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Erin Solaro delivers a wake-up call on the damage and repercussions of government neglect, rightist fervor, and feminist ambivalence about women in the military

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Written by a pioneer in the field of Middle Eastern women's history, this book presents a concise and comprehensive history of the lives of the region's women since the rise of Islam. It shows why hostile or apologetic responses are completely inadequate to the diversity and richness of the lives of Middle Eastern women.

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This study examines the experiences of East German women and their transition into the capitalist order in reunited Germany, attempting to make a valuable contribution to the understanding of the gendered contexts in transitional societies.

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This latest Seal Studies title explores a new discourse of feminism within ethnic studies

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The book also focuses on the place of women of color in higher education, including chapters on women of color and the women's studies curriculum, and the role of librarians in shaping women's studies programs.

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Explores a series of questions about the family and work lives of Italian and Jewish women who immigrated to New York City in the early 1900s. After World War I, a diverse group of women emigrated from Europe to the United States. Based on interviews with 100 Italian and Jewish women who immigrated to the New York City areas in the early 1900s.

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Combining firsthand accounts of five differently situated Portuguese women, who describe their lives in a rural fishing community on the north coast of Portugal with cultural and economic analysis, this work radically departs from the picture of women as sexual beings that prevails in the anthropological literature on Europe and the Mediterranean.

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The first study of how a group of diverse women spread, built and sustained a national network of branches supporting the militant suffrage campaign in Britain in the years before the First World War -- .

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Selecting thirty-seven key orators, Karlyn Kohrs Campbell provides entries on a diverse group of women. Entries conclude with information on primary sources, critical works, key rhetorical documents, and selected sources of historical and biographical information.

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Gives voice to the women of the Egyptian Revolution, and reveals their courage and resilience in the face of sexual violence.

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Applying theory to practice, Women Teaching for Change reveals the complexity of being a feminist teacher in a public school setting, in which the forces of sexism, racism, and classism, which so characterize society as a whole, are played out in multiracial, multicultural classrooms.

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Features essays that examine how women actively contribute not only to conflict, but also to peace and social change in diverse contexts around the world. This title includes chapters that cover issues of women waging war, women intervening in war, and women sustaining peace, all substantiated with case studies and first hand accounts.

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A collection of essays that explores the role of women as they participate in both conflict and peacemaking. It examines their behavior in conflict zones and their involvement in conflict - how it affects them, how they are active participants, and the initiatives they take in intervention, conflict resolution, and peace building.

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During World War II, women correspondents wanted to be a part of the dramatic and exhilarating scene of wartime conflict as much as their male colleagues.

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Most people conceive of gender as an informed response to a biological imperative. But such notions are overturned by certain women in regions of Albania who elect to "become" men simply for the advantages that accrue to them as a result. This book tells the frank stories of these women.

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Most people conceive of gender as an informed response to a biological imperative. But such notions are overturned by certain women in regions of Albania who elect to "become" men simply for the advantages that accrue to them as a result. This book tells the frank stories of these women.

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Women's Almanac 2000 is a first-stop reference that combines news, issues, statistics, and a resource directory together with historical information and analysis from both an international and U.S. perspective.

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A collection of essays which focuses on the representation of women's bodies in historical and contemporary cultures. This book compares the two different approaches to the body adopted by the soft-porn magazine "For Women", and the women's monthly "Cosmopolitan", and also examines TV cult figures.

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Women's Careers explores contexts and strategies that advance or hinder women's career development. Part II discusses planning and preparation and includes insights into topics such as mentors' roles, cultural differences, women and leadership, and career versus family conflicts.

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Essential characteristics of women's decision-making have long been ignored or, if considered at all, have been viewed in relationship to male-based factors.

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