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Beauvoir and Her Sisters: The Politics of Women's Bodies in France

Beauvoir and Her Sisters investigates how women's experiences, as represented in print culture, led to a political identity of an "imagined sisterhood" through which political activism developed and thrived in postwar France. Through the lens of women's political and popular writings, Sandra Reineke presents a unique interpretation of feminist and intellectual discourse on citizenship, identity, and reproductive rights.

A Vindication Of The Rights Of Women

In her seminal text, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft crafts a masterful response to the inherently sexist public education system in eighteenth century England.

Single Mother: The Emergence of the Domestic Intellectual

Long perceived as the ultimate symbol of social breakdown and sexual irresponsibility, the single mother is now, in the context of welfare-to-work policies, often hailed as the new spokesperson for hard work and self-sufficiency.

Women in Indonesia: Gender, Equity and Development

Indonesia now has its first woman President - Megawati Sukarnoputri.

Sisters or Strangers?: Immigrant, Ethnic, and Racialized Women in Canadian History

Spanning two hundred years of history from the nineteenth century to the 1990s, Sisters or Strangers? explores the complex lives of immigrant, ethnic, and racialized women in Canada.

Lee and His Army in Confederate History

Was Robert E. Lee a gifted soldier whose only weaknesses lay in the depth of his loyalty to his troops, affection for his lieutenants, and dedication to the cause of the Confederacy?

O corpo feminino em debate

São recentes as preocupações de diferentes disciplinas e áreas do conhecimento em relação a questões que envolvem o corpo.

The Secrets of Mariko: A Year in the Life of a Japanese Woman and Her Family

With Bumiller's intimate, beautifully written portrait of a middle-class Tokyo housewife, readers finally penetrate the mysteries of the Japanese people to see how they differ from us, and how they are alike.

Zesty Womanhood at 40 and Beyond: Second Act, New Role

The sacred feminine is rising throughout the world like the Phoenix.

Maids, Wives, Widows

Maids, Wives, Widows is a lively exploration of the everyday lives of women in early modern England, from 1540-1740.

Women of Medieval France, Illustrated

First published in 1907.

Memoirs of Gluckel of Hameln

A World Without Women: The Christian Clerical Culture of Western Science

In this groundbreaking work of history, David Noble examines the origins and implications of the masculine culture of Western science and technology.

Gumboot Girls: Adventure, Love & Survival on British Columbia's North Coast

Forty years ago, droves of young women migrated away from urban settings and settled in rural areas across North America. Many settled on the north coast of British Columbia, on Haida Gwaii or around Prince Rupert.

Women of England, Illustrated

First published in 1907.

Women's Work, Markets and Economic Development in Nineteenth-Century Ontario

Cohen focuses on the productive relations in the family and the significance of women's labour to the process of capital accumulation in both the capitalist sphere and independent commodity production.

No Excuses

Feminist icon Gloria Feldt pulls no punches in this new book, which argues that the most confounding problem facing women today isn't that doors of opportunity aren't open, but that not enough women are walking through them. From the boardroom to the bedroom, public office to personal relationships, she asserts that nobody is keeping women from parity-except themselves.

Invention Of Women: Making An African Sense Of Western Gender Discourses

The "woman question," this book asserts, is a Western one, and not a proper lens for viewing African society.

Made from Scratch: Reclaiming the Pleasures of the American Hearth

A stunning celebration and reappraisal of the importance of "women's work," Made from Scratch addresses the tug that many Americans feel between our professional and private lives.

Generations

What are the differences in how your grandmother, your mother, and your daughter experience the world? Compare the story of your grandmother's first date with you mother's, your mother's volunteer work with your own career, your great-grandmother's education and expectations with those of a teen today.

Wie haben Sie das gemacht?

Frauen sind heute überall präsent, wo Filme geschaffen, verbreitet und vermittelt werden.

The Troubles in Ballybogoin: Memory and Identity in Northern Ireland

. Bill Kelleher brings the reader in to the heart of Northern Ireland and its long, tragic conflict.

