Gender studies: women and girls Books

Unlock the Secrets to Success with Insights from Visionary LeadersIn Lead from Within: Entrepreneurs Share Proven Traits for Success, you'll embark on an extraordinary journey through the minds of accomplished leaders who have redefined the very...

Dianne H. Lundy has finally achieved her two dreams in life: finding the perfect man and obtaining the ideal job--or has she? She enters Pineville High School, the final school of her teaching career, but will the student body of over 1,000 students...

This novel relives the life of a strong Black woman once she reached adulthood. It details, it describes, it identifies what happened to my mother, Mrs. Queenie Mae Brooks-Jones in the late 1930's and early 1940's. While North America intervenes in a war...

This book was truly a calling from God. Dara was working with Lynda Sunshine on another book when the idea for this book came to her. She pitched the idea, and She Is an Overcomer was born. Every person has their own unique life experiences as well as...

"Ada's Journal is a great primary source for use in public, private, and homeschool education" ~Cross Mountain BooksBook DescriptionAda's Journal provides a window into history. Ada Louise Peck was a well-loved little girl who traveled back and forth...

For Monique Headecker-Green, life is more than the mistakes we make or the things we're often too ashamed to share. Because of the life she's lived and the experiences she's had, she can boldly declare that "Nothing Shall Separate Me" from God; and if...

Founded by Holly Lyn Walrath, Interstellar Flight Magazine is an online SFF and pop culture mag devoted to essays on what's new in the world of speculative genres. With interviews, personal essays, rants, and raves, the authors of Interstellar Flight...

At the height of COVID-19 pandemic, Ronnie was diagnosed with breast cancer while working in the Middle East. Ronnie had no other option but to drive herself to chemo treatments as the pandemic shut down the world. As a former Division I basketball...

This is my autobiography written in a fictional style. I was born into a well-to do-family, but happened to live in extreme poverty. After the death of my father, my mother had to raise seven children on her own, with nothing but hard work and love. With...

'I have known Kaye for greater than 35 years. Although my paediatric career differed from Kaye's, I have very clear memories of those early days. I was struck by the pivotal, inspiring and ground-breaking work that those women were doing and the intense...

For individuals questioning their sexuality the stress and worry are significant. If those individuals are also believers in Jesus Christ and active in their church, they face another set of concerns. This autobiography is about how I came to...

In 2023's Barbie Movie, America Ferrera's iconic speech magically deprogrammed the Barbies from patriarchy. And now Michelle Minnikin is here to do the same for women of the real world. From our first days on Earth, we're taught what it means to be...

Artist and poet Sophie Herxheimer reimagines Emily Dickinson's self-imposed seclusion as an act of empowerment. In a series of collage poems, Sophie's words and images re-present a paradoxical poet, fixed in space, yet ranging freely in imagination and...

Do you ever feel like your entrepreneurial journey is a solo trek up a steep mountain in very high heels? Being a Black woman in the entrepreneurial world is no simple feat. The external challenges, coupled with the internal battles, can sometimes...

A memoir of a creative woman's travels in Greece and into her family's history.Peppy Barlow is a playwright and screen writer who lives her life looking for meaning and material in all her experiences. In this book she and her friend...

Her managers treated her like she was an idiot and invisible. They expected her to ignore the unapologetic racial stereotyping and being passed over for promotion. They expected her to accept the coordinated and relentless persecution - perhaps they...

An old English country house. A romantic rambling garden. A new start.Have you ever fallen in love with a house? What if you had to leave London and begin all over? Would you take the chance to live your dream?Antique dealers Rosalind and her husband...

Hannah Lynch (Dublin 1859 - Paris 1904), restless wanderer, cosmopolitan, cultural observer and commentator, was the author of feminist fiction, travel writing and journalism. Her short story for girls, 'A Girl Revolutionist' (1899) and serialised...

Preparing for sales events, tills that don't work, the last-minute Christmas shopper and customers who take their prayer mat into the fitting room... Just a few of the day-to-day challenges of working in retail. And have you ever wondered what the retail...

This book is a study of women's involvement in occult practices in Weimar Germany. The book examines reports of women engaging in actual occult practices (expressive dance, mediumism, witchcraft) as well as various fictional depictions of women as...

During the Victorian period, naturally wet spaces like rivers and the sea were construed as feminised, embodying either the angelic Undine or the demonic Siren. This study of a unique collection of materials explores the development of the mythical...

How do queer texts engage traditional perceptions of family, nation, and the literary canon? How do readers and writers connect with their predecessors? Natasha Tanna explores lesbian and queer desire through three authors based in Barcelona, a key locus...

Yiddish literature is commonly perceived as a gendered cultural space, as neatly summarised by the line 'Story books for women, holy books for men' in the opening scene of the popular movie Yentl. Yet it is well known that the traditional dichotomy...

Written by authors: Carolina M. Billings, Ean Price Murphy, Dr. Elisa Magill. Gina Marie De Leon, Johanna Beneteau, Laurie Smith, Leona Krasner, Dr. Lynne Adams, Melanie Herschorn, Mindy McManus, Rosanna Lamanna, Sallie Wagner, Simone Sloan, Siobhan...

