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Women's History in Global Perspective, Volume 1 by Bonnie G. Smith (Editor); Margaret Strobel (Contribution by); Alice Kessler-Harris (Contribution by); Mrinalini Sinha (Contribution by)
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor HQ1121 .W8858 2004
ISBN: 0252029313
Publication Date: 2004-08-30
The American Historical Association's Committee on Women Historians commissioned some of the pioneering figures in women's history to prepare essays in their respective areas of expertise. Volume 1 of the three-volume series addresses the comparative themes that the editors and contributors see as central to understanding women's history around the world.
Toward an Intellectual History of Women by Linda K. Kerber
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; HQ1410 .K47 1997
ISBN: 0807823481
Publication Date: 1997-05-26
As a leading historian of women, Linda K. Kerber has played an instrumental role in the radical rethinking of American history over the past two decades. The maturation and increasing complexity of studies in women's history are widely recognized, and in this remarkable collection of essays, Kerber's essential contribution to the field is made clear. In this volume is gathered some of Kerber's finest work.
Women and Radio by Caroline Mitchell (Editor)
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; PN1991.8.W65 W66 2000
ISBN: 0415220718
Publication Date: 2001-04-05
Combining classic work on radio with innovative research, journalism and biography, Women and Radio offers a variety of approaches to understanding the position of women as producers, presenters and consumers as well as offering guidelines, advice and helpful information for women wanting to work in radio. Women and Radio examines the relationship between radio audiences, technologies and programming and reveals and explains the inequalities experienced by women working in the industry.
The Light of the Home by Harvey Green; Mary E. Perry
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; HQ1419 .G73 1983
ISBN: 0394527461
Publication Date: 1984-08-01
Chapters on courtship, marriage, motherhood, housework, decorating, health, leisure, and religion evoke the livesof Victorian women
Reshaping Women's History by Julie A. Gallagher (Editor, Editor); Barbara Winslow (Editor); Nupur Chaudhuri (Afterword by, Contribution by); Midori Green (Contribution by); Frances L. Buss (Contribution by); Lisa DiCaprio (Contribution by); Julie R. Enszer (Contribution by); Catherine Fosl (Contribution by); La Shonda Mims (Contribution by); Stephanie Moore (Contribution by); Grey Osterud (Contribution by); Barbara Ransby (Contribution by); Linda Reese (Contribution by); Annette Rodriguez (Contribution by); Linda Rupert (Contribution by); Kathleen Sheldon (Contribution by); Donna Sinclair (Contribution by); Rickie Solinger (Contribution by); Pamela J. Stewart (Contribution by); waaseyaa'sin Christine Sy (Contribution by); Ann Marie Wilson (Contribution by)
ISBN: 9780252050749
Publication Date: 2018-09-25
Award-winning women scholars from nontraditional backgrounds have often negotiated an academic track that leads through figurative--and sometimes literal--minefields. Their life stories offer inspiration, but also describe heartrending struggles and daunting obstacles. 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. Eye-opening and candid, Reshaping Women's History shows how adversity, and the triumph over it, enriches scholarship and spurs extraordinary efforts to affect social change. Contributors: Frances L. Buss, Nupur Chaudhuri, Lisa DiCaprio, Julie R. Enszer, Catherine Fosl, Midori Green, La Shonda Mims, Stephanie Moore, Grey Osterud, Barbara Ransby, Linda Reese, Annette Rodriguez, Linda Rupert, Kathleen Sheldon, Donna Sinclair, Rickie Solinger, Pamela Stewart, Waaseyaa'sin Christine Sy, and Ann Marie Wilson.
We're Rooted Here and They Can't Pull Us Up by Peggy Bristow (Editor)
ISBN: 9781442683273
Publication Date: 2016-01-29
This long overdue history will prove welcome reading for anyone interested in Black history and race relations. It provides a much-needed text for senior high school and university courses in Canadian history, women's history, and women's studies.
Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists by Mikki Kendall
Call Number: Graphic Novels - 2nd Floor ; HQ1236 .K46 2019
ISBN: 9780399581793
Publication Date: 2019-11-05
A bold and gripping graphic history of the fight for women's rights by theNew York Timesbestselling author ofHood Feminism "A beautifully drawn, hold-no-punches, surprisingly deep dive through the history of women's rights around the world, which will entrance kids and adults alike."-N. K. Jemisin, Hugo Award-winning author of the Broken Earth trilogy The ongoing struggle for women's rights has spanned human history, touched nearly every culture on Earth, and encompassed a wide range of issues, such as the right to vote, work, get an education, own property, exercise bodily autonomy, and beyond.Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activistsis a fun and fascinating graphic novel-style primer that covers the key figures and events that have advanced women's rights from antiquity to the modern era. In addition, this compelling book illuminates the stories of notable women throughout history-from queens and freedom fighters to warriors and spies-and the progressive movements led by women that have shaped history, including abolition, suffrage, labor, civil rights, LGBTQ liberation, reproductive rights, and more. Examining where we've been, where we are, and where we're going,Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activistsis an indispensable resource for people of all genders interested in the fight for a more liberated future.
