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Mrs. Warren's Profession
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George Bernard Shaw |
From the book:Mrs Warren's Profession has been performed at last, after a delay of only eight years; and I have once more shared with Ibsen the triumphant amusement of startling all but the strongest… |
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Negotiating intimacies
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Arna Seal |
Study, based on one hundred women who live in Calcutta's slums. |
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Climbing the stairs
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Margaret Powell |
The only escape from being a kitchen maid is to get married, but with just one evening off a week, Margaret has no time to lose. Her initial prospects are hardly the stuff of dreams, but then she mee… |
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Assommoir
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Émile Zola |
L'Assommoir is a study of alcoholism and poverty in the working-class districts of Paris.
Gervaise Macquart, who is featured briefly in the first novel in the series, La Fortune des Rougon, is runni… |
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Here's to you, Jesusa!
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Elena Poniatowska |
"Based on Josefina Borquez, a working-class woman whose difficult life spanned some of the seminal events in early-twentieth-century Mexican history, Poniatowska's Jesusa is a tough, coarse-mouthed, … |
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Bhāratīya nārī
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Mañjulatā Chillara |
Exploitation, crimes against, and social conditions of working class women in Meerut, India; a study. |
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Lean In
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Sheryl Sandberg,Nell Scovell |
Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women's … |
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Trash
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Dorothy Allison |
First published in 1988, the award-winning Trash showcases Allison at her most fearlessly honest and startlingly vivid. The limitless scope of human emotion and experience are depicted in stories tha… |
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Transcribing class and gender
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Carole Srole |
viii, 324 p. : 24 cm |
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Women of Crisis
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Robert Coles |
Examines the lives of 5 women, including Lorna, an Eskimo woman from a coastal village in Alaska. |
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My unsentimental education
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Debra Monroe |
"A misfit in Spooner, Wisconsin with its farms, bars, and strip joints, Debra Monroe leaves to earn a degree, then another, another, and builds a career--if only because her plans to be a Midwestern … |
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Growing up girl
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Helen Lucey,June Melody,Valerie Walkerdine |
"Growing up Girl traces the lives of girls from their early childhood to young adulthood to explore how transformations in class identities are impacting on their lives. Set against a backdrop of dei… |
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Coalmining women
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Angela V. John |
A history of women in the coal mines of Great Britain. |
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The Girls in 3-B
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Valerie Taylor |
An honest, explosive novel that turns conventional ideas of 1950s feminity upside down, The Girls in 3-B reveals in page-turning detail the hidden world of mid-century America, showcasing predatory B… |
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Scandal
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Pamela Britton |
Pamela Britton pens another romantic and wickedly funny Regency tale with her remarkable and witty writing style. |
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Incendiary
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Chris Cleave |
A distraught woman writes a letter to Osama bin Laden after her four-year-old son and her husband are killed in a massive suicide bomb attack at a soccer match in London. In an emotionally raw voice … |
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Moving out
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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… |
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A daughter of Han; the autobiography of a Chinese working woman
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Ning, Lao Tʻai-tʻai |
Ning Lao T'ai-t'ai's family had a good name, but not enough money, and her husband's opium addiction sank her fortunes further. *A Daughter of Han* tells the story of her her life, a personal illustr… |
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