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1	We Are Our Mothers' Daughters more books like this by Cokie Roberts (Read by) add to wishlist Using her own life and the lives of other successful woman as a guide, the nationally recognized correspondent addresses several key issues in the lives of women in the nineties: the work/home balance, the changing roles of women, relationships between generations of women, and the diversity of opportunities. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women more books like this by S Faludi add to wishlist A New York Times bestseller for more than four months, Backlash is Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Susan Faludi's eye-opening, meticulously documented account of the growing and effective anti-feminist backlash in America during the last 10 years. "A bracing look at the counter-assault in our society on women's progress over the last decade".--The ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Listen Up: Voices from the Next Feminist Generation more books like this by Barbara Findlen (Editor) add to wishlist This is a collection of brash essays written by women in their 20s. Includes contributions from Jennifer DiMarco, Katie Roiphe, Rebecca Walker, and Veronica Chambers as well as trailblazers Naomi Wolf and Susan Faludi. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.92! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (Second Edition) more books like this by Bell Hooks add to wishlist The book that established hooks as one of international feminism's most challenging and influential voices has been updated with a new Preface by the author reflecting on the book's impact and development of her ideas since it was first published. see all copies from $5.80! new only from $9.59! \| SVS
5	Women of the Republic: Intellect and Ideology in Revolutionary America more books like this by Linda K Kerber add to wishlist Drawn from the direct testimony provided by women in their letters, diaries, and legal records, this text describes women's participation in the American Revolution, evaluates changes in their education in the late 18th century and analyzes their status in law and society. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| SVS
6	Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, & the Body more books like this by Susan Bordo add to wishlist '"Unbearable Weight" is brilliant. From an immensely knowledgeable feminist perspective, in engaging, jargonless prose, Bordo analyzes a whole range of issues connected to the body - weight and weight loss, exercise, media images, movies, advertising, anorexia and bulimia, and much more - in a way that makes sense of our current social landscape - ... see all copies from $2.98! new only from $23.47! \| first editions
7	Who Stole Feminism?: How Women Have Betrayed Women more books like this by Ms. Christina Hoff Sommers add to wishlist Presents well-reasoned arguments against many feminists' reliance on misleading, politically-motivated "facts" about how women are victimized. The book has become the centre of debate about who really speaks for equality and for most American women. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Just a Housewife: The Rise and Fall of Domesticity in America more books like this by Glenna Matthews (Preface by) add to wishlist The author shows how the nineteenth century's 'cult of domesticity' had invested the home with great importance - as the centre of republican virtue, as the source of religious values and as an area of heady female responsiblities. But this emphasis meant that women were relegated to the domestic sphere, especially when Darwin's 'survival of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.51! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Man Cannot Speak for Her: Volume I; A Critical Study of Early Feminist Rhetoric more books like this by Karlyn Kohrs Campbell add to wishlist This book offers critical analysis of the speeches and writings that set forth the platform and arguments of the early woman's rights movement and guided its development from the 1840s through the early decades of the 20th century. see all copies from $2.72! new only from $78.40! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Only Words more books like this by Catharine A. MacKinnon add to wishlist Catharine MacKinnon shows how pornography can only be treated as "speech", as the law at present defines it, if the voices of women, abused and humiliated by it, are both silenced and denied. She also portrays the language of pornography, showing it to be both lethal and debasing. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Way Home: Beyond Feminism, Back to Reality more books like this by Mary Pride add to wishlist This book is a source of inspiration and encouragement for every married Christian woman who wants to discover the biblical freedom intended for her life through establishing proper relationships with God, her husband, and her children. see all copies from $1.99!
