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An examination, with feminist perspective, of Israel's fertility practices and policies surrounding abortion, family planning, in vitro fertilization and the welfare state.

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The antidote to the idea that being a woman is all about submitting to desire. There are many more shades than that and here are fifty women to explore them.

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From the creator of the iconic 'Cathy' comic strip comes her first collection of funny, wise, poignant, and incredibly honest essays.

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In "The Beauty Myth", Naomi Wolf sought to change the way in which women see themselves in relation to their bodies. Now she focuses on how they see themselves in relation to power, and argues that the feminist movement has to change if it is to speak to a new generation of women.

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The book offers five interlinked portraits of Irish women artists and political figures: Edna O'Brien, Sinead O'Connor, Nuala O'Faolain, Bernadette McAliskey and Anne Enright. -- .

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The authors present provocative new perspectives on female history, the history of American medicine and psychology, and the history of child-rearing unlike any other.

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This unique social history spans the last half century, when developments in birth control and the education of women have increased opportunities for women to have successful careers.

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Documents, through the words of League leaders, the impact of the League of Women Voters on voter education and advocacy.

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Offers an introduction to the key concepts and themes in French feminist thought, both the materialist and the linguistic/psychoanalytic traditions. This book outlines the philosophical and political diversity of French feminism, and traces the connections between French and Anglo-American feminist approaches and methodologies.

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Offering an introduction to the key concepts and themes in French feminist thought, this title explores the work of a wide range of theorists; outlines the philosophical and political diversity of French feminism and traces the connections between French and Anglo-American feminist approaches.

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Chronicles the interaction of public policies and private reproductive behaviour in the 28 formerly socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the USSR successor states from 1917 to the present.

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The author explores the styles of teaching and learning that can promote resiliency among women from disadvantaged backgrounds.

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After women won the vote in the US in 1920, women's public activism shifted from a single-issue agenda to the myriad of social problems and public issues. This anthology documents women's activism during this period by introducing public speeches that address a wide array of topics.

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After women won the vote in the US in 1920, women's public activism shifted from a single-issue agenda to the myriad of social problems and public issues. This anthology documents women's activism during this period by introducing public speeches that address a wide array of topics.

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Provides a multidisciplinary analysis of the role of gender in the formation and dissemination of the American social sciences in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This volume draws attention to the ways in which changing gender relations shaped the development and organization of the social knowledge.

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Exploring the crisis in Counter-Reformation Spain, this book reveals the significance of gender for social order by portraying the lives of women who lived on the margins of respectability - prostitutes, healers, visionaries, and other deviants who provoked the concern of a growing central government linked closely to the church.

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International film has received some original impulses from German film makers. This work considers the spectrum of German cinema through the category of gender.

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Considers the broad spectrum of German cinema through the category of gender. This work is divided into two volumes: "Gender and Representation in New German Cinema"; and "German Film History/German History on Film".

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International film has received some original impulses from German film makers. This work considers the spectrum of German cinema through the category of gender.

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Considers the broad spectrum of German cinema through the category of gender. This work is divided into two volumes: "Gender and Representation in New German Cinema"; and "German Film History/German History on Film".

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Investigates the relationship of gender to home-based employment and family life. The chapters provide a range of gender considerations from the perspectives of the workers and the workers' families, with emphasis on either the workers, the family, or the work/business. Also included are recommendations for public policy considerations.

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In recent years, the topic of ancient Greek hero cult has been the focus of considerable discussion among classicists. Little attention, however, has been paid to female heroized figures. Here Deborah Lyons argues for the heroine as a distinct category in ancient Greek religious ideology and daily practice. The heroine, she believes, must be locate

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