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Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Greer Kadetsky is a shy college freshman when she meets the woman she hopes will change her life. Faith Frank, dazzlingly persuasive and elegant at sixty-three, has been a central pillar of the women's movement for decades, a figure who inspires others to influence the world. Upon hearing Faith speak for the first time, Greer--madly in love with her boyfriend, Cory, but still full of longing for an ambition that she can't quite place--feels her inner...
3) Life so far
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
The autobiography of Betty Friedan, whose 1963 book "The Feminine Mystique" spearheaded the women's movement; describing her turbulent marriage, her family life, and the formation and complicated history of the National Organization for Women.
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"A scrapbook-style teen guide to understanding what it really means to be a feminist packed with contributions from a diverse range of voices, including celebrities and public figures, and featuring more than forty-four pieces, including an eight-page insert of full-color illustrations"--
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Gloria Steinem had an itinerant childhood. Every fall, her father would pack the family into the car and they would drive across the country, in search of their next adventure. The seeds were planted: Steinem would spend much of her life on the road, as a journalist, organizer, activist, and speaker. In vivid stories that span an entire career, Steinem writes about her time on the campaign trail, from Bobby Kennedy to Hillary Clinton; her early exposure...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The author describes her lifelong commitment to feminism in a meditation on what it means to be a woman, discussing progress within the movement in her lifetime, what remains to be done, and how to move forward in the future.
9) Fire and fog
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
The Great San Francisco Earthquake seems to shake up the life of sleuth Fremont Jones, when in the wake of the disaster she finds herself learning to drive, pursued by two admirers, falling in love, and becoming involved with murderous smugglers.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace & Co
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Frieda Haxby Palmer, an aging feminist writer, throws her children into an uproar when she sells the family home and purchases a dilapidated hotel by the sea in Exmoor, where she proceeds to engage in increasingly eccentric behavior that has Daniel, Rosemary, and Gogo living in fear for their inheritances.
Author
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
This filmed performance of renowned historian Howard Zinn's stage play Emma dramatizes the life of Emma Goldman, the famed anarchist, feminist, and free-spirited thinker who was exiled from the United States because of her outspoken views, including her opposition to World War I. The play draws on Goldman's influential autobiography, speeches, and political writings to trace her emergence as one of the foremost radical intellectuals and dissident...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Passionate Politics tells the story of Charlotte Bunch, from idealistic young civil rights organizer to lesbian activist, to internationally-recognized leader of a campaign to put women's rights on the global human rights agenda. Charlotte has been both a product and creator of her times: every chapter in her life is a chapter in the story of modern feminist activism, from its roots in the 1960's struggles for social justice to international campaigns...
Author
Series
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The second enthralling Hillsbridge Saga, perfect for fans of Rosie Goodwin and Katie Flynn
The Great War is over, it is 1926, and Amy Hall is struggling to make a success of the business her late husband has left her. But her strong will and stubborn nature won't let her give up.
With the handsome, ruthless Ralph Porter waiting for Amy to slip up so that he can absorb her ailing business into his empire, she must be vigilant. Amy has always been...
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Cordelia learns a lesson about the rights and abilities of girls and women when she spends time taking care of Jules, a horse belonging to nineteenth century feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The highly acclaimed, provocative New York Times bestseller from the award-winning author of Americanah. In this personal, eloquently-argued essay'adapted from the much-admired TEDx talk of the same name'Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century, one rooted in inclusion and awareness. Drawing extensively on her own experiences and her deep understanding of the often masked realities of...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
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"The story follows Hetty "Handful" Grimke, a Charleston slave, and Sarah, the daughter of the wealthy Grimke family. The novel begins on Sarah's eleventh birthday, when she is given ownership over Handful, who is to be her handmaid. "The Invention of Wings" follows the next thirty-five years of their lives. Inspired in part by the historical figure of Sarah Grimke (a feminist, suffragist and, importantly, an abolitionist), Kidd allows herself to go...
Author
Publisher
Sasquatch Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Providing a new and illuminating look at 27 women who've changed the world, Dead Feminists ties these historical women and the challenges they faced into the most important issues of today. Based on the cult-following limited edition Dead Feminists letterpress poster series by illustrator Chandler O'Leary and letterpress artist Jessica Spring, the book combines new art and lettering, archival photographs and ephemera, and revisits the original poster...
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