Women category: 49097 books
The Second Line of Defense
American Women and World War I
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
In tracing the rise of the modern idea of the American "new woman," Lynn Dumenil examines World War I's surprising impact on women and, in turn, women's impact on the war. Telling the stories of a diverse group of women, including African Americans, dissidents, pacifists, reformers, and...
Partners of Zaynab
A Gendered Perspective of Shia Muslim Faith
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2014
How do pious Shia Muslim women nurture and sustain their religious lives? How do their experiences and beliefs differ from or overlap with those of men? What do gender-based religious roles and interactions reveal about the Shia Muslim faith? In Partners of Zaynab, Diane D’Souza presents a rich...
by Zubeda Dr Baig
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Women in the Ramakathas attempts to focus on the unfavourable conditions of women in the various renderings of the Rama legends, originating from Valmiki Ramayana. Through 2000 years of Indian literary tradition and folklore, these have been moulded and reshaped, according to the beliefs and understanding...
Prisms: Refracting Light of Women's Lives
Refracting Light of Women's Lives
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2009
Dr. Jackie De Hon "bought" the culture's prescription for women while growing up in the 40s and 50s when women were allowed to be one of four thingswife/mother, teacher, nurse, or secretary. She educated herself as her children were growing up. Through her own experiences and her observation...
Why Did You Give up the Koochie and Now You Mad
Understanding God’S Idea of Woman, Wife, and Marriage
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2012
In a fresh and compelling way, Why Did You Give Up The Koochie And Now You Mad will educate men and women in understanding Gods idea about woman, wife, and marriage.
God built woman as a spectacular and wondrous masterpiece. She is indeed astonishing, a fabulous gift to humanity. Nevertheless,...
Women Moving Forward®
Over the Years
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
For nearly forty years, Susan Bash Van Vleet has been conducting groundbreaking workshops that have helped thousands of women worldwide deal with personal blockages to moving forward in their personal and professional lives. Now in a compilation of articles gathered from her popular Women Moving Forward...
Woman in the Nineteenth Century
The First Major Feminist Book in the United States; Including Essays and Letters on Condition and Duties of Woman & Extracts From Fuller's Diary
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2018
Woman in the Nineteenth Century is considered the first major feminist work in the United States. The basis for Fuller's work is the idea that man will rightfully inherit the earth when he becomes an elevated being, understanding of divine love. Fullerexamines men and women in America and observes...
Muscle on Wheels
Louise Armaindo and the High-Wheel Racers of Nineteenth-Century America
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
The majestic high-wheel bicycle, with its spider wheels and rubber tires, emerged in the mid-1870s as the standard bicycle. A common misconception is that, bound by Victorian dress and decorum, women were unable to ride it, only taking up cycling in the 1880s with the advent of the chain-driven safety...
Microfinance and Its Discontents
Women in Debt in Bangladesh
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2011
In 2006 the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh won the Nobel Peace Prize for its innovative microfinancing operations. This path-breaking study of gender, grassroots globalization, and neoliberalism in Bangladesh looks critically at the Grameen Bank and three of the leading NGOs in the country. Amid euphoria...
Transforming Scholarship
Why Women's and Gender Studies Students Are Changing Themselves and the World
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2014
Transforming Scholarship is a user-friendly work of practical guidance and inspiration for supporting a student's interest in a Women's Studies degree. Berger and Radeloff use empirical evidence to help students with the major barriers they face when exploring Women's Studies: the negative response...
by Amy Young Evrard
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2014
Among various important efforts to address women’s issues in Morocco, a particular set of individuals and associations have formed around two specific goals: reforming the Moroccan Family Code and raising awareness of women’s rights. Evrard chronicles the history of the women’s rights movement,...
by Tara Povey
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
This book examines the women's movement in Iran and its role in contesting gender relations since the 1979 revolution. Looking at examples from politics, law, employment, environment, media and religion and the struggle for democracy, this book demonstrates how material conditions have important social...
by iscis malone
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012
What do feminists and princesses have in common? Both tend to be misrepresented and misunderstood in public media. Being a feminist is no more about women hating men or wanting to replace them than being a princess is about Prince Charming or castle towers.The Princess Protocol, explores the...
Nepali Migrant Women
Resistance and Survival in America
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
In this pathbreaking and timely work, Hamal Gurung gives voice to the growing number of Nepali women who migrate to the United States to work in the informal economy. Highlighting the experiences of thirty-five women, mostly college educated and middle class, who take on domestic service and unskilled...