Author: Rosalind Miles
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0007571976
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 379

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Now available as an ebook.

Author: Rosalind Miles
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062444050
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 410

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The internationally bestselling author of Who Cooked the Last Supper? presents a wickedly witty and very current history of the extraordinary female rebels, reactionaries, and trailblazers who left their mark on history from the French Revolution up to the present day. Now is the time for a new women’s history—for the famous, infamous, and unsung women to get their due—from the Enlightenment to the #MeToo movement. Recording the important milestones in the birth of the modern feminist movement and the rise of women into greater social, economic, and political power, Miles takes us through through a colorful pageant of astonishing women, from heads of state like Empress Cixi, Eugenia Charles, Indira Gandhi, Jacinda Ardern, and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to political rainmakers Kate Sheppard, Carrie Chapman Catt, Anna Stout, Dorothy Height, Shirley Chisholm, Winnie Mandela, STEM powerhouses Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Rosalind Franklin, Sophia Kovalevskaya, Marie Curie, and Ada Lovelace, revolutionaries Olympe de Gouges, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Patyegarang, and writer/intellectuals Mary Wollstonecraft, Simon de Beauvoir, Elaine Morgan, and Germaine Greer. Women in the arts, women in sports, women in business, women in religion, women in politics—this is a one-stop roundup of the tremendous progress women have made in the modern era. A testimony to how women have persisted—and excelled—this is a smart and stylish popular history for all readers.

Author: Cheryl Johnson-Odim
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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Author: Sarah B. Pomeroy
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469611163
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336

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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. Essays on Hellenistic queens and Spartan and Roman women document how women exerted political power — usually, but not always, through their relationship to male leaders — and show how political upheaval created opportunities for them to exercise powers previously reserved for men. Essays on the writings of Sappho and Nossis focus on the interaction between women’s public and private discourses. The collection also includes discussion of Athenian and Roman marriage and the intrusion of the state into the sexual lives of Greek, Roman, and Jewish women as well as an investigation of scientific opinion about female physiology. The contributors are Sarah B. Pomeroy, Jane McIntosh Snyder, Marilyn M. Skinner, Cynthia B. Patterson, Ann Ellis Hanson, Lesley Dean–Jones, Natalie Boymel Kampen, Mary Taliaferro Boatwright, and Shaye J.D. Cohen.

Author: Wilma Pearl Mankiller
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395671733
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 728

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Contains articles on fashion and style, household workers, images of women, jazz and blues, maternity homes, Native American women, Phillis Wheatley, homes, picture brides, single women, and teaching.

Author: Rosalind Miles
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780060973179
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322

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Examines women's contribution to the evolution of the human race, and the female achievement on every level-cultural, commercial domestic, emotional, and social.

Author: Irene M. Franck
Publisher: Harper Perennial
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 680

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From ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti to Attorney General Janet Reno, this illustrated guide presents the fascinating history of women and their achievements through time. Arranged chronologically by era and by year, each entry is divided into four major categories: Politics/Law/Medicine; Religion/Education/Everyday Life; Science/Technology/Medicine; and Arts and Literature. 105 photos.

Author: Marilyn French
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 984

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Author: Kerstin Lücker
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 075099293X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 490

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'Who says that daughters cannot be heroic?' Once upon a time, history was written by men, for men and about men. Women were deemed less important, their letters destroyed, their stories ignored. Not any more. This is the story of women who went to war, women who stopped war and women who stayed at home. The rulers. The fighters. The activists. The writers. This is the story of Wu Zetian, who as 'Chinese Emperor' helped to spread Buddhism in China. This is the story of Genghis Khan's powerful daughters, who ruled his empire for him. This is the story of Christine de Pizan, one of the earliest feminist writers. This is the story of Victoria Woodhull, who ran for president before she could even vote for one. This is the story of the world – with the women put back in.

Author: Pamela McVay
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN: 9780073534657
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Part of McGraw-Hill's Explorations in World History series, this brief and accessible volume examines the evolving roles of women in modern history, how major world historical processes changed women's lives, and how women in turn influenced history. Within the distinct time period covered in each of chapters, the authors explores a variety of issues impacting the everyday lives of ordinary women, including life-cycle, sexuality, education, class, politics, and economics. The book's brevity makes it an excellent companion text for students in world history, women’s history, introductory sociology and anthropology courses, and women’s studies courses.