Handbook of American Women′s History by Angela Howard (Editor); Frances M. Kavenik (Editor)
Call Number: 2nd Floor. Library use only. ; HQ1410 .H36 200
ISBN: 0761916350
Publication Date: 2000-07-22
This exceptional reference presents short articles on key people, events, and ideas that have shaped the history of women in the United States. Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition features more than 100 new entries as well as, for the first time, photographs and artwork illustrating key concepts. Aimed at librarians, students, and teachers, the Handbook of American Women′s History provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary view of a fascinating field of study. Arranged alphabetically, each entry is accompanied by a bibliography of primary and secondary sources to which interested readers can turn for more information. Editors Angela M. Howard and Frances M. Kavenik also provide an extensive subject/name index and end-of-entry cross-referencing to make the book an invaluable resource.
Chronology of Women's History by Kirstin Olsen
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; HQ1121 .O47 1994
ISBN: 0313288038
Publication Date: 1994-06-22
Impressive, enlightening, and fascinating to read, this easy-to-use narrative chronology records the triumphs, obstacles, and conditions of women's lives from prehistory to the present and profiles the achievements of nearly 5,000 women from practically every corner of the globe. Western history is thoroughly covered and supplemented by information on Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Africa. From Cro-Magnon childbirth and ancient Egyptian cosmetics to Janet Reno and the Tailhook scandal, the breadth, diversity, and accessibility of this work make it invaluable for identifying the accomplishments and circumstances of women in any given historical period.
A Black Women's History of the United States by Daina Ramey Berry; Kali Nicole Gross
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; E185.86 .B475 2020
ISBN: 0807033553
Publication Date: 2020-02-04
The award-winning Revisioning American History series continues with this "groundbreaking new history of Black women in the United States" (Ibram X. Kendi)-the perfect companion to An Indigenous People's History of the United States and An African American and Latinx History of the United States. An empowering and intersectional history that centers the stories of African American women across 400+ years, showing 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.
The Timetables of Women's History by Karen Greenspan
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; HQ1121 .G74 1994
ISBN: 0671671502
Publication Date: 1995-03-13
"Until recent times, the history of women has been relegated to a secondary status, the accomplishment of women either ignored or simply unknown. Now in The Timetables of Women's History, Karen Greenspan gathers the most important events and people in Women's History into one lively, accessible volume that celebrates the achievements of women through the ages."
Women's History and Ancient History by Sarah B. Pomeroy (Editor)
Call Number: HQ1127 .W6525 1991
ISBN: 0807819492
Publication Date: 1991-08-01
This collection of essays explores the lives and roles of women in antiquity. A recurring theme is the relationship between private and public, and many of the essays find that women's public roles develop as a result of their private lives, specifically their family relationships.
Reclaiming the Past by Page P. Miller (Editor)
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; E159 .R42 1992
ISBN: 0253338425
Publication Date: 1992-12-01
Reclaiming the Past integrates recent developments in women's history and historic preservation in order to illuminate the historic significance of many structures and sites associated with the lives of women in the United States. The homes of Willa Cather, Sarah Orne Jewett, Zora Neale Hurston, Clara Barton, and Susan B. Anthony; Dumbarton Oaks, designed by landscape architect Beatrix Farrand; the Madame C. J. Walker Building in Indianapolis, home of the Walker Manufacturing Company; Wesleyan Chapel at Seneca Falls, New York, site of the 1848 Women's Rights Convention; the Shirtwaist Triangle Factory; Hull House: these represent only a sampling of the variety of landmarks and resources examined here." "In an introductory chapter, Page Putnam Miller outlines the urgent task of identifying and preserving these historic sites. The contributors then focus on seven arenas of activity: architecture, arts, community, education, politics, religion, and work. We discover that as activists, preservationists, designers, and architects, women have long been involved in historic preservation, as well as in the thoughtful design of domestic space - the home itself.
Women in the Middle East and North Africa by Guity Nashat; Judith E. Tucker
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; HQ1726.5 .N37 1999
ISBN: 0253212642
Publication Date: 1999-06-22
"These four volumes in this major series . . . provide a single-source reference to the status of the field of women's history and to ways that the field can be expanded. . . . A basic set for all academic libraries."
