No one can succeed on her own. Even the savviest women need help along the way. To that end, with the help of the ForbesWoman community, we've searched the Web for the most dynamic, inspiring and helpful websites for women. We're delighted to present this list of ForbesWoman's Top 100 Websites for Women.
To determine which sites and blogs made the cut we looked for compelling and decidedly female-oriented content, outstanding design, an active community and frequent updates. In short, sheer clickyness.
Short of a women's studies seminar at Smith College, it would be hard to find feminist conversation as lively and engaging as can be found on Feministing. Pioneer Woman has turned Web design and online photography into a high-art form. Dooce, a blog by uber mom blogger Heather Armstrong, fields dozens of comments and retweets per posting, mostly from like-minded women weighing in on Armstrong's musings and rants. Womensenews and Birdsontheblog are veritable Twitter-fast scrolls of stories and features for and by women.
Twitter follower @abbycar was quick to respond when we asked our community for their favorite Web resources, and her response: "85Broads!" was quickly echoed on both Twitter and Facebook, and happens to be an editors' favorite as well. Other top shout outs that made the list were the blog Start Up Princess (@DomesticBecky), Ms. Magazine (@TitaniaUSA) and financial site LearnVest (@MeldonJ).
Why 100? As it turns out, we couldn't go with less.
85 Broads: A member's only international network of 20,000 inspired, empowered and connected women started by female staffers at Goldman Sachs ( GS - news - people ). Nice offering of blogs from members on work-life issues.
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Alexandra Levit: A career blog by author and journalist Alexandra Levit that regularly dispenses wisdom on all things work.
Babble: A community for new parents with advice, recipes, news and resources, plus a witty blog called Strollerderby.
Betty Confidential: A fast-growing women's site that features celebrity news and lifestyle content.
Birds On the Blog: This London blog features career advice and breaking women's-interest news from 11 resident bloggers (aka "the birds"). All ad revenue from the site is used to fund the education of 5-year-old Ugandan twin girls, Princess and Perfect.
Bizzie Mommy:Very busy mom Stephanie Elie blogs about juggling her two kids and multiple businesses.
BlogHer: The premier women's blog platform is celebrating its fifth year this year--and it's still going and growing strong.
Brazen Careerist's Blog: Serial entrepreneur Penelope Trunk writes about work and life for over 40,000 subscribers. Her top piece of advice? Control your professional identity to stay employable.
CafeMom: An online community for moms that hosts parenting forums, games and blogs.
Care: A community and blog for the "sandwich" generation who juggle caring for their children, parents, pets and overall sanity.
CareerDiva: MSNBC.com career columnist Eve Tahmincioglu blogs about navigating the job market, networking, negotiating and more.
Catalyst: This website by nonprofit group Catalyst hosts research about women in business and an insightful blog, Catalyzing.
Common Sense With Money: Accountant and mom Mercedes Levy offers smart advice on budgeting, saving and where to find bargains.
Cool Mom: TV host and pop culture writer Daphne Brogdon blogs and posts videos to fuel the "momversation."
Corporette: A fashion and lifestyle blog for corporate women: lawyers, bankers, MBAs, consultants and "otherwise overachieving chicks."
Count Me In: This community for women business owners offers career resources, webinars, blogs and a network for female entrepreneurs.
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