Gender studies: women and girls Books

      In Strong Women Finish Rich, Edna Ferman, a life coach, examines what it means to be a strong woman and finish rich.Edna offers a simple plan to live life, in these challenging times, starting the year 2020, towards a new era of "A...

Author Gail Woods lived 38+ years under the guise of a smile mask. Her revealing memoir, Smile of Depression... brings to life the author's truth-revealing journey of searching first to understand and then to begin the process of healing from her...

A true story of an ill-fated relationship marked by indifference, adversity, deceit, betrayal, and endurance. The author takes you into her marriage with her ex-foreign national spouse, who goes from charming, alarming to harming. During this insidious...

Chapters include: A Letter for Laxmi The image of a painful soul: Laxmi's fatherAll over the World: Laxmi's MotherConfessions of the priest in the story 'Laxmi's Adventure'Prayer by the Soul of the pondThe best works of fiction: 'Laxmi's Adventure'...

'ବାସନ୍ତୀ' ଆଧୁନିକ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ସାହିତ୍ୟର ତଥାକଥିତ ସବୁଜ ଯୁଗର ଏକ ଚର୍ଚ୍ଚିତ ଓ କ୍ରାନ୍ତିକାରୀ ଉପନ୍ୟାସ । ବଙ୍ଗଳାର 'ବାରୋୟାରୀ' ଉପନ୍ୟାସ ଢାଞ୍ଚାରେ ଏହାର ସଂରଚନା-ସଂକଳ୍ପ ହୋଇଥିଲେ ହେଁ, ଓଡ଼ିଶାର ସମକାଳୀନ ସମାଜର ପୁଙ୍ଖାନୁପୁଙ୍ଖ ଚିତ୍ର ଏଥିରେ ସଜୀବ ଓ ଖୁବ୍ ପ୍ରଭାବଶାଳୀ ଭଙ୍ଗୀରେ ରୂପାୟିତ । କଟକର...

Tilda Norberg's Dancing in the Parking Lot tells the story of a life on the creative edges of church and society. In these pages, the author reveals experiences that shaped her: her Alabama roots with "Granny," a mountain midwife; lessons from her...

It is 1941, the start of Word War II. Wishing only to pursue her dreams of attending medical school at UCLA, Iva Toguri reluctantly visits her sick aunt in Japan. The start of the war traps her there. When she refuses to renounce her American...

Robyn Reeder, born Robert Reeder Jr. in the small town of Kokomo, Indiana, knew at a young age that she was different. Robyn is a transgender woman and was born with a boy's body. Her book It's a Boy, It's a Girl A Transgender Story is the first book of...

‘The Unchosen Road. . . . . . To the Deep Well and Back Again’ is the true account of a family going to Africa, in 1955, to serve as missionaries in the south Sudan, shared through the eyes of an adolescent girl. It is a time of political...

“A treasure of a book.We trust it will inspireand encourage many as it did us.”Jan Marie, Joni and FriendsThe Bonnie Code is based on the true story of Bonnie Codier, her family and her friendship with a Bonnie-Sitter over a four-year period...

"Overcoming sexual exploitation is a daunting commitment made more comprehensible and achievable thanks to Peter Mosgofian’s important work. Power, Sex and Shame deserves to be read and discussed widely. Lives depend on it.”- Peter...

"In the powerful essays that make up Investing in the Educational Success of Black Women and Girls, Black women and girls are listened to, appreciated and valued in recognition of the unrelenting challenges to our existence in a world that continues to...

Traces the remarkable life of a feminist poet through the items and images that have have defined her experiencesMy Life in 100 Objects is a personal reflection on the events and moments that shapedthe life and work of one extraordinary woman. With a...

A poignant meditation on the bonds between mothers and daughters—and the inescapable effects of time—from the author of A Wrinkle in Time. In the second memoir of her Crosswicks Journals, Madeleine L’Engle chronicles a season of...

Contributions by Kelly Blewett, Claudia Camicia, Alisa Clapp-Itnyre, Lisa Rowe Fraustino, Elisabeth Graves, Karlie Herndon, KaaVonia Hinton, Holly Blackford Humes, Melanie Hurley, Kara K. Keeling, Maleeha Malik, Claudia Mills, Elena Paruolo, Scott T...

Between 2000 and 2010, many contemporary US-American women writers were returning to the private space of the kitchen, writing about their experiences in that space and then publishing their memoirs for the larger public to consume. Season to Taste:...

With roots in the American South, Beth Henley (b. 1952) has for four decades been a working playwright and screenwriter. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1981 at the age of twenty-eight, Henley so far has written twenty-five produced plays that are always...

Contributions by Jacob Agner, Sarah Gilbreath Ford, Katie Berry Frye, Michael Kreyling, Andrew B. Leiter, Rebecca Mark, Suzanne Marrs, Tom Nolan, Michael Pickard, Harriet Pollack, and Victoria Richard Eudora Welty's ingenious play with readers'...

Contributions by Kelly Blewett, Claudia Camicia, Alisa Clapp-Itnyre, Lisa Rowe Fraustino, Elisabeth Graves, Karlie Herndon, KaaVonia Hinton, Holly Blackford Humes, Melanie Hurley, Kara K. Keeling, Maleeha Malik, Claudia Mills, Elena Paruolo, Scott T...

Contributions by Janet Allured, Lisa Pertillar Brevard, Jami L. Carlacio, Cheryl J. Fish, Angela Hornsby-Gutting, Jennifer McFarlane-Harris, Neely McLaughlin, Darcy Metcalfe, Phillip Luke Sinitiere, P. Jane Splawn, Laura L. Sullivan, and Hettie V...

In the wake of the second wave of the Black Lives Matter movement, inequalities and disparities were brought to light across the publishing industry. The need for more diverse, representative young adult literature gained new traction, resulting in an...

