Search Results - "Women."

Founding mothers : The women who raised our nation / by Roberts, Cokie

Subjects: “…United states History revolution 1775-1783 women.…”

Ain't I a woman : Black women and feminism / by Hooks, Bell

Subjects: “…African American women--Social conditions.…”

Sister citizen shame, stereotypes, and Black women in America / by Harris-Perry, Melissa V. (Melissa Victoria), 1973-

Subjects: “…African American women Politics and government.…”
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Telling histories Black women historians in the ivory tower /

Table of Contents: “…Hendricks -- History lessons / Brenda Elaine Stevenson -- The death of dry tears / Ula Taylor -- Looking backward in order to go forward : Black women historians and Black women's history / Mia Bay -- Journey toward a different self : the defining power of illness, race, and gender / Chana Kai Lee -- Bodies of history / Elsa Barkley Brown -- Experiencing Black feminism / Jennifer L. …”
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American woman, Italian style Italian Americana's best writings on women /

Subjects: “…Italian American women Social life and customs.…”
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Pimps up, ho's down hip hop's hold on young Black women / by Sharpley-Whiting, T. Denean

Subjects: “…African American women Social conditions.…”
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Demonic grounds Black women and the cartographies of struggle / by McKittrick, Katherine

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : geographic stories -- I lost an arm on my last trip home : Black geographies -- The last place they thought of : Black women's geographies -- The authenticity of this story has not been documented : auction blocks -- Nothing's shocking : Black Canada -- Demonic grounds : Sylvia Wynter -- Conclusion : stay human.…”
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Embracing the East white women and American orientalism / by Yoshihara, Mari, 1968-

Subjects: “…Women, White Race identity United States.…”
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Finding Charity's folk : enslaved and free black women in Maryland / by Millward, Jessica

Table of Contents: “…Moving freedom, shaping slavery: enslaved women in Charity Folks's Maryland -- Reproduction and motherhood in slavery, 1757-1830 -- Beyond Charity: petitions for freedom and the black woman's body politic, 1780-1858 -- Commodities and kin: gender and family networking for freedom, 1780-1860 -- Moving slavery, shaping freedom: households and the gendering of poverty in the nineteenth century -- Conclusion. …”
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Latina legacies identity, biography, and community /

Subjects: “…Hispanic American women Biography.…”
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Journeys in new worlds early American women's narratives /

Subjects: “…Women United States Biography.…”
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Jewish "Junior League" the rise and demise of the Fort Worth Council of Jewish Women / by Weiner, Hollace Ava, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : looking backward at a product of its times -- Pioneer women get organized -- Triumphs in the traditional women's sphere -- Of book sales and social change : triumphs beyond women's traditional sphere -- Demise : the downside of success.…”
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Love of freedom : black women in colonial and revolutionary New England / by Adams, Catherine, 1966-

Subjects: “…Women slaves New England History.…”
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Further to fly Black women and the politics of empowerment / by Radford-Hill, Sheila, 1949-

Subjects: “…African American women Political activity.…”
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Hair matters beauty, power, and Black women's consciousness / by Banks, Ingrid, 1966-

Subjects: “…African American women Race identity.…”
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Daughters of the Union northern women fight the Civil War / by Silber, Nina

Subjects: “…Women Northeastern States History 19th century.…”
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Trials and triumphs women of the American Civil War / by Culpepper, Marilyn Mayer

Subjects: “…Women United States History 19th century.…”
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Between two cultures the case of Cambodian women in America / by Das, Mitra

Table of Contents: “…-- Three: All America city -- Four: a new beginning : challenges and opportunities -- Five: From tradition to modern : family changes among Cambodian women -- Six: Toward empowerment : community institution building -- Seven: Conclusion -- Notes.…”
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Harriet Tubman the life and the life stories / by Humez, Jean McMahon, 1944-

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Mothers of invention women of the slaveholding South in the American Civil War / by Faust, Drew Gilpin

Subjects: “…Women Confederate States of America History.…”
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