Gender studies: women books

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Women and the Olympic Dream: The Continuing Struggle for Equality, 1896-2021

Women and the Olympic Dream: The Continuing Struggle...

Author: Maria Kaj
ISBN: 9781476686479
Format: Paperback
$68.20

From Athens 1896 to Tokyo 2020, this history of women’s participation in the Olympic Games centres on athletes who...  Read More >>

To Love and Be Loved: A Personal Portrait of Mother Teresa

To Love and Be Loved: A Personal Portrait of Mother...

Author: Jim Towey ,  Jim Towey
ISBN: 9781797147277
Format: Audio
$92.37

From a member of Mother Teresa’s inner circle comes an extraordinary account of the woman behind the saint.  Read More >>

Many Black Women of this Fortress: Graça, Mónica and Adwoa, Three Enslaved Women of Portugal’s African Empire

Many Black Women of this Fortress: Graça, Mónica and...

Author: Kwasi Konadu
ISBN: 9781787386976
Format: Paperback
$39.99

A haunting triple biography of women whose lives were indelibly shaped by slavery, race and the Inquisition.  Read More >>

Queen of the Burglars: The Scandalous Life of Sophie Lyons

Queen of the Burglars: The Scandalous Life of Sophie...

Author: Shayne Davidson ,  Allyson Johnson
ISBN: 9798200752591
Format: Audio
$97.55

Born in mid-nineteenth century America, Sophie Lyons was a master thief, con artist, blackmailer and smuggler. Despite...  Read More >>

Working 9 to 5: A Women's Movement, a Labor Union, and the Iconic Movie

Working 9 to 5: A Women's Movement, a Labor Union, and...

Author: Ellen Cassedy ,  Jane Fonda
ISBN: 9798212197427
Format: Audio
$97.55

9 to 5 wasn't just a comic film--it was a movement built by Ellen Cassedy and her friends. Ten office workers in...  Read More >>

I Ran Into Some Trouble

I Ran Into Some Trouble

Author: Peggy Caserta ,  Maggie Falcon
ISBN: 9798212031134
Format: Audio
$110.75

The story of a generation! Peggy Caserta was the epi-center of hippie-her shop, Mnasidika, was ground zero on Haight-Ashbury,...  Read More >>

Vera Rubin: A Life

Vera Rubin: A Life

Author: Jacqueline Mitton ,  Simon Mitton
ISBN: 9798212309769
Format: Audio
$124.05

Jacqueline Mitton and Simon Mitton offer the first biography of Vera Rubin, an astronomer who made vital contributions...  Read More >>

Vera Rubin: A Life

Vera Rubin: A Life

Author: Jacqueline Mitton ,  Simon Mitton
ISBN: 9798212309776
Format: Audio
$110.85

Jacqueline Mitton and Simon Mitton offer the first biography of Vera Rubin, an astronomer who made vital contributions...  Read More >>

Nora Ephron: A Biography

Nora Ephron: A Biography

Author: Kristin Marguerite Doidge ,  Hillary Huber
ISBN: 9781665019194
Format: Audio
$79.07

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Nora Ephron: A Biography

Nora Ephron: A Biography

Author: Kristin Marguerite Doidge ,  Hillary Huber
ISBN: 9781665019187
Format: Audio
$92.27

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Jennie: The Life of the American Beauty Who Became the Toast--And Scandal--Of Two Continents, Ruled an Age and Raised a Son--Winston Churchill--Who Shaped History

Jennie: The Life of the American Beauty Who Became the...

Author: Ralph G Martin ,  Pearl Hewitt
ISBN: 9798200999477
Format: Audio
$203.15

A master work ... Jennie was released to a public that became entranced by her story, and will again be now that...  Read More >>

Jennie: The Life of the American Beauty Who Became the Toast--And Scandal--Of Two Continents, Ruled an Age and Raised a Son--Winston Churchill--Who Shaped History

Jennie: The Life of the American Beauty Who Became the...

Author: Ralph G Martin ,  Pearl Hewitt
ISBN: 9798200999484
Format: Audio
$123.95

A master work ... Jennie was released to a public that became entranced by her story, and will again be now that...  Read More >>

Henrietta Maria: The Warrior Queen Who Divided a Nation

Henrietta Maria: The Warrior Queen Who Divided a Nation...

Author: Leanda de Lisle ,  Daphne Kouma
ISBN: 9798212140140
Format: Audio
$110.85

"Henrietta Maria is British history's most reviled queen consort. Condemned in her lifetime as the ""Popish brat...  Read More >>

Henrietta Maria: The Warrior Queen Who Divided a Nation

Henrietta Maria: The Warrior Queen Who Divided a Nation...

Author: Leanda de Lisle ,  Daphne Kouma
ISBN: 9798212139809
Format: Audio
$124.05

"Henrietta Maria is British history's most reviled queen consort. Condemned in her lifetime as the ""Popish brat...  Read More >>

I Ran Into Some Trouble

I Ran Into Some Trouble

Author: Peggy Caserta ,  Maggie Falcon
ISBN: 9798212031141
Format: Audio
$84.35

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Not in the Fire: Discovering God's will in a Gentle Silence

Not in the Fire: Discovering God's will in a Gentle...

Author: Barbara Austin
ISBN: 9781637461426
Format: Hardback
$81.81

"Known as ""the feisty one,"" young Barbara will do whatever it takes to protect herself and her younger siblings...  Read More >>

Skirts: Fashioning Modern Femininity in the Twentieth Century

Skirts: Fashioning Modern Femininity in the Twentieth...

Author: Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell ,  Sarah Welborn
ISBN: 9798212293969
Format: Audio
$110.85

In a beautifully illustrated social history, Skirts traces the shifting roles of women over the twentieth century...  Read More >>

Skirts: Fashioning Modern Femininity in the Twentieth Century

Skirts: Fashioning Modern Femininity in the Twentieth...

Author: Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell ,  Sarah Welborn
ISBN: 9798212293952
Format: Audio
$97.65

In a beautifully illustrated social history, Skirts traces the shifting roles of women over the twentieth century...  Read More >>

American Milliners and their World: Women's Work from Revolution to Rock and Roll

American Milliners and their World: Women's Work from...

Author: Nadine Stewart (Montclair State University, USA)
ISBN: 9781350203174
Format: Paperback
$61.99

"""This book examines the social world of the American milliner from the 18th century to the 1960s, focusing on...  Read More >>

Violent Intimacy: Family Harmony, State Stability, and Intimate Partner Violence in Post-Socialist China

Violent Intimacy: Family Harmony, State Stability, and...

Author: Tiantian Zheng (State University of New York, USA)
ISBN: 9781350263420
Format: Paperback
$46.99

Winner of the 2022 Research Publication Book Award from the Association of Chinese Professors of Social Sciences...  Read More >>

Women, Aging, and Art: A Crosscultural Anthology

Women, Aging, and Art: A Crosscultural Anthology

Author: Frima Fox Hofrichter (Pratt Institute, USA) ,  Midori Yoshimoto (New Jersey City University, USA)
ISBN: 9781501379390
Format: Paperback
$52.99

"""In light of the global aging crisis and concerns, this book sheds a light on images of old women through twelve...  Read More >>

Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol

Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol

Author: Mallory O'Meara
ISBN: 9781787387737
Format: Paperback
$34.99

From the ancient Sumerian beer goddess to Black South African micro-brewers today, a page-turning history of women...  Read More >>

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Author: Mary Wollstonecraft
ISBN: 9781958437407
Format: Paperback
$20.67

First published in 1792, Wollstonecraft's book attacked the prevailing view of docile, decorative femininity and...  Read More >>

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