Feminism Feminist Theory category: 1647 books
A Childfree Happily Ever After
Why more women are choosing not to have children
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2018
In A Childfree Happily Ever After, entrepreneur, fur-parent and childfree advocate Tanya Williams dives deep into the reasons why women choose to have or not to have children, including the social, cultural and biological factors that influence our decisions.
Just some of the topics this...
The Female Lead
Women Who Shape Our World
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
Sixty inspirational women, from many walks of life. All have changed the world in a variety of fields. Among them are politicians and artists, journalists and teachers, engineers and campaigners, fire fighters and film stars. Together they form an arresting gallery of portraits, each one illustrated...
The Woman Racket
The New Science Explaining How Sexes Relate at Work, at Play and in Society
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
His first book, The Great Immigration Scandal (2004), blew the whistle on abuses within the Home Office and led to the resignation of the immigration minister, Beverley Hughes. Although attacked at the time by the government and the 'liberal' media for alarmism, Moxon's analysis has now been adopted...
by Wale Owoeye
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
ABIYAMO*: MOTHERHOOD INCARNATE* is a monograph about Yoruba tradition of motherhood, detailing its evolutionary phases from childhood to adulthood when a woman becomes betrothed to become a mother.
The book spotlights the culture of Abiyamo to the world, expressing the shades, nuances and spiritual...
by Natacha BUISSERETH
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018
L'élaboration et l'application de mesures anti-discrimination sur les liens entre les femmes et les moyens de communication de masse devraient contribuer pour une part importante à corriger l'attitude de la société à l'égard de la femme sur le plan de l'image qu'ils donnent d'elle, ainsi que...
Facing the Mirror
Older Women and Beauty Shop Culture
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
This innovative, ethnographic study of a neighborhood beauty salon investigates how customers constitute a lively, affirming community of peers during their weekly visits. Facing the Mirror gives voice to older women, who, in a sexist and ageist society, are frequently devalued and rendered invisible....
Women, peace and welfare
A suppressed history of social reform, 1880-1920
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
Between 1880 and 1920 many women researched the conditions of social and economic life in Western countries. They were driven by a vision of a society based on welfare and altruism, rather than warfare and competition. Ann Oakley, a leading sociologist, undertook extensive research to uncover this...
by Donna Kay Cindy Kakonge
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
This research fills the gaps in the literature surrounding the career aspirations of Black female high school students in Canada. The literature surrounds five key factors regarding career aspirations, educational programs that help young Black females to succeed in high school, the portrayal of Black...
by Donna Kay Cindy Kakonge
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2017
Voices of Black Girls in Toronto is an academic book which includes research and non-fiction data collection and analysis concerning the career choices and futures of high school girls of African descent in Toronto.
Young Black Women in Toronto High Schools
Portraits of Family, School and Community Involvement in Developing Goals and Aspirations
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
This research fills the gaps in the literature surrounding the career aspirations of Black female high school students in Canada. The literature surrounds five key factors regarding career aspirations, educational programs that help young Black females to succeed in high school, the portrayal of Black...
by George Egerton
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013
A release in celebration of World Women's day on March 8 2013. “Neurotic and repulsive” Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine “A deliberate outrage” Athenaem “Crazy and offensive drivel” Saturday Review Sounds good, right? George Egerton's Wedlock is a pioneering work of 19th Century female writing....
by Cherry Healey
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016
How much more fun in life could I have had if I'd just stopped worrying so much and stopped beating myself up?
In this book, Cherry reveals the things she wishes her mother had told her, through a series of hilarious anecdotes and excruciating confessions.
Each chapter opens with a letter...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Love, hope, and impossible decisions Parenting brings countless hopes and worries. But when external factors create fear and cast a shadow long and deep across motherhood, what happens to the act of mothering? Through personal and academic essays and poetry from Canada, the United States and Palestine,...
by Jayne Lyn Blair
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2004
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