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Burying the beloved marriage, realism, and reform in modern Iran / by Motlagh, Amy, 1976-

Table of Contents: “…: the Family Protection Act and the bride's consent -- Ain't I a woman? : domesticity's other -- Exhuming the beloved, revising the past : lawlessness and postmodernism -- A metaphor for civil society? …”
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Women and contemporary world literature power, fragmentation, and metaphor / by Weagel, Deborah Fillerup

Table of Contents: “…Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz in seventeenth-century New Spain and finding a room of one's own -- The struggle for power in Mariama Bâ's Une si longue lettre -- The power, symbolism, and extension of the mother in Camara Laye's L'enfant noir: a feminine portrait by a masculine author -- Picasso, Rushdie, and the fragmented woman -- The metaphor of quilts and quiltmaking in Bharati Mukherjee's Jasmine -- Patchwork and metaphor: Dina's quilt in Rohinton Mistry's A fine balance.…”
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The La Follettes of Wisconsin : love and politics in progressive America / by Weisberger, Bernard A., 1922-

Table of Contents: “…Bob: On the Road and on the Rise (1906-1911) -- 3. Belle: A "New Woman" and Her Family (1891-1911) -- 4. Fola: From Art to Activism (1904-1911) -- 5. …”
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When sex changed : birth control politics and literature between the world wars / by Craig, Layne Parish

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Setting motherhood free -- The thing you are!: the woman rebel in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Herland saga -- Six sons at Eton: birth control and the medical model in Joyce and Woolf -- That means children to me: the birth control review in Harlem -- Unbridled lust and calamitous error: religion, eugenics, and contraception in 1930s family sagas -- She takes good care that the matter will end there: the artist's douche bag in three guineas and if I forget thee, Jerusalem -- Conclusion: Birth control's narrative afterlives.…”
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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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Eccentricity and sameness : discourses on lesbianism and desire between women in Italy, 1860s-1930s / by Ross, Charlotte, 1974-

Table of Contents: “…Pathologies and passions in late nineteenth-century medical discourses -- Fatal attractions. troubling desires in the novel -- Flammable proximity: the scuola normale femminile and beyond -- From pathologization to the defence of pleasure: sexology and its parodies -- Literary luxury and cultural calls for female sexual liberation -- The desire without a name: visions of a difference that might have been -- Sexology and the new woman under fascism -- Tales of sexual initiation and sapphic feminism -- Loneliness, disorder and the disappearing lesbian.…”
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Voicing voluntary childlessness : narratives of non-mothering in contemporary France / by Natalie, Edwards, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: voicing voluntary childlessness : narratives of non-mothering in contemporary France -- Perspectives on non-mothering -- Theorising non-mothering -- Psychoanalyzing non-mothering -- Expressions of non-mothering -- Linda lês epistolary innovation : à lenfant que je naurai pas -- Jane Sautière's autofictional explorations : nullipare -- The struggle of personal criticism : Lucie Joubert's l'envers du landau -- The ageing voluntarily childless woman : Madeleine Chapsal's la femme sans -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.…”
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The quest for multi-functional medicines path for progress, the SERM story. Lecture 2 /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Selected Estrogen Receptor Modulators (SERMs) are a group of medicines that switch on and switch off estrogen target sites around a post-menopausal woman's body. They are anti-estrogenic and block estrogen activated breast cancer growth and increase bone density and lower cholesterol, which are estrogenic properties. …”
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Maternal Bodies : Redefining Motherhood in Early America / by Doyle, Nora

Table of Contents: “…In search of the maternal body -- The tyrannical womb and the disappearing mother: the maternal body in medical literature -- Writing the body: the work of the body in women's childbearing narratives -- The highest pleasure of which woman's nature is capable: breastfeeding and the emergence of the sentimental mother -- Good mothers and wet nurses: breastfeeding and the fracturing of sentimental motherhood -- The fantasy of the transcendent mother: the disembodiment of the mother in popular feminine print culture -- Imagining the slave mother: sentimentalism and embodiment in antislavery print culture -- In search of the maternal body past and present.…”
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The busiest man in England Grant Allen and the writing trade, 1875-1900 / by Morton, Peter, 1946 Apr. 10-

