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Margaret Hewitt discusses the growth of the factory system in England as it affected the home and family life of married women employed in mills and factories.

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This work examines the women who serve the military as wives and those who serve as soldiers, sailors and flyers. Comparing wives and warriors in the US and Canada, it considers how the military in both countries constructs gender to exclude women from being respected as equals to men.

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This work examines the women who serve the military as wives and those who serve as soldiers, sailors and flyers. Comparing wives and warriors in the US and Canada, it considers how the military in both countries constructs gender to exclude women from being respected as equals to men.

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This is the untold story of the women of Asia. It is not a tale of oriental beauties of western fiction, but the true stories of prime ministers, factory labourers, business magnates, mistresses and prostitutes. It is a true story of extraordinary power and humiliating poverty. HC ISBN 1864489146

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This first-ever interdisciplinary study of the woman as prophet shows that, in these troubling times, ordinary womenespecially Christian womenneed to function as prophets by proclaiming, in word and deed, the indispensability of lovingly seeking the welfare of others.

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This examination of Kenyas middle class demonstrates how contemporary social performances of femaleness are disrupting and complicating conceptions of gender and gendered identities and institutions. This book will alter scholarship of female gender identity in Kenya, forcing the creation of new, responsive action for African girls and women.

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Using womanism, a framework that centers the worldviews of women of color, this book examines the experiences of Black women AIDS activists from across the United States. The authors conducted interviews with activists across the nation to examine the ways in which race, gender, and identity influence their work.

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It cuts across ethnic identities, culture, and a multitude of spiritual experiences, such as Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi, Goddess, Native American, and Agnosticism.

As women tend to experience sacredness in a gender-specific manner, they frequently place more emphasis on spirituality than on religiousness.

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In recent years, despite widespread interest in feminism, women's studies, and socio-historical perspectives in general, scholars have failed to unearth a body of historical knowledge related to women in the area of American foreign policymaking--until now.

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This work presents more than 400 A-Z entries on the individuals, programs, media innovations, and broad topics that tell the story of women's involvement both in front of and behind the television camera.

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A fine collection . . . this is a volume every person with interests in the social sciences and/or Latin America should read. American Anthropologist

Outlines in impressive detail the dimensions of women's powerlessness and shows the rich array of strategies women use to survive the oppression of their daily lives.

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The under-representation of women in political and public life is a matter of concern across a wide range of countries, including the UK and Ireland. This book explores key questions in the development of women's rights in Britain and Ireland.

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Drawing on government data and interdisciplinary expertise, this timely book seeks to explain why the changing economic and legal status of women has not reduced the gender gap in criminal offending.

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The significance of the historical treatment of women is also examined, in addition to the women's movement, the rise in women's crime and victimization, theoretical and statistical approaches, and prominent literature in the field.

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An expert guide to women's quest for fairness in the workplace, marking the great legal and social advances as well as continuing inequalities.