Women category: 49097 books
Abortion wars
The fight for reproductive rights
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2017
Britain's 1967 Abortion Act is 50 years old. It brought about profound social change, but the struggle for abortion rights is far from over. In this hard-hitting timely new book Judith Orr, leading pro-choice campaigner, argues that it’s time women had the right to control their fertility without...
Birthing Justice
Black Women, Pregnancy, and Childbirth
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
There is a global crisis in maternal health care for black women. In the United States, black women are over three times more likely to perish from pregnancy-related complications than white women; their babies are half as likely to survive the first year. Many black women experience policing, coercion,...
Managing Hot Flushes with Group Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
An evidence-based treatment manual for health professionals
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Following the success of Managing Hot Flushes and Night Sweats which outlines a self-help, CBT-based programme for dealing with menopausal symptoms, Myra Hunter and Melanie Smith have developed a pioneering group treatment for women going through the menopause. Managing Hot Flushes with Group Cognitive...
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Women and Initiation
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
Originally published in 1987, a well-known Jungian analyst, the late Bani Shorter writes here about how women are initiated into becoming themselves. Her book was an important contribution to the field of analytical psychology at the time, as well as to the increasingly popular study of women’s...
The Hidden Truth: Deception in Women’S Health Care
A Physician’S Advice to Women—And All Who Care for Them
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2015
There is no question that women are called upon to make a variety of sacrifices during the course of their reproductive lives. Dealing with the physical, emotional and psychological demands of the monthly reproductive cycle, of pregnancy and of childrearing can prove exhausting for many especially...
Get on Top
Of Your Pleasure, Sexuality & Wellness: A Vagina Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
A smart, actionable guide to help women take control of their sexual health and learn about vital information in a pro-pleasure, safety-first, and sex-positive way from a leader in sexual education for the GirlBoss generation.
Women are suffering—especially in the eighteen to thirty age range....
by Jeff Butterworth
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
There is a silent, public health epidemic occurring. Largely unrecognised and ignored by conventional medicine, hormonal imbalance effects 85% of women. Most women suffer from some degree of hormonal imbalance. Due to this fact, hormonal imbalance is considered a ‘normal’ part of every woman’s...
Around the Globe for Women's Health
A Practical Guide for the Health Care Provider
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
In the increasingly globalized twenty-first century, cross-cultural communication and knowledge of culturally informed health practices are critical skills for women’s health providers. Around the Globe for Women’s Health is a concise, culturally sensitive, and clinically relevant guide that aims...
by Louise Stoltzfus
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
Written by a woman who grew up in an Old Order Amish community and church, Amish Women: Lives and Stories offers a gentle, lyrical inside view of Amish womanhood. How are Amish women unique? How are they typical? How do they find expression in a place that values community togetherness above all else?...
by Rosemary Gladstar
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
Simple, safe, and effective herbal remedies for women of all ages.
For centuries women have turned to herbs to cope with a wide variety of health problems and conditions. Comprehensive and easy-to-use, Herbal Healing for Women explains how to create remedies—including teas, tinctures, salves,...
by Jennifer Smith
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Losing weight can be a huge struggle for most women. With so many fad diets and exercise trends that promise to slim your hips, tone your butt and reduce your waist it can be overwhelming trying to figure out where to start your own weight loss plan. Some women end up taking drastic measures to drop...
Prophesying Daughters
Black Women Preachers and the Word, 1823-1913
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2003
In nineteenth-century America, many black women left their homes, their husbands, and their children to spread the Word of God. Descendants of slaves or former “slave girls” themselves, they traveled all over the country, even abroad, preaching to audiences composed of various races, denominations,...
by Thea Cacchioni
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2015
In 2010, Thea Cacchioni testified before the US Food and Drug Administration against flibanserin, a drug proposed to treat low sexual desire in women, dubbed by the media the “pink Viagra.” She was one of many academics and activists sounding the alarm about the lack of science behind the search...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This anthology provides fresh theorization of gendered dimensions of learning, war, and violence, with a view to offering new insights on the impact of violence on women’s learning and well being. The collection is an important contribution to emerging interdisciplinary approaches to the role and...