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Period. End of sentence : a new chapter in the fight for menstrual justice / by Diamant, Anita,author.; Berton, Melissa,writer of foreword.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.When 'Period. End of Sentence' won an Oscar in 2019, the films producer and founder of The Pad Project, Melissa Berton, told the audience: A period should end a sentence, not a girls education. Continuing in that revolutionary spirit and building on the momentum of the acclaimed documentary, this book outlines the challenges facing those who menstruate worldwide and the solutions championed by a new generation of body positive activists, innovators and public figures. From the author of 'The Boston Girl'.
Subjects: Menstruation; Feminine hygiene products.; Women; Sex discrimination.; Women's rights;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Girls with guts! : the road to breaking barriers & bashing records / by Gonzales, Debbie.; Gibbon, Rebecca.;
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Subjects: United States.; Sports for women; Sex discrimination in sports;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Hoops / by Tavares, Matt.;
Inspired by a true story, this graphic novel about the ongoing battle of women striving for equality in sports follows the Wilkins Regional High School girls' basketball team in 1975 Indiana, as they push through to improbable victory after improbable victory despite their disadvantages.
Subjects: Sports comics.; School comics.; Historical comics.; Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Basketball for girls; Sex discrimination in sports; High schools; Cartoons and comics.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Women who woke up the law : inside the cases that changed women's rights in Canada / by Wells, Karin,1949-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.""Who was the woman trying to convince a jury in a tiny courthouse in Nova Scotia that it was self-defense when she killed her partner; and who was the young woman walking into the palais de justice in small-town Quebec arguing that it was her choice, not his, to have an abortion? What was it that pushed these women on, even when the lawyers said it was hopeless?" From the award-winning author of The Abortion Caravan and More Than a Footnote, Karin Wells once again pulls us into the lives and -- this time, the legal trials -- of a group of women integral to the advancement of women's rights in Canada. Eliza Campbell, Chantale Daigle, Jeannette Corbiere Lavell -- these Women Who Woke Up the Law often had no idea what they were facing in the courts, or the price they would have to pay. Some never saw justice themselves, but they left a legal legacy. Their bold determination is something we need now more than ever to guard the hard-won gains in women's rights"--
Subjects: Case studies.; Sex discrimination against women; Women; Women's rights;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Her space, her time : how trailblazing women scientists decoded the hidden universe / by Ghose, Shohini,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Her Space, Her Time shares the stories of women in physics and astronomy whose work expanded scientific understanding yet whose accomplishments are largely overlooked--creating a thrilling account of scientific discovery, inspirational leadership and persistence in the face of overwhelming challenges. In shaping her narrative around the science that fascinated them and the social context in which they worked, award-winning quantum physicist Shohini Ghose champions these remarkable women's contributions, which loom even larger given the misogyny and discrimination they faced. Ghose's canvas stretches from the 19th century to the present and includes many women whose work led to Nobel Prizes that were ultimately awarded to men. Among this list of impressive scientists: Henrietta Leavitt and Margaret Burbidge, who helped discover the big bang and the cosmic calendar; Anigaduwagi (Cherokee) aerospace scientist Mary Golda Ross, who helped make the Moon landings possible; atom splitter Lise Meitner; Bibha Chowdhuri, who discovered two fundamental particles; and Harriet Brooks--a Canadian physicist whose impact on radioactivity research was compared to Marie Curie's, but who felt that marriage, not science, was the choice she had to make. Engaging and inspirational, Her Space, Her Time is threaded through with Ghose's own experiences in science--women in STEM still face the same kind of challenges her subjects encountered--and driven by the imperative to make the invisible visible, ensuring that the names of these women who pursued science against all odds will never be forgotten"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Astronomers; Discoveries in science; Physicists; Sex discrimination in science.; Women astronomers; Women in astronomy.; Women in physics.; Women physicists;
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Mother of invention : how good ideas get ignored in an economy built for men / by Marçal, Katrine,author.; translation of:Marçal, Katrine.Att uppfinna världen.English.;
