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Marie Tessier
"The book considers the rates and conditions of women's participation in the public sphere and explores the implications for politics, democracy, and society"--
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Future Women
What does it take to find courage in the midst of deprivation and devastation?
It might feel like we are living in unprecedented times but ours is not the first…
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What does it take to turn tragedy into triumph, to dig deep and find the courage to face dark times? And what can we learn from the remarkable women who…
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Lisa Lee
Empower yourself with financial wisdom and take control of your future with "Saving Challenge Book for Black Women 2024: The Ultimate Step-by-Step Guide on Elevating Financial Well-being for Black Women…
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Helena M Swanwick
"The Future of the Women's Movement" by Helena M. Swanwick is a thought-provoking essay advocating feminism, women's rights, and social change. Swanwick, a prominent figure in the suffrage movement during…
Brooke Markevicius
Overcome the obstacles in the way of women entrepreneurs and founders
In The Future Built by Women, Startup Product Leader of Riveter and veteran keynote speaker, Brooke Markevicius, delivers a…
Securing Canada's Future tackles the most pressing national and international security challenges that Canada will face in the decade ahead, with insights from women who are leaders in the field…
Straddling North Africa and Western Asia, the Middle East has been a cradle of civilisation and entrepreneurship - well before the arrival of Islam. In this region, gender roles were…
Empowering Women in STEM provides the platform to share the stories of those who have been in STEM careers but have pivoted to other areas by utilizing the STEM skills…
This volume focuses on the circumstances of women's music-making in the diverse environment of Habsburg Central Europe, especially Bohemia and Lower Austria, during the 19th century. It sheds light on…
Helen Campbell
Helen Stuart Campbell (pen names, Helen Weeks, Helen Campbell, Helen Wheaton; July 5, 1839 - July 22, 1918) was an American author, economist, and editor, as well as a social…
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Rachel Sarah
This book promises an introduction to 15 women climate champions, but it delivers far more...the women's stories offer hope and inspiration." -Booklist Starred Review
These 15 contemporary climate champions are…
Keisha N. Blain
From the coeditor of the best-selling Four Hundred Souls, a galvanizing anthology for those seeking to build an inclusive democracy.
Nicole Casperson
Inspiring stories and actionable advice from highly successful women in fintech
Through a thematic table of contents, Fintech Feminists: Increasing Inclusion, Redefining Innovation, and Changing the Future for Women Around…
Helen McCabe and Jamila Rizvi
In 2020, the lives of Australian women changed irrevocably. With insight, intelligence and empathy, Jane Gilmore, Santilla Chingaipe and Emily J. Brooks explore this through the lenses of work, love…
Jamila Rizvi,Helen McCabe
Never before has change been thrust so abruptly on modern Australian women - 2020 impacted our working lives, relationships and our health and wellbeing. So where do we go from…
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Women of Faith
This study takes a look at what the Bible says about trusting God enough to give Him our all and being able to say, Not my will, but Yours be…
Naveen N Banura
Attention Apparel Retailers: For those desiring to keep pace with Women's ethnic wear Retail and become industry leaders, this book, with its insightful tips born from experience and deep research…
Dominika Wolaska
Have you ever wondered what future awaits us and our planet? No one can offer a definite answer to this question but there are possible scenarios. This book tackles the…
Keisha Blain
In 1968, civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer called for Americans to "wake up" if they wanted to "make democracy a reality." Today, as Black communities continue to face challenges…
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Pankaj Tiwari
Media in fact influences women to run for office in strive for equal representation.Women’s Portrayal through the media in fact encourages them to stand against the status quo where media…
Mary Hughes,Mary Kennedy
Originally published in 1985. This book explores issues around education for women and uses the British experience as an example of what adult education in its variety can offer to…
Forty women–including psychologists, writers, consultants, activists, and artists–offer a template for the next millennium and picture a future characterized by balance, integration, harmony, and hope.
Poetry. African & African American Studies. LGBTQIA Studies. Women’s Studies. Art. Edited by Erica Hunt and Dawn Lundy Martin. A collection of poems, essays, elder conversations, and visual works, LETTERS…
Estelle Freedman
Drawing examples from a variety of countries and cultures, from the past as well as from the present, this inspiring narrative examines the historical forces that have fueled the feminist…
Riane Tennenhaus Eisler
This vivid and well-documented book by Riane Tennenhaus Eisler traces the dissolution of the traditional American nuclear family, and the rapid growth of no-fault divorce, in which grounds are no…
Interweaves scholarship and social activism to explore the evolving position of women in the global South.
Blanche Linden-Ward,Carol Hurd Green
Series Editor: Barbara Haber, Radcliffe College A chronological history of the changing status of women in America. Each volume is prepared by a leading scholar in American history or women’s…
Christine G Wagner
Are you a woman who cares deeply about what the future holds for younger women and girls?
Then you know how difficult it is to see adolescent girls from middle…
Kristine Ziwica
In Leaning Out respected journalist Kristine Ziwica maps a decade of stasis on the gender equality front in Australia, and why the pandemic has led to a breakthrough
Marjorie Griffith Cohen
This important book makes a major contribution to the free trade debate. It is the first study to examine the impact of free trade on specific groups of workers, and…
Alison Pedlar,Susan Arai,Felice Yuen,Darla Fortune
Community Re-entry provides a rare opportunity to hear directly from women who have spent time in a Canadian federal penitentiary.
During the 1970s, adding ‘women’s’ to ‘art’ was a powerfully political act. Fuelled by the momentum of the women’s liberation movement, artists, art historians, critics and curators began to explore…
Alicia Malone
Backwards and in Heels â women in film and their struggle against bias -…but don’t forget that Ginger Rogers did everything he (Fred Astaire) did, backwards and in high heels.-…
Chrissa McFarlane
Of the $424.7 billion of funding raised in the past decade for startup companies, less than 2% went to minority women founders.
There is tremendous opportunity to be gained in…
Helen Ekin Starrett,Frances Ekin Allison
The Future of Educated Women is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1885. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and…
William Gabriel
Four centuries from now mankind will have expanded into the Solar System with the most adventurous and capable of society. Our world of twelve billion people will have their best…
Helen Ekin Starrett
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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