Letters to a young feminist / Phyllis Chesler
Phyllis Chesler's Letters to a Young Feminist is a visionary message from a leading feminist revolutionary to the generation of feminists - women and men - emerging today. Chesler weaves her personal...
View ArticleThe unfinished revolution : voices from the global fight for women's rights /...
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...
View ArticleFeminist theory reader : local and global perspectives / edited by Carole R....
"The Feminist Theory Reader is an ideal reader for courses in gender and women's studies, and social theory more generally. Thoroughly updated Section Introductions incorporate the new conceptual...
View ArticleFeminism in our time : the essential writings, World War II to the present /...
Gathers a selection of modern feminist writings by Simone de Beauvoir, Betty Friedan, Kate Millett, Susan Brownmiller, Germaine Greer, Gloria Steinem, and Andrea Dworkin
View ArticleFemale chauvinist pigs : women and the rise of raunch culture / Ariel Levy
Meet the female chauvinist pig -- the new brand of "empowered woman" who embraces "raunch culture" wherever she finds it. In her groundbreaking book, New York magazine writer Ariel Levy argues that, if...
View ArticleThe education of a woman : the life of Gloria Steinem / Carolyn G. Heilbrun
From a troubled childhood, through the founding of "Ms." magazine, to the present day, a biography examines the life and career of one of the most visible spokespersons for the women's movement
View ArticleCunt : a declaration of independence / Inga Muscio ; [foreword by Betty Dodson]
An ancient title of respect for women, the word "cunt" long ago veered off this noble path. Inga Muscio traces the road from honor to expletive, giving women the motivation and tools to claim "cunt" as...
View Article"Poetry is not a luxury" [electronic resource] : queer poetry as a grassroots...
This thesis is a historical and intersectional investigation of the contemporary use of queer poetry as a grassroots activist tool in South Africa. The research in this thesis includes an analysis of...
View ArticleWomen in the ancient world / Jenifer Neils
"In this lively and accessible book, Jenifer Neils offers an engaging overview of the roles of women in the ancient societies of Greece, Rome, Egypt, and the Near East. Sifting through a range of...
View ArticleDefying convention : US resistance to the U.N. treaty on women's rights /...
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) articulates what has now become a global norm. CEDAW establishes the moral, civic, and political equality of...
View ArticleFeminism as life's work : four modern American women through two world wars /...
"With suffrage secured in 1920, feminists faced the challenge of how to keep their momentum going. As the center of the movement shrank, a small, self-appointed vanguard of 'modern' women carried the...
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