12 view cover	Unbearable Weight more books like this by Susan Bordo add to wishlist In this provocative book, Susan Bordo untangles the myths, ideologies, and pathologies of the modern female body. Bordo explores our tortured fascination with food, hunger, desire, and control, and its effects on women's lives. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Justice, Gender, and the Family more books like this by Susan Moller Okin add to wishlist In the first feminist critique of modern political theory, Okin shows how the failure to apply theories of justice to the family not only undermines our most cherished democratic values but has led to a major crisis over gender-related issues. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Man Cannot Speak for Her: Volume II; Key Texts of the Early Feminists more books like this by Karlyn Kohrs Campbell add to wishlist "The right to cast a ballot from a feminine hand occupied the attention and efforts of hundreds of women for more than a century in the US. In these two volumes, Campbell provides a basic understanding of two processes: the development of the rhetoric used by the women who argued for equal rights, and the constraints and sanctions applied to those ... see all copies from $2.99! new only from $58.47! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Moving the Mountain: The Women's Movement in America Since 1960 more books like this by Flora Davis add to wishlist "Moving the Mountain" tells the story of the struggles and triumphs of thousands of activists who achieved 'half a revolution' between 1960 and 1990. In this award-winning book, the most complete history of the women's movement to date, Flora Davis presents a grass-roots view of the small steps and giant leaps that have changed laws and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Black Feminist Cultural Criticism more books like this by Jacqueline Bobo (Editor), Randall Curren (Editor) add to wishlist Black Feminist Cultural Criticism is the first comprehensive analysis of the full range of Black women's creative achievements. In this outstanding collection, writers and scholars in literature, film, television, theater, music, spoken word, art, material culture, and other cultural forms explicate Black women's artistry within the context of an ... see all copies from $23.50! new only from $44.94! \| SVS
17 view cover	Third Wave Agenda: Being Feminist, Doing Feminism more books like this by Leslie Heywood (Editor), Jennifer Drake (Editor) add to wishlist In the length of time from Gloria Steinem to Courtney Love, young feminists have grown up with a plethora of cultural choices and images. In THIRD WAVE AGENDA, feminists born between the years 1964 and 1973 discuss the things that matter NOW, both in looking back at the accomplishments and failures of the past--and in planning for the challenges ... see all copies from $5.50! new only from $14.45! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Whores and Other Feminists more books like this by Jill Nagle add to wishlist Whores and Other Femininists fleshes out feminist politics from the perspective of sex workers - strippers, prostitutes, porn writers, producers and performers, dominatrices - and their allies. Comprising a range of voices from both within and outside the academy, this collection draws from traditional feminisms, postmodern feminism, queer ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $19.95! \| first editions \| SVS
19	The Morning After: Sex, Fear, and Feminism on Campus more books like this by Katie Roiphe, Katherine Roiphe add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Breaking Point:: Why Women Fall Apart and How They Can Re-Create Their Lives more books like this by Martha Nibley Beck add to wishlist Much as Gail Sheehy did in "Passages", Dr. Beck articulates a common signpost in women's lives, explaining the five stages which characterize how women arrive at their breaking point, how their age defines their experience, and how they can transcend crisis and move on to redefine their lives. see all copies from $5.89! first editions
21 view cover	Black womanist ethics more books like this by Katie Geneva Cannon add to wishlist This study articulates the distinctive moral character of the Afro-American women's community. Beginning with a reconstructive history of the Afro-American woman's situation in America, Katie G. Cannon goes on to trace the emergence of the Black woman's literary tradition and explain its importance in expressing the moral wisdom of Black women. ... see all copies from $3.61! new only from $3.61! \| first editions \| SVS
22	On the Move: American Women in the 1970s more books like this by Winifred D Wandersee add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.45! \| SVS
23 view cover	Mechanical Brides: Women and Machines from Home to Office more books like this by Ellen Lupton add to wishlist Mechanical Brides considers gender segregation -- both implicit and explicit -- in the home and workplace by linking appliances and business equipment to their life in culture. The social, economic, and sexual meanings of objects are revealed through advertising, photo-journalism, film stills, and an analysis of changing design styles. This book ... see all copies from $2.30! new only from $6.00! \| first editions
24 view cover	Community Activism and Feminist Politics more books like this by Nancy Naples (Editor) add to wishlist This collection on women's community activism demonstrates the diversity of women's struggles against problems such as violence, homophobia and racism, housing, civil rights, economic security, educational equity and environmental justice. It focuses on the complex ways that gender, race ethnicity, culture, class and sexuality shape women's ... see all copies from $5.89! new only from $39.92! \| SVS
25 view cover	For Her Own Good: 150 Years of the Experts' Advice to Women more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich add to wishlist A provocative new perspective on female history, the history of American medicine and psychology, and the history of child-rearing unlike any other. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $31.55! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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