Gender studies: women and girls Books

Life in Santo Domingo is a historical book written by Cora Montgomery in the year 1873. The book provides a detailed account of the author's experiences and observations during her stay in the Dominican Republic, which was then known as Santo Domingo...

Essai Sur La Superiorite Intellectuelle De La Femme est un livre �����crit par Acqua, Dell' Acqua en 1798. Il s'agit d'un essai sur la sup�����riorit����� intellectuelle des femmes, qui d�����fend l'id�����e que les femmes sont capables de penser et de...

This book examines the social and legal regulation of domestic violence (DV) within the Kesarwani business community following the enactment of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005. It analyses the existence of the formal law in...

This book provides a detailed exploration of the responses of the criminal justice system to domestic abuse in Northern Ireland. The book's primary focus is on developments which have taken place since around 2010, and in particular since the restoration...

Critical Poetics of Feminist Refusals renders a vivid portrait of the intergenerational and intersectional dialogue between influential feminist writers on how to say no to the conditions of oppression, exclusion, and exploitation imposed by patriarchal...

Affect in Organization and Management asks how affect theory understands everyday working lives through embodied, social and political practice. Discussing a range of dimensions and perspectives on affect, the book considers how subjects are formed...

Have you ever thought, How the heck am I going to decide on a presidential candidate?In Hail to the Chief!, Donna Carol Voss lays out the ten most important questions to ask any candidate who wants to lead our great country. She differentiates those...

Drawing on the experiences of woman, WomanSafeHealth: The Antidote to Status Quo Healtch Care uses cartoons and humor together with analysis and compassion to reveal what it means to meet a woman's health care needs. Status Quo Health Care is a term...

WILL YOU SETTLE FOR LEAVING HALF THE WORLD’S WEALTH ON THE TABLE?In a world where women’s capital remains underused, angel investing—providing money, human capital, and expertise for start-up or early-stage companies—offers a...

Are you sensing a void in your life? Do you find yourself trapped in a relationship that lacks meaning or purpose? Is your career on a stagnant path to nowhere?If so, this book is for you! Author Pat Allen shares her stories and wisdom of how she jumped...

This classic anthropological study debunks the many myths behind the idea of "natural" male superiority. Drawing on extensive historical and cross-cultural research, Eleanor Burke Leacock shows that claims of male superiority are based on carefully...

Fewer than one hundred outsiders have joined the Old-Order Amish-and stayed-since 1950. Marlene C. Miller is one of them. In this rare memoir, Marlene recounts her unhappy and abusive childhood, how she throws herself into cheerleading and marching band,...

This sourcebook casts a new and clear light on Jewish women as individuals throughout history, setting them firmly within the context of their own cultural and historical periods. Hundreds of biographical entries provide specifics on women from...

In 1955 Pan American World Airways began recruiting Japanese American women to work as stewardesses on its Tokyo-bound flights and eventually its round-the-world flights as well. Based in Honolulu, these women were informally known as Pan Am's...

In Visible Histories, Disappearing Women, Mahua Sarkar examines how Muslim women in colonial Bengal came to be more marginalized than Hindu women in nationalist discourse and subsequent historical accounts. She also considers how their near-invisibility...

In the American media, Russian mail-order brides are often portrayed either as docile victims or as gold diggers in search of money and green cards. Rarely are they allowed to speak for themselves. Until now. In Dreaming of a Mail-Order Husband, six...

With no memories of her mother and brought up by an abusive stepmother, her life journey took her through many storms. These storms included the death of her daughter, rejection, false accusation, attempted suicide, the death of her husband and...

Maureen Wingham’s life has been a cascading whirl of opportunities, triumphs and tragedies that have tested her in ways the young Maureen, brought up during World War II, could never have envisaged.She recounts her pathways through a professional...

Have you ever had that uneasy feeling that your life is meant for more? That you’re here to make a contribution. But what? …How? How do you take that first step into your fullness? How do you embrace the brilliance of YOU? Brilliance...

