Women in the Ancient World
Women in the Ancient World

Author: John Peradotto

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1984-01-01

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9780873957724

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One of the reasons for the study of the Greek and Roman classics is their perpetual relevance. In no area can this position be more clearly defended than in the investigation of the feminine condition, for it was here that basic attitudes derogatory to the sex were molded by legal and social systems, by philosophers and poets, and by the thinking of men long since gone. Women in the Ancient World brings together essays that examine philosophy, social history, literature, and art, and that extend from the early Greek period through the Roman Empire. Their wide range of critical perspectives throws new light on the personal, political, socio-economic, and cultural position of women.

Current Catalog
Current Catalog

Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 1628

ISBN-13:

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First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.

Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers [2 volumes]
Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers [2 volumes]

Author: Helen Rappaport

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2001-12-06

Total Pages: 927

ISBN-13: 1576075818

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The first comprehensive guide to women activists from every part of the world, illuminating the broad range of women's struggles to reform society from the 18th century to the present. Despite being marginalized, disenfranchised, impoverished, and oppressed, women have always stepped forward in disproportionate numbers to lead movements for social change. This two-volume encyclopedia documents the visions, struggles, and lives of women who have changed the world. This encyclopedia celebrates the lives and achievements of nearly 300 women from around the globe—women who have bravely insisted that the way things are is not the way they have to be. Nadeshda Krupskaya, the wife of Lenin, spearheaded the drive against illiteracy in post-revolutionary Russia. American Dorothy Day founded the Catholic worker movement. Begum Rokeya Hossain organized a girls' school in Calcutta in 1911. Rachel Carson launched the modern environmental movement with her book Silent Spring. The stories of these women and the hundreds of others collected here will restore missing pages to our history and inspire a new generation of women to change the world.

Feminist Writings from Ancient Times to the Modern World [2 volumes]
Feminist Writings from Ancient Times to the Modern World [2 volumes]

Author: Tiffany K. Wayne

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2011-10-17

Total Pages: 805

ISBN-13: 0313345813

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Collecting more than 200 sources in the global history of feminism, this anthology supplies an insightful record of the resistance to patriarchy throughout human history and around the world. From writings by Enheduana in ancient Mesopotamia (2350 BCE) to the present-day manifesto of the Association of Women for Action and Research in Singapore, Feminist Writings from Ancient Times to the Modern World: A Global Sourcebook and History excerpts more than 200 feminist primary source documents from Africa to the Americas to Australia. Serving to depict "feminism" as much broader—and older—than simply the modern struggle for political rights and equality, this two-volume work provides a more comprehensive and varied record of women's resistance cross-culturally and throughout history. The author's goal is to showcase a wide range of writers, thinkers, and organizations in order to document how resistance to patriarchy has been at the center of social, political, and intellectual history since the infancy of human civilization. This work addresses feminist ideas expressed privately through poetry, letters, and autobiographies, as well as the public and political aspects of women's rights movements.

Victorian Studies
Victorian Studies

Author: Sharon W. Propas

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-06-17

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 1317216482

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First published in 2006, this work is a valuable guide for the researcher in Victorian Studies. Updated to include electronic resources, this book provides guides to catalogs, archives, museums, collections and databases containing material on the Victorian period. It organises the vast array of reference sources by discipline to help researchers tailor their investigations.

Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography
Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography

Author: Jennifer Uglow

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1991-06-27

Total Pages: 640

ISBN-13: 1349127043

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The enthusiastic response to the Dictionary has prompted this second substantially enlarged, revised and updated edition. It now contains essential details of the lives of over 2000 women from all periods, cultures and walks of life - from queens to cooks, engineers to entertainers, pilots to poisoners. The new entries include women who have hit the headlines in the past five years - from Cory Aquino to Madonna - but the historical coverage has also been broadened in response to new research and a special new feature is the extended treatment of women from Third World countries. With subsections for further reading, comprehensive subject index and bibliographical survey, the Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography is an invaluable reference source - and a fascinating bed-time read.

Less Is More
Less Is More

Author: Donna J. Baumbach

Publisher: American Library Association

Published: 2006-06-05

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9780838909195

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Contains practical advice for updating a school library collection describing why it is important and how to use automation tools to make the job easier.

The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography
The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography

Author: J. Uglow

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2005-03-08

Total Pages: 689

ISBN-13: 0230505775

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The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography contains details of the lives of over 2100 women from all periods, cultures and walks of life - from queens to TV chefs, engineers to stand up comics, pilots to poisoners. With subsections for further reading, comprehensive subject index and a bibliographical survey, this dictionary of women's biography is an invaluable reference source.

Newspaper Titan
Newspaper Titan

Author: Amanda Smith

Publisher: Knopf

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 721

ISBN-13: 0375411003

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A portrait of the newspaper proprietress shares details of her high-profile family life, her famous merger of the "Washington Herald" and "Washington Times, " and her considerable role in influencing period politics and society.