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Green Press Initiative
Gender Studies


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Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983
Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983
by Barbara Kingsolver
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Holding the Line, Barbara Kingsolver's first non-fiction book, is the story of women's lives transformed by an a signal event. Set in the small mining towns of Arizona, it is part oral history and part social criticism, exploring the process of... (read more)

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Liberty's Daughters: The Revolutionary Experience of American Women, 1750-1800: With a New Preface
Liberty's Daughters: The Revolutionary Experience of American Women, 1750-1800: With a New Preface
by Mary Beth Norton
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This book represents social history on a grand scale, imaginatively conceived and massively researched. Norton brilliantly portrays a dramatic transformation of women's private lives in the wake of the Revolution.... (read more)

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Transforming Women's Work : New England Lives in the Industrial Revolution (94 Edition)
Transforming Women's Work : New England Lives in the Industrial Revolution (94 Edition)
by Thomas Dublin
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This book explores the work and family lives of rural and urban New Englanders across the industrial revolution of the nineteenth century.... (read more)

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If Women Ruled the World: How to Create the World We Want to Live In--Stories, Ideas, and Inspiration for Change
If Women Ruled the World: How to Create the World We Want to Live In--Stories, Ideas, and Inspiration for Change
by Sheila Ellison
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From authors to politicians to soccer moms, this collection gives women a platform for voicing their opinions, hopes, and ideas for change, creating a humorous, questioning, and informative work that examines what women would choose if they had a chance... (read more)

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Single Woman of a Certain Age: 29 Women Writers on the Unmarried Midlife - Romantic Escapades, Heavy Petting, Empty Nests, Shifting Shapes and Serene  Independence
Single Woman of a Certain Age: 29 Women Writers on the Unmarried Midlife - Romantic Escapades, Heavy Petting, Empty Nests, Shifting Shapes and Serene Independence
by Jane Ganahl
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Ganahl assembles a chorus of 38 sophisticated, edgy, and humorous voices who tackle the topic of being unmarried and in one's prime.... (read more)

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50 Ways to Support Lesbian and Gay Equality: The Complete Guide to Supporting Family, Friends, Neighbors-Or Yourself...
50 Ways to Support Lesbian and Gay Equality: The Complete Guide to Supporting Family, Friends, Neighbors-Or Yourself...
by Meredith Maran
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Homosexuality has been politicized. But when the issue hits home, whether it involves a family member, colleague, or neighbor who's gay, all that controversy fades in the face of a real, live person who wants and deserves basic human rights and freedoms.... (read more)

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50 Ways to Improve Women's Lives: The Essential Guide for Achieving Health, Equality, and Success for All
50 Ways to Improve Women's Lives: The Essential Guide for Achieving Health, Equality, and Success for All
by Ncwo
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Written by nationally recognized women, the second book in MoveOn's 50 Ways to Love Your Country series is poised to again become an instrument for change and reinvigorate a movement. Contributors include Madeline Albright, Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan,... (read more)

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Feminism and Suffrage : the Emergence of Independent Women's Movement in America, 1849-1869 ((Rev)99 Edition)
Feminism and Suffrage : the Emergence of Independent Women's Movement in America, 1849-1869 ((Rev)99 Edition)
by Ellen Carol Dubois
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In the two decades since feminism and Suffrage was first published, the increased presence of women in politics and the gender gap in voting patterns have focused renewed attention on an issue general perceived as nineteenth-century For this new edition,... (read more)

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Roar Softly and Carry a Great Lipstick: 28 Women Writers on Life, Sex, and Survival
Roar Softly and Carry a Great Lipstick: 28 Women Writers on Life, Sex, and Survival
by Autumn Stephens
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Twenty-five women writers, including Anne Lamott, Cynthia Heimel, Judith Newman, Mary Roach, Laura Fraser, and Edwidge Danticat, offer thoughts on coping with--and laughing about--life, love, sex, aging, and more.... (read more)

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After Shock : September 11 (03 Edition)
After Shock : September 11 (03 Edition)
by Susan Hawthrone
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When the Twin Towers in New York and the Pentagon in Washington were hit by planes the western world stood in shocked silence. This collection of writing by feminists world-wide brings together the voices of women and discussess the connections between... (read more)

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Women Travel Writers: From 1750 to the Present
Women Travel Writers: From 1750 to the Present
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Travel is sacred. Travel is a quest. Travel is an escape. Travel is a passion It is enlightening, a distraction, a novelty, a dream fulfilled. It may inspire joy, terror, longing often, all three. Women explorers and travelers are a special breed. Some... (read more)

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The Sexual Spectrum: Exploring Human Diversity
The Sexual Spectrum: Exploring Human Diversity
by Olive Skene Johnson
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A lively, commonsense look at sexual diversity that blends science with personal stories.... (read more)

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Hard Times Cotton Mill Girls: Personal Histories of Womanhood and Poverty in the South
Hard Times Cotton Mill Girls: Personal Histories of Womanhood and Poverty in the South
by Victoria Mor Byerly
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Women and the Public Sphere in the Age of the French Revolution
Women and the Public Sphere in the Age of the French Revolution
by Joan B. Landes
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Rethinking Home Economics: Women and the History of a Profession
Rethinking Home Economics: Women and the History of a Profession
by Sarah Stage
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-334) and index.... (read more)

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I Sit Listening to the Wind: Woman's Encounter Within Herself
I Sit Listening to the Wind: Woman's Encounter Within Herself
by Judith Duerk
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Companion to the beloved bestselling classic Circle of Stones, I Sit Listening to the Wind invites women everywhere to tap into the powers of interiority, regain the sacred, and create communities of support — in the process reimagining and remaking... (read more)

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Wages of Motherhood: Inequality in the Welfare State, 1917-1942
Wages of Motherhood: Inequality in the Welfare State, 1917-1942
by Gwendolyn Mink
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Entering the vigorous debate about the nature of the American welfare state, The Wages of Motherhood illuminates ways in which a "maternalist" social policy emerged from the crucible of gender and racial politics between the world wars. Gwendolyn Mink... (read more)

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Defining Womenus Scientific Enterprise: Mount Holyoke Faculty and the Rise of American Science
Defining Womenus Scientific Enterprise: Mount Holyoke Faculty and the Rise of American Science
by Miriam R. Levin
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An important new look at how gender, religion, pedagogy, and geography help shape women's scientific work.... (read more)

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