The Century of Women
Title | The Century of Women PDF eBook |
Author | Maria Bucur |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 2018-04-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1442257407 |
This innovative text explores the unprecedented changes in the realms of politics, demography, economics, culture, knowledge, and kinship that women have brought about in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Global in reach, the book provides a comparative analysis of developments worldwide to show both progress as well as new tensions and forms of inequality that have emerged out of women’s entry into politics, wage employment, education, and the production of culture. Beginning with suffrage and moving to participation in international movements—such as anti-war, labor, and environmental rights activism—Maria Bucur explores how women have transformed the operation of states and international institutions. She focuses on the radical demographic shifts since 1900 through the prism of changing practices in women’s sexuality, from birth control practices to education. Examining the continuing economic gender gap around the world, Bucur highlights ways women have been both beneficiaries of new economic opportunities and participants in developing new forms of inequality. Considering the remarkable achievements of women in the areas of knowledge making and cultural production, the author shifts her gaze toward the future and what these changes mean in terms of gender norms and evolving kinship relations. She thus presents a new perspective on contemporary world history, centered on how women have become both the subjects and objects of seismic shifts in the political, social, and economic structures of societies across the globe.
A Woman of the Century
Title | A Woman of the Century PDF eBook |
Author | Frances Elizabeth Willard |
Publisher | |
Pages | 830 |
Release | 1893 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
A Century of Votes for Women
Title | A Century of Votes for Women PDF eBook |
Author | Christina Wolbrecht |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 323 |
Release | 2020-01-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1107187494 |
Examines how and why American women voted since the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920.
100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century
Title | 100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century PDF eBook |
Author | Kevin Markey |
Publisher | Meredith Corporation |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
This photo-filled celebration of extraordinary 20th-century women highlights women's contributions in politics, child care, science, education, athletics, literature, entertainment, art, and more. 200+ photos. **Barbara Walters is hosting a 90-minute TV special based on " Ladies' Home Journal's" list of the 20th-century's most important women on Friday, April 30, 1999, at 9:30 PM, Eastern Daylight Time on ABC-TV. The special will include Barbara's interviews with Oprah Winfrey, Jane Fonda, and Gloria Steinem.
Daughters of America
Title | Daughters of America PDF eBook |
Author | Phebe Ann Hanaford |
Publisher | |
Pages | 736 |
Release | 1883 |
Genre | United States |
ISBN |
Consists of chapters by subject, including women reformers, inventors, lawyers etc.
The Eighteenth-century Woman
Title | The Eighteenth-century Woman PDF eBook |
Author | Olivier Bernier |
Publisher | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Pages | 170 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Art, Modern |
ISBN | 0870992945 |
Women on the Margins
Title | Women on the Margins PDF eBook |
Author | Natalie Zemon Davis |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 402 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780674955202 |
Maria Sibylla Merian, a German painter and naturalist, produced an innovative work on tropical insects based on lore she gathered from the Carib, Arawak, and African women of Suriname.