Where would I be living now . . .  If I had been born in a land where the break of dawn was not met by exploding bombs? Where dusk did not promise to hide the cold bodies on the side of the road, and peace was not just a dream? A...

"This book is a statement of profound gratitude for the woman who shared her life with me, my wife, Maggie. Maggie diedon January 12, 2022, at the far-too-young age of seventy-one. Maggie and I had been married for almost forty-nine years, and I hadknown...

It's a fairy tale come true for Julia Jones, a stalled artist living in Boston's Old World Italian neighborhood, the North End. She's engaged to marry the impossibly wonderful (and impossibly wealthy) Asher Bartlett - in a Swiss castle, no less. And...

What Women Call ‘A Man of Honour’ was written as a guide and inspiration to single men, married couples, widowed, and divorced men who want to remarry on how to conduct themselves within family and love relationships. It will also guide women...

Long overlooked in standard reference works, pioneering women medievalists finally receive their due in Women Medievalists and the Academy. This comprehensive edited volume brings to life a diverse collection of inspiring figures through memoirs,...

Long overlooked in standard reference works, pioneering women medievalists finally receive their due in Women Medievalists and the Academy. This comprehensive edited volume brings to life a diverse collection of inspiring figures through memoirs,...

Gender Equality is at the heart of human rights and United Nations values. The U.N. Charter (1945) adopted the principle of "equal rights for men and women". But in spite of this universal declaration women's secondary status and oppression persist...

When, a human female, is born, birth doesn't automatically make her a mature, godly woman. Instead, living through life experiences, tests, trials, fleshly decisions, and mistakes helps her transition from female to Godly Womanhood. Despite the enemy's...

If you have ever experienced life altering circumstances and unknowingly allowed them to define who you are, It’s Not Too Late to Cry is a must read. For what the world sees as broken, God sees as lovely. You have immeasurable value! Whatever it is...

Este livro é um iluminador, baseado em uma história real. Com temas cruciais que a maioria de nós enfrentamos, Joy não é somente um livro que mostra a realidade na prática de quem viveu, mas é sustentado por profissionais através de pesquisas tanto...

Joy is an illuminator based on a true story. It tells of crucial issues that most of us face. Joy is not only a story that shows the reality in the practice of those who lived, but is also supported by professionals through both scientific and spiritual...

One in five businesses don't make it past two years. Another 45 percent don't survive to five years. The odds are stacked against women and founders of color who set out to create viable companies and create social impact.Addressing these issues, Dare to...

Disrupting Fraternity Culture explores how young men and women perform male and female roles to "fit in" during the college or young adult years. It is arguable that many young men "perform" the role of the hegemonic male to fit in among peers, and that...

一本关于非洲，关于父亲的信仰，以及实现命运安排的回忆录“让我来告诉你一个真实的故事。作为我的亲身经历……” 随着这部《上天的馈赠》—— 一本关于非洲，关于父亲的信仰，以及实现命运安排的回忆录开篇文字的展开，一位年轻女性从象牙海岸崛起的故事就此娓娓道来，也说出了她父亲是如何用他信仰的力量来教导女儿永远要怀揣伟大的梦想并且不畏惧挑战。奥迪尔.库杜Odile...

2010 Reprint of 1942 First Edition. Markham is often described as "the first person" to fly the Atlantic east to west in a solo non-stop flight, though most now dispute this claim. When Markham decided to take on the Atlantic crossing, no pilot had yet...

Audre Lorde (1934-1992), the author of eleven books of poetry, described herself as a "Black feminist lesbian poet warrior mother," but she added that this phrase was inadequate in capturing her full identity. The interviews in this collection portray...

<Mass Media and the Shaping of American Feminism, 1963-1975 examines the media's role in creating the images of feminism that continue today. And it poses the dilemma of a call for systematic change in a mass media industry that does not have a...

All Things Worked Together for My Good is the autobiography of Sheila Alamo, who is only five years old when she is badly burned in a house fire. She spends months in the hospital receiving skin grafts, plastic surgery, and physical, occupational, and...

Originally published in 1912, this book contains a fantastic collection of illustrated, satirical poems written by The Women Suffrage Party. The Woman Suffrage Party was founded in New York, 1909. Fighting for the right to vote, these poems highlight the...

In Where Did All the Butterflies Go? Elizabeth G. shares the powerful lessons she learned from being enmeshed in a cycle of abuse. Though she recognized that marrying her abusive boyfriend would be a mistake, her own mother made her go through with the...

Life is governed by natural laws. They are as old as the hills, recalled a thousand times by many teachers both past and present. They are always presented new and fresh according to the times, cultural norms of society, and personal experiences of the...

She was the one who gave birth to her, became her first friend and encouraged her to try school that scary kindergarten year, which led her to a lifelong love of education. Yet where author Dr. Sheila Williams learned most from her mother was during her...