This new edition includes many new illustrations, an updated reading list, and an introduction by Anne Firor Scott It is a valuable reference for anyone studying women s pioneer history....
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Title | : | Mormon Sisters |
Author | : | Claudia Bushman |
ISBN | : | 0874212332 |
Format | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 336 |
This new edition includes many new illustrations, an updated reading list, and an introduction by Anne Firor Scott It is a valuable reference for anyone studying women s pioneer history....
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In these poemsSylvia Plath becomes herself, becomes something imaginary, newly, wildly and subtly created From the Introduction by Robert Lowell...
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Title | : | Insecure at Last |
Author | : | Eve Ensler |
ISBN | : | 1400063345 |
Format | : | Hardcover |
Number of Pages | : | 224 |
Why has all this focus on security made me feel so much insecure Nothing is secure And this is the good news But only if you are not seeking security as the point of your life Eve EnslerWhen her stage play The Vagina Monologues became a runaway hit and an international sensation, Eve Ensler emerged as a powerful voice and champion for women everywhere Now the b Why has all this focus on security made me feel so much insecure Nothing is secure And this is the good news But only if you ar...
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Title | : | A Vindication of the Rights of Woman |
Author | : | Mary Wollstonecraft |
ISBN | : | 0140433821 |
Format | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 319 |
First published in 1792, this book was written in a spirit of outrage and enthusiasm In an age of ferment, following the American and French revolutions, Mary Wollstonecraft took prevailing egalitarian principles and dared to apply them to women Her book is both a sustained argument for emancipation and an attack on a social and economic system As Miriam Brody points ou First published in 1792, this book was written in a spirit of outrage and enthusiasm In an age of ferment, following the Americ...
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Title | : | The Shore of Women |
Author | : | Pamela Sargent |
ISBN | : | 1932100369 |
Format | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 469 |
In a story set in a post nuclear future where women rule the world and men are expelled from cities to wilderness, a meeting between a man and an exiled woman triggers a series of feelings, actions, and events Reprint....
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Title | : | Abolition Democracy |
Author | : | Angela Y. Davis |
ISBN | : | 1583226958 |
Format | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 136 |
Revelations about U.S policies and practices of torture and abuse have captured headlines ever since the breaking of the Abu Ghraib prison story in April 2004 Since then, a debate has raged regarding what is and what is not acceptable behavior for the world s leading democracy It is within this context that Angela Davis, one of America s most remarkable political figures Revelations about U.S policies and practices of torture and abuse have captured headlines ever since the breaking of the Abu Ghraib pris...
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Title | : | How to Be a Woman |
Author | : | Caitlin Moran |
ISBN | : | 0062124293 |
Format | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 305 |
Caitlin Moran puts a new face on feminism, cutting to the heart of women s issues today with her irreverent, transcendent, and hilarious How to Be a Woman Half memoir, half polemic, and entirely necessary, Elle UK , Moran s debut was an instant runaway bestseller in England as well as an UK Top Ten book of the year still riding high on bestseller lists months a Caitlin Moran puts a new face on feminism, cutting to the heart of women s issues today with her irreverent, transcendent, and hilariou...
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Title | : | The Disappearing L |
Author | : | Bonnie J. Morris |
ISBN | : | 1438461771 |
Format | : | Hardcover |
Number of Pages | : | 224 |
Investigates the rise and fall of US American lesbian cultural institutions since the 1970s.LGBT Americans now enjoy the right to marry but what will we remember about the vibrant cultural spaces that lesbian activists created in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s Most are vanishing from the calendar and from recent memory The Disappearing L explores the rise and fall of the hugely Investigates the rise and fall of US American lesbian cultural institutions since the 1970s.LGBT Americans now enjoy the right...
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Title | : | The Revolution Starts at Home |
Author | : | Ching-In Chen |
ISBN | : | 0896087948 |
Format | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 325 |
Was is your abusive partner a high profile activist Does your abusive girlfriend s best friend staff the domestic violence hotline Have you successfully kicked an abuser out of your group Did your anti police brutality group fear retaliation if you went to the cops about another organizer s assault Have you found solutions where accountability didn t mean isolation f
Was is your abusive partner a high profile activist Does your abusive girlfriend s best friend staff the domestic viol...
