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Mujeres no contadas Mujeres no contadas Luz María Londoño F. http://www.lacarretaeditores.com/vinc/carreta%20social/carresocial01_vinc.html OL11716102W
Women in Bangladesh local government Women in Bangladesh local government Sadik Hasan Village government is not a unique idea in the history of Bangladesh. Historians have traced the existence of village councils during the Vedic period (1500 B.C.—1000 B.C.). After the independence of… OL11904499W
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
Analar, yoldaşlar, tanrıçalar Analar, yoldaşlar, tanrıçalar Handan Çağlayan Çağlayan, Handan, Mothers, Comrades, and Goddesses: Women in the Kurdish Movement and the Formation of Women’s Identity, 2007 (2nd ed. 2009), İstanbul: İletişim Publishing, 278 pages. ABSTRACT T… OL13836779W
Women in politics Women in politics Karen Zeinert Examines the contributions women have made at every level of American politics throughout the history of the United States, as well as the struggles they have encountered. OL15323708W
Breakthrough, women in politics Breakthrough, women in politics Barbara Williams Presents biographies of Genevieve Atwood, Janet Gray Hayes, Dixy Lee Ray, Millicent Fenwick, Nancy Landon Kassebaum, Esther Peterson, and Yvonne Burke, all of whom are active in public life, and brie… OL15338278W
A woman unafraid A woman unafraid Penny Colman A biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt's secretary of labor, who became the first woman cabinet member and a pioneer in labor reform, establishing unemployment insurance, minimum wages, maximum hours,… OL15841134W
Why women should rule the world Why women should rule the world Dee Dee Myers What would happen if women ruled the world?Everything could change, according to former White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers. Politics would be more collegial. Businesses would be more productiv… OL15845947W
Bushwomen Bushwomen Laura Flanders "The Bushwomen - the women appointed to the inner circle of the president's cabinet and sub-cabinet - are cast in the public mind as moderate, malleable, maverick, irrelevant or benign. Their careful… OL15848614W
Off the sidelines Off the sidelines Kirsten Gillibrand "Fourteen years before Kirsten Gillibrand succeeded Hillary Rodham Clinton as senator from New York, she heard her future mentor say these life-changing words: 'Decisions are being made every day in … OL18022212W
Women and the Hindu right Women and the Hindu right Tanika Sarkar,Urvashi Butalia With reference to India; contributed articles. OL18237767W
The fiftieth milestone The fiftieth milestone Shanta Serbjeet Singh,Jyoti Sabharwal Contributed articles on the post-independence Indian experiences. OL18336181W
Wüstenblume Wüstenblume Cathleen Miller,Waris Dirie,Miller Waris Dirie leads a double life -- by day, she is an international supermodel and human rights ambassador for the United Nations; by night, she dreams of the simplicity of life in her native Somalia … OL1872814W
Political Women and American Democracy Political Women and American Democracy Christina Wolbrecht Provides a critical synthesis of scholarly research on women in American politics. OL19895582W
Political participation of women in a changing society Political participation of women in a changing society Sampa Guha With special reference to West Bengal State of India. OL2598752W
What kind of liberation? What kind of liberation? Nadje Al-Ali,Cynthia Enloe,Nadje Sadig Al-Ali,Nicola Pratt "In the run-up to war in Iraq, the Bush administration assured the world that America's interest was in liberation - especially for women. In this first book to examine how Iraqi women have fared sin… OL3025251W
Political leaders Political leaders Laurie Lindop Highlights the lives of ten women prominent in U.S. politics, including Barbara Jordan, Elizabeth Dole, Janet Reno, Geraldine Ferraro, and Jeane Kirkpatrick. OL3256260W
Women on the Hill Women on the Hill Jill S. Pollack Describes the historic, ongoing struggle of women to find equal representation in national politics, including short biographies of prominent Congresswomen, an analysis of special roles of women in C… OL3293951W
Anna Howard Shaw Anna Howard Shaw Anna Howard Shaw “A fascinating autobiography, written with the author’s characteristic flashes of humor. Beginning with childhood days and the moving of the family into the heart of the forest wilderness where untol… OL3508052W
Dancing backwards Dancing backwards Tim Higgins,Sharon Carstairs **This is the story** of the determined and difficult assault by women on the male-dominated citadel of Canadian politics. Combining the profiles of twenty-eight remarkable women who have achieved po… OL3583391W
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