Women's Studies: Books

"This is an anThe Historic Documents series makes primary source research easy by presenting in one volume key excerpts from documents about the important events of each year for the United States and the world. Each volume includes approximately 70 events with over 100 documents from the previous year, from official or other influential reports and surveys, to speeches from leaders and opinion makers, to court cases, legislation, testimony, and much more." Our library's collection in this series begins with 1972.

Documents included: Virginia's Act XII: Negro Women's Children to Serve According to the Condition of the Mother (1662), Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?", Harriet Jacob's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Anna Julia Cooper's "Womanhood: a Vital Element in the Regeneration and Progress of a Race," Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin's "Address to the First National Conference of Colored Women," Mary Church Terrell's "The Progress of Colored Women," Ida B. Wells-Barnett's "Lynch Law in America," Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson's "The Negro Woman and the Ballot," Mary McLeod Bethune's "What Does American Democracy Mean to Me?", Marian Anderson's My Lord, What a Morning, Fannie Lou Hamer's Testimony at the Democratic National Convention, Angela Davis' Political Prisoners, Prisons and Black Liberation," Shirley Chisholm's "The Black Woman in Contemporary America," and Anita Hill's Opening Statement at the Senate Confirmation Hearing of Clarence Thomas.

Among the documents you will find are: the Seneca Falls Convention Declaration of Sentiments, the Equal Rights Amendment, and Roe v. Wade. This resource is also at present available in e-book format.

Documents you will find in this resource include: Declaration of the Rights of Women and of the Female Citizen, Queen Victoria's Proclamation Concerning India, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This resource is also presently available as an e-book.

Among the personages you will find included in this resource are: Abigail Adams, Susan B. Anthony, Ella Baker, Shirley Chisholm, Margaret Fuller, Alice Paul, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Frances Perkins, Margaret Sanger, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Victoria Woodhull. This resource is also presently available as an e-book.

Documents found in this resource include: The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Helena Blavatsky's "The Secret Doctrine," and Emma Goldman's "The Philosophy of Atheism." This resources is also presently available as an e-book.

"The Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World looks at women today and delves into contexts of being female in the 21st century. The scope of the Encyclopedia focuses on women's status starting approximately in the year 2000 and going forward. From A-to-Z, this work will cover the spectrum of defining women in the contemporary world. Signed entries (with cross-references and recommended readings) cover the full range of issues in contemporary women's studies, with volumes including information relevant to the following academic disciplinary contexts: arts and media; business and economics; criminal justice; education; family studies; health; media; military; politics; science and technology; sports; religion; and women in different cultures and countries"

Mankiller was the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation. Harris is the founder and president of Americans for Indian Opportunity.

"In this provocative book, France's leading feminist theoriest claims that feminism may have come to a dead end. Yesterday's sterotypes imprisoned women but they also reassured and gave purpose. Today, Badinter, argues, their disintegration troubles more and more people."

You may also be interested in the companion title THE MALE BRAIN (612.8 B862f , 2010).

"Reprint of 1903 edition of Gilman's classic indictment of domestic life, offering a program of domestic reform that inspired women at the beginning of what became a century-long struggle."

Also available as an e-book.

Third edition.

Also available in print: 306.7 S518R3 2003

"I have all the guns and all the money. I can withstand challenge from without and from within. Am I right, comrades? With these words, Elaine Brown proclaimed to the assembled leadership of the Black Panther Party that she was now in charge. It was August 1974. The Panthers had grown from a small Oakland-based cell to a national organization that had mobilized black communities throughout the country..."

Don't let the juvenile collection designation deter you from this title -- Stone enlightens us on an aspect of the U.S. space program not adequately treated in other sources.

Chapters include: To Teach or To Entertain?, Subjection of the Child or Subversion of Adult Authority?, Oral and Written Literary Traditions, Realism and Fantasy, Boys' Books and Girls' Books: Gender Issues, Words and Pictures, Satires and Spin-Offs: Reworking Classic Children's Literature, Values and Censorship.

Published in 1976, this title can be valuable for its coverage of children's books that were published during the early years of the sexual equality movement, when sensitivities were being raised about sex/gender stereotyping and its impact on children.