Gender studies: women and girls Books

""Fame For A Woman: Or Splendid Mourning"" is a novel written by Metcalfe Cranstoun and first published in 1902. The book is set in the early 1900s and follows the life of a young woman named Margaret, who is determined to become famous and successful in...

""Facts and Fictions of Life"" is a thought-provoking book written by Helen Hamilton Gardener in 1893. The book is a collection of essays that explore the complexities of life, covering topics such as religion, science, politics, and social issues...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down!It's not easy being a woman . . . there are way too many things to do and way too many people who want to make your life difficult. But Esther Pearlman finds that no matter where life takes her - whether it's to the...

Though a biological characteristic, menstruation is also a complex social construction, one that men play an active role in creating via a process of "menstrual transactions." This book explores the means by which menstruation is given meaning through an...

Supporting Transgender and Gender-Creative Youth brings together cuttingedge research, social action methods, and theory on the topic of transgender youth and gender creative children.

Widely hailed as one of the best feminist-oriented series on television, NBC's Parks and Recreation (2009-2015) presents a multifaceted text for examining the incorporation of feminist ideology into its storylines. This book analyzes the various ways the...

Jayne Mansfield is a legend.She appeared in twenty-nine movies as an actress and she was also a musician and a comedienne. Her I.Q. was reputed to be 163. She was the mother of five, including Mariska Hargitay, the star of the hit TV show LAW & ORDER...

NEW EDITION www.athlettes.com TO HONOR THE WORLDS GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT ...BIRTH (TM)EVERY CHILD is a ROYAL CHILD With wit and candor, Lynn Petronella, former world class runner and l980 Olympic contender traces the roots of her history and her interest...

Historians have, on the whole, dealt somewhat harshly with the fascinating Madame de Montespan, perhaps taking their impressions from the judgments, often narrow and malicious, of her contemporaries. To help us get a fairer estimate, her own Memoirs...

The author was Josephine's principal confidant after the divorce, accompanying the ex-Empress to her exile in Navarre. An important source supplemented by extensive correspondence.

The author was Josephine's principal confidant after the divorce, accompanying the ex-Empress to her exile in Navarre. An important source supplemented by extensive correspondence.

Hi-Pockets: Follows the antics of Horace as he teases and tricks his way thru life. Sixty-eight short stories depict the lives of one family in the early 1900s with humor and optimism as they face trials from bloopers to tragedies.

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"The Judge is God", a nonfiction account, discloses the truth behind an extended custody battle: endured, fully documented, then filed. Jackie's family was falsely accused and condemned while holding mountains of proof. The judge played God?

This collection of essays, first published two decades ago, presents central feminist critiques and analyses of natural and social sciences and their philosophies. This work provides a splendid opportunity for upper-level...

Le livre ""Notice Sur La Congregation Des Filles Du Saint-Esprit, 1706-1850 (1888)"" r�����dig����� par Charles Lemercier est une description compl�����te de la Congr�����gation des Filles du Saint-Esprit. Cette congr�����gation religieuse a �����t�����...

""Notice Historique sur l'Association des Dames de la Mis�����ricorde de Chalon-S.-Sa�����ne, 1638-1877"" est un livre �����crit par Henri Batault en 1878. Il s'agit d'une histoire d�����taill�����e de l'Association des Dames de la Mis�����ricorde de...

""Notes sur Madame de Sta�����l"" est un livre �����crit en 1899 par Eugene Ritter. Il s'agit d'une analyse de la vie et de l'�����uvre de Madame de Sta�����l, une �����crivaine et intellectuelle fran�����aise du XVIIIe si�����cle. Le livre explore sa...

""Neue Beitr�����ge zur Kaiserschnittsfrage"" ist ein medizinisches Buch aus dem Jahr 1885 von Max Sanger. Das Buch befasst sich mit der Frage, wann ein Kaiserschnitt notwendig ist und welche Risiken damit verbunden sind. Sanger beschreibt verschiedene...