At the age of forty, simply looking for something to keep her mind occupied, Pamela Lynch enrolled in an Arts degree at the University of Western Australia. What followed was an unexpected fifteen-year journey that culminated in a PhD in Classics and...

Being an identical twin meant being treated as a pair not a person, until Julie set out to find her unique self.Julie was born as the younger identical twin in the early 1950s. Little was then understood about the emotional complexities of two people who...

There are more women than ever with high levels of corporate experience looking for greater flexibility and fulfilment. We've found those who've done it. Be inspired by interviews with 12 leading women who have built their consulting practices to work...

I write this new more inclusive history of Australia because it fills a gap in what we have not included and still continue to omit in Australia's history.There are many aspects of Australian multiculturalism that are not included in general Australian...

Once joyfully known as "the smiling barracuda," Joyce Cohen was a force in Oregon politics for over twenty years-formidably forging ground-breaking legislation: the Oregon Health Care Plan, criminal justice reform, and the use of Lottery funds for...

Naked Tree book is a collection of 100 raw, visceral, and emotionally-charged poems depicting the author's arduous journey growing up in a highly patriarchal environment, where boys were idealized, and girls marginalized. Her experience with this...

The essays in Goddesses and Monsters recognize popular culture as a primary repository of ancient mythic energies, images, narratives, personalities, icons, and archetypes. Together, they take on the patriarchal myth, where serial killers are heroes,...

Transforming Women s Education traces the history of women s studies at the University of Wisconsin. Drawing on oral histories and archival records, it follows this history from the earliest arguments over women's admission to the university through...

This is an introduction to the most important recent court decisions affecting women in the United States. Abortion, sexual harrassment, pornography, surrogate motherhood, rape, custody rights - the legal and social questions surrounding these issues are...

The essays in Goddesses and Monsters recognize popular culture as a primary repository of ancient mythic energies, images, narratives, personalities, icons, and archetypes. Together, they take on the patriarchal myth, where serial killers are heroes,...

A rich ethnography of present-day Iranian seminarian women, revealing the complex ways that they create and define their intellectual and political connections to the Islamic republic.

In this world of instant gratification, we're craving connection, depth and authenticity. To be seen, heard, and expressed - unfiltered and unashamed.  We have long known the power of a story, one that moves you, finds you in the moments...

The Oxford Handbook of Transnational Feminist Movements explores the historical, political, economic and social contexts in which transnational feminist movements have emerged and spread, and the contributions they have made to global knowledge, power...

The Woman With Empty Hands: The Evolution Of A Suffragette is a book written by Marion Hamilton Carter and published in 1913. The book follows the journey of a young woman named Margaret, who becomes involved in the suffrage movement in England...

The Woman And Her Accusers: A Plea For The Midnight Mission is a book written by William Augustus Muhlenberg in 1871. The book is a passionate plea for the establishment of a mission to help women who have fallen into a life of prostitution. In the book,...

The Weeping Willow is a novel written by Lydia Howard Sigourney and published in 1847. The story revolves around the life of a young woman named Julia, who is orphaned at a young age and is forced to live with her uncle and his family. Julia is...

The Voyage Companion: A Parting Gift To Female Emigrants is a book written by Charles Gilpin and first published in 1850. The book is a guide for women who are leaving their homes to start a new life in a foreign country. It covers a wide range of...

The True Story of Catherine Parr: Or How a Certain King Had His Way with Five Wives, and His Sixth Wife Had Her Way with Him is a book written by Elsa D'Esterre-Keeling and published in 1884. The book is a historical account of the life of Catherine...

The Story of Jennie O'Neil Potter is a novel written by Anna Randall Diehl and published in 1901. The book follows the life of Jennie O'Neil Potter, a young woman who grows up in a small town in the United States during the late 19th century.Jennie is...