Feminism Unfinished by Dorothy Sue Cobble; Linda Gordon; Astrid Henry
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; HQ1421 .C625 2014
ISBN: 9780871406767
Publication Date: 2014-08-25
Eschewing the conventional wisdom that places the origins of the American women's movement in the nostalgic glow of the late 1960s, Feminism Unfinished traces the beginnings of this seminal American social movement to the 1920s, in the process creating an expanded, historical narrative that dramatically rewrites a century of American women's history. Also challenging the contemporary "lean-in," trickle-down feminist philosophy and asserting that women's histories all too often depoliticize politics, labor issues, and divergent economic circumstances,

Is Anyone Listening? by Merle Jacobs (Editor)
ISBN: 0889614091
Publication Date: 2002-09-30
Jacobs has brought together the work of a number of progressive feminist writers, who theorize gender, race, diversity research, the social construction of women and work, ethnicity and class. The essays in this reader are focused on issues relating to gender equality in workspaces in society. The editor has gathered essays from well-known and established social scientists. Among them are Pat & Hugh Armstrong, Himani Bannerji, Christine Bruckert and Tania Das Gupta. The result is a stimulating collection that focuses on health-care workers, teachers, strippers, wage-less workers and women who are hidden from view. The collection explores the construction of gender, the selection of careers and the differential in work conditions and wages.
Sisters and Saints by Ann Braude
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; BL458 .B67 2008
ISBN: 9780195333091
Publication Date: 2007-11-21
"Women are the backbone of the church," says an old African-American aphorism. Since the 1660s, women have made up the majority of members in almost all American religious groups. They have provided essential financial and social support and worked tirelessly in the background of church-based activities. Throughout American history, women have raised money for churches and synagogues, embroidered altar clothes, taught Sunday school, prepared parish meals, and sung in the choir. They have educated their children in their beliefs and taken them to their places of worship. Yet it is primarily men who have historically occupied the high rungs of church hierarchy and made the important decisions affecting their congregations. Ann Braude examines the central role of women in American religious history, focusing on their efforts to achieve greater recognition and equal rights, their recent admission to religious leadership, and the emergence of feminist theology in the late 20th century. Colonist Margaret Winthrop, African-American preacher Jarena Lee, Christian Science founder Mary Baker Eddy, and Zionist leader Henrietta Szold are among the women discussed in these pages who have made major contributions to the spiritual and material growth of religious organizations in America.
Good and Mad by Rebecca Traister
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; HQ1421 .T73 2018
ISBN: 9781501181795
Publication Date: 2018-10-02
From Rebecca Traister, the New York Times bestselling author of All the Single Ladies comes a vital, incisive exploration into the transformative power of female anger and its ability to transcend into a political movement. In the year 2018, it seems as if women's anger has suddenly erupted into the public conversation. But long before Pantsuit Nation, before the Women's March, and before the #MeToo movement, women's anger was not only politically catalytic--but politically problematic. 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.
Women in Late Life by Martha Holstein
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; HQ1061 .H576 2015
ISBN: 9781442222861
Publication Date: 2015-03-19
Contemporary old age is fraught with contradiction and complexity--women portrayed either as incompetent and cuddly grandmothers or as young women trapped in old bodies, images that rarely reflect how women actually see themselves. Women in Late Life explores the thorny issues related to gender and aging, including prevailing but problematic cultural expectations, body image, ageism, the experience of chronic illness, threats to Social Security and the very possibility of a secure retirement while challenging a long-term care system that disadvantages women. =
Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; RA564.85 .C54 2021
ISBN: 0593182952
Publication Date: 2021-06-08
A trailblazing, conversation-starting history of women's health--from the earliest medical ideas about women's illnesses to hormones and autoimmune diseases--brought together in a fascinating sweeping narrative. Elinor Cleghorn became an unwell woman ten years ago. She was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease after a long period of being told her symptoms were anything from psychosomatic to a possible pregnancy. As Elinor learned to live with her unpredictable disease she turned to history for answers, and found an enraging legacy of suffering, mystification, and misdiagnosis.
All the Single Ladies by Rebecca Traister
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; HQ880.4.U6 T73 2016
ISBN: 9781476716565
Publication Date: 2016-03-01
In 2009, the award-winning journalist Rebecca Traister started All the Single Ladies— a book she thought would be a work of contemporary journalist about the twenty-first century phenomenon of the American single woman. It was the year the proportion of American women who were married dropped below fifty percent and the median age of first marriages, which had remained between twenty and twenty-two years old for nearly a century, had risen dramatically to twenty-seven. But over the course of her vast research and more than a hundred interviews with academics and social scientists and prominent single women, Traister discovered a startling truth: the phenomenon of the single woman in America is not a new one. And historically, when women were given options beyond early heterosexual marriage, the results were massive social change & temperance, abolition, secondary education, and more.
