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Women in Mongol Iran : The Kahtuns, 1206-1335 / by De Nicola, Bruno

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the study of women in the Mongol Empire -- Women and politics from the steppes to world empire -- Regents and empresses : women's rule in the Mongols' world empire -- Political involvement and women's rule in the Ilkhanate -- Women and the economy of the Mongol Empire -- Mongol women's encounters with Eurasian religions -- Concluding remarks.…”
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Women in the Silent Cinema : Histories of Fame and Fate / by Förster, Annette

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Philo’s Perception of Women / by Sly, Dorothy

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Traditional Views of Women -- The State of Scholarship -- Philo's Language -- Woman and Virgin -- Biblical Women (I): Eve -- Biblical WOmen (II): The Others -- Biblical Virgins (I) -- Biblical (II): Sarah and Rebecca -- Biblical Virgins (III): Leah (Rachel), Dinah, Tamar, and Hannah -- Women of Philo's World -- Summary and Conclusions -- Appendix A -- Abbreviations and Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Minority Women and Austerity : Survival and Resistance in France and Britain / by Bassel, Leah, Bassel, Leah, Emejulu, Akwugo

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The Other Women's Lib : Gender and Body in Japanese Women's Fiction by Bullock, Julia C.

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Women In Utah History : Paradigm Or Paradox? /

Table of Contents: “…Polygamous and monogamous Mormon women : a comparison /…”
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From Old Woman to Older Women : Contemporary Culture and Women's Narratives / by Chivers, Sally, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…Old age, literature, and potential -- Situating old women : fields of inquiry -- The mirror has two faces : Simone de Beauvoir's and Margaret Laurence's ambivalent representations -- Generation gaps and the potential of grandmotherhood -- Here, every minute is ninety seconds : fictional perspectives on nursing home care -- Living life seriatim : friendship and interdependence in late-life fiction and semifiction.…”
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Integrating Women into the Astronaut Corps : Politics and Logistics at NASA, 1972–2004 / by Foster, Amy E.

Subjects: “…Sex discrimination against women United States History. 141095…”
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Women, Philanthropy, and Civil Society /

Table of Contents: “…Women and philanthropy in nineteenth-century Ireland / Maria Luddy -- Women and philanthropy in France : from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries / Evelyne Diebolt -- Women and philanthropy in Brazil : an overview / Leilah Landim -- The Norwegian voluntary sector and civil society in transition : women as a catalyst of deep-seated change / Per Selle -- Women and philanthropy in colonial and post-colonial Australia / Shurlee Swain -- Parallel power structures, invisible careers, and the changing nature of American Jewish women's philanthropy / Susan M. …”
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Women's Political and Social Thought : An Anthology /

Table of Contents: “…Appeal to the Christian women of the South ;…”
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European Women and Preindustrial Craft /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : a theoretical framework for women's work in forming the Industrial Revolution / Daryl M. …”
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Women as Candidates in American Politics / by Carroll, Susan J., 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Democratic Theory and the Representation of Women -- 3. Political Parties and Recruitment -- 4. …”
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French Women and the Age of Enlightenment /

Table of Contents: “…Women and the law / Adrienne Rogers -- Women and politics / Susan P. …”
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Women Poets and the American Sublime / by Diehl, Joanne Feit, 1947-

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Women and Work in Preindustrial Europe /

Table of Contents: “…Peasant women's work in the context of marriage. Peasant women's contribution to the home economy in late Medieval England / Barbara A. …”
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Charles Dickens and the Image of Women / by Holbrook, David, 1923-2011

Subjects: “…Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 Characters Women. 142986…”
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Women's Work and Chicano Families : Cannery Workers of the Santa Clara Valley / by Zavella, Patricia

Table of Contents: “…Two worlds in one : women's work and family structure -- Occupational segregation in the canning industry -- It was the best solution at the time: family constraints on women's work -- I'm not exactly in love with my job: cannery work culture -- Everybody's trying to survive: the impact of women's employment on Chicano families -- Six years later.…”
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Feminist Theory, Women's Writing / by Finke, Laurie

“…Reading women writing…”
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Labor Education for Women Workers /

Table of Contents: “…Designing programs -- Labor education and women workers : an historical perspective / Joyce L. …”
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Constituting Workers, Protecting Women : Gender, Law and Labor in the Progressive Era and New Deal Years / by Novkov, Julie, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Rethinking the constitutional crisis of the 1930s : the forgotten doctrinal roots of the modern welfare state -- Generalized balancing : the early struggles over protective labor legislation -- Specific balancing : regulating labor and laborers -- Laborer-centered analysis : the ascendancy of women's legislation -- Gendered rebalancing : minimum wages and the battle over equality -- Reflecting on gender, due process, and constitutional development.…”
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