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Women's Studies



link to catalog page MENON, Evil by Design

Evil by Design

The Creation and Marketing of the Femme Fatale

Author: Elizabeth K. Menon
Pub Date: May 2006

French print media and the image of the "depraved" woman in the Belle Epoque   learn more...

link to catalog page LOVE, Feminists Who Changed America, 1963-1975 Author: Edited by Barbara J. Love
Pub Date: October 2006

Documenting key feminists who ignited the second wave women’s movement   learn more...

link to catalog page KESSLER-HARRIS, Gendering Labor History Author: Alice Kessler-Harris
Pub Date: January 2007

The role of gender in the history of the working class world   learn more...

link to catalog page HOY, Good Hearts

Good Hearts

Catholic Sisters in Chicago's Past

Author: Suellen Hoy
Pub Date: May 2006

The critical roles of Catholic nuns in Chicago's development   learn more...

link to catalog page FITZGERALD, Habits of Compassion

Habits of Compassion

Irish Catholic Nuns and the Origins of New York's Welfare System, 1830-1920

Author: Maureen Fitzgerald
Pub Date: February 2006

The Sisters' critical contributions to charitable care in America   learn more...

link to catalog page BAO, Holding Up More Than Half the Sky

Holding Up More Than Half the Sky

Chinese Women Garment Workers in New York City, 1948-92

Author: Xiaolan Bao
Pub Date: Cloth: ; Paper: 2006

Bao looks at the dramatic 1982 strike of 20,000 Chinese-American garment workers (most of them women) and explores the profound transformation of family culture that enabled this uncharacteristic militancy and organized protest.   learn more...

link to catalog page STOWELL, In Tender Consideration

In Tender Consideration

Women, Families, and the Law in Abraham Lincoln's Illinois

Author: Edited by Daniel W. Stowell
Pub Date: Cloth: ; Paper: 2006

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link to catalog page VECCHIO, Merchants, Midwives, and Laboring Women

Merchants, Midwives, and Laboring Women

Italian Migrants in Urban America

Author: Diane C. Vecchio
Pub Date: January 2006

Challenging long-held patriarchal assumptions about Italian women's work in the United States   learn more...

link to catalog page BIRCHALL, Onoto Watanna

Onoto Watanna

The Story of Winnifred Eaton

Author: Diana Birchall
Pub Date: Cloth: ; Paper: 2006

The fascinating biography of an almost fictional best-selling novelist, journalist, and scriptwriter, who succeeded in overcoming the barriers of race and gender.   learn more...

link to catalog page PIONTEK, Queering Gay and Lesbian Studies Author: Thomas Piontek
Pub Date: January 2006

How gay and lesbian studies and politics must change to thrive in the twenty-first century   learn more...

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