Includes bibliographical references."It all starts with a rolling suitcase. The wheel was invented some 5,000 years ago, and the modern suitcase in the mid-nineteenth century, but it wasn't until the 1970s that someone successfully married the two. What was the hold up? For writer and journalist Katrine Marçal, the answer is both shocking and simple: because "real men" carried their bags, no matter how heavy. There were rolling suitcases before the '70s, but they were marketed as a niche product for (the presumably few) women travelling alone, and the wheeled suitcase wasn't "invented" until it was no longer threatening to masculinity. Mother of Invention draws on this example and many others, from electric cars to tech billionaires, to show how gender bias stifles the economy and holds us back. Our traditional notions about men and women have delayed innovations, sometimes by hundreds of years, and have distorted our understanding of our history. While we talk about the Iron Age and the Bronze Age, we might as well talk about the Ceramic Age or the Flax Age, since these technologies were just as important. But inventions associated with women are not considered to be technology in the same way. Katrine Marçal's Mother of Invention is a fascinating examination of business, technology, and innovation through a feminist lens. Marçal takes us on a tour of the global economy, arguing that gendered assumptions dictate which businesses get funding, how we value work, and how we trace human progress. And it carries a powerful message: If we upend our biases, we can unleash our full potential, tackling climate change and wielding technology to become more human, rather than less."--
Subjects: Feminist economics.; Inventions.; Inventors.; Sex discrimination in economics.; Technology and women.; Women intellectuals.; Women inventors.; Women; Technological innovations;
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The Revenge Club / by Lette, Kathy,1958-author.;
Best friends Matilda, Penny, Sofia and Jo are approaching their sixties with flair until, one by one, their bubbles are burst. Matilda, a bestselling novelist, is dropped by her publisher; Penny is cut from her prime-time TV show in favour of her male co-host; Sofia's acting agent can only offer her menopause adverts and Jo - well Jo realised it's still a man's world a while ago. Confronted by a society that believes they're all past their amuse-by dates, the friends vow to face their non-entity crises together. Each has been trampled on by men, so - as the saying goes - if you can't beat them, join them. Let the revenge games begin!
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Novels.; Best friends; Businesspeople; Friendship; Man-woman relationships; Revenge; Sex discrimination against women; Women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The exceptions : Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the fight for women in science / by Zernike, Kate,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In 1999, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology admitted to discriminating against women on its faculty, forcing institutions across the country to confront a problem they had long ignored: the need for more women at the top levels of science. Written by the journalist who broke the story for The Boston Globe, The Exceptions is the untold story of how sixteen highly accomplished women on the MIT faculty came together to do the work that triggered the historic admission"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Hopkins, Nancy (Nancy H.); Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Sex discrimination against women; Sex discrimination in employment; Sex discrimination in higher education; Sex discrimination in science; Sexism in education; Sexism in higher education; Sexism in science; Women college teachers; Women in science; Women scientists; Women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Made in Dagenham [videorecording] / by Cole, Nigel.; Duffett, Nicola.; Hawkins, Sally.; Hoskins, Bob.; James, Geraldine,1950-; Riseborough, Andrea,1981-; Stanley, Lorraine.; Winstone, Jaime,1985-; BBC Films.; HanWay (Firm); Maple Pictures.; UK Film Council.;
Director of photography, John de Borman ; music by David Arnold ; edited by Michael Parker.Sally Hawkins, Andrea Riseborough, Jaime Winstone, Lorraine Stanley, Nicola Duffett, Geraldine James, Bob Hoskins.In 1968, the female workers at the Ford Dagenham car plant walked out in protest against sexual discrimination. Their actions played a major role in the battle for equal pay, both nationally and internationally.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, Dolby digital surround ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: O'Grady, Rita; Families; Feature films.; Historical films.; Sex discrimination against women; Sex discrimination in employment; Strikes and lockouts; Women employees;
© c2011., BBC Films ; Distributed by Maple Pictures,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Walking for water : how one boy stood up for gender equality / by Hughes, Susan,1960-; Miles, Nicole.;
A boy, Victor, realizes that the girls in his Malawi village are not being treated the same as the boys. When he and his twin sister Linesi turn eight years old, he still attends to school but Linesi, like other girls and women in the community, has to walk to the river several times a day to get water for the family. Victor comes up with a plan to help. Based on the true story of a Malawian boy, the book also includes information about education and water availability in Malawi, resources and a glossary of Chichewa words.LSC
Subjects: Sex discrimination against women; Women; Sex role; Brothers and sisters; Water-supply;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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