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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Resistance Behind Bars Resistance Behind Bars Victoria Law In 1974, women imprisoned at New York's maximum-security prison at Bedford Hills staged what is known as the August Rebellion. Protesting the brutal beating of a fellow prisoner, the women fought off… OL15673260W
Mrs. O Mrs. O Mary Tomer Celebrates Michelle Obama's fashion sense, which has struck a chord with American women and made her an international style icon, in a book that includes exclusive interviews with the first lady's de… OL16188792W
Transfeminist perspectives in and beyond gender studies Transfeminist perspectives in and beyond gender studies Anne Enke If feminist studies and transgender studies are so intimately connected, why are they not more deeply integrated? Offering multidisciplinary models for this assimilation, the vibrant essays in Transf… OL16240014W
Feminist Review Feminist Review The Feminist Review Collective This book should be of interest to a wide general readership students and lecturers in the fields of women's studies, history, cultural studies, sociology. OL16952643W
Taishō chic Taishō chic Sharon Minichiello,Kendall H. Brown,Sharon A. Minichiello "Catalogue entries on popular songbooks, kimono, and decorative arts further investigate the potent relations between styles and ideologies imported from the West and those newly established as Japan… OL18312098W
Gutsy girls Gutsy girls Tina Schwager,Michele Schuerger Twenty-five young women share their adventures in such activities as skydiving, building homes, and mountain climbing, demonstrating the value of courage, commitment, and a positive attitude. OL1838128W
The State of world population 2000 The State of world population 2000 Nafis Sadik,United Nations Population Fund,United Nations Population Fund. 76p. : 30 cm OL18915445W
Trabajo, poder y sexualidad Trabajo, poder y sexualidad Orlandina de Oliveira "Collection of 13 works is product of a three-year workshop on condition of women. Focuses on themes related to work, family and reproduction, women's political participation, and identity and sexual… OL19006118W
Working Out Working Out Hilary Hinds Addresses issues of concern in the area of women's studies, aiming to offer fresh perspectives on sexuality, paid work, the development process, equal opportunities legislation, lesbian history and w… OL19911640W
The Lost Sisterhood The Lost Sisterhood Julia Ingram xiii, 182 pages ; 23 cm OL2652020W
Writing a woman's life Writing a woman's life Carolyn G. Heilbrun Drawing on the experience of celebrated women, from George Sand and Virginia Woolf to Dorothy Sayers and Adrienne Rich, Heilbrun examines the struggle these writers undertook when their drives made i… OL2925380W
The feline mystique The feline mystique Clea Simon "The Feline Mystique is the first serious examination of the intense relationship between women and their cats and of the repercussions that bond can have on others. The Feline Mystique uses history,… OL3281949W
Coalmining women Coalmining women Angela V. John A history of women in the coal mines of Great Britain. OL3487034W
Modern Feminist Thought Modern Feminist Thought Imelda Whelehan This introduction provides a critical survey of the dominant trends in Anglo-American feminist thought since 1968. From the historical roots of second-wave feminism to current debates about feminist … OL3752908W
Women at work in Australia Women at work in Australia Rae Frances Examines the work undertaken by women in Australia between the gold rushes of the 1850s and World War II. OL3919041W
Rosie's mom Rosie's mom Meredith Cary,Carrie Brown Although the World War II posters of Rosie the Riveter and Wendy the Welder remind us of the women who contributed to the nation's war effort in the 1940s, the women workers of World War I are nearly… OL5352336W
Relationships That Rock! Relationships That Rock! Sue Ostler The Survival Bible for crossing over from the land of the sassy single to life in glorious Couplesville - while still remaining true to fabulous you!Sue Ostler's warm and wonderfully honest approach … OL5881886W
Borderlands/La Frontera Borderlands/La Frontera Gloria E. Anzaldúa "Rooted in Gloria Anzaldúa's experience as a Chicana, a lesbian, an activist, and a writer, the essays and poems in this volume challenge how we think about identity. Borderlands/La Frontera remaps … OL61326W
Wings, women, and war Wings, women, and war Reina Pennington,John Erickson The Soviet Union was the first nation to allow women pilots to fly combat missions. During World War II the Red Air Force formed three all-female units -- grouped into separate fighter, dive bomber, … OL6208443W