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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
The lady & the Virgin The lady & the Virgin Penny Schine Gold Penny Schine Gold provides a bold analysis of key literary and artistic images of women in the Middle Ages and the relationship between these images and the actual experience of women. She argues tha… OL120458W
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
Disorderly conduct Disorderly conduct Carroll Smith-Rosenberg Essays look at feminist history, female friendships, Davy Crockett, sex roles, the feminine cycle, hysteria, abortion, and androgyny in nineteenth-century America. OL123206W
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
Women in late antiquity Women in late antiquity Gillian Clark "This book bridges a gap between two traditional disciplines. Since the 1970s, there has been a remarkable outpouring of work on women in antiquity, but women in late antiquity (3rd-6th centuries AD)… OL15846011W
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 hidden face of Eve The hidden face of Eve Doctor Ronak Husni,Nawal El Saadawi,Nawal El Saadawi,Nawāl al- Saʻdāwī Beschrijving van allerlei aspecten van het vrouw-zijn in Islamitische landen en van de man-vrouw verhouding tegen de achtergrond van het sociale, politieke religieuze leven OL1602171W
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
The woman reader The woman reader Belinda Jack,Belinda Elizabeth Jack "This lively story has never been told before: the complete history of women's reading and the ceaseless controversies it has inspired. Belinda Jack's groundbreaking volume travels from the Cro-Magno… OL16521250W
Force or fraud Force or fraud Toni Bowers This text tells the story of how rape and seduction came to be distinguished according to measures of women's resistance and consent in low-brow 'amatory' writing, by writers such as Aphra Behn, Dela… OL16596951W
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
The Norton anthology of literature by women The Norton anthology of literature by women Sandra M. Gilbert Contains selections written by over 150 women authors from English-speaking countries. Ranges from the fourteenth century to the present. OL17026636W
Kaleidoscope of women in Goa, 1510-1961 Kaleidoscope of women in Goa, 1510-1961 Fatima da Silva Gracias A study of the life styles of women both Christian and non-Christian in Goa, India. OL1759145W
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
Medieval women's visionary literature Medieval women's visionary literature Elizabeth Petroff These pages capture a thousand years of medieval women's visionary writing, from late antiquity to the 15th century. Written by hermits, recluses, wives, mothers, wandering teachers, founders of reli… OL17943594W
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
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