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Title | : | The Accidental Feminist |
Author | : | M.G. Lord |
ISBN | : | 0802716695 |
Format | : | Hardcover |
Number of Pages | : | 214 |
Movie stars establish themselves as brands and Taylor s brand , in its most memorable outings, has repeatedly introduced a broad audience to feminist ideas In her breakout film, National Velvet 1944 , Taylor s character challenges gender discrimination, Forbidden as a girl to ride her beloved horse in an important race, she poses as a male jockey Her next milestone, Movie stars establish themselves as brands and Taylor s brand , in its most memorable outings, has repeatedly introduced a broad audience to ...
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Whether viewed as villain or victim, outcast or rebel, the High School Slut remains a figure of fascination and than a touch of fear Full of quirky insights into sexual standards and practices, Fast Girls is a journey into the dark side of the teenage years, a revealing study of American society....
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Title | : | Woman On The Edge Of Time |
Author | : | Marge Piercy |
ISBN | : | 0449210820 |
Format | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 376 |
Connie Ramos, a woman in her mid thirties, has been declared insane But Connie is overwhelmingly sane, merely tuned to the future, and able to communicate with the year 2137 As her doctors persuade her to agree to an operation, Connie struggles to force herself to listen to the future and its lessons for today....
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Title | : | The Healing Connection |
Author | : | Jean Baker Miller |
ISBN | : | 0807029211 |
Format | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 248 |
In The Healing Connection, Jean Baker Miller, M.D., author of the best selling Toward a New Psychology of Women, and Irene Stiver, Ph.D., argue that relationships are the integral source of psychological health In so doing they offer a new understanding of human development that points a way to change in all of our institutions work, community, school, and family and is s In The Healing Connection, Jean Baker Miller, M.D., author of the best selling Toward a New Psycholog...
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Title | : | Presumed Incompetent |
Author | : | Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs |
ISBN | : | 0874219221 |
Format | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 512 |
Presumed Incompetent is a pathbreaking account of the intersecting roles of race, gender, and class in the working lives of women faculty of color Through personal narratives and qualitative empirical studies, than 40 authors expose the daunting challenges faced by academic women of color as they navigate the often hostile terrain of higher education, including hirin Presumed Incompetent is a pathbreaking account of the intersecting roles of race, gender, and class in the working lives of ...
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Title | : | Anything We Love Can Be Saved |
Author | : | Alice Walker |
ISBN | : | 0345407962 |
Format | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 256 |
In Anything We Love Can Be Saved, Alice Walker writes about her life as an activist, in a book rich in the belief that the world is saveable, if only we will act Speaking from her heart on a wide range of topics religion and the spirit, feminism and race, families and identity, politics and social change Walker begins with a moving autobiographical essay in which she de In Anything We Love Can Be Saved, Alice Walker writes about her life as an activist, in a book rich in the belief that the world is savea...
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Title | : | Color of Violence |
Author | : | Incite! Women of Color Against Violence |
ISBN | : | 089608762X |
Format | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 334 |
What would it take to end violence against women of color How does the mainstream antiviolence movement help How does it hinder When will we admit that repositioning women of color at the center of the movement women often harmed by the police, prisons, and border patrols than aided by them means that we must address state violence In Color of Violence, INCITE d What would it take to end violence against women of color How does the mainstream antiviolence movement help How does it hinder When will we adm...
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Title | : | You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down |
Author | : | Alice Walker |
ISBN | : | |
Format | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 167 |
Through shock and laughter we are propelled towards understanding as we encounter a whole range of characters the guru who preaches that nobody s anything the rich white lawyer who wants a teenage sex slave the old comrade in anti sexist struggle who reveals that the feminist she most admires is Scarlett O Hara the expert lover whose virtuosity depends on the stimula Through shock and laughter we are propelled towards understanding as we encounter a whole range of characters the guru who preache...
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