Women's History

This book provides a path-breaking study of the genesis, growth, gains, and dilemmas of women's movements in countries throughout the world. Its focus is on the global South, where women's movements have engaged in complex negotiations with national and international forces. It challenges widely held assumptions about the Western origins and character of local feminisms. The authors locate women's movements within the terrain from which they emerged by exploring their relationships with the state, civil society, and other social movements. (Descriptive content provided by Syndetics™, a Bowker service.)

A nuanced investigation into the sexual, economic, and emotional lives of women in America, this “singularly triumphant work” (Los Angeles Times) by Rebecca Traister “the most brilliant voice on feminism in the country” (Anne Lamott) is “sure to be vigorously discussed” (Booklist, starred review).

By investigating civic responsibility, Egge reorients scholarship on woman suffrage and brings attention to the Midwest, a region overlooked by most historians of the movement. In doing so, she sheds new light onto the ways suffragists rejuvenated the cause in the twentieth century. (Descriptive content provided by Syndetics™, a Bowker service.)

Has Arab Spring made life better for Muslim women? Has new media brought feminists together, or has it become a tool to organize the opposition? This essential collection is updated with a new introduction and two new essays, offering insider views on how Muslim women are navigating technology, social media, public space, secularism/fundamentalism, and citizenship. (Descriptive content provided by Syndetics™, a Bowker service.)

With moving personal stories, individual action plans, and a broad outline for change, "Slaughter's gift for illuminating large issues through everyday human stories is what makes this book so necessary."--Arianna Huffington

Anne-Marie Slaughter reveals a future in which all of us can finally finish the business of equality for women and men, work and family. (Descriptive content provided by Syndetics™, a Bowker service.)

Two Pulitzer Prize winners issue a call to arms against our era's most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women in the developing world. They show that a little help can transform the lives of women and girls abroad and that the key to economic progress lies in unleashing women's potential. (Descriptive content provided by Syndetics™, a Bowker service.)

One of the most private decisions a woman can make, abortion is also one of the most contentious topics in American civic life. Protested at rallies and politicized in party platforms, terminating pregnancy is often characterized as a selfish decision by women who put their own interests above those of the fetus. This background of stigma and hostility has stifled women's willingness to talk about abortion, which in turn distorts public and political discussion. To pry open the silence surrounding this public issue, Sanger distinguishes between abortion privacy, a form of nondisclosure based on a woman's desire to control personal information, and abortion secrecy, a woman's defense against the many harms of disclosure. (Descriptive content provided by Syndetics™, a Bowker service.)

Michelle Obama is the first African American First Lady in U.S. history.

Sonia Sotomayor is the first Latino/a U.S. Supreme Court justice.

Sheryl Sandberg is CEO of Facebook.

Hillary Clinton has been First Lady, Secretary of State, and candidate for U.S. President.