Breaking Barriers

As members of a tiny ethnic minority in Indonesia-the world's largest Islamic nation-Chinese-Indonesian women face hurdles of race and gender that others would find insurmountable. In Breaking Barriers, author Aimee Dawis profiles nine highly accomplished women who have overcome these obstacles and thrived.

Mothers in Academia

While more mothers are increasingly occupying institutions of higher learning, they still struggle to make headway in a world that privileges a commitment to countless hours of scholarly research and study. Despite some advances in institutional policy, these women continue to feel isolated and the need to strive for respect.

Women According to Men: The World of Tudor-Stuart Women

What was it like to be a woman when England was ruled by a queen, but women had almost no legal power? When marriage cost women their property rights?

Groundswell: Grassroots Feminist Activism in Postwar America

Groundswell: Grassroots Feminist Activism in Postwar America offers an essential perspective on the post-1960 movement for women's equality and liberation.

Starting Over: Feminism and the Politics of Cultural Critique

For more than a decade Judith Newton has been at the forefront of defining and promoting materialist feminist criticism. Starting Over brings together a selection of her essays that chart the establishment of feminist literary criticism in the academy and its relation to other forms of cultural criticism, including Marxist, post-Marxist, new historicist, and cultural materialist approaches, as well as cultural studies.

Greatest Caring Secrets Revealed

`Whether you are a teacher, a parent, a foster carer a social worker or work in social policy, Greatest Caring secrets offers you inspiring company'. Politician `Most revealing of the obvious we in authority miss.

Teaching Women's Studies in Conservative Contexts: Considering Perspectives for an Inclusive Dialogue

Women's Studies is a field that inspires strong reactions, both positive and negative, inside and outside of the classroom.

Mujeres de los Andes

El Seminario "Mujeres De Los Andes: Condiciones De Vida Y Salud" tuvo lugar en la ciudad de Quito, del 6 al 10 de junio de 1991.

Remarkable Oregon Women

Without the efforts of inspiring, brave women of the past, the progressive and individualistic Oregon we know today might not exist. From native tribes and Oregon Trail pioneers to Victorian suffragists and unlikely politicians, strong female leaders give profound meaning to the state motto, alis volat propriis-she flies with her own wings.

Resistance Behind Bars

Madison Women Remember

Madison is Wisconsin's capital city and the "land of the four lakes." Since the city's founding 150 years ago, rich and poor have lived in close proximity surrounded by the beautiful lakes, a fact that has played a role in the city's aspirations toward social justice and a good quality of life for all its residents.

Screening Motherhood in Contemporary World Cinema

Using a variety of critical and theoretical approaches, the contributing scholars to this collection analyze culturally specific and globally held attitudes about mothers and mothering, as represented in world cinema. Examining films from a range of countries including Afghanistan, India, Iran, Eastern Europe, Canada, and the United States, the various chapters contextualize the socio-cultural realities of motherhood as they are represented on screen, and explore the maternal figure as she has been glamorized and celebrated, while simultaneously subjected to public scrutiny.

Feminist Pedagogy in Higher Education: Critical Theory and Practice

I AM BLACK WOMAN

The celebration of black women is endless, for their struggle and succession is chartered by dreams of past black heroines.

AZADI: Sexual Politics and Postcolonial Worlds

In December of 2012 in Delhi, India a woman was gang raped, tortured, and inflicted with such bodily violence that she died as a result of the injuries. The case caused massive public protests in Delhi and throughout the Indian subcontinent.

Women, Work, and Worship in Lincoln's Country

The Dumville family settled in central Illinois during an era of division and dramatic change. Arguments over slavery raged.

A Bun in the Oven: How the Food and Birth Movements Resist Industrialization

There are people dedicated to improving the way we eat, and people dedicated to improving the way we give birth. A Bun in the Oven is the first comparison of these two social movements.

Rejected Princesses: Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, and Heretics