Down Girl by Kate Manne
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; HQ1233 .M346 2018
ISBN: 9780190604981
Publication Date: 2017-11-08
Misogyny is a hot topic, yet it's often misunderstood. What is misogyny, exactly? Who deserves to be called a misogynist? How does misogyny contrast with sexism, and why is it prone to persist - or increase - even when sexist gender roles are waning? This book is an exploration of misogyny in public life and politics, by the moral philosopher and writer Kate Manne. It argues that misogyny should not be understood primarily in terms of the hatred or hostility some men feel toward women generally. Rather, it's primarily about controlling, policing, punishing, and exiling the women who challenge male dominance. And it's compatible with rewarding "the good ones," and singling out other women to serve as warnings to those who are out of order. It's also common for women to be treated, and burned, as scapegoats.
Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; HQ1237 .C745 2019
ISBN: 9781419729072
Publication Date: 2019-03-12
#1 International Bestseller "A rallying cry to fight back." --Sunday Times (London) Winner, 2019 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award Winner, 2019 Royal Society Science Book Prize Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development, to healthcare, to education and public policy, we rely on numbers to allocate resources and make crucial decisions. But because so much data fails to take into account gender, because it treats men as the default and women as atypical, bias and discrimination are baked into our systems. And women pay tremendous costs for this bias in time, money, and sometimes with their lives. Celebrated feminist advocate Caroline Criado Perez investigates the shocking root cause of gender inequality and research in Invisible Women, diving into women's lives at home, the workplace, the public square, the doctor's office, and more.
Enterprising Women by Camille Bacon-Smith
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; HQ1233 .B25 1994
ISBN: 0812230981
Publication Date: 1991-12-29
A study of the worldwide community of fans of Star Trek and other genre television series who create and distribute fiction and art based on their favorite series. This community includes people from all walks of life--housewives, librarians, secretaries, and professors of medieval literature. Ninety percent of its members are women.
The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets by Barbara G. Walker
Call Number: Reference Collection - 2nd Floor. Library use only. ; BL458 .W34 1983 (reference)
ISBN: 9780062509253
Publication Date: 1983-11-30
Do You Know... where the legend of a cat's nine lives comes from why "mama" is a word understood in nearly all languages how the custom of kissing began whether there really was a female pope why Cinderella's glass slipper was so important to the Prince The answers to these and countless other intriguing questions are given in this compulsively readable, feminist encyclopedia. Twenty-five years in preparation, this unique, comprehensive sourcebook focuses on mythology anthropology, religion, and sexuality to uncover precisely what other encyclopedias leave out or misrepresent.
Freedom Is Not Enough by Nancy MacLean
Call Number: HD4903.5.U58 M33 2006
ISBN: 0674019091
Publication Date: 2006-01-30
In the 1950s, the exclusion of women and of black and Latino men fromhigher-paying jobs was so universal as to seem normal to mostAmericans. Today, diversity in the workforce is a point of pride. How didsuch a transformation come about? In this bold and groundbreakingwork, Nancy MacLean shows how African-American and laterMexican-American civil rights activists and feminists concluded thatfreedom alone would not suffice: access to jobs at all levels is arequisite of full citizenship. Tracing the struggle to open the Americanworkplace to all, MacLean chronicles the cultural and politicaladvances that have irrevocably changed our nation over the past fiftyyears.
The Moment of Lift by Melinda French Gates
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; HQ1155 .G38 2019
ISBN: 9781250313577
Publication Date: 2019-04-23
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "In her book, Melinda tells the stories of the inspiring people she's met through her work all over the world, digs into the data, and powerfully illustrates issues that need our attention--from child marriage to gender inequity in the workplace." -- President Barack Obama "The Moment of Lift is an urgent call to courage. It changed how I think about myself, my family, my work, and what's possible in the world. Melinda weaves together vulnerable, brave storytelling and compelling data to make this one of those rare books that you carry in your heart and mind long after the last page." -- Brené Brown, Ph.D., author of the New York Times #1 bestseller Dare to Lead "Melinda Gates has spent many years working with women around the world. This book is an urgent manifesto for an equal society where women are valued and recognized in all spheres of life. Most of all, it is a call for unity, inclusion and connection. We need this message more than ever." -- Malala Yousafzai "Melinda Gates's book is a lesson in listening. A powerful, poignant, and ultimately humble call to arms." -- Tara Westover, author of the New York Times #1 bestseller Educated A debut from Melinda French Gates, a timely and necessary call to action for women's empowerment. "How can we summon a moment of lift for human beings - and especially for women? Because when you lift up women, you lift up humanity." For the last twenty years, Melinda Gates has been on a mission to find solutions for people with the most urgent needs, wherever they live. Throughout this journey, one thing has become increasingly clear to her: If you want to lift a society up, you need to stop keeping women down. In this moving and compelling book, Melinda shares lessons she's learned from the inspiring people she's met during her work and travels around the world. As she writes in the introduction, "That is why I had to write this book--to share the stories of people who have given focus and urgency to my life. I want all of us to see ways we can lift women up where we live." Melinda's unforgettable narrative is backed by startling data as she presents the issues that most need our attention--from child marriage to lack of access to contraceptives to gender inequity in the workplace. And, for the first time, she writes about her personal life and finding her voice. Throughout, she shows how there has never been more opportunity to change the world--and ourselves. Writing with emotion, candor, and grace, she introduces us to remarkable women and shows the power of connecting with one another. When we lift others up, they lift us up, too.

