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Josie Underwood's Civil War diary Josie Underwood's Civil War diary Josie Underwood A well-educated, outspoken member of a politically prominent family in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Josie Underwood (1840--1923) left behind one of the few intimate accounts of the Civil War written by a… OL13654127W
Barefoot in Baghdad Barefoot in Baghdad Manal M. Omar Despite her family’s opposition to Omar’s assuming the position of country director in Iraq with Women for Women International, a group that helped female survivors of war to rebuild their lives, she… OL15393956W
La gui a de salud La gui a de salud Jane L. Delgado Provides advice for Hispanic American women on the social aspects of health care, dealing with the system, common diseases in the Latino community, making decisions, keeping health records, and relat… OL17716929W
Roar Roar Scottie Nell Hughes The director of the Tea Party News Network examines "the strength of the new conservative woman in everyday life and politics--from deep faith and spirituality to love for family and children to inde… OL17852925W
It still takes a candidate It still takes a candidate Jennifer L. Lawless "It Still Takes a Candidate serves as the only systematic, nationwide empirical account of the manner in which gender affects political ambition"--Provided by publisher. "It Still Takes a Candidate … OL18634358W
Women of the Republic Women of the Republic Linda K. Kerber This book is renowned as one of the earliest works to address the role of women in the American Revolution. It is seen as an introductory text to the "herstories" published by American women's histor… OL1891037W
What Do Women Want? What Do Women Want? Erica Jong Erica Jong's two rules of writing are "never cut funny" and "keep the pages turning." And Jong delivers in these twenty-six essays, coupling frank and risquZ stories about her own life with provocati… OL1901527W
Too fat, too slutty, too loud Too fat, too slutty, too loud Anne Helen Petersen A popular BuzzFeed columnist examines the phenomenon of popular provocative womanhood to discuss the rise of such counterculture stars as Amy Schumer, Nicki Minaj, and Caitlyn Jenner, exploring why t… OL19714272W
Colored no more Colored no more Treva B. Lindsey "This project examines New Negro womanhood in Washington, DC through various examples of African American women challenging white supremacy, intra-racial sexism, and heteropatriarchy. Treva Lindsey d… OL19722798W
Cosmo report Cosmo report Linda Wolfe "The Largest-ever sexual survey of American Women. Bigger by far than the Kinsey Report or any other sexual study of American women, the Cosmo Report is a landmark work about female behavior. The rep… OL19999145W
Liberated threads Liberated threads Tanisha C. Ford The author explores how and why black women, from the civil rights and Black Power era of the 1960s through anti-apartheid activism in the 1980s and beyond, and in places as far-flung as New York Cit… OL20018490W
Texas Women Texas Women Rebecca Sharpless,Juliana Barr,Stephanie Cole,Elizabeth Hayes Turner Texas Women: Their Histories, Their Lives engages current scholarship on women in Texas, the South, and the United States. It provides insights into Texas’s singular geographic position, bordering on… OL20303274W
Unveiled Unveiled Cheryl L. Reed Drawing on interviews with three hundred nuns from a variety of orders, a study of convent life describes their daily lives, worship services, vow ceremonies, friendships, attitude toward the modern … OL20953791W
The political consequences of motherhood The political consequences of motherhood Jill S. Greenlee " From civically and politically engaged women linking their identity as "mothers" to their fight for prohibition, public sanitation, and protective labor laws to the general call to arms of "mama gr… OL23334947W
The invisible woman The invisible woman Joanne Belknap THE INVISIBLE WOMAN: GENDER, CRIME, AND JUSTICE is the definitive guide for the women and the criminal justice system course. The textbook covers topics ranging from female offenders to female victim… OL3750005W
The way of duty The way of duty Joy Day Buel Mary Fish (1736-1818) was born to Joseph Fish (1706-1781) and Rebecca Pabodie (1704-1783) in Connecticut. She married first John Pierpont (1735-1767) and secondly Gold Selleck Silliman (1732-1790) an… OL5596750W
Votes for women Votes for women Ann Rossi A brief history of American women's fight for voting rights. OL5801969W
Moving out Moving out Polly Spence "Moving Out: A Nebraska Woman's Life is the autobiography of Polly Spence (1914-98) and an intimate portrait of small-town life in the mid-twentieth century. The descendant of Irish settlers, Polly s… OL5952193W
It could happen to anyone It could happen to anyone Alyce D. LaViolette,Ola W. Barnett The widely read and highly praised bestseller It Could Happen to Anyone offers a unique amalgamation of the practical clinical experience of Alyce LaViolette and the extensive research of Ola Barnett… OL7795342W
Damaged Goods? Damaged Goods? Adina Nack How do women living with genital herpes and/or HPV (human papilloma virus) infections see themselves as sexual beings, and what choices do they make about sexual health issues? Adina Nack, a medical … OL9914582W
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