medical historians, scholars in related fields and others interested in the history of health, health care and the biomedical sciences who give special attention to the issues of class, race and gender and /or use Marxist, feminist and related critical methodologies in the analysis of medical history.

Women’s Caucus of the History of Science Society
The world's largest society dedicated to understanding science, technology, medicine, and their interactions with society in historical context. The Women's Caucus focuses on the role and status of women in the profession. The Caucus also serves as a forum for those interested in the history of women, as well as the wider role of gender in science, medicine, and technology.

Women in Technology History (WITH), a special interest group of the Society for the History of Technology
WITH has a two-fold purpose: to serve as a support group to encourage and energize women working within the profession and as an activist group that seeks to foster and promote gender analysis within the history of technology.

We invite organizations and programs from around the world with a gender and science component to send us your web address so that we can link to your site. Please contact Linda Baker at linda.baker@berkeley.edu or Charis Thompson at charis.thompson@gmail.com

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