Published in 1963, THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE is generally agreed to be the book that launched the women's liberation movement. In her groundbreaking study, Betty Friedan writes of her experiences as a wife and mother in the 1950s, and her growing sense of frustration with the idealized postwar concept of the perfect nuclear family--Dad in a business ...
Despite the progress of the womens movement, many women still feel silenced in their families and schools. This moving and insightful bestseller, based on in-depth interviews with 135 women, explains why they feel this way. Updated with a new preface exploring how the authors collaboration and research developed, this tenth anniversary edition ...
This phenomenally successful book, that has sold nearly a half a million copies since its original publication in 1983, is Gloria Steinem's most diverse and timeless collection of essays.
Raine, a poet and essayist who was raped at the age of 39, was initially too ashamed and afraid to speak of her assault. In this account, she moves beyond those feelings and frankly discusses her experiences, as well as the reluctance of society to deal head-on with this all-too-prevalent crime. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998.
This is the third edition of the Hunter College Women's Studies Collective's landmark introduction to women's studies, "Women's Realities, Women's Choices". The authors, specialists in fields ranging from anthropology to classics to medicine, have updated this volume to incorporate the latest research and statistics in women's studies, as well as ...
First published in 1982 and now reissued, a collection of essays from this political commentator which examines the lives and achievements of black women under slavery and white women workers under industrialism.
Despite the progress of the women's movement, many women still feel silenced in their families and schools. Based on in-depth interviews with 135 women, this book explains why.
Throughout American history, our government and society at large have attempted to control the black woman's body--from the antebellum master's economic stake in the fertility of bonded women to the 1990's suggestion of laws to prevent women on welfare from having babies. Yale and Harvard graduate Dorothy Roberts' presents an impassioned ...
Containing documents and an interpretive essay, this book is a guide to the emergence of the women's rights movement within the anti-slavery activism of the 1830s. A 60 page introductory essay traces the cause of women's rights from Angelina and Sarah Grimkes' campaign against slavery to the development of a fully fledged women's rights movement ...
This brief, affordable primary source reader contains more than one hundred different sources that describe the history of women in the United States. Women and the National Experience, 2/e, is part of the Primary Sources in American History Series, which provides students with inexpensive collections of thought-provoking primary sources. ...
A history of Victoria Woodhull and the early feminist movement in America. Woodhull--a spiritualist, adviser to Cornelius Vanderbilt, editor, and journalist--was one of the most powerful women in her day until she attempted to run for President against Ulysses Grant in 1872 and details of her earlier life as a prostitute were made public by her ...
Women's Lives examines the full range and diversity of women's lives. Composed of 61 readings, this reader is divided into 11 sections: Perspectives on Women's Lives Girlhood & Adolescence Economica and Work Women and the Body Violence Sexuality Mothering and the Family Resistance & Social Change Women, Culture, & Creativity Migration & ...
A sequel of sorts to the author's masterful Women, Race And Class, this book examines the critical issues important to women: racism, violence, health, children, education and peace.
With sharp wit and keen insight, Bonnie J. Morris opens new perspectives on the gender and generation gaps on campus, exploring the negative stereotypes that keep many students from taking women's studies courses. Since 1993, the George Washington University history professor has travelled the globe with her one-woman play, "Revenge of the Women's ...
Completely updated, this engaging and historically-informed text provides a comprehensive exploration of the efforts, achievements and the setbacks involved in the movements toward equality for American women. The Fourth Edition provides the most thorough coverage of political history wedded to the most current data and present-day examples of any ...
How do women choose between work and family commitments? And what are the causes, limits, and consequences of the "subtle revolution" in women's choices over the 1960s and 1970s? To answer these questions, Kathleen Gerson analyzes the experiences of a carefully selected group of middle-class and working-class women who were young adults in the ...
When adolescent girls once assured and resilient, silence or censor themselves to maintain relationships, they often become depressed and develop psychological problems. But when adolescent girls remain outspoken, they are often excluded. If this is true in an affluent suburban setting, where much of the research took place, what of girls from ...
The New Thought Movement was a popular late 19th century spiritual movement led largely by and for women. Mary Baker Eddy's Christian Science is one example of the range of these groups, which advocated a belief in mind over matter and espoused women's spiritual ability of purify the world. This work uncovers the cultural implications of New ...
This illuminating account is a personal story, yet it reveals the universality of Scherer's reaction to her trauma--the flashbacks, nightmares, feelings of anguish, despair, and vulnerability, inexplicably and maddeningly interspersed among hours and even days of progress.
Candid sexual advice delivered with a reassuringly sensible, sassy, and experienced tone. Patterson promotes a positive female sensuality, one that is fun-loving, caring, and ethical. Her diverse tips include how to: dress seductively without looking like a tramp; schedule silent times for personal reflection; greet him at the door wearing only ...
American parents are besieged with medical and psychological advice about bringing up "normal" children. Drawing on a wide range of historical sources, this book provides access to the voices of mothers, revealing the impact of "expert" advice on maternal thinking and practices.
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