I have come across one dissertation on the subject of AA and women: Lillian Mae Halberg, "Rhetorical Dimensions of Institutional Language: A Case Study of Women Alcoholics." University of Iowa, 1988 Also, the "new and revised edition" of the AA Big Book has several stories by women (Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism, 1955 ed.) Michelle McClellan Stanford University [log in to unmask]