Search Results - "Woman"

Egypt as a woman nationalism, gender, and politics / by Baron, Beth

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The first woman president

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The political woman in print : German women's writing 1845-1919 / by Mikus, Birgit, 1982-

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A woman's place is in the House campaigning for Congress in the feminist era / by Burrell, Barbara C., 1947-

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The journey of a Tzotzil-Maya woman of Chiapas, Mexico pass well over the earth / by Eber, Christine Engla

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Splintered sisterhood gender and class in the campaign against woman suffrage / by Marshall, Susan E., 1950-

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Seeking the beloved community a feminist race reader / by James, Joy, 1958-

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Beyond numbers : narrating the impact of women's leadership in eastern Africa /

Jane Grey Swisshelm an unconventional life, 1815-1884 / by Hoffert, Sylvia D.

Table of Contents: “…That olde-time religion -- A marriage fraught with conflict -- The troublesome matter of property -- Woman's work in a man's world -- A different sort of politics -- A world in need of improvement -- Respectable but not genteel.…”
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The Fair sex white women and racial patriarchy in the early American Republic / by Schloesser, Pauline E.

Table of Contents: “…Race, gender, and woman citizenship in the American founding -- Toward a theory of racial patriarchy -- The ideology of the "fair sex" -- The philosopher queen and the U.S. constitution: Mercy Otis Warren as a reluctant signatory -- From revolution to racial patriarchy: the political pragmatism of Abigail Adams -- Gleaning a self between the lines: Judith Sargent Murray.…”
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American Muslim women, religious authority, and activism more than a prayer / by Hammer, Juliane

Table of Contents: “…A woman-led Friday prayer: March 18, 2005 -- Women leading prayers: tracing the debate -- Gender justice and Qur'anic exegesis -- History, women's rights, and Islamic law -- Authority, tradition, community -- Space, leadership, voice -- Media, representation(s), politics -- Memoirs, narratives, and marketing -- Covers and other matters: concluding thoughts.…”
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The politics of public housing Black women's struggles against urban inequality / by Williams, Rhonda Y.

Table of Contents: “…Creating "a little heaven for poor people": decent housing and respectable communities -- "A woman can understand": dissidence in 1940s' public housing -- Shifting landscapes in postwar Baltimore -- "When then came the change": the fight against disrepute -- "An awakening giant": the search for poor people's political power -- "Sunlight at early dawn": economic struggles, public housing and welfare rights.…”
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Emancipation's Daughters : Reimagining Black Femininity and the National Body / by Richardson, Riche, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…An Exemplary American Woman -- Mary McLeod Bethune's "My Last Will and Testament" and Her National Legacy -- From Rosa Parks's Quiet Strength to Memorializing a National Mother -- America's Chief Diplomat: The Politics of Condoleezza Rice from Autobiography to Art and -- Fashion -- First Lady and "Mom-in-Chief": The Voice and Vision of Michelle Obama in the Video South -- Side Girl and in American Grown -- Beyonce's South and the Birth of a "Formation" Nation…”
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The populist vision by Postel, Charles

Table of Contents: “…Modern times -- I: Farmers -- Push and energy : boosterism and rural reform -- Knowledge and power : machinery of modern education -- A better woman : independence of thought and action -- A farmers' trust : cooperative economies of scale -- II: Populists -- Business politics : state models and political frameworks -- Race progress : shaping a new racial order -- Confederation : urban, labor, and nonconformist reform -- Shrine of science : innovation in populist faith -- Conclusion : populist defeat and its meaning.…”
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The weight of their votes southern women and political leverage in the 1920s / by Schuyler, Lorraine Gates

Table of Contents: “…Now you smell perfume : the social drama of politics in the 1920s -- More people to vote : woman suffrage and the challenge to disfranchisement -- Making their bow to the ladies : southern party leaders and the fight for new women voters -- Not bound to any party : the problem of women voters in the solid South -- The best weapon for reform : women lobbying with the vote -- No longer treated lightly : southern legislators and new women voters -- To hold the lady votes : southern politics ten years after suffrage.…”
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Gender in campaigns for the U.S. House of Representatives / by Burrell, Barbara C., 1947-

Table of Contents: “…House of Representatives beyond the "year of the woman" -- Men's and women's presence and performance in primary elections for the U.S. …”
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Women's organizations and democracy in South Africa contesting authority / by Hassim, Shireen

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Autonomy and engagement in the South African women's movement -- Contesting ideologies : feminism and nationalism -- The emergence of women as a political constituency, 1979-90 -- The ANC in exile : challenging the role of women in national liberation -- The return of the ANC Women's League : autonomy abrogated -- From mothers of the nation to rights-bearing citizens : transition and its impact on the South African women's movement -- Political parties, quotas, and representation in the new democracy -- One woman, one desk, one typist : moving into the bureaucracy -- Autonomy, engagement and democratic consolidation.…”
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Creative conformity the feminist politics of U.S. Catholic and Iranian Shi'i women / by Bucar, Elizabeth M.

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments -- Note on transcription -- Prologue -- Introduction -- 1 -- What's a good woman to do? Recasting the symbolics of moral exemplars -- 2. …”
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