Gender studies: women and girls Books

The Program is a novel written by Miss Daman and first published in 1841. The story is set in the early 19th century and follows the life of a young woman named Elizabeth, who is forced to participate in a social experiment known as ""The Program"". This...

The Minister's Wife and My Own is a book written by William and Frederick G. Cash in 1856. It is a memorial of Mrs. J. De K. Williams, the wife of a minister, and offers an insight into her life through the eyes of the authors. The book delves into the...

""The Friend of Women"" is a book written by Pierre-Joseph Boudier De Villemert and published in 1803. The book is a collection of essays that explore the relationship between men and women in society, and the author's perspective on how men can become...

The Diary of Mistress Kate Dalrymple is a historical book written by Kate Dalrymple herself, covering the period of 1685-1735. The book was first published in 1856 and offers a unique insight into the life of a woman during the 17th and 18th centuries...

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...

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...

Reflections On Suicide is a philosophical treatise written by Anne-Louise-Germaine de Sta�����l in 1813. The book explores the topic of suicide, examining the reasons why people choose to take their own lives and the ethical implications of such an act...

""Manuela Paredes"" is a historical novel written by William Mellen Chamberlain and published in 1881. The story is set in the mid-19th century in the Spanish colonial province of New Mexico. The main character, Manuela Paredes, is a young woman who is...

Margaret Ethel Macdonald is a biography written by James Ramsay Macdonald about his wife, Margaret Ethel Macdonald. Margaret was a British politician and activist who played a significant role in the women's suffrage movement and was a member of the...

Lyra Australis: Or Attempts To Sing In A Strange Land is a book written by Caroline Woolmer Leakey and published in 1854. The book is a collection of poems that reflect the author's experiences living in Australia, which was a strange and unfamiliar land...

Das Buch ""Lauretta Pisana: Leben Einer Italienischen Buhlerin (1792)"" von Albrecht, Johann Friedrich Ernst erz�����hlt die Geschichte einer jungen Italienerin namens Lauretta Pisana, die im 18. Jahrhundert als Prostituierte arbeitet. Das Buch...

Laure D'Estell (1864) est un roman �����crit par Sophie Gay. L'histoire se d�����roule en France au XIXe si�����cle et suit les aventures de Laure, une jeune femme issue d'une famille aristocratique. Laure tombe amoureuse d'un jeune homme, mais leur...

L'Ami des Femmes, ou la Philosophie du Beau Sexe is a book written by Pierre Joseph Boudier de Villemert in 1766. The title translates to ""The Friend of Women, or the Philosophy of the Fairer Sex"". The book is a philosophical treatise on the nature of...

La Conduite Canonique De L�������Eglise Pour La Reception Des Filles Dans Les Monasteres (1670) est un livre �����crit par Antoine Godefroy. Il traite des r�����gles et des pratiques de l'�����glise catholique en mati�����re d'admission de jeunes filles...

In The Light: Brief Memorials Of Elizabeth Phebe Seeley (1884) is a book written by E. L. Seeley. The book is a collection of short remembrances of Elizabeth Phebe Seeley, who passed away at a young age. The author, who was a family member or friend of...

In Lighter Vein is a book published in 1907 by John De Morgan, which is a collection of anecdotes, witty sayings, bon mots, bright repartees, eccentricities, and reminiscences of well-known men and women. The book is a compilation of humorous and...

Home Thoughts is a collection of essays and reflections on domestic life by Maria McIntosh Cox, originally published in 1901. The book explores various aspects of home life, including parenting, marriage, and household management, with a focus on...

Home Tales, No. 1-12: Founded On Fact is a collection of twelve short stories written by Jane Alice Sargant and first published in 1853. The stories are based on real-life events and are intended to provide moral lessons for young readers. Each tale...

The book ""History of Mary Baldwin Seminary, Originally Augusta Female Seminary: From 1842 to 1905 Inclusive"" is a comprehensive account of the origins, growth, and development of one of the most prominent educational institutions for women in the...

Hints From The Pen To The Tongue is a book written by an anonymous author who goes by the name of ""A Lady."" The book was first published in 1842 and provides a guide to etiquette and good manners for women. The author stresses the importance of using...

Going to School: Or Some Chapters from the Life of Isabella Gordon is a novel written by Hope and Company in 1853. The book follows the life of Isabella Gordon, a young girl who is just starting school. The story is set in the mid-19th century and takes...

