In A Woman's Place, Katelyn Beaty, insists it's time to reconsider women's work. She challenges us to explore new ways to live out the scriptural call to rule over creation - in the office, the home, in ministry, and beyond.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- List of tables -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: A Woman's Place in Education -- PART ONE -- 2. Everyday life in today's schools: The female pupils' experiences -- 3. Adolescent resistance to sex equality messages -- 4. The "hit list" and other horror stories: Sex roles and school transfer -- 5. Lessons from St. Luke's: Reflections on a study of Scottish classroom life -- 6. The old girl network: Recollections of the fieldwork at St. Luke's -- 7. The lost enchantment? Re-focusing the history of science education for girls -- PART TWO -- 8. Universitites are for women: But you'd never notice it from the Winfield report! -- 9. The great Bangor scandal of 1892 -- 10. Ghettos and celibacy or, the lion, the witch and the wardrobe -- 11. Old fogies and intellectual women: An episode in academic history -- 12. Measuring up to the scientific elite: Rosalind Franklin and the laureate profile -- 13. Murder after suffrage and other stories: Feminism and the golden age of the detective story -- References

Published in 1996, this volume includes the presidential address of Sara Delamont, the first female President of Bera written and presented in 1984. The book also includes a selection of papers on gender and education. Topics covered include: female pupils’ experiences, resistance to sex equality messages, science education for girls and women in universities. Providing historical and sociological perspectives on gender and education this book will interest sociologists, anthropologists, and those in the field of education. This book was originally published as part of the Cardiff Papers in Qualitative Research series edited by Paul Atkinson, Sara Delamont and Amanda Coffey. The series publishes original sociological research that reflects the tradition of qualitative and ethnographic inquiry developed at Cardiff. The series includes monographs reporting on empirical research, edited collections focussing on particular themes, and texts discussing methodological developments and issues.

A much-needed book on the role of women in US counterterrorism in the wider Middle East and at home

This focused look at women in the household context discusses the importance of issues of space and visibility in shaping the lives of early Christian women. Several aspects of women's everyday existence are investigated, including the lives of wives, widows, women with children, female slaves, women as patrons, household leaders, and teachers. In addition, several key themes emerge: hospitality, dining practices, and the extent of female segregation.

Provides an overview of 20th century women's lives, covering what the reader want to know about the suffragettes, early 'type-writers', contraception, and work in wartime; and it complements Persephone's other books by exploring factually what they, indirectly, explore in fiction.

Discover the trailblazing women who changed the world from their kitchens. If "a woman's place is in the kitchen," why is the history of food such an old boys' club? A Woman's Place sets the record straight, sharing stories of more than 80 hidden figures of food who made a lasting mark on history. In an era when women were told to stay at home and leave glory to the men, these rebel women used the transformative power of food to break barriers and fight for a better world. Discover the stories of: Georgia Gilmore, who fueled the Montgomery Bus Boycott with chicken sandwiches and slices of pie Hattie Burr, who financed the fight for female suffrage by publishing cookbooks Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, who, with just a few grains of salt, inspired a march for the independence of India The inventors of the dishwasher, coffee filter, the first buffalo wings, Veuve Clicquot champagne, the PB&J sandwich, and more. With gorgeous full-color illustrations and 10 recipes that bring the story off of the page and onto your plate, this book reclaims women's rightful place--in the kitchen, and beyond.