| Why
Weed Women's Issues?
Women's
issues is a topic that has been at the forefront for many
years. So why revisit it now as a weeding topic? Because
there are still many, many old titles in our collections.
 From
All You Can Knit and Crochet for Women to What
Can She Be... career books, they are still on the shelves!
What message are we giving our girls?
Suggested
Dewey Numbers to Check:
Start
in the 300 section: 301s (sociology), 320s (civil and political
rights), 330s (labor force and finances), 340s (legal status),
and the 390s (customs). Then move to the 600s: 618s (ob/gyn)
and 640s (home economics and crafts). In the 700s, look
at 740s (decorative arts) and the 796s (athletics). Look
at your biographies (especially 920s) for updating. Also
review the AV and professional collection.
Specific
Criteria for Weeding:
Carefully
look at any and all books directed at 'women's issues' and
decide if the gender slant is still justified in today's
world. While books on individual sports (track, basketball,
etc.) may require a gender approach, does a book on investment?
You might be better off replacing a gender specific title
with a general interest approach on some topics.
Topics
that still justify a gender approach (careers, life-style
choices, etc.) should be evaluated to be sure that the content
would be seen as encouraging to today's girls and not condescending.
A valid message from 20 years ago could be more demoralizing
than positive when read today.
 Gender
specific topics (sex education, pregnancy, breast cancer,
etc.) that are out-dated are also dangerous to have on the
shelves and must be removed.
Finally, update all those collections of women achievers:
both in topic and personalities.
Consider
Weeding Titles Like These:
- 100
greatest women in sports, 1976. LCCN 76004254
- 1,001
job ideas for today’s woman : a checklist guide to
the job market, 1975.
- The
adolescent girl in conflict, 1966. LCCN 66016342
- Affirmative
action for women : a practical guide, 1973. LCCN 73010592
- The
ambitious woman's guide to a successful career, 1980. LCCN
80065878
- America's
twelve great women leaders during the past hundred years
as chosen by the women of America, 1969. LCCN 74090600
- American
feminists, 1963. LCCN 63017010
- American
woman : new opportunities [filmstrip], 1976.
- American
women : the changing image, 1962. LCCN 62013636
- American
women of science, 1955. LCCN 56000360
- American
working women, 1974.
- Applied
mathematics for girls, 1963. LCCN 63017583
- Attaining
womanhood : a doctor talks to girls about sex, 1952. LCCN
51011897
- A
better figure for you through easy exercise and diet, 1965.
LCCN 65021960
- Birth
control and unmarried young women, 1974. LCCN 74-014769
- Breakthrough
: women into management, 1972. LCCN 72007926
- Bubble
bath and hair bows : a little girl’s guide to grooming,
1963. LCCN 63-12873
- Careers
for women after marriage and children, 1965. LCCN 65-011571
- Careers
for women in uniform, 1971. LCCN 70-117233
- Celebrating
women in mathematics and science, 1966. LCCN 96014119
- Charm;
the career girl’s guide to business & personal
success, 1971. LCCN 73123190
- The
complete book of beauty for the Black woman, 1972. LCCN
72004460
- Coping
: a survival manual for women alone, 1976. LCCN 75037837
- Elegance;
a complete guide for every woman who wants to be well and
properly dressed on all occasions, 1964. LCCN 64011741
- Everything
a woman needs to know to get paid what she’s worth,
1973. LCCN 73079946
- Executive
careers for women, 1961. LCCN 61-010223
- Few
are chosen : American women in political life today, 1968.
LCCN 68030801
- For
girls only; the doctor discusses the mysteries of womanhood,
1953.
- For
women of all ages : a gynecologist’s guide to modern
health care, 1979. LCCN 78031378
- The
future of motherhood, 1974. LCCN 74013391
- Future
perfect; a guide to personality and popularity for the junior
miss, 1957. LCCN 57009358
- Getting
it together, the divorced mother’s guide, 1974.
- Getting
yours : how to make the system work for the working woman,
1975. LCCN 75002100
- A
girl’s guide to dating and going steady, 1968. LCCN
68017797
- How
to be a financially secure woman, 1978. LCCN 77015805
- How
to get a teen-age boy and what to do with him when you get
him, 1969. LCCN 73085240
- I
can be anything : careers and colleges for young women,
1978. LCCN 77095209
- Law
and the new woman, 1975. LCCN 75015584
- Legal
status of women, 1978. LCCN 78003469
- Modern
track and field for girls and women, 1973. LCCN 72085178
- On
being a woman : the modern woman’s guide to gynecology,
1971. LCCN 76151163
- Penny’s
guide to teen-age charm and popularity, 1965. LCCN 64022803
- People
at work : new horizons for women [filmstrip], 1975.
- Personal
and professional success for women, 1972. LCCN 79172405
- The
single girl goes to town; a knowing guide to men, maneuvers,
jobs, and just living for big city women, 1968. LCCN 68-016763
- Successful
women and how they attained success, 1943. LCCN 43002956
- What
can she be? : A farmer, 1976. LCCN 76012474
- What
every woman should know about finances, 1978. LCCN 77093504
- A
woman’s money : how to protect and increase it in the
stock market, 1970. LCCN 72-091992
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