Category: Gender Studies

When E. Jean Carroll--possibly the liveliest woman in the world and author of Ask E. Jean in Elle Magazine -- realized that her eight million readers and question-writers all seemed to have one thing in common--problems caused by men--she hit the road. Criss-crossing the country with her blue-haired poodle Lewis Carroll, E. Jean stopped in every town named after a woman between Eden, Vermont and Tallulah, Louisiana to ask women the crucial question: What Do W...
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Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood before Marriage, with a New Preface

By: Edin, Kathryn

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Jun-16

Seller ID: 318916

ISBN: 520271467

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

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Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage

By: Edin, Kathryn/Kefalas, Maria

Price: $5.50

Publisher: Apr-16

Seller ID: 313969

ISBN: 520248198

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

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Dancing for Dollars and Paying for Love: The Relationships Between Exotic Dancers and Their Regulars

By: Egan, R. Danielle

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Sep-10

Seller ID: 471215

ISBN: 1403970459

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

This book takes an in-depth look at the relationships exotic dancers have with their regular customers, and explores the limits of using feminist theory to discuss sex work. This is an accessible, revealing, and new look at a perennially intriguing and divisive subject - ideal teaching material for undergraduate courses in a variety of fields.
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For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of the Experts Advice to Women

By: Ehrenreich, Barbara

Price: $5.00

Seller ID: 405046

ISBN: 1400078008

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

From the bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed and a former editor in chief Mother Jones, this women's history classic brilliantly uncovers the constraints imposed on women in the name of science. Since the nineteenth century, professionals have been invoking scientific expertise to prescribe what women should do for their own good. Among the experts' diagnoses and remedies: menstruation was an illness requiring seclusion; pregnancy, a disabling condition; and higher education, a threat to long-term health of the uterus. From clitoridectomies to tame women's behavior in the nine...
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Playing With the Boys: Why Separate is Not Equal in Sports

By: Eileen McDonagh,Laura Pappano

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press: Jul-09

Seller ID: 462822

ISBN: 195386779

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

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Sacred Pleasure: Sex, Myth, and the Politics of the Body

By: Eisler, Riane

Price: $7.00

Seller ID: 360212

ISBN: 006250293X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

In this provocative tour de force, Eisler tackles the sexual myths and misconceptions that have corrupted male/female relations over the millennia. In a sweeping canvas, she takes readers back in time to reveal a world where men and women once lived in harmony and where sexuality was a celebrated mystery.
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Hidden Face of Eve : Women in the Arab World (English and Arabic Edition)

By: El Saadawi, Nawal

Price: $6.00

Seller ID: 360985

ISBN: 807067016

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

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New French Feminisms

By: Elaine Marks

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Pantheon: Sep-87

Seller ID: 451385

ISBN: 805206817

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

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Sexual Anarchy: Gender and Culture at the Fin de Siecle

By: Elaine Showalter

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Viking: Aug-90

Seller ID: 415118

ISBN: 670825034

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

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The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote

By: Elaine Weiss

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Penguin Books: Mar-19

Seller ID: 475520

ISBN: 014312899X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

"Both a page-turning drama and an inspiration for every reader" -- Hillary Rodham Clinton
Soon to be a major television event, the nail-biting climax of one of the greatest political battles in American history: the ratification of the constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote.
Nashville, August 1920. Thirty-five states have approved the Nineteenth Amendment, granting women the right to vote; one last state--Tennessee--is needed for women's voting rights to be the law of the land. The suffragists face vicious opposition from politicians, clergy, corporations,...
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It's Up to the Women

By: Eleanor Roosevelt

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Bold Type Books: Apr-17

Seller ID: 462731

ISBN: 1568585942

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

"Eleanor Roosevelt never wanted her husband to run for president. When he won, she . . . went on a national tour to crusade on behalf of women. She wrote a regular newspaper column. She became a champion of women's rights and of civil rights. And she decided to write a book."--Jill Lepore, from the Introduction
"Women, whether subtly or vociferously, have always been a tremendous power in the destiny of the world," Eleanor Roosevelt wrote in It's Up to the Women, her book of advice to women of all ages on every aspect of life. Written at the height of the Great Depression, she called...
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Blessed Among All Women: Women Saints, Prophets, and Witnesses for Our Time

By: Ellsberg, Robert

Price: $6.00

Seller ID: 411831

ISBN: 082452439X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Winner of three Catholic Press Awards. The best-selling author of All Saints presents this new collection of devotional sketches on history's greatest women. From Joan of Arc to Anne Frank to Mary Magdalene, Ellsberg offers insights into the lives of women that inspire us.
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Homeward Bound: Why Women Are Embracing the New Domesticity (Night Glow Board Books)

By: Emily Matchar

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: Mar-15

Seller ID: 461714

ISBN: 1451665458

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Emily Matchar offers a smart, measured investigation into the cultural, social, and economic implications of a return to domesticity in this fascinating book "chock-full of historical context, strong research and compelling personal stories" (Christian Science Montor).
Amid today's rising anxieties--the economy, the scary state of the environment, the growing sense that the American Dream hasn't turned out to be so dreamy after all--a groundswell of women (and more than a few men) are choosing to embrace an unusual rebellion: domesticity. A generation of smart, highly educated young...
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Category: Gender Studies