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Ladies of the Grand Tour Ladies of the Grand Tour Brian Dolan "According to the 1747 publication The Art of Governing a Wife, women in Georgian England were to "lay up and save, look to the house; talk to few and take of all within." However, some women broke f… OL100267W
Unveiled Unveiled Harriet Logan "In 1997, during the Taliban's repressive rule, award-winning photographer Harriet Logan went to Afghanistan and encountered a group of extraordinary women whose strong characters and dreams for the … OL12020022W
Women & guerilla movements Women & guerilla movements Karen Kampwirth "The revolutionary movements that emerged frequently in Latin America over the past century promoted goals that included overturning dictatorships, confronting economic inequalities, and creating wha… OL12060775W
Life stories of women artists, 1550-1800 Life stories of women artists, 1550-1800 Julia Kathleen Dabbs It is an old adage that "anonymous" was a woman. However not all female artists are anonymous. In this anthology of biographies of female artists, Dabbs (art history, University of Minnesota) and her… OL13773675W
Sex and destiny Sex and destiny Germaine Greer The author examines customs and attitudes toward fertility, chastity, promiscuity, abortion, contraception, and infanticide. OL15839798W
Notable women in mathematics Notable women in mathematics Charlene Morrow "Substantive biographical essays on 59 women from around the world who have made significant contributions to mathematics from antiquity to the present...The emphasis is on contemporary mathematics."… OL15856236W
The JPS guide to Jewish women The JPS guide to Jewish women Cheryl Tallan,Emily Taitz,Sondra Henry "This sourcebook casts a new and clear light on Jewish women as individuals throughout history, setting them firmly within the context of their own cultural and historical periods." "Overview section… OL16294998W
Unlocking the clubhouse Unlocking the clubhouse Jane Margolis,Allan Fisher "The information technology revolution is transforming almost every aspect of society, but girls and women are largely out of the loop. Although women surf the Web in equal numbers to men and make th… OL16919418W
A class by herself A class by herself Nancy Woloch "A Class by Herself explores the historical role and influence of protective legislation for American women workers, both as a step toward modern labor standards and as a barrier to equal rights. Spa… OL17715060W
An army in skirts An army in skirts Frances DeBra Brown "Over 150,000 women served in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) in World War II. Although the majority of WACs were assigned to duties in the United States, several thousand received overseas assignments.… OL17784870W
Embryos, ethics, and women's rights Embryos, ethics, and women's rights Amadeo F. D'Adamo,Elaine Hoffman Baruch,Joni Seager xvii, 259 pages : 23 cm OL18249260W
The obsession The obsession Kim Chernin The Obsession is a deeply committed and beautifully written analysis of our society's increasing demand that women be thin. It offers a careful, thought provoking discussion of the reasons men have e… OL1846389W
Mijn Woestijn Mijn Woestijn W. Dirie,Waris Dirie Autobiografie van het vermaarde fotomodel, dat zich als speciaal ambassadeur van de Verenigde Naties inzet voor de bestrijding van genitale verminking van vrouwen. OL1872813W
Female monasticism in early modern Europe Female monasticism in early modern Europe Cordula van Wyhe "This volume of twelve interdisciplinary essays addresses the multifaceted nature of female religious identity in early modern Europe. By dismantling the boundaries between the academic disciplines o… OL18812472W
Holy anorexia Holy anorexia Rudolph M. Bell Christian saints - Women - Italy - Catherine of SienaJo_ OL1943256W
Women, sex and sexuality Women, sex and sexuality Catharine R. Stimpson,Ethel Spector Person Contains chapter on menstruation, pornography, prostitution, pregnancy, and motherhood. OL19670492W
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
In the company of women In the company of women Susan K. Golant,Susan Murphy,Pat Heim Heim and Murphy draw from the latest research on brain structure, evolution, and socialization to explain why women's workplace relationships are unique. They describe what makes catfights happen-and… OL20545475W
Women, disability, and identity Women, disability, and identity Asha Hans This volume consists of critical and theoretical articles about women with disabilities in both developed and developing countries. Disabled women and their place in these societies has been a subjec… OL20775573W
Afro-Christianity at the grassroots Afro-Christianity at the grassroots M. C. Kitshoff,G. C. Oosthuizen "The spontaneous and rapid growth of indigenous African Christianity, especially in South Africa, has undermined the appropriateness of the term 'mainline' for the traditional, denominational churche… OL20964612W
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