Table of Contents: “…Dealing with the "dissenting grocer" -- 9. Retailing The woman who did -- 10. Last orders (1896-1899) -- Conclusion : "we of the proletariat..."…”
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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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God speaks to us, too Southern Baptist women on church, home, and society / by Shaw, Susan M. (Susan Maxine), 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Raised right--the making of Southern Baptist identity -- Just as I am : Southern Baptist women's experiences of salvation and baptism -- The B-I-B-L-E : Southern Baptist women and the Bible -- Casseroles and covered dishes : Southern Baptist women, hospitality, and friendship -- Red and yellow, Black and White : the dynamics of race in the lives of Southern Baptist women -- We've a story to tell : Southern Baptist women and ministry -- Gracious submission : Southern Baptist women and the family -- I am woman : Southern Baptist women and feminism -- Competent before God : Southern Baptist women and soul competency -- Cast of characters.…”
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Women and Islamic revival in a West African town by Masquelier, Adeline Marie, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Weddings, wealth, and women's value -- Fashioning Muslimhood: dress, modesty, and the construction of the virtuous woman -- "The fart does not light the fire": "bad" women, "true" believers, and the reconfiguration of moral domesticity.…”
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Clerical celibacy in the West, c.1100-1700 by Parish, Helen L.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: For the sake of the kingdom of heaven : shaping the celibacy debate -- If there is one faith, there must be one tradition : clerical celibacy and marriage in the early church -- Preserving the ancient rule and apostolic perfection : celibacy and marriage in East and West -- A concubine or an unlawful woman : celibacy, marriage, and the Gregorian reform -- In marriage they will live more piously and honestly : debating clerical celibacy in the pre-Reformation church -- The whole world and the devil will laugh : clerical celibacy and married priests in the Age of Reformation -- Contrary to the state of their order and the laudable customs of the church : clerical celibacy in the Catholic Church after the Reformation -- Conclusion: One of the chief ornaments of the Catholic clergy : celibacy in the modern church.…”
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Essentials of fetal monitoring by Murray, Michelle (Michelle L.)

Table of Contents: “…Systematic assessment of the pregnant woman -- section 2. The paper -- section 3. External and internal fetal monitoring -- section 4. …”
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This is not the Ivy League a memoir / by Blew, Mary Clearman, 1939-

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The rival / by Wallace, Sara, 1967-

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The rebel / by Nelson, Rhonda

Princess Noire the tumultuous reign of Nina Simone / by Cohodas, Nadine

Table of Contents: “…: September 1947-May 1950 -- Prelude to a fugue : June 1950-May 1954 -- The arrival of Nina Simone : June 1954-June 1956 -- Little girl blue : July 1956-December 1958 -- A fast rising star : 1959 -- Simone-ized : 1960 -- You can't let them humiliate you : January 1961-December 13, 1961 -- Respect : December 14, 1961-December 1962 -- Mississippi goddam : 1963 -- Don't let me be misunderstood : 1964 -- My skin is black : 1965 -- Images : 1966 -- My only groove is moods : 1967 -- Black gold : 1968 -- To be young, gifted and black : 1969 -- I have become more militant : 1970 -- Definite vibrations of pride : 1971 -- This ain't no Geraldine up here : 1972 -- Where my soul has gone : 1973-1976 -- I am not of this planet : 1977-1978 -- Loving me is not enough : 1979-1981 -- Fodder on her wings : 1982-1988 -- Nina's back-- again : 1989-1992 -- A single woman : 1993-1999 -- The final curtain : 2000-2003.…”
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The bioarchaeology of individuals

Table of Contents: “…The Osteobiography of a Woman from Medieval Polis, Cyprus / Brenda J. Baker, Claire E. …”
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