Il libro ""Nelle Funebri Onoranze Rese Il Di 2 Luglio 1860 Alle Ceneri Di Attilio Frosini Sedicenne (1860)"" di Vincenzo Marraccini ����� una raccolta di documenti e discorsi commemorativi pronunciati in occasione del funerale di Attilio Frosini, un...

""Too Fast And Too Far"" is a novel written by Lucius Manlius Sargent and first published in 1837. The story follows the lives of two young women, Nancy Le Baron and Kitty Grafton, who come from very different backgrounds but share a strong bond of...

""Mon Orphelinat Et Gounod En Angleterre"" (1882) est un livre �����crit par Georgina Weldon. Il raconte l'histoire de son orphelinat pour les filles pauvres en Angleterre, ainsi que son amiti����� avec le c�����l�����bre compositeur fran�����ais Charles...

Il libro intitolato ""Memorietta Italiana Per Le Fanciulle"" ����� stato scritto nel 1837 da Maria Emilia A. Cassella. Questo testo ����� stato pensato per le giovani donne italiane dell'epoca, con l'obiettivo di fornire loro una panoramica della cultura...

Il libro ""Memorie Economico-Statistiche Sulle Maremme Toscane"" ����� stato scritto da Salvagnoli-Marchetti, Antonio nel 1846. Quest'opera ����� un'analisi dettagliata dell'economia e della statistica della regione delle Maremme in Toscana. L'autore...

""Memorie Di Una Cosacca"" ����� un libro scritto da Da Mongibello, Pio e pubblicato nel 1875. Si tratta di un romanzo storico che racconta la storia di una giovane donna cosacca di nome Marija, che vive durante l'epoca della guerra di Crimea. Il libro...

Memoirs of Bertha von Suttner Volume 1: The Records of an Eventful Life is a book published by Ginn and Company in 1910. The book is a personal account of the life of Bertha von Suttner, a prominent Austrian pacifist and author. In this volume, von...

""Le Nostre Donne"" ����� un libro scritto da Oreste Bruni nel 1886. Questo volume ����� una raccolta di ritratti di donne italiane dell'epoca, dalle figure pi����� famose e celebri a quelle meno conosciute ma ugualmente interessanti. Bruni descrive con...

Le Livre D'Une Mere est un livre �����crit par Pauline, L. en 1875. Il s'agit d'un recueil de lettres �����crites par une m�����re ������ sa fille, dans le but de lui donner des conseils sur la vie, l'amour et la famille. Le livre est divis����� en...

Le Livre D'Or Des Femmes (1870) est un livre �����crit par Edouard Plouvier. Ce livre est une compilation de biographies de femmes c�����l�����bres de l'histoire, de la litt�����rature, des arts et de la politique. Plouvier met en lumi�����re les...

Il libro ""Le Livre Des Jeunes Filles"" (1847) di De Savigny, Laurence ����� un romanzo storico che racconta la storia di una giovane ragazza francese di nome Marie, che vive durante la Rivoluzione francese. Marie ����� una ragazza curiosa e intelligente...

Le Livre Des Femmes est un livre �����crit par Dash, Comtesse et publi����� en 1860. Ce livre traite de la place des femmes dans la soci�����t����� et de leur r�����le dans la vie quotidienne. Il explore les diff�����rents st�����r�����otypes de genre et...

Growing up in a Scottish Presbyterian family in the nineteen fifties, Wilma is completely at odds with her inner world. Craving something she could not name and defying cultural expectations, she leaves Scotland. Her search takes her all over the world,...

This book develops an intersectional feminist approach to moral responsibility. It accomplisheses four main goals. First, it outlines a concise list of the main principles of intersectional feminism. Second, it uses these principles to critique...

The notion of 'silence' in Politics and International Relations has come to imply the absence of voice in political life and, as such, tends to be scholastically prescribed as the antithesis of political power and political agency. However, from Emma...

The Body in French Queer Thought from Wittig to Preciado: Queer Permeability identifies a common concern in French queer works for the materiality of the body, arguing for a return to the body as fundamental to queer thought and politics, from HIV...

This book explores how women writers create and question men and masculinity. As men have written women so have women written men. Debate about how men have represented women in literature has a long and distinguished history; however, there has been...