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Women and the Book | |||
| Assessing the Visual Evidence | Social Studies | |||
| Jane HM Taylor; Lesley Smith (Edited by) | ||||
| British Library 1997 288 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0712304983 | ||||
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| How were women portrayed in medieval books? What books by medieval women survive? What kind of books did medieval women read? These 14 essays concentrate on pictorial evidence as they addresses some key questions in the relationship between women and books in the middle ages. Among topics discussed are Marie de France's Fables; the library of the nuns of St Catherine's Convent, Nuremberg; the Gospels of Margaret of Scotland; and the cult of angels in late 15th century England. | ||||
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English Manuscript Studies 1100-1700 | |||
| Volume 9: Writings by Early Modern Women | Social Studies | |||
| Peter Beal; Margaret JM Ezell (Edited by) | ||||
| British Library 2000 316 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0712346740 | ||||
| Published Price £45.00 | Our Price £12.99 | |||
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Following the Drum | |||
| The Lives of Army Wives and Daughters | Social Studies | |||
| Annabel Venning | ||||
| Review 2006 436 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0755312597 | ||||
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| Stories of the wives, daughters and mistresses of British soldiers who followed their men to the most treacherous places on earth, with accounts both of blood and battles and of the trials of everyday life, such as doing the laundry while under fire in the Crimea and finding baby food in riot-torn India. | ||||
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Women Who Write | |||
| Social Studies | ||||
| Stefan Bollmann | ||||
| Merrell 2007 152 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1858943752 275x210mm | ||||
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Women Of Our Time | |||
| 75 Portraits Of Remarkable Women | Social Studies | |||
| Frederick S Voss | ||||
| Merrell 2007 192 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 1858943965 190x145mm | ||||
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| Celebrating some of the most creative, controversial, brave and inspirational women of the 20th century, this volume looks at how the work and actions of 75 women have helped define the modern age, from Billie Holiday and Katherine Hepburn to Eleanor Roosevelt and Rosa Parks. | ||||
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Railwaywomen | |||
| Exploitation, Betrayal and Triumph in the Workplace | Social Studies | |||
| Helena Wojtczak | ||||
| Hastings 2005 376 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1904109047 | ||||
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| From exploited drudges in the 1830s to engine drivers in the 21st century, this is an account of how women won their place in one of Britain's largest industries. Focusing on women in operational roles (rather than administration, catering etc), Wojtczak draws on historic and contemporary documents, photographs, official reports and personal testimonies to describe the dangers and bigotry of the early days, the women's struggle to be accepted in a male-dominated industry and their ultimate triumph. | ||||
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Women Letter-Writers in Tudor England | |||
| Social Studies | ||||
| James Daybell | ||||
| Oxford University Press 2006 340 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0199259917 | ||||
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| Based on over 3,000 manuscript letters, this socio-cultural study reveals how letter-writing was a larger and more socially and geographically diversified area of female activity in the 16th century than has been assumed previously, and Daybell's work initiates a reassessment of women's education and literacy in the period. The other central themes of the study are family, gender and social relations; and the role of early modern women in patronage and politics. | ||||
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Jewish Women Philosophers of First-Century Alexandria | |||
| Philo's Therapeutae Reconsidered | Social Studies | |||
| Joan E Taylor | ||||
| Oxford University Press 2006 417 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0199291411 | ||||
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| The first century ascetic Alexandrian philosophers known as the 'Therapeutae', described in Philo's treatise De Vita Contemplativa, were mystically-minded Jews, devoted to music, meditation and the study of scripture. Joan Taylor's study of the group focuses on issues of historical method, rhetoric, women and gender. It comes to new conclusions about the nature of the group and looks in particular at the women Therapeutae and the radically egalitarian model they provide for women within first century Judaism. | ||||
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The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English | |||
| Social Studies | ||||
| Lorna Sage | ||||
| Cambridge University Press 1999 696 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0521668131 246x174mm | ||||
| Published Price £16.95 | Our Price £4.99 | |||
| An A-Z of over 2,500 signed entries, this celebration of the achievements of women writers across the world spans the history of literature in English from the medieval writings of Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe to the poet Kathleen Raine and the novels of Toni Morrison and AS Byatt. The majority of entries are on authors, but the Guide also covers important individual works and offers concise, lucid explanations of genres, literary terms and wider concepts such as realism and postmodernism. Felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge. | ||||
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Good Girl Messages | |||
| How Young Women were Misled by Their Favorite Books | Social Studies | |||
| Deborah O'Keefe | ||||
| Continuum 2000 212 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0826413692 | ||||
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| Throughout much of the 20th century, books for children encouraged girls to be weak, submissive and fearful. In this study Deborah O'Keefe surveys popular children's literature, from classics such as Lorna Doone, What Katy Did and National Velvet to girls' fiction series of the 1990s, and discusses the messages conveyed, blatantly or subtly, by their characters, plots and themes. | ||||
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Lily Braun, 1865-1916 | |||
| German Writer, Feminist, Socialist | Social Studies | |||
| Ute Lischke | ||||
| Camden House 2000 144 pages | ||||
| Hardback 1571131698 | ||||
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| A leading German feminist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Lily Braun turned away from politics to write fiction and later still turned to National Socialist views. Lischke looks at both the political and the literary life of this enigmatic figure. No jacket. | ||||
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Words of Love | |||
| Passionate Women from Heloise to Sylvia Plath | Social Studies | |||
| Pamela Norris | ||||
| HarperCollins 2006 501 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0002571781 | ||||
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| Heloise, writing to her beloved Abelard; the interplay of politics and sex in medieval Japan revealed by Murasaki Skikibu in The Tale of Genji; Marie de France and Christine de Pizan bypassing medieval conventions to write of women's desire and disappointments in love; the great Victorian women novelists... These are among writers discussed in this exploration of women's interpretations of love and how they have expressed their feelings, passions and regrets, often against the social conventions of their times. | ||||
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Women and the Noose | |||
| A History of Female Execution | Social Studies | |||
| Richard Clark | ||||
| Tempus 2007 252 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0752444891 | ||||
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| In 1733 Sarah Malcolm murdered three women during the course of a robbery. Over 200 years later, Ruth Ellis was arrested, holding a smoking gun over the body of her dead lover. They were just two of over 600 women who were executed, between the Georgian period and the mid 20th century. In examining the lives, crimes and motives of 70 women who died on the gallows, this book provides a sympathetic, often moving history of female capital punishment. | ||||
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'The Truest Form of Patriotism' | |||
| Pacifist Feminism in Britain, 1870-1902 | Social Studies | |||
| Heloise Brown | ||||
| Manchester University Press 2003 199 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0719065313 | ||||
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| Exploring the pervasive influence of pacifism on Victorian feminism, this study draws on previously unused source material to provide an account of Victorian women who campaigned for peace and the many feminists who incorporated pacifist ideas into their writing on women and gender. Heloise Brown reveals pacifist, internationalist and anti-imperialist strands in Victorian feminist thought and focuses on how these developed within the political and organizationl context of the time. | ||||
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Spinsters Abroad | |||
| Victorian Lady Explorers | Social Studies | |||
| Dea Birkett | ||||
| Sutton 2004 300 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0750937211 | ||||
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| What spurred so many Victorian women to leave behind the security and comfort of their middle-class homes to travel thousands of miles, tramp through rain forests, caravan across deserts and scale mountain ranges? How were they able to move so freely in exotic lands, when such independence was denied them at home? Drawing on the diaries, letters and writings of more than 50 Victorian lady explorers, Birkett describes their experiences and aspirations. | ||||
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