U.S. Women’s Equality Day commemorates the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibited the government from denying voting rights on the basis of sex. However, the fight for voting rights was far from over for those who identified as women, particularly for women of color who faced discrimination from state laws through poll taxes and literacy tests.

Below you will find a collection of open access resources from SAGE that highlights topics related to women’s history, equality, gender equity, and intersectionality from a diverse set of disciplines. These resources aim to explore the biases, stereotypes, and discriminatory behaviors that continue to contribute to inequalities for people who identify as women today.

Research Collections

Women’s History Month

A research collection spotlighting research by women that focuses on intersectionality, women’s studies, business and management, women in STEM, women’s health, and more.

• No Girls Allowed: Women in Male-Dominated Majors Experience Increased Gender Harassment and Bias by Brooke E. Dresden, Psychological Reports

• How Messages About Gender Bias Can Both Help and Hurt Women’s Representation by Deborah Jordan Brooks,
  American Politics Research

• Women Hold Up Half the Sky? Informal Institutions, Entrepreneurial Decisions, and Gender Gap in Venture Performance by Eric Yanfei Zhao, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

• I’m Every Woman: Advancing the Intersectional Leadership of Black Women School Leaders as Anti-Racist Praxis by April L. Peters, Journal of School Leadership

• Gendered Ambition: Men’s and Women’s Career Advancement in Public Administration by Robert Maranto, The American Review of Public Administration

Gender equity and justice collection

In the last century, gender- and sex-based oppression has persevered, from the disproportionate maternal mortality rates of Black women to the coerced sterilization of Indigenous populations. This collection explores themes of gender oppression and inequity and examines the unjust systems that stifle equality.

Sample articles:

• From Abortion Rights to Reproductive Justice: A Call to Action by Erica Goldblatt Hyatt, Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work

• Women and Minority Film Directors in Hollywood: Performance Implications of Product Development and Distribution Biases by Ekaterina V. Karniouchina, Journal of Marketing Research

• Structural Gendered Racism Revealed in Pandemic Times: Intersectional Approaches to Understanding Race and Gender Health Inequities in COVID-19 by Whitney N. Laster Pirtle, Gender & Society

• When Do Movements Matter? The Politics of Contingency and the Equal Rights Amendment by Sarah A. Soule, American Sociological Review

Blogs

Blog: Is there a glass ceiling in higher education?

Social Science Space

• Emancipating Women

• We Know More Than What is Measured About Gender Inequality in Academia

• We Cannot Cite Our Way to Equality, But Citational Justice Is Vital

• Index Finds Little Global Progress on Gender-Based Development Goals

• Why We Need Experiential Scholarship to Better Understand Racial Inequality

• Gender Plays a Role in Research Impact and Assessment

• Are Gender Studies Under Assault Globally?

Methodspace

Diversity Equity & Inclusion: Women’s Equality Day

DEI Work at SAGE

Women in Technology: SAGE signs up to the Tech Talent Charter

SAGE Donates Encyclopedia of Transgender Studies to Gender Community Lending Library

Other Resources

10% Braver: International Women's Day Resources

Video: What it means to be an early career researcher as a woman of colour

Equity in Journals Publishing Spotlight Series: Women’s Health (WHE)

Promoting Gender Equity in Business & Management Resources