Reshaping Women's History: Voices of Nontraditional Women Historians by
Reshaping Women's History presents autobiographical essays by eighteen accomplished scholar-activists who persevered through poverty or abuse, medical malpractice or family disownment, civil war or genocide. As they illuminate their own unique circumstances, the authors also address issues all-too-familiar to women in the academy: financial instability, the need for mentors, explaining gaps in resumes caused by outside events, and coping with gendered family demands, biases, and expectations.
U. S. Women's History by
Some essays uncover little-known aspects of women's history, while others offer a fresh take on familiar events and figures, from Rosa Parks to Take Back the Night marches. Spanning the antebellum era to the present day, these essays vividly convey the long histories and ongoing relevance of topics ranging from women's immigration to incarceration, from acts of cross-dressing to the activism of feminist mothers. This volume thus not only untangles the threads of the sisterhood mythos, it weaves them into a multi-textured and multi-hued tapestry that reflects the breadth and diversity of U.S. women's history.
Women's history by
This fifth volume of the History of the Prairie West Series contains a broad range of articles spanning the 1870s to the present and examines the mostly unexplored place of women in the history of the Canada's Prairie Provinces. From'Spinsters Need Not Apply'to'Negotiating Sex: Gender in the Ukrainian Bloc Settlement,'women's roles in politics, law, agriculture, labour, and journalism are explored to reveal a complex portrait of women struggling to find safety, have careers, raise children, and be themselves in an often harsh environment.
Glamour : women, history, feminism by
Using a rich variety of sources from women's magazines and film, to social surveys and life histories Carol Dyhouse examines with wit and insight the history and meaning of costume, cosmetics, perfume and fur.
Selling Women's History: Packaging Feminism in Twentieth-Century American Popular Culture by
Selling Women's History reveals how, from the 1900s to the 1970s, popular culture helped teach Americans about the accomplishments of their foremothers, promoting an awareness of women's wide-ranging capabilities. On one hand, Emily Westkaemper examines how this was a marketing ploy, as Madison Avenue co-opted women's history to sell everything from Betsy Ross Red lipstick to Virginia Slims cigarettes. But she also shows how pioneering adwomen and female historians used consumer culture to publicize histories that were ignored elsewhere.
Dare to Lead Like a Girl by
It's time to stop asking our women leaders to lead like men and instead start learning from what is working for our women leaders—and share that wisdom with everyone, men and women alike.
We Should All Be Feminists by
Drawing extensively on her own experiences and her deep understanding of the often masked realities of sexual politics, here is one remarkable author's exploration of what it means to be a woman now—and an of-the-moment rallying cry for why we should all be feminists.
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American Women's History: a Very Short Introduction by
This Very Short Introduction explores the major transformations in American women's lives, ranging from political activism to popular culture, the workforce, and the family. Beginning in early America, it places gender at the center of American history, making it clear that women's experiences were not always the same as men's.
Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women by
Dedicated to recovering the contributions of thinkers marginalized by both their race and their gender, these essays uncover the work of unconventional intellectuals, both formally educated and self-taught, and explore the broad community of ideas in which their work participated. The end result is a field-defining and innovative volume that addresses topics ranging from religion and slavery to the politicized and gendered reappraisal of the black female body in contemporary culture.
A Black Women's History of the United States by
A vibrant and empowering history that emphasizes the perspectives and stories of African American women to show how they are--and have always been--instrumental in shaping our country. In centering Black women's stories, two award-winning historians seek both to empower African American women and to show their allies that Black women's unique ability to make their own communities while combatting centuries of oppression is an essential component in our continued resistance to systemic racism and sexism.
Home Girls Make Some Noise by
Home Girls Make Some Noise: Hip Hop Feminist Anthology seeks to complicate understandings of Hip-Hop as a male space by including and identifying the women who were always involved with the culture. The anthology explores Hip-Hop as a worldview, as an epistemology grounded in the experiences of communities of color under advanced capitalism, as a cultural site for redefining identity and sexual politics.
Broad Strokes : 15 women who made art and made history (in that order) by
Art historian Bridget Quinn delves into the lives and careers of 15 brilliant female artists with beautiful reproductions of the artists' works and contemporary portraits of each artist by renowned illustrator Lisa Congdon, this is art history from 1600 to the present day for the modern art lover, reader, and feminist.
