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Significant sisters
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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… |
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The Voice of a Writer
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Valerie G. Rempel, ed.,Doug Heidebrecht, ed. |
For more than fifty years, Katie Funk Wiebe has given voice to her thoughts while sitting alone at her typewriter. She has been particularly adept at opening up her life to others and "wrapping words… |
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The awful rowing toward God
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Anne Sexton |
Sexton's eighth collection of poetry is entitled The Awful Rowing Toward God. The title came from her meeting with a Roman Catholic priest who, although unwilling to administer last rites, told her "… |
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Between the queen and the cabby
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Cole, John R. |
"Students of the French Revolution and of women's right are generally familiar with Olympe de Gouges's bold adaptation of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. However, her Rights … |
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Sex object
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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 … |
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Making Space for Indigenous Feminism
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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… |
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Betsy Mix Cowles
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Stacey M. Robertson |
"Betsy Mix Cowles--a bold reformer whose circle of acquaintances included Frederick Douglass, Abby Kelley, and William Lloyd Garrison--is a brilliant example of what an educated and independent woman… |
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99 femmes et nous
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Fanny Saccomanno |
Cet ouvrage présente, dans un perspective historique et sociologique, 99 portraits de figures féminines qui ont compté dans l'histoire des femmes et de leur émancipation. Leurs luttes et le parcours … |
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Harem years
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Hudá Shaʻrāwī |
In this rare first-hand account of the private world of a Cairo harem during the years before Egypt declared independence in 1922, Shaarawi recalls her childhood and early adult life in the seclusion… |
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Celle qui plante les arbres
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Wangari Maathai |
Ce livre retrace l'incroyable combat de Wangari Maathai. A la tête du Mouvement de la ceinture verte, le plus grand projet de reboisement d'Afrique, elle mène une lutte acharnée avec les femmes kenya… |
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Charlotte
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Dave Mullington |
From the back cover: "Canada's woman newsmaker of the year six times during the 1950s and '60s, Charlotte Whitton made headlines regularly as mayor of Ottawa. But she was no stranger to the spotlight… |
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Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions
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Gloria Steinem |
Steinem's most diverse and timeless collection of essays are found here, from the humorous expose "I Was a Playboy Bunny" to the moving tribute to her mother, "Ruth's Song." The satirical and hilario… |
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The Girl I Left Behind
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Judith Nies |
At the height of the Vietnam War protests, twenty-eight-year-old Judith Nies and her husband lived a seemingly idyllic life. Both were building their respective careers in Washington—Nies as the spee… |
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