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Fifty years of achievement : in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Women's Institutes of Ontario / by Walker, Annie.; Hood, M. McIntyre.; Collins, Edith M.;
Subjects: Women's Institutes of Ontario;
© 1948., Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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A history of women in 101 objects / by Hirsch, Annabelle,1986-author.; Updegraff, Eleanor,translator.; translation of:Hirsch, Annabelle.Die dinge. Eine geschichte der frauen in 100 objekten.English.;
Includes bibliographical references.The way we remember the past today remains dishearteningly patriarchal: a place where women have always been oppressed by men, from ancient times to the present day. 'A History of Women in 101 Objects' tells a new story of female history, revealing the evolution of the role women have played in society through the quiet power of their everyday items. Open up this cabinet of curiosities and you'll find objects that have been highly esteemed-even, like the Bayeux tapestry, fought over by nations-and others that are humble and domestic. There are artefacts of women celebrated by history and of women unfairly forgotten by it; examples of female rebellion and of self-revelation; objects that are inspiring, curious, or (like radium-laced chocolate) just fundamentally ill-conceived. Through the variety and nuance in these 101 objects, Annabelle Hirsch has created a new history-teeming, unexpected, witty, and always illuminating. This overdue corrective reveals what a healed femur says about civilization, what men have to fear from hat pins, and it shows that the past has always been as complicated and fascinating as the women that peopled it.
Subjects: Art; Civilization; Fashion; Feminism.; Women; Women;
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Suffragettes : the fight for votes for women / by Marlow, Joyce,editor.;
Includes bibliographical references.Drawing on extracts from diaries, newspapers, letters, and journals, Joyce Marlow tells the story of the women's suffrage movement. The movement lasted for several decades, and this text covers both familiar and less well-known events.
Subjects: Suffragists; Women; Women's rights;
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For home and country : the centennial history of the Women's Institutes in Ontario / by Ambrose, Linda McGuire,1960-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario; Women's institutes;
© c1996., Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The women's history of the modern world : how radicals, rebels, and everywomen revolutionized the last 200 years / by Miles, Rosalind,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Now is the time for a new women's history--for the famous, infamous, and unsung women to get their due--from the Enlightenment to the #MeToo movement. Recording the important milestones in the birth of the modern feminist movement and the rise of women into greater social, economic, and political power, Miles takes us through through a colorful pageant of astonishing women, from heads of state like Empress Cixi, Eugenia Charles, Indira Gandhi, Jacinda Ardern, and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to political rainmakers Kate Sheppard, Carrie Chapman Catt, Anna Stout, Dorothy Height, Shirley Chisholm, Winnie Mandela, STEM powerhouses Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Rosalind Franklin, Sophia Kovalevskaya, Marie Curie, and Ada Lovelace, revolutionaries Olympe de Gouges, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Patyegarang, and writer/intellectuals Mary Wollstonecraft, Simon de Beauvoir, Elaine Morgan, and Germaine Greer. Women in the arts, women in sports, women in business, women in religion, women in politics--this is a one-stop roundup of the tremendous progress women have made in the modern era. A testimony to how women have persisted--and excelled--this is a smart and stylish popular history for all readers.
Subjects: Women revolutionaries; Women revolutionaries; Women; Women; Women; Women;
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Canadian women in the sky : 100 years of flight / by Muir, Elizabeth Gillan,1934-;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.A history of Canadian women's progress in aviation and space flight.LSC
Subjects: Women air pilots; Women in aeronautics; Aeronautics;
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The Rebel Empresses : Elisabeth of Austria and Eugénie of France, Power and Glamour in the Struggle for Europe. by Goldstone, Nancy.;
'The Rebel Empresses' is the chronicle of two of the most influential and glamorous women in 19th-century Europe - Elisabeth, empress of Austria, and Eugenie, empress of France - and their efforts to rule amid the scandal, intrigue, tragedy, and violence of their era. Goodreads Giveaway.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Royalty; HISTORY / Europe / General; HISTORY / Women;
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The Sinners All Bow : Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne. by Dawson, Kate Winkler.;
In 'The Sinners All Bow', acclaimed journalist, podcaster, and crime historian Kate Winkler Dawson tells the chilling true story of a young woman whose scandalous life was rumored to be Nathaniel Hawthornes inspiration for 'The Scarlet Letter' - and whose shocking death inspired the first true-crime book published in America.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: HISTORY / United States / 19th Century; HISTORY / Women; TRUE CRIME / Murder / General;
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50 women artists you should know / by Weidemann, Christiane.; Klier, Melanie,1970-; Larass, Petra.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Women artists;
© c2008., Prestel,
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The book of gutsy women : favorite stories of courage and resilience / by Clinton, Hillary Rodham,author.; Clinton, Chelsea,author.;
Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, share the stories of the gutsy women who have inspired them--women with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done. Ensuring the rights and opportunities of women and girls remains a big piece of the unfinished business of the twenty-first century. While there's a lot of work to do, we know that throughout history and around the globe women have overcome the toughest resistance imaginable to win victories that have made progress possible for all of us. That is the achievement of each of the women in this book. So how did they do it? The answers are as unique as the women themselves. Civil rights activist Dorothy Height, LGBTQ trailblazer Edie Windsor, and swimmer Diana Nyad kept pushing forward, no matter what. Writers like Rachel Carson and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie named something no one had dared talk about before. Historian Mary Beard used wit to open doors that were once closed, and Wangari Maathai, who sparked a movement to plant trees, understood the power of role modeling. Harriet Tubman and Malala Yousafzai looked fear in the face and persevered. Nearly every single one of these women was fiercely optimistic--they had faith that their actions could make a difference. And they were right. To us, they are all gutsy women--leaders with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done. So in the moments when the long haul seems awfully long, we hope you will draw strength from these stories. We do. Because if history shows one thing, it's that the world needs gutsy women.
Subjects: Biographies.; Courage.; Resilience (Personality trait); Women; Women;
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