Hailing from the home of industrious, strong and creative individuals, the women of the Catskills have embodied this rugged spirit best. Though often overlooked in Catskill Mountain history, their stories are inspiring, like that of Candace Wheeler, who used her rural upbringing to achieve personal success and improve life for others.
See offerVermont's constitution, drafted in 1777, was one of the most enlightened documents of its time, but in contrast, the history of Vermont has largely been told through the stories of influential white men. This book takes a fresh look at Vermont's history, uncovering hidden stories, from the earliest inhabitants to present-day citizens striving to overcome adversity and be advocates for change.
See offerCourageous women are to thank for many of Washington's environmental conservation successes. Bonnie Phillips, Melanie Rowland and Helen Engle battled harmful timber cutting.
See offerToday, Gatlinburg is an idyllic mountain resort. But the Sugarlands Valley in the 1910s couldn't have been more different.
See offerOn a bitterly cold morning in January 1963, Daisy Zick was brutally murdered in her Battle Creek home. No fewer than three witnesses caught a glimpse of the killer, yet today, it remains one of Michigan's most sensational unsolved crimes.
See offerThe Lepines' story began in Quebec, from where Maurice and Imelda immigrated to Vermont during the Great Depression. The family farmed, lived off the rich Vermont landscape and instilled a love for it in their daughters, Gert, Jeanette and Therese.
See offerThe last daughter born to Jotham Bixby, the "Father of Long Beach," Fanny Bixby Spencer (1879-1930) carved her own singular and eccentric path across California history. Born to wealth and power, she chose a boldly independent, egalitarian lifestyle in an age when women's lives were largely confined to domesticity.
See offerIn 1883, eleven Rochester women formed the Young Women's Association, and in 1919 they purchased Camp Onanda to provide an escape for young factory girls. The YWCA carried on that mission into the 1980s so that girls from all walks of life could experience the joys of camp.
See offerIn Civil War Columbia, South Carolina, no women were more gossiped about than Amelia Feaster and her teenage daughter, Marie Boozer. The Philadelphia-born Feaster, a widow three times before her thirty-first birthday, aided the Union war effort from her home, while Marie became infamous for her beauty and vanity.
See offerAmerican history is teeming with unconventional, trailblazing Lone Star women with big, unprecedented achievements-outstanding, outrageous, outré women who know all about being "Texas Big" and being first. Texas's own Bessie Coleman was the first black person in the world to earn a pilot's license.
See offerGenerations of women have traveled to Martha's Vineyard to find solace in its calming waves and varied shoreline. Many prominent and capable women set down roots, contributing to the fabric of the community on the island.
See offerWhat is jealousy, and how does it undermine our closest relationships? Renowned journalist and author Nancy Friday tackles this difficult topic with compelling honesty and depth of insight.
See offerIt has long been argued that women, especially black women, have been relegated to a second-class status in American society, and despite modern advances remain subject to a debilitating discrimination in many areas of life.
See offerVibrant, dynamic, spirited and forceful. The contemporary women's movement in India, which began in the late 1970s protested against the dark times, the violence and the misogyny.
See offerWhat accounts for the oft-noted 'gap' between well-designed policies for women and their inadequate implementation? Why do such policies often fail to benefit the poorest women?
See offerFocusing on three important interrelated issues, Women and Civil Society in Turkey challenges the classical definition, developed in the West, of civil society as an equivalent of the public sphere in which women are excluded.
See offerWomen have developed a new self-confidence owing particularly to their involvement in social production and in the different social movements. This has again enhanced public awareness off the struggle for their liberation.
See offerFeminism has sold out, or so argues Andi Zeisler, the founding editor and creative director of Bitch magazine: Today's feminism is a choose-your-own adventure story. Women can choose which aspects of feminist empowerment sound the sexiest, and hype those to the exclusion of more urgent political concerns.
See offerThe Ashgate Research Companion to Lesbian and Gay Activism provides scholars and students with a comprehensive and authoritative state-of-the-art review of the current research in this subject.
See offerFrom the 1970s through the 1990s more than one hundred feminist bookstores built a transnational network that helped shape some of feminism's most complex conversations.
See offerUsing a rich array of newly available sources and contemporary methodologies from many disciplines, the ten original essays in this volume give a fresh appraisal of Addams as a theorist and practitioner of democracy. In an increasingly interdependent world, Addams's life work offers resources for activists, scholars, policy makers, and theorists alike.
