Gender studies: women and girls Books

A fascinating biography of Madame de Sévigné, one of France's greatest letter writers and a key figure in the cultural and political life of the 17th century.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the...

Dieses Buch untersucht die Geschichte und die Ziele der deutschen Frauenbewegung, insbesondere im Hinblick auf das Frauenwahlrecht.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as...

This memoir tells the story of Anne Jemima Clough, a pioneering educator and women's rights advocate in nineteenth-century England. The book traces her life from her childhood as the daughter of a prominent family, through her education and teaching...

This book is a pioneering study of the conditions and struggles of working women in the United States in the late nineteenth century. It focuses on the textile mills, the garment factories, and the domestic service, and exposes the long hours, low wages,...

A groundbreaking work on the relationship between working conditions and productivity, Fatigue and Efficiency exposes the harsh realities of life for American workers at the turn of the twentieth century. Drawing on extensive original research, Goldmark...

This book is a memoir of Mary Mackellar, who was a prominent figure in the social and political scene of Scotland during the mid-19th century. Mackellar provides an insightful account of her life in the Highlands of Scotland, detailing the challenges she...

In this groundbreaking work, Maravene Thompson offers a new vision for women's rights and social justice. Drawing on her experiences as a lawyer and social activist, Thompson argues that women's equality cannot be achieved through legal reform alone, but...

Dieses Buch beschreibt das Leben der Frauen am Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts. Es ist eine inspirierende und bewegende Geschichte von Frauen, die für ihre Rechte kämpfen.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the...

In this memoir, Vaka shares her experiences growing up in Ottoman Turkey during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She provides a vivid account of the sights, sounds, and social customs of this fascinating period in Turkish history. Vaka's engaging...

Practical Wisdoms @ Work is a must-read for every woman who wants career success.Practical Wisdoms @ Work provides advice to broaden your career with skills that will set you apart. In this book you will find insights to navigate situations, challenges,...

Lady Master Pearl is the biography of an American woman who achieved a high level of mastery, and at her death achieved the liberation of the ascended state. As most of the spiritual teachers we hear of today are men, the author felt that it would be...

Latinas: Struggles & Protests in 21st Century USA is a timely collection of poetry and prose reflecting on women’s lived experiences and the ways that Latinas address the relationship between gender and social change. Edited by longtime...

Seven Newport women died in the Great War. Only four of them are commemorated on the Newport Roll of Honour. This book rights that omission and also pays tribute to the work of other Newport women who survived the war, yet played a tremendous part in the...

Behind the Shades tells the story of the life of a female agent entering the male dominated world of the Secret Service. It is a story of personal sacrifice, adventure, acceptance and rejection, tenacity, endurance, and hard work during trying times. Sue...

England 1294 - The country is under siege, threatened by treachery and invasion. In the contested territory of Aquitaine, the incompetence of the English command has led to the capture and death of many of King Edward’s most trusted knights...

To Live on Anyway documents one mother's struggle after losing her child in the catastrophic 2004 Tsunami. While having an ideal vacation in Thailand, Ann and her Swedish family were separated and devastated by this natural occurrence. From the impact...

An artistic approach to dissecting a life. With her distinctive voice,M. Hill humorously shares how she's livedon her own terms, creating a life that matters -one full of purpose."The unexamined life is not worth living."~ Socrates  "Be...

Julie Mughal has written a moving, compassionate and eloquent book that is ultimately about the strength of the human spirit, even when confronted with unimaginable adversity. It is especially about the strength of wives and mothers who struggle through...

Told through the eyes of Isabel Ziegler, this book provides an important contribution to the historical literature of Espanola, New Mexico and the surrounding communities through its portraits of local people and events. Isabel and her husband, Dr...

In this uplifting book, Louise Heydt weaves together a one-year cycle of nature in a small valley in the Tecolote Mountains east of Pecos, New Mexico, and an inspirational spiritual journey as taught by nature. The land and the spiritual path are...

A decade has passed since the publication of the first edition of National Parks and the Woman's Voice: A History. Polly Welts Kaufman thought it time to revisit the subject of activism of women citizens in preserving national parks and to learn how far...

My book aims to help readers understand and appreciate O'Connor's novels and short stories. It weaves together her "place"-Milledgeville, Georgia; her purpose-to write a good story; and her preoccupations-belief, death, grace, and the devil. I...

Between 1830 and 1880, the Jewish community flourished in England. During this time, known as haskalah, or the Anglo-Jewish Enlightenment, Jewish women in England became the first Jewish women anywhere to publish novels, histories, periodicals,...

Un-American Womanhood studies the Red Scare of the 1920s through the lens of gender. Kim Nielsen describes the methods antifeminists used to subdue feminism and other movements they viewed as radical. By tapping into widespread anxieties about Bolshevism...

What is the role of sex in the age of democratic beginnings? Despite the sober republican ideals of the Enlightenment, the literature of America's early years speaks of unruly, carnal longings. Elizabeth Dill argues that the era's proliferation...

Moss's study of the novels of Caroline Gilman, Caroline Hentz, Maria McIntosh, Mary Virginia Terhune, and Augusta Jane Evans, challenges the "transhistorical view" of women's history and integrates women into the larger context of antebellum southern...

Brinkmeyer offers an explanation for the great depth and power of O'Connor's work,paying particular attention to the ways her art and audience bear upon her regnant Catholic vision.

This absorbing and award-winning biography tells the story of the tragedies and triumphs of Clara Wieck Schumann (1819-1896), a musician of remarkable achievements. At once artist, composer, editor, teacher, wife, and mother of eight children, she was an...

Explores the role played by women in ancient societies through the analysis of specific myths from nine different lands.

Analyzes the intersections between feminist politics and postmodern aesthetics as demonstrated in recent Anglo-American fiction.

Kim explores the religious impact, particularly that of the Korean Methodist Church, on the lives of Korean immigrant ilse (first generation) in the United States. To most of these women, America is new soil, and they need to adjust to a different...

Emma Peel wearing her "kinky boots." Amanda King and her poppy seed cake. Julie Barnes at her hippie pad. Honey West with her pet ocelot. Television's female spies and crimefighters make quite an impression, yet there hasn't been a reference book...

This collection of new essays seeks to define the unique qualities of female heroism in literary fantasy from Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in the 1950s through the present. Building upon traditional definitions of the hero in myth and folklore as...

At the turn of the millennium, narrative works by Latin American women writers have represented madness within contexts of sociopolitical strife and gender inequality. This book explores contemporary Latin American realities through madness narratives...

In this autobiography by Norma McCorvey, the "Jane Roe of Roe v. Wade", you have the opportunity to read the behind-the-scenes report of one of this century's most surprising and public confessions of faith.

Ten days after one's son has been killed may seem to be a strange time to start writing a book. It is a time of raw emotion, and intense pain, but for the author this was combined with an unyielding feeling that there was a story to be told.This is the...

This is an exploration of how sexual harassment came to be defined, what institutional forces and concepts shape our understanding of it and the limitations of the language used when discussing it. The book brings together essays written by feminist...

Presenting studies of the situation on gender inequalities and associated pattern of work and welfare in all southern European countries, this work focuses on the interaction of the three major societal institutions - the State, the family and the labour...

Few first ladies have enjoyed a better reputation among historians than Edith Kermit Roosevelt. Aristocratic and sophisticated, tasteful and discreet, she managed the White House with a sure hand. Her admirers say that she never slipped in carrying out...

Sometimes growing up before your time is a good and bad thing. Corrupt from a younging, I paved the way to my success with pain, tears, struggle, hate, and love. I wouldn't change a thing. Read and meet Banana. You cannot judge until you finish my story...