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A Sisterhood of Suffering and Service: Women and Girls of Canada and Newfoundland During the First World War
A Sisterhood of Suffering and Service: Women and Girls of Canada and Newfoundland During the First World War
by Sarah (edt) Glassford
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As the body of First World War literature continues to grow,women's experiences of this period remain largely obscure.Thisinnovative collection addresses the invisibility of women in thisliterature, particularly with regard to Canadian and... (read more)

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Seeing Suffrage: The 1913 Washington Suffrage Parade, Its Pictures, and Its Effects on the American Political Landscape
Seeing Suffrage: The 1913 Washington Suffrage Parade, Its Pictures, and Its Effects on the American Political Landscape
by James Glen Stovall
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     On March 3, 1913, the day before Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration, leaders of the American suffrage movement organized an enormous march through the capital that served as an important salvo on the long road to the... (read more)

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If You Knew Me You Would Care
If You Knew Me You Would Care
by Zainab Salbi
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If You Knew Me You Would Care represents a journey taken to find women who have survived wars, violence, and poverty in order to collect their stories. Amazingly, the stories go beyond tears and victimhood and reveal joy, love, and forgiveness, in a... (read more)

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Hard to Get: Twenty-Something Women and the Paradox of Sexual Freedom
Hard to Get: Twenty-Something Women and the Paradox of Sexual Freedom
by Leslie C Bell
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"In this moving book, Leslie Bell gives us insight into the hearts and minds of 20-something women confronted with the emotional challenges of a culture that says they can have it all. Through poignant, rich individual narratives, Bell shows how... (read more)

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Framing Fat: Competing Constructions in Contemporary Culture
Framing Fat: Competing Constructions in Contemporary Culture
by Samantha Kwan
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According to public health officials, obesity poses significant health risks and has become a modern-day epidemic. A closer look at this so-called epidemic, however, suggests that there are multiple perspectives on the fat body, not all of which view... (read more)

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The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners Is Transforming Sex, Love, and Family
The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners Is Transforming Sex, Love, and Family
by Liza Mundy
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IN THE RICHER SEX, bestselling author and Washington Post writer Liza Mundy takes us to the exciting frontier of a new economic order, showing why more households will be supported by women than by men within a generation and how both men and women will... (read more)

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Somebody's Daughter: The Hidden Story of America's Prostituted Children and the Battle to Save Them
Somebody's Daughter: The Hidden Story of America's Prostituted Children and the Battle to Save Them
by Julian Sher
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They are Americas forgotten children, the hundreds of thousands of child prostitutes who walk the Las Vegas Strip, the casinos of Atlantic City, the truck stops on interstates, and the street corners of our cities. Many people wrongly believe sex... (read more)

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The B Word: Bisexuality in Contemporary Film and Television
The B Word: Bisexuality in Contemporary Film and Television
by Maria San Filippo
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Florence Nightingale, Feminist
Florence Nightingale, Feminist
by Judith Lissauer Cromwell
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Scarecrows of Chivalry: English Masculinities After Empire
Scarecrows of Chivalry: English Masculinities After Empire
by Praseeda Gopinath
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Every Home a Distillery: Alcohol, Gender, and Technology in the Colonial Chesapeake (Early America: History, Context, Culture)
Every Home a Distillery: Alcohol, Gender, and Technology in the Colonial Chesapeake (Early America: History, Context, Culture)
by Sarah Hand Meacham
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Antebellum Women: Private, Public, Partisan (American Controversies)
Antebellum Women: Private, Public, Partisan (American Controversies)
by Carol Lasser
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Scarecrows of Chivalry: English Masculinities After Empire
Scarecrows of Chivalry: English Masculinities After Empire
by Praseeda Gopinath
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The Reverend Jennie Johnson and African Canadian History, 1868-1967 (Gender and Race in American History)
The Reverend Jennie Johnson and African Canadian History, 1868-1967 (Gender and Race in American History)
by Nina Reid-maroney
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Flirting with the Barman: The Big Girl's Guide to Growing Old Disgracefully
Flirting with the Barman: The Big Girl's Guide to Growing Old Disgracefully
by Kate Mulvey
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Maternal Horror Film: Melodrama and Motherhood
Maternal Horror Film: Melodrama and Motherhood
by Sarah Arnold
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Horror film is particularly prone to articulating fears and tensions about maternal figures, and reflects cultural apprehensions concerning the changing nature of motherhood. Via predominantly US and European case studies, Maternal Horror Film: Melodrama... (read more)

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Buying Beauty: Cosmetic Surgery in China
Buying Beauty: Cosmetic Surgery in China
by Wen Hua
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Buying Beauty: Cosmetic Surgery in China
Buying Beauty: Cosmetic Surgery in China
by Wen Hua
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The Borderlands of Education: Latinas in Engineering
The Borderlands of Education: Latinas in Engineering
by Michelle Madsen Camacho
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Sexual Deceit: The Ethics of Passing
Sexual Deceit: The Ethics of Passing
by Kelby Harrison
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