Feminism Feminist Theory category: 1647 books
Spinster
Making a Life of One's Own
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
**A New York Times Book Review Notable Book
“Whom to marry, and when will it happen—these two questions define every woman’s existence.”**
So begins Spinster, a revelatory and slyly erudite look at the pleasures and possibilities of remaining single. Using her own experiences...
Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress
Tales of Growing Up Groovy and Clueless
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2007
From the author of "Kiss My Tiara" comes a funny and poignant collection of true stories about women coming of age that for once isn't about finding a date.
The Last Gift of Time
Life Beyond Sixty
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2011
From the author of Writing a Woman's Life comes an inspirational reflection on aging and the gift of life in your 70s and beyond.
When she was young, distinguished author and critic Carolyn Heilbrun solemnly vowed to end her life when she turned seventy. But on the advent of that fateful birthday,...
by Helen Gurley Brown
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Helen Gurley Brown adds dazzle to dull office days in her follow-up to the phenomenal bestseller Sex and the Single Girl
The classic book from 1965 tells what it was really like to be the girl in a Mad Men–style workplace. Sex and the Office became the definitive, comprehensive...
Other Powers
The Age of Suffrage, Spiritualism, and the Scandalous Victoria Woodhull
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2011
From the author of Little Gloria . . . Happy at Last, a stunning combination of history and biography that interweaves the stories of some of the most important social, political, and religious figures of America's Victorian era with the courageous and notorious life of Victoria Woodhull, to tell...
The Waterman's Song
Slavery and Freedom in Maritime North Carolina
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
The first major study of slavery in the maritime South, The Waterman's Song chronicles the world of slave and free black fishermen, pilots, rivermen, sailors, ferrymen, and other laborers who, from the colonial era through Reconstruction, plied the vast inland waters of North Carolina from the Outer...
by Margaret Fuller, W. H. Channing, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2018
Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli (1810-1850) received a broad education and early felt a deep interest in social questions. She learned French, German and the classics, and her associates in Cambridge were persons of culture, experience and advanced ideas. In 1833 the family removed to Groton, Mass.,...
by Aisha Z Raison
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2015
Aisha Raison, Womanist, activist and author of Speaking in Cursive and Other Adventures of Little Girl Blue, introduces essays and poetry on the Independent Black Woman, relationships, love and social issues of the 21st century.
Eleanor Roosevelt: In Her Words
On Women, Politics, Leadership, and Lessons from Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
This illustrated, first of its kind collection of excerpts from Eleanor Roosevelt's newspaper columns, radio talks, speeches, and correspondence speaks directly to the challenges we face today.
Acclaimed for her roles in politics and diplomacy, first lady Eleanor Roosevelt was also a prolific...
White Gloves Off
The Work of the Ontario Committee on the Status of Women
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
During the 1970s and 1980s, after the Royal Commission on the Status of Women made its far-reaching recommendations, the volunteer Ontario Committee on the Status of Women went head-to-head with the Ontario government of Premier William Davis to fully implement equality for women in Ontario. Areas...
by Anne Summers
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
This provocative examination by a media-savvy writer who remains at the forefront of the political debate surrounding gender equality explores why equality between men and women has failed to be achieved in Australia. In 2012, Anne Summers gave two landmark speeches about women in Australia, attracting...
Heart Berries
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Selected by Emma Watson as the Our Shared Shelf Book Club Pick for March/April 2018
A New York Times Editor's Choice
A Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection
"A sledgehammer. . . . Her experiments with structure and language . . . are in the...
101 Amazing Women
Extraordinary Heroines Throughout History
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
Throughout human history, countless women have made important contributions to society. Some have made scientific discoveries vital to modern-day life, whereas others have fought for human rights, shaped entire countries and broken down barriers. This fascinating book introduces the reader to over one...
Queens of Comedy
Lucille Ball, Phyllis Diller, Carol Burnett, Joan Rivers, and the New Generation of Funny Women
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Through candid personal interviews with Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, and other visionary performers, Queens of Comedy explores how comediennes have redefined the roles of women in not only the entertainment business, but society as a whole. Detailing both their public and private lives - as well as...