Women category: 49097 books
by Lisa St Brice
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2012
Have you ever gone through an obstacle in life and were genuinely unsure about what to do? Have you ever felt alone in your trials and felt you didn't have any other women to relate to? If you answered yes to either or both of these questions, then this is the book for you. In 5 Steps for Women to...
The Glass Ceiling in Chinese and Indian Boardrooms
Women Directors in Listed Firms in China and India
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
This book is about women directors in China and India. The aim of the book is to understand more clearly where women are present on corporate boards, and the reasons for their continued absence from most listed company boards. The Glass Ceiling in Chinese and Indian Boardrooms is written at a time...
Roughing it in the Suburbs
Reading Chatelaine Magazine in the Fifties and Sixties
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2000
Originally launched in 1928, by the 1950s and 1960s nearly two million readers every month sampled "Chatelaine" magazine's eclectic mixture of traditional and surprisingly unconventional articles and editorials. At a time when the American women's magazine market began to flounder thanks...
by Jane Pilcher
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
This book argues for the importance of age as a source of diversity and difference amongst women. It compares three generations of women’s accounts of a range of gender issues, including the domestic division of labour, equality, abortion and sexuality. It also compares their understandings of and...
by Ghada Talhami
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
The overriding theme of this work is that women’s struggles, human rights, myths, and literary expression are indispensable to an understanding of the modern culture and socio-political development of the Middle East region. The work demonstrates that no aspect of Middle Eastern history and modern...
Her Quest for Self: a Journey
Revisiting Select Novels of Two American Women Writers
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
To journey into the pages of this book is to journey into the colourful world of Chinese and Chinese-American culture, into slivers of history, into gender politics, into myth and, perhaps, even into ourselves. In the private struggles and triumphs of Pearl S. Bucks and Amy Tans women characters,...
Challenging Misrepresentations of Black Womanhood
Media, Literature and Theory
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2019
"Challenging Misrepresentations of Black Womanhood" investigates the stereotyping of Black womanhood and the larger sociological impact on Black women’s self-perceptions. It details the historical and contemporary use of stereotypes against Black women and how Black women work to challenge...
Gender and the Media
Women's Places
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2018
Media images shape and are shaped by society. They reflect the ways in which the social order changes and stays the same. The contributors to Gender and the Media: Women’s Places consider a variety of media to explore the impact of what is there, as well as what is missing. Their focus is on women....
Gathering Strength:
Conversations with Afghan Women
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Professional photographer, Peggy Kelsey traveled to Afghanistan in 2003 and 2010 to photograph and interview women. In Gathering Strength, Conversations with Afghan Women these interviews come together under different topics creating conversations that illustrate the women's different stories, concerns...
Dr. Carol's Guide to Women's Health
Take Charge of Your Physical and Emotional Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
Make lifestyle changes that will impact your health and well-being for life!Dr. Carol's Guide to Women's Health will help women feel like they are talking to a trusted friend, who is also an ob-gyn physician. This guide offers medical science, the author’s practical experience, and a faith perspective...
The Sweet Sixteen
The Journey That Inspired the Canadian Women's Press Club
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2012
In 1904, sixteen women travelled together by train to cover the St Louis World's Fair. The Sweet Sixteen traces the fateful ten-day trip that resulted in the formation of a professional club for the advancement of Canadian newspaper women. Drawing upon letters, journals, interviews, and most significantly,...
THE HUMANNESS OF WOMEN: The Theory & Practice of Feminism (Including Various Essays & Sketches)
Studies and thoughts by the famous American writer, feminist, social reformer and deeply respected sociologist who holds an important place in feminist fiction, known for The Yellow Wallpaper story
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
This eBook edition of "THE HUMANNESS OF WOMEN: The Theory & Practice of Feminism (Including Various Essays & Sketches)" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) was a prominent American feminist,...
Women against Abortion
Inside the Largest Moral Reform Movement of the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
Women from remarkably diverse religious, social, and political backgrounds made up the rank-and-file of anti-abortion activism. Empowered by--yet in many cases scared of--the changes wrought by feminism, they founded grassroots groups, developed now-familiar strategies and tactics, and gave voice...
by Chéree L. Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
Many African American women have had experiences of being stereotyped or judged based on the preconceived notions of service providers. Because of the assumptions of the provider, a service or product that is available is not accepted or accessed. This book seeks to show through the experience of...