Women in Film

Feminism and Film by E. Ann Kaplan (Editor)
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; PN1995.9.W6 F448 2000
ISBN: 0198782349
Publication Date: 2000-09-21
This book brings together carefully selected essays on feminism and film with a view to tracing major developments in theory, criticism, and practices of women and cinema from 1973 to the present day. It illuminates the powerful, if controversial, role feminist research has played in the emergence of Film Studies as a discipline during these years; reprinting influential 1970s pioneering essays tracing the ensuing debates and challenges to key theories that shaped this field in the next two decades.
From Reverence to Rape by Molly Haskell; Manohla Dargis (Foreword by)
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; PN1995.9.W6 H3 2016
ISBN: 9780226412894
Publication Date: 2016-10-05
A revolutionary classic of feminist cinema criticism, Molly Haskell's From Reverence to Rape remains as insightful, searing, and relevant as it was the day it was first published. Ranging across time and genres from the golden age of Hollywood to films of the late twentieth century, Haskell analyzes images of women in movies, the relationship between these images and the status of women in society, the stars who fit these images or defied them, and the attitudes of their directors.
Holding My Own in No Man's Land by Molly Haskell
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; PN1995.9.W6 H32 1997
ISBN: 0195053095
Publication Date: 1997-01-30
Molly Haskell, one of America's leading film critics, has been delighting readers for decades with her intelligence and insight. Her landmark book, From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies, praised for its "wit and style" and called "a valuable contribution to film scholarship," is still considered among the most stimulating and important books on the subject of women and film. In Holding My Own in No Man's Land, a series of pieces written in the twenty years since the publication of From Reverence to Rape, Haskell once again explores the relationship between women and men, and between the movies and those who watch them.
A Fine Romance by Patricia Mellencamp
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; PN1995.9.W6 M46 1995
ISBN: 1566394007
Publication Date: 1996-01-29
"Feminist film theory will soon be a quarter of a century old. It has known the euphoria of the 1970s, experienced the contradictions of the 1980s, and glimpsed the reversals and political gains, which include women of color, of the 1990s." But, Patricia Mellencamp asks, what is the next move? In this challenging look at twenty years of feminist film theory, Mellencamp elaborates on its rich history, drawing on her personal academic life, and offering inventive readings of a remarkable variety of films.
When Women Call the Shots by Linda Seger
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; PN1995.9.W6 S37 1996
ISBN: 0805038914
Publication Date: 1996-11-01
"Record numbers of women are working in all areas of the film and television industries. Actresses are creating their own production companies in order to obtain better roles and more control of their material. Women are creating TV shows to explore stories that more closely reflect their lives. There are more films about women and women's issues, and more money-making films with women protagonists. Change is occurring at every level, and women are clearly having an impact that is reshaping the entertainment industry and the product it delivers.
Women and Film by Pam Cook
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; PN1995.9.W6 W63 1993
ISBN: 1566391431
Publication Date: 1993-12-17
Women's Activism Behind the Screens by Galt
ISBN: 9781529206302
Publication Date: 2020-11-27
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Women and Film by E. Ann Kaplan
ISBN: 9780203135310
Publication Date: 2013-04-15
"Written with unequivocal enthusiasm for film, feminism and theory, "Women and Film" is a welcome and useful guide to a complex area."--"The Arts"
Divas on Screen by Mia Mask
ISBN: 9780252091827
Publication Date: 2010-10-01
This insightful study places African American women's stardom in historical and industrial contexts by examining the star personae of five African American women: Dorothy Dandridge, Pam Grier, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, and Halle Berry.

Women in Literature

This Bridge Called My Back by Gloria Anzaldúa (Editor); Cherríe Moraga (Editor)
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; PS509.F44 T5 2015
ISBN: 9781438454399
Publication Date: 2015-03-01
This Bridge Called My Back is a testimony to women of color feminism as it emerged in the last quarter of the twentieth century. Through personal essays, criticism, interviews, testimonials, poetry, and visual art, the collection explores, as coeditor Cherríe Moraga writes, "the complex confluence of identities--race, class, gender, and sexuality--systemic to women of color oppression and liberation."
