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Author
Language
English
Description
While Gabby Schaefer reels in the face of crushing news that has thwarted her plans to return to work, Hayley Batchelor pursues high-risk fertility treatments and Nicole Lord fears falling in love after emerging from a divorce from a man who barely touched her heart.
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
218 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
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Description
"A scrapbook-style teen guide to understanding what it really means to be a feminist packed with contributions from a diverse range of voices, including celebrities and public figures, and featuring more than forty-four pieces, including an eight-page insert of full-color illustrations"--
Author
Series
Kate Reddy novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Allison Pearson's brilliant debut novel, I Don't Know How She Does It, was a New York Times bestseller with four million copies sold around the world. Called 'the definitive social comedy of working motherhood' (The Washington Post) and 'a hysterical look--in both the laughing and crying senses of the world--at the life of Supermom' (The New York Times), I Don't Know How She Does It introduced Kate Reddy, a woman as sharp as she was funny. As Oprah...
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
A timely call to action for women's empowerment by the influential co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation identifies the link between women's equality and societal health, sharing uplifting insights by international advocates in the fight against gender bias. --Publisher
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
195 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
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Description
"A bold and gripping graphic history of the fight for women's rights The ongoing struggle for women's rights has spanned human history, touched nearly every culture on Earth, and encompassed a wide range of issues, such as the right to vote, work, get an education, own property, exercise bodily autonomy, and beyond. Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists is a fun and fascinating graphic novel-style primer that covers the key figures and events that...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
245 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
From a highly regarded feminist, cultural critic, and professor comes a polemic arguing that the stifling sense of sexual danger sweeping American campuses doesn't empower women, it impedes the fight for gender equality.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Virginia Woolf wrote that in order to be a writer, a woman needs a room of one's own. Now, in [this book], acclaimed author Deborah Levy concludes her ground-breaking trilogy of living autobiographies with an exhilarating, boldly intimate meditation on home and the specters that haunt it. In this vibrant memoir, Levy employs her characteristic indelible writing, sharp wit, and acute insights to craft a searing examination of womanhood and ownership....
12) The Bostonians
Publisher
Rhino Home Video
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A 19th century feminist wants to use her young friend's oratory gift for the suffragette cause, but her friend falls in love with a man who bitterly opposes feminism.
13) Sisters like us
Author
Series
Mischief Bay volume 4
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
355, [6] pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Divorce left Harper Szymanski with a name no one can spell, a house she can't afford and a teenage daughter who's pulling away. With her fledgling virtual-assistant business, she's scrambling to maintain her overbearing mother's ridiculous standards and still pay the bills, thanks to clients like Lucas, the annoying playboy cop who claims he hangs around for Harper's fresh-baked cookies. Spending half her life in school hasn't prepared Dr. Stacey...
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 288 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In this collection of essays, young adult authors explore their experiences of injustice, empowerment, and growing up female in America. They explore themes on the intersection of race and gender; women and weight; first sexual experience; the devastation of rape culture; and much more. -- adapted from jacket.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Present day: Emma Lovett, who has dedicated her career to breathing new life into long-neglected gardens, has just been given the opportunity of a lifetime: to restore the gardens of the famed Highbury House estate, designed in 1907 by her hero Venetia Smith. But as Emma dives deeper into the gardens' past, she begins to uncover secrets that have long lain hidden. 1907: A talented artist with a growing reputation for her ambitious work, Venetia Smith...
17) Embrace
Publisher
Gathr Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min. approximately) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"When Body Image Activist Taryn Brumfitt posted an unconventional before-and-after photo in 2013 it was seen by more than 100 million people worldwide and sparked an international media frenzy. EMBRACE follows Taryn's crusade as she explores the global issue of body loathing, inspiring us to change the way we feel about ourselves and think about our bodies."--Gathr Films.
18) Jaha's promise
Publisher
Syndicado
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A documentary about the life and activism of Jaha Dukureh, a Gambian campaigner against female genital mutilation who returns to her country of birth to confront the harmful tradition that she and 200 million women and girls have undergone globally.
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a Division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 115 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Two essays connect the past with the present, tracing the history of misogyny to its ancient roots and examining the pitfalls of gender.
20) Bliss
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 106 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Türkçe
Description
Based on the acclaimed novel by Zülfü Livaneli and set amidst Turkey’s natural wonders, Bliss is a riveting tale about love, honor, freedom and redemption. When a 17-year-old girl, Meryem, is found unconscious and disheveled by the side of a lake, her family believes the worst – that her chastity has been lost. To uphold the family honor they turn to an ancient moral code that condemns Meryem to death. A distant cousin, Cemal, is ordered to...
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