See offerHayati bir yolculuk gibi yasayan, aramaktan vazgeçmeyen kadinlar."Tuluhan Tekelioglu'nun kitabinda, kirk yasindaki kadinlarin hikâyelerinden kesitler bulacaksiniz.
See offerRebecca Solnit, bilip bilmeden her seyi açiklayarak kendini ispatlamak derdindeki adamlari; kadinlarin nasil susturuldugunu ve hayatin her alaninda maruz kaldiklari siddeti anlatiyor.
See offer'Cennet annelerin ayaginin altindadir' sözü her seferinde dile getirilirken, bir yandan da her gün kadinlar öldürülüyor, siddete maruz kaliyor. Yasamimizin devamini saglayan, hayatlarinda hep fedakarlik gösteren analarimiza, kadinlarimiza karsi yapilan cinayetler ve siddet her gün Türkiye'de gerçeklesiyor.
See offerWomen in many Westernized countries encounter a wider variety of career opportunities than afforded in previous decades, and the percentage of women leaders in nearly every sector is on the rise.
See offerOsmanli kadini haremde hapis hayati mi yasiyordu? - Kocasinin izni olmadan disari çikabiliyor muydu?
See offerÜstün Dökmen'le Nehirde adli kitabiyla bizi yolculuga çikaran Bircan Kirlangiç Simsek, bu kez ünlü psikolog Prof. Dr.
See offerTürk kadinin özgürlük ve siyasal haklar konusunda verdigi mücadeler hakkinda bilgimiz genellikle azdir. Zübeyde Terzioglu'nun kitabi bize Cumhuriyet'in baslangiç yillarindaki kadin hareketini ve hareretli tartismalari çok yansitiyor.
See offerMetropol Kadinlarinin idealleri nelerdir?Kendilerine biçilen geleneksel rolleri ve vazgeçilmezleri baglaminda yasamlari ve beklentileri hangi dogrultudadir?
See offerBes çocuk annesi, is kadini, finansal danisman ve ekonomi yazari Margaret Lomas; ev ekonomisinden, finanstan, paradan ve para yönetiminden çok iyi anlayan bir kadin, iyi bir es, iyi bir arkadas, iyi bir yönetici, evinin kadini ve de tam 5 çocuk annesi!Tüm görevlerini en iyi sekilde nasil basardigini anlatirken, sizin de bir Süperkadin olmanizdaki engelleri kaldirmaniza yardimci olacak pratik ögütlerle dolu rehber niteligindeki bu kitabi hazirlamis.
See offerÜlkemiz aydinlarinin bugün sorgulamaya basladigi "sistem", toplumumuzda her geçen gün derin yaralar açmaktadir. Cumhuriyetin kurulmasi ile ümit baglanan 60`li, 70`li yillarin geçtiginden sonra 80`li yillarin gençligi de de adeta bir çikmazin pençesinde kivraniyor.
See offerMary Wollstonecraft (1759 - 1797) : 38 yil süren kisa ömrüne karsin, erkek egemenligindeki felsefe alaninda yazdiklariyla, kendinden sonraki yüzyillari kadin haklari konusunda derinden etkileyen bir 18.Yüzyil düsünürüdür.
See offerMisha Lambert's first book of collected poetry is an intimate dive into the mind of a woman in her early twenties. The poems cover a multitude of topics from body image to mental health to sexuality.
See offerThis book explores the employment of Japanese women born in the 1960s and 1970s who experienced childbirth and raised children in the 1990s and the early 2000s. During this period, the Japanese economy experienced a severe recession.
See offerStill Lifting, Still Climbing is the first volume of its kind to document African American women's activism in the wake of the civil rights movement.
See offerMaking Sense of Women's Lives presents a wide range of writings about women's lives in the United States. Michele Plott and Lauri Umansky have drawn on their experiences as both students and professors to assemble the collection.
See offerMaking Sense of Women's Lives presents a wide range of writings about women's lives in the United States. Michele Plott and Lauri Umansky have drawn on their experiences as both students and professors to assemble the collection.
See offerWomen in Solitary presents the powerful testimony of six women who were confined to solitary confinement in New York State prisons.
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