Contemporary American Women Fiction Writers by Laurie Champion (Editor); Rhonda Austin (Editor)
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; PS374.W6 C66 2002
ISBN: 0313316279
Publication Date: 2002-11-30
American women writers have long been creating an extraordinarily diverse and vital body of fiction, particularly in the decades since World War II. Recent authors have benefited from the struggles of their predecessors, who broke through barriers that denied women opportunities for self-expression.
Gender in African Women's Writing by Juliana Makuchi Nfah-Abbenyi
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; PL8010 .N467 1997
ISBN: 0253211492
Publication Date: 1997-12-22
This book applies gender as a category of analysis to the works of nine sub-Saharan women writers: Aidoo, Bá, Beyala, Dangarembga, Emecheta, Head, Liking, Tlali, and Zanga Tsogo. The author appropriates western feminist theories of gender in an African literary context, and in the process, she finds and names critical theory that is African, indigenous, self-determining, which she then melds with western feminist theory and comes out with an over-arching theory that enriches western, post-colonial and African critical perspectives.
Uncommon Women by Laura Laffrado
ISBN: 0814206182
Publication Date: 2009-04-15
Uncommon Women discusses provocative, highly readable, nineteenth-century American texts that complicate notions of self-writing and female agency. This feminist study considers the generic forms, language, and illustrations of a group of complex and often daring texts, including Sarah Kemble Knight's unconventional travel Journal (1825); Fanny Fern's controversial newspaper essays (1851-72); Civil War nurse Louisa May Alcott's Hospital Sketches (1863); and cross-dressed soldier's S. Emma E. Edmonds's Nurseand Spy in the Union Army (1865), along with later women's war reminiscences. The study concludes with a fresh reading of neglected aspects of Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861), the primary Black female autobiographical text of the century, which fundamentally displays what whiteness enabled.
The Future Is Female! 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, from Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. le Guin by Lisa Yaszek
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; PS648.S3 F88 2018
ISBN: 9781598535808
Publication Date: 2018-10-09
Space-opera heroines, gender-bending aliens, post-apocalyptic pregnancies, changeling children, interplanetary battles of the sexes, and much more- a groundbreaking new collection of classic American science fiction by women from the 1920s to the 1960s SF-expert Lisa Yaszek presents the biggest and best survey of the female tradition in American science fiction ever published, a thrilling collection of twenty-five classic tales. From Pulp Era pioneers to New Wave experimentalists, here are over two dozen brilliant writers ripe for discovery and rediscovery, including Leslie F. Stone, Judith Merril, Leigh Brackett, Kit Reed, Joanna Russ, James Tiptree Jr., and Ursula K. Le Guin. Imagining strange worlds and unexpected futures, looking into and beyond new technologies and scientific discoveries, in utopian fantasies and tales of cosmic horror, these women created and shaped speculative fiction as surely as their male counterparts. Their provocative, mind-blowing stories combine to form a thrilling multidimensional voyage of literary-feminist exploration and recovery.

Women and Art

Women, Art and Society by Whitney Chadwick
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; N8354 .C48 1990
ISBN: 0500202419
Publication Date: 1990-04-01
Crafting Gender by Eli Bartra (Editor)
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; NK802 .C7 2003
ISBN: 0822331829
Publication Date: 2003-10-01
This volume initiates a gender-based framework for analyzing the folk art of Latin America and the Caribbean. Defined here broadly as the "art of the people" and as having a primarily decorative, rather than utilitarian, purpose, folk art is not solely the province of women, but folk art by women in Latin America has received little sustained attention. Crafting Gender begins to redress this gap in scholarship. From a feminist perspective, the contributors examine not only twentieth-century and contemporary art by women, but also its production, distribution, and consumption
Women, Art, and Power and Other Essays by Linda Nochlin
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; N72.F45 N64 1988
ISBN: 0064358526
Publication Date: 1988-12-01
"Women, Art, and Power --seven landmark essays on women artists and women in art history--brings together the work of almost twenty years of scholarship and speculation."
Women As Mythmakers by Estella Lauter
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; NX180.F4 L38 1984
ISBN: 0253366062
Publication Date: 1984-07-01
.."". impressive work of scholarship..."" -- Exceptional Human Experience
The Women Who Changed Art Forever by Valentina Grande; Eva Rossetti (Illustrator)
Call Number: Graphic Novels - 2nd Floor ; N8354 .G73 2021
ISBN: 9781913947002
Publication Date: 2021-08-31
These women changed art forever - told in colourful graphic novel form, this is the story of four pioneers of feminist art: Judy Chicago, Faith Ringold, Ana Mendieta, and the Guerilla Girls. Each made their mark in their own powerful way. Judy Chicago made us reassess the female body, Faith Ringold taught us that feminism is for everyone, Ana Mendieta was a martyr to violence against women, while the Guerilla Girls have taken the fight to the male-dominated museum. This graphic novel tells each of their stories in a unique style.
