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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
Egalias døtre Egalias døtre Gerd Brantenberg **Egalia’s Daughters** (original title: *Egalias døtre*) is a novel by Gerd Brantenberg that was first published in 1977 in Norwegian. The novel is like most of Brantenberg's other work norm-breaking… OL16251842W
Between the queen and the cabby Between the queen and the cabby 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 … OL16562274W
Iconic Iconic Lakesia D. Johnson "A visual and narrative iconography of the Black female revolutionary across a variety of media texts and historical contexts"-- OL16564346W
The remembered gate The remembered gate Barbara J. Berg "Chronicle of the beginning of woman's emancipation ... Dr. Berg finds its roots in the complex responses to intricate social change that accompanied the urbanization of America, maintaining that the… OL16578516W
Beyond Power On Women Men and Morals Beyond Power On Women Men and Morals Marilyn French This examination of the nature and effects of power draws on the wide range of disciplines, including anthropology, history, political science, law, and theology to investigate the sources of patriar… OL1860024W
How we get free How we get free Javier Sáez del Álamo,Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor The Combahee River Collective, a path-breaking group of radical black feminists, was one of the most important organizations to develop out of the antiracist and women’s liberation movements of the 1… OL19722079W
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
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
Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions 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… OL2945933W
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
Revolutionary Backlash Revolutionary Backlash Rosemarie Zagarri The Seneca Falls Convention is typically seen as the beginning of the first women's rights movement in the United States. Revolutionary Backlash argues otherwise. The debate over women's rights began… OL3512732W
Re-creating Ourselves Re-creating Ourselves Molara Ogundipe-Leslie A riveting selection of feminist writings in which Ogundipe-Leslie has critically and creatively pondered issues of gender, politics, and social transformation for at least three decades. OL3955675W
What women want What women want Gayle Graham Yates Combines personal and social commentary with documentary investigation in an examination of the literatures, issues, purposes, and leaders of contemporary women's groups, focusing on the central femi… OL4792148W
The origins of the Equal Rights Amendment The origins of the Equal Rights Amendment Susan D. Becker A study focusing on the equalitarian feminists, particularly members of the National Women's Party, their allies and opponents during the 1920s and 1930s. OL6334232W
The Women's Movement and Women's Employment in Nineteenth Century Britain The Women's Movement and Women's Employment in Nineteenth Century Britain Ellen Jordan In the first half of the nineteenth century the main employments open to young women in Britain were in teaching, dressmaking, textile manufacture and domestic service. After 1850, however, young wo… OL9172995W