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Significant sisters Significant sisters Margaret Forster Portrays eight women's rights advocates of the 19th and early 20th centuries: Caroline Norton, Elizabeth Blackwell, Florence Nightingale, Emily Davies, Josephine Butler, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Marga… OL14851532W
Outlaw Culture Outlaw Culture Bell Hooks Bell hooks, one of America's leading black intellectuals, is also one of our most clear-eyed and penetrating analysts of culture. Outlaw culture--the culture of the margin, of women, of the disenfran… OL15053153W
Feminist Review Feminist Review The Feminist Review Collective Feminist Review is the UK's leading feminist journal. It has a unique place in the women's movement internationally. This issue focusing on Nationalism and National Identities features articles by Na… OL16963618W
L'Histoire des femmes au Québec depuis quatre siècles L'Histoire des femmes au Québec depuis quatre siècles Marie L. Lavigne,Micheline Dumont-Johnson,Collectif Clio,Michèle Stanton-Jean Certains diront peut-être : « Encore un livre sur les femmes !» Ils se trompent. C'est un autre livre d'histoire. C'est l'histoire dite autrement. Quatre historiennes ont relevé ce défi. S'appuya… OL17074221W
The politics of women's spirituality The politics of women's spirituality Charlene Spretnak Essays discuss goddess worship, spiritual consciousness, the relationship between politics and religion, and applications of spirituality as a political force. OL18416945W
Feminism and philosophy Feminism and philosophy Frederick Elliston,Mary Vetterling-Braggin "Feminism and Philosophy is a collection of essays by thirty-three contemporary philosophers. Both sides of the moral issues concerning controversial topics are presented. The contributors give vario… OL18829299W
Race, gender, and the activism of Black feminist theory Race, gender, and the activism of Black feminist theory Suryia Nayak "Beginning from the premise that psychology needs to be questioned, dismantled, and new perspectives brought to the table in order to produce alternative solutions, this book takes an unusual trans-d… OL19662496W
The feminine subject The feminine subject Susan J. Hekman "In 1949 Simone de Beauvoir asked, "What does it mean to be a woman?" Her answer to that question inaugurated a radical transformation of the meaning of "woman" that defined the direction of subseque… OL19990781W
Sex object Sex object Jessica Valenti "Who would I be if I lived in a world that didn't hate women?" Hailed by the Washington Post as "one of the most visible and successful feminists of her generation," Jessica Valenti has been leading … OL20028272W
Sharing the work Sharing the work Myra H. Strober "Myra Strober became a feminist on the Bay Bridge, heading toward San Francisco. It is 1970. She has just been told by the chairman of Berkeley's economics department that she can never get tenure. D… OL20045732W
Making Space for Indigenous Feminism Making Space for Indigenous Feminism Joyce Green "The 2007 first edition of this book proposed that Indigenous feminism was a valid and indeed essential theoretical and activist position, and introduced a roster of important Indigenous feminist con… OL20213452W
Global feminism Global feminism Myra Ferree,Aili Tripp Since the UN's World Conference on Women in Mexico City in 1975, feminists around the world have campaigned with increasing success for recognition of women's full personhood and empowerment. This bo… OL20546067W
Media and the rhetoric of body perfection Media and the rhetoric of body perfection Deborah Harris-Moore Against the background of the so-called 'obesity epidemic', Media and the Rhetoric of Body Perfection critically examines the discourses of physical perfection that pervade Western societies, sheddin… OL20548107W
First Feminists First Feminists Moira Ferguson ""Moira Ferguson has selected wisely from well-known and little-known figures and from fiction, polemic and poetry to illustrate the long and diverse history of feminist reflection up to and includin… OL2723166W
Là où tombent les anges Là où tombent les anges Charlotte Bousquet Roman historique OL27697508W
Aurata kā koi deśa nahīṃ Aurata kā koi deśa nahīṃ Tasalimā Nāsarina Articles on feminism and social conditions of women with reference to Bangladesh and India. OL28167131W
Behind a Mask, or, A Woman's Power Behind a Mask, or, A Woman's Power Louisa May Alcott Though best known for the lighthearted look at family life and sisterly relationships in Little Women, some of Louisa May Alcott's work touched on more socially significant themes. Behind a Mask, Or … OL30010W
Feminist theory Feminist theory Bell Hooks,Noomi B. Grüsig,Nassira Hedjerassi A sweeping examination of the core issues of sexual politics, bell hooks' new book Feminist Theory: from margin to center argues that the contemporary feminist movement must establish a new direction… OL31115W
Controversy and coalition Controversy and coalition Beth B. Hess,Myra Marx Ferree Controversy and Coalition is a comprehensive and engaging overview of the American women's movement from the 1960s to the 1990s. This third edition is the only short and highly readable book on the i… OL3476441W
Mothers and more Mothers and more Eugenia Kaledin An account of the lives, work, and consciousness of American women during the Eisenhower Era. OL3955940W
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