Hearts of Our People by Jill Ahlberg Yohe (Editor); Teri Greeves (Editor)
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; N6538.A4 H43 2019
ISBN: 9780295745794
Publication Date: 2019-06-01
Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists explores the artistic achievements of Native women and establishes their rightful place in the art world. This landmark book includes works of art from antiquity to the present, made in a variety of media from textiles and beadwork to video and digital arts. It showcases artists from more than seventy-five Indigenous tribes to reveal the ingenuity and innovation that have always been foundational to the art of Native women. Women have long been the creative force behind Native art. Hearts of Our People accompanies the first major exhibition of artwork by Native women, presented in close cooperation with top Native women artists and scholars, honoring the achievements of over 115 artists from the United States and Canada spanning over 1,000 years.
Italian Women Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque by Doriana Comerlati (Editor); Claudio Strinati; Jordana Pomeroy
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; N6915 .I785 2007
ISBN: 9788876249198
Publication Date: 2007-05-29
Why are women artists of the Italian Renaissance and Baroque so relatively unknown today when, during their lifetimes, their artistic merits were celebrated by their foremost contemporaries? Italian Women Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque aims to provide the first survey of women professionally active as painters, engravers and sculptors in 16th and 17th century Italy, and to document the sociocultural context that contributed to shape their lives and oeuvres. This catalogue, published in association with the travelling exhibition which opens at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington D. C., examines the artistic practices and achievements of these remarkable women who managed to gain public, if not international, acclaim.

Policing Pregnant Bodies by Kathleen M. Crowther
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; HV699 .C775 2023
ISBN: 9781421447636
Publication Date: 2023-10-31
In Policing Pregnant Bodies: From Ancient Greece to Post-Roe America, historian Kathleen M. Crowther discusses the deeply rooted medical and philosophical ideas that continue to reverberate in the politics of women's health and reproductive autonomy. From the idea that a detectable heartbeat is a sign of moral personhood to why infant and maternal mortality rates in the United States have risen as abortion restrictions have gained strength, this is a historically informed discussion of the politics of women's reproductive rights. Crowther explains why pro-life concern for fetuses has led not just to laws restricting or banning abortion but also to delaying or denying treatment to women for miscarriages as well as police investigations of miscarriages. She details the failure to implement policies that would actually improve the quality of infant life, such as guaranteed access to medical care, healthy food, safe housing, and paid maternity leave. We must understand the historical roots of these archaic ideas in order to critically engage with the current legal and political debates involving fetal life.
Gendered Vulnerability by Jeffrey Lazarus; Amy Steigerwalt
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; HQ1391.U5 L39 2018
ISBN: 0472130714
Publication Date: 2018-03-02
Gendered Vulnerability examines the factors that make women politicians more electorally vulnerable than their male counterparts. These factors combine to convince women that they must work harder to win elections--a phenomenon that Jeffrey Lazarus and Amy Steigerwalt term "gendered vulnerability." Since women feel constant pressure to make sure they can win reelection, they devote more of their time and energy to winning their constituents' favor. Lazarus and Steigerwalt examine different facets of legislative behavior, finding that female members do a better job of representing their constituents than male members.
Comics for Choice by Hazel Newlevant (Editor); Whit Taylor (Editor); Sophia Foster-Dimino (Contribution by)
Call Number: Display Case - 2nd Floor ; HQ767 .C66 2017
ISBN: 1681485982
Publication Date: 2018-02-06
Comics for Choice is anthology of comics about abortion. As this fundamental reproductive right continues to be stigmatized and jeopardized, over sixty artists and writers have created comics that boldly share their own experiences, and educate readers on the history of abortion, current political struggles, activism, and more.
Women's Rights, Human Rights by J. S. Peters (Editor); Andrea Wolper (Editor)
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; K644.Z9 W665 1995
ISBN: 0415909945
Publication Date: 1994-12-29
This comprehensive and important volume includes contributions by activists, journalists, lawyers and scholars from twenty-one countries. The essays map the directions the movement for women's rights is taking--and will take in the coming decades--and the concomittant transformation of prevailing notions of rights and issues. They address topics such as the rapes in former Yugoslavia and efforts to see that a War Crimes Tribunal responds; domestic violence; trafficking of women into the sex trade; the persecution of lesbians; female genital mutilation; and reproductive rights.
