This website will give you a basis for understanding the feminist movement in the US.

Links to all things dealing with feminism. There are feminist texts, feminist activities, the history of birth control, etc.

This is a link to the life of biologist and writer Rachel Carson. Her novel "Silent Spring" is the basis of Atwood's argument concerning the prevalent fear of nuclear and other biological agents harming unborn babies.

While many of the Biblical references on the reader's guide have been hyperlinked for you, this is an excellent site to use when looking up those references that have not.

A youtube clip that will make you think before, during, or after reading.