For this 30th year anniversary edition, Patricia Hill Collins examines how the ideas in this classic text speak to contemporary social issues and identifies the directions needed for the future of Black feminist thought.

Providing candid advice on the ups and downs of entrepreneurship, this book interweaves the world of tech start-ups, the American immigrant experience, and the realities of running a business with your life partner.Across two decades as...

Located within the field of environmental humanities, this volume engages with one of the most pressing contemporary environmental challenges of our time: how can we shift our understanding and realign what water means to us? Water is increasingly at the...

This book constitutes a feminist literary analysis of motherhood as presented in selected Indian women's fictions across a diverse range of geographical, linguistic, class and caste contexts. Situated at the crossroads of motherhood studies and literary...

Consider the inside of your brain a forest.Every day you plant a new row of trees. You're growing, see?You're busy gathering, so busy planting, and you love it, but it's dirty work. You go to bed every night with a sore back, swollen knees...

What was it like growing up on the Canadian prairie 100 years ago? In a charming conversational manner, Reta Evens Simons gives vivid and often amusing details of her hard life as a pioneer’s daughter on a wheat farm out west, far from almost...

Thirty-four water color paintings and short journal entries follow the month-by-month process of  grief and  moving ahead after loss.   An  artist illustrates and shares short journal entries of the year after  the...

Stories, experiences, and advice from crazy brave, fiercely resilient, stereotype-busting, insanely courageous, relentlessly determined, wildly successful women.Are you tired of others OVERjudging you? Do men at work talk OVER you? Are you OVERachieving...

This book was written for the Believer by a Believer. First hand account of the magic, and miracles of the Holyland. Come walk with me as I reveal the heart of Israel.Forget what you think you know about the middle east, the Holyland, terrorism. This is...

So you think you know everything you need to know about NETWORKING? Well, think again! This book will blow you away with its content and shatter every misconception that you've ever had about the art of networking. You will learn some valuable tips and...

Our Spirit Collection is a collection of stories, essays, poems, letters, emails, photos and artwork by Australian Service Women who served from 1960 to today as a creative representation of their service and offering a valuable insight into their...

A transformative guide that leverages new awareness and creative strategies to unleash your inner potential and empower the successful woman within. Break free from the chains of perfectionism, fear of failure, and self-criticism TORI brings her passion...

From Granny Weatherwax to Susan Death and beyond...Terry Pratchett's Discworld is an epic, groundbreaking work of fantasy often hailed for its originality, humour and deep, layered intelligence. But what about the women?Award-winning author & pop...

BettyJo Cost was raised during the 1930's and '40's by a pedophile stepfather, and alcoholic mother. Her two younger siblings were also victims, and yet they never discussed with one another what was happening to them individually. They grew up in a...

No one at the library she worked at knew about Kristy Cooper's other job.On the surface, it seem that being a librarian and a stripper are polar opposite jobs, but in practice Kristy found that they were not nearly as different as most people would think...

Have you ever heard of the Black Madonna? Have you ever wondered why she is called Black? Our Lady of Guadalupe, for example, is a Black Madonna, and she is famous for the miracles associated with her. My mother once told me about a Black Madonna in...

Three women, two generations, one family-a story of trauma, resistance, healing, and loveIn 1959, in Garrison, Minnesota, a twenty-six-year-old woman shot and killed her abusive husband. A few years earlier, her sister had fled with her young daughter...

In a world where there is seemingly a deficit of empathy, and nothing seems to matter until hard times knock at the door; Adrienne uses her cancer diagnosis and survivor mode tactics to put a humorous spin on a hard to swallow topic - being diagnosed...

This book examines the role of the Women's International Defense Federation (WIDF) in transnational women's activism in the context of the Cold War, and in connection to the rights of women from Asia, Africa and Latin America. Combining a global history...

This book examines citizens' attitudes about sexual harassment in the #MeToo era, seeking to determine how much these attitudes may have changed over the past few years. Using an innovative experimental research design, the authors look at how people...

The shockingly honest, gripping autobiography of Loose Women's Denise Welch.

In the early 1970s, accompanying the current wave of globalization, conservative nationalist religious movements began using religion to oppose non-democratic and often Western oriented regimes. Reasserting patriarchal gender relations presumably...