The Unfinished Revolution by Minky Worden (Editor)
ISBN: 9781299575653
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
It s a time of change in the world, with dictators toppling and new opportunities rising, but any revolution that doesn t create equality for women will be incomplete. The time has come to realize the full potential of half the world s population. Christiane Amanpour, from the foreword "The Unfinished Revolution"tells the story of the global struggle to secure basic rights for women and girls, including in the Middle East where the Arab Spring raised high hopes, but the political revolutions are so far insufficient to guarantee progress.Around the world, women and girls are trafficked into forced labor and sex slavery, trapped in conflict zones where rape is a weapon of war, prevented from attending school, and kept from making deeply personal choices in their private lives, such as whom and when to marry. In many countries, women are second-class citizens by law. In others, religion and traditions block freedoms such as the right to work, study or access health care. Even in the United States, women who are victims of sexual violence often do not see their attackers brought to justice. More than 30 writers Nobel Prize laureates, leading activists, top policymakers, and former victims have contributed to this anthology.

Why so few? : women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics by atherine Hill, Christianne Corbett, Andresse St. Rose.
Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; T36 .H55 2010
ISBN: 9781879922402
Publication Date: 2010
Beating the Odds by Patty Rowland Burke; Kelly Simmons
ISBN: 9781604919844
Publication Date: 2020-02-17
Despite decades of investment in women in STEM, and more technical women entering the workplace than ever before, the number of women in senior technical roles remains disappointing. How do we crack the code? Aiming to inspire and empower, Beating the Odds highlights real-life success stories of technical women who made it. This book explores critical turning points that make or break careers and provides tools for putting insight into action -- both for women and organizations supporting them.
Women of Color in STEM by Julia Ballenger; Barbara Polnick; Beverly J. Irby
ISBN: 9781681237060
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
A volume in Research on Women and Education Women of Color in STEM: Navigating the Workforce is an opportunity for making public the life stories of women of color who have persevered in STEM workplace settings. The authors used various critical theories to situate and make visible the lives of women of color in such disciplines and workplace contexts like mathematics, science, engineering, NASA, academia, government agencies, and others. They skillfully centered women and their experiences at the intersection of their identity dimensions of race, class, gender, and their respective discipline. While the disciplines and career contexts vary, the oppression, alienation, and social inequities were common realities for all. Despite the challenges, the women were resilient and persevered with tenacity, a strong sense of self as a person of color, and reliance on family, community, mentors, and spirituality. While we celebrated the successes, it is critical that organizational leaders, whether in education or other workplace settings, draw from narratives and counter‐narratives of these women to improve the organizational climate where individuals can thrive, despite their racial, class and gender identity. This book will assist educational communities, professional communities, and families to understand their roles and responsibilities in increasing the number of women of color in STEM.
Alliances for Advancing Academic Women by Penny J. Gilmer (Volume Editor); Berrin Tansel (Volume Editor); Michelle Hughes Miller (Volume Editor)
ISBN: 9789462096028
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
This unique book provides important guidelines and examples of ways STEM (e. g., science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) faculty and administration can collaborate towards goals of recruiting, mentoring, and promoting leadership to academic women faculty. Based on the experiences of faculty across five Florida universities, including one national laboratory, each chapter highlights one aspect of a multi-institutional collaboration on an NSF ADVANCE-PAID grant dedicated to achieving these three goals.
Sisters in Science
Call Number: Q141 .S556 2007
ISBN: 9781557533869
Publication Date: 2006-03-07
Author Diann Jordan took a journey to find out what inspired and daunted black women in their desire to become scientists in America. Letting 18 prominent black women scientists talk for themselves, Sisters in Science becomes an oral history stretching across decades and disciplines and desires. From Yvonne Clark, the first black woman to be awarded a B.S. in mechanical engineering to Georgia Dunston, a microbiologist who is researching the genetic code for her race, to Shirley Jackson, whose aspiration led to the presidency of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Jordan has created a significant record of women who persevered to become firsts in many of their fields. It all began for Jordan when she was asked to give a presentation on black women scientists. She found little information and little help. After almost nine years of work, the stories of black women scientists can finally be told.
Gaslighted by Christine L. Williams
ISBN: 9780520385290
Publication Date: 2021-10-12
The oil and gas industry is one of the richest and most powerful industries in the world. In recent years, company avowals in support of diversity, much-touted programs for "women in STEM," and, most importantly, a tight labor market with near parity in women pursuing geoscience credentials might lead us to expect progress for women in this industry's corporate ranks. Yet, for all the talk of "the great crew change," the industry remains overwhelmingly white and male. Sociologist Christine L. Williams asks, where are the women?

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