With roots in the American South, Beth Henley (b. 1952) has for four decades been a working playwright and screenwriter. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1981 at the age of twenty-eight, Henley so far has written twenty-five produced plays that are always...

A fascinating combination of cultural history, media studies, and oral history, Pin Up! The Subculture is the story about how a subculture is subverting and reviving an historic aesthetic for the twenty-first century.

Drawing on critical race theory and empirical data from case studies involving fifty men of African descent, this book presents a new perspective on black masculinity, maleness, sexism, and institutional racism. The book situates black masculinity in a...

Much of the focus of anti-homophobic/anti-heterosexist educational theory, curriculum, and pedagogy has examined the impact of homophobia and heterosexism on gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) students and teachers. Such a focus has provided...

Women, especially leaders, holding tête-à-têtes with men to address political impasses have been recognized as shrewd, double headed, or witchlike distinctions that link them with juju or extraordinary, survivalist powers. Juju Fission: Women's...

Bess of Hardwick's Letters is the first book-length study of the c.250 letters to and from the remarkable Elizabethan dynast, matriarch and builder of houses Bess of Hardwick (c.1527-1608). Incorporating a range of historical sources-including Account...

El Alma De La Mujer es un libro escrito por Eladio Sevilla De Alfaro en 1867. En este libro, el autor realiza estudios filos������ficos sobre el bello sexo, es decir, sobre las mujeres, en relaci������n con el mundo moral y social. A lo largo de sus...

Nya Teckningar Utur Hvardagslifvet, del 1 (1836) �����r en bok skriven av den svenska f������rfattaren Fredrika Bremer. Boken best������r av en samling noveller som skildrar vardagslivet i Sverige under 1800-talet. Novellerna behandlar olika �����mnen...

Liber De Priscis Servientibus Regiis Et Reginalibus In Hungaria Partibusque Eidem Adnexis In Genere, In Specie De Aulae Regiae Familiaribus Disquisitio, auctore De Benedekfalva, Pauli Kiszel, anno MDCCCXIII editus est. In hoc libro, auctor de...

Le Catalogue de l'Exposition de Portraits du Si�����cle, 1783-1883 est un livre publi����� en 1883 par la Soci�����t����� Philanthropique. Il s'agit d'un catalogue de l'exposition de portraits qui a �����t����� ouverte au profit de l'�����uvre ������...

Le Bulletin de la Soci�����t����� D�����partementale d'Arch�����ologie et de Statistique de la Dr�����me (1889) est un livre publi����� par le Secr�����tariat de la Soci�����t�����. Il s'agit d'un recueil de travaux et de recherches sur l'arch�����ologie...

Elisa Lemonnier: Fondatrice De La Societe Pour L'Enseignement Professionnel Des Femmes (1874) est un livre �����crit par Charles Lemonnier. Il s'agit d'une biographie d'Elisa Lemonnier, une femme fran�����aise qui a fond����� la Soci�����t����� pour...

""A Todos Por Do�����a Concepci������n Arenal (1869)"" es un libro escrito por la escritora y activista espa�����ola Concepci������n Arenal. En este libro, Arenal aborda temas como la educaci������n, la igualdad de g�����nero y la justicia social. A...

A Hunok �����s Magyarok fekete illetve feh�����r: elnevez�����s�����k megfejt�����se (1888) Fischer, K�����roly Antal k������nyve. A k������nyv a magyar �����s hun t������rt�����nelemre f������kusz�����l, �����s k������s�����rletet tesz arra, hogy...

Ko te pukapuka nei, ""A B C Mu Sikulu Wa Sonukua Kua Mama Frederickson (1898)"" n���� Mrs. Frederickson i tuhi. He whakar����rangi iti t����nei m����� ng���� tamariki e ako ana i ng���� p�����kenga p����nui me te tuhi i te reo P����keh����. Ka...

Cartea ""1848 �����n Rom�����nia"" scris���� de Carol Gobl ����i publicat���� �����n 1898 este o analiz���� a evenimentelor revolu����ionare care au avut loc �����n Rom�����nia �����n anul 1848. Autorul exploreaz���� contextul social, politic ����i...

Le livre intitul����� ""Vie D'Adele Coulombe Religieuse Hospitali�����re De L'Hotel-Dieu De Montr�����al En Canada (1863)"" est �����crit par Nercam, P.S.S. Il s'agit d'une biographie de la religieuse Adele Coulombe qui a v�����cu au 19�����me si�����cle...

The position of women in Austrian society, politics, and in the economy follows the familiar trajectory of Western societies

Many well-known male writers produced fictions about colonial spaces and discussed the advantages of realism over romance, and vice versa, in the 'art of fiction' debate of the 1880s; but how did female writers contribute to colonial fiction?This volume...

Conflict resolution and promotion of regional cooperation in South Asia has assumed a new urgency in the aftermath of the nuclear tests by India and Pakistan in 1998, and underlined by the outbreak of fighting in Kargil in 1999, full mobilization on the...

Around the world, discriminatory legislation prevents women from accessing their human rights. It can affect almost every aspect of a woman's life, including the right to choose a partner, inherit property, hold a job, and obtain child custody. Often...

The comparative numbers between male- and female-led start-ups are stark. Ninety-one per cent of venture capital money continues to fund businesses founded solely by men, with only one per cent of venture capital money invested in businesses founded...

Provides the first broad introduction to feminist work in classical studies. Including lesbian theory, black feminist theory, American and French feminist theory, classics will never be the same again.

You are about to embark on an intimate, often disturbing, true memoir of a young Dannielle Devereaux, who is a survivor of domestic violence. She is an intelligent, talented, creative and well- read individual, yet she fell prey to this trap. All she...