Seductress by
Starting with the earliest goddess, the original archetype for sexually powerful women, Betsy Prioleau travels over the course of history to identify those women who embodied her spirit and who combined erotic success with autonomy and personal achievement. Each meticulously researched chapter in Seductress explodes a different stereotype and tells the sexy stories of one of six kinds of seductresses: nonbeauties, seniors, intellectuals, artists, and two "commanda" types - governmental leaders and high-octane adventurers.
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics by
A contemporary history of America told through the voices of women of color whose lives and contributions have heretofore been unknown. It's a portrait of four women who are always focused on the larger goal of, as they put it, "hurrying history" so that every American--regardless of race, gender, or religious background--can have a seat at the table.
Women after All by
In Women After All, Melvin Konner traces the arc of evolution to explain the relationships between women and men. With patience and wit he explores the knotty question of whether men are necessary in the biological destiny of the human race.
Unbound Voices by
Unbound Voices brings together the voices of Chinese American women in a fascinating, intimate collection of documents--letters, essays, poems, autobiographies, speeches, testimonials, and oral histories--detailing half a century of their lives in America. Together, these sources provide a captivating mosaic of Chinese women's experiences in their own words, as they tell of making a home for themselves and their families in San Francisco from the Gold Rush years through World War II.
A Girl Stands at the Door: the generation of young women who desegregated America's schools by
In A Girl Stands at the Door, historian Rachel Devlin tells the remarkable stories of these desegregation pioneers. She also explains why black girls were seen, and saw themselves, as responsible for the difficult work of reaching across the color line in public schools. Highlighting the extraordinary bravery of young black women, this bold revisionist account illuminates today's ongoing struggles for equality.
Yell-Oh Girls! by
Culled from hundreds of submissions from all over the country, these poignant, honest, real, and surprising pieces on being Asian-American address such topics as culture clash, body image, interracial dating, adoption, and stereotypes.
Can We All Be Feminists? : new writing from Brit Bennett, Nicole Dennis-Benn, and 15 others on intersectionality, identity, and the way forward for feminism by
Seventeen established and emerging writers from diverse backgrounds explore what feminism means to them in the context of their other identities--from a hijab-wearing Muslim to a disability rights activist to a body-positive performance artist to a transgender journalist.
Moving Beyond Words by
Steinem examines the state of the women's movement in the 1990s and offers possibilities for the future, focusing on such issues as economic empowerment, women politicians, and life affirmations that affect women today.
You Learn by Living by
Advice on problems of daily living, based on self-knowledge, sincere interest in people, and wise planning of time, illustrated with author's personal experiences.
Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir by
Suffused with candor and characteristic humor, Where the Past Begins takes readers into the idiosyncratic workings of her writer's mind, a journey that explores memory, imagination, and truth, wtih fiction serving as both her divining rod and link to meaning.
Angela Davis: an autobiography. by
The political activist reflects upon the people and incidents that have influenced her life and commitment to global liberation of the oppressed.
Conversations with RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Live, Liberty, and Law by
An informal portrait of Justice Ginsburg, drawing on a series of her conversations with Rosen, starting in the 1990s and continuing through the Trump era.
Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger by
The story of female fury and its cultural significance demonstrates the long history of bitter resentment that has enshrouded women's slow rise to political power in America, as well as the ways that anger is received when it comes from women as opposed to when it comes from men.
Feminism's Forgotten Fight: the unfinished struggle for work and family by
Feminism's Forgotten Fight examines activists' campaigns for work and family in depth, and helps us see how feminism's opponents--not feminists themselves--blocked the movement's aspirations. Her insights offer key lessons for women's ongoing struggle to achieve equality at home and work.
The Bitch in the House: 26 women tell the truth about sex, solitude, work, motherhood, and marriage by
Ranging in age from 24 to 65, single and childless or married with children, or four times divorced, this is the sound of the collective voice of successful women today - in all their anger, grace, and glory.
Desert Flower: the extraordinary journey of a desert nomad by
The author describes growing up in a traditional Somali family and her fulfillment as a humanitarian.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life by
A pioneering life and legal career whose profound mark on American jurisprudence, on American society, on our American character and spirit, will reverberate deep into the twenty-first century and beyond.