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Explore the many major and influential works by and about women — from fiction to poetry to thought-provoking studies and more — in the best value-priced edition available. Includes memorable classics as well as lesser known, hard-to-find works. An ideal addition to any women's studies collection!
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Recommendations... Great Poems by American Women: An Anthology
by Susan L. Rattiner
Superb, inexpensive anthology spans 4 centuries to include more than 200 inspiring poems by Emily Dickinson, Hilda Doolittle, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Amy Lowell, Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop, and others.
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by Gregory Guiteras
Portraits of 45 notable women, accompanied by biographical captions, spotlight Susan B. Anthony, Sandra Day O'Connor, Oprah Winfrey, Clara Barton, Barbara Walters, Margaret Mead, and many other prominent female figures.
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 The Awakening
by Kate Chopin
First published in 1899, this controversial novel of a New Orleans wife's search for love outside a stifling marriage shocked readers. Today, it remains a first-rate narrative with superb characterization. New introductory Note.
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| |  A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
by Mary Wollstonecraft
In an era of revolutions demanding greater liberties for mankind, Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was an ardent feminist who spoke eloquently for countless women of her time.
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 Famous Women of the Civil War Coloring Book
by Peter F. Copeland
Portraits of remarkable northern and southern women depict Belle Boyd, a Confederate spy; Dorothea Dix, Union Superintendent of Nurses; Harriet Tubman, African-American abolitionist; Mary Walker, doctor and Union spy; 27 others.
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| |  Woman's Life in Colonial Days
by Carl Holliday
Classic study suggests that, in spite of hardships, many American colonial women led rich, fulfilling lives. Thoughtfully written, well-documented account explores daily lives of women in New England and Southern colonies.
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Products in Women's Studies | | |  | The Autobiography of Margaret Sanger
by Margaret Sanger
Sanger was a pioneer in establishing birth control as a basic human right and a founder of the International Planned Parenthood Federation. Her autobiography is a classic of women's studies.
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by Kate Chopin
First published in 1899, this controversial novel of a New Orleans wife's search for love outside a stifling marriage shocked readers. Today, it remains a first-rate narrative with superb characterization. New introductory Note.
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|  | Daughter of Earth
by Agnes Smedley
Written in 1929 by a social activist, this autobiographical novel chronicles woman's escape from grinding rural poverty into a world of politics and revolution. Filled "with erotic heat which informs every page." — Village Voice.
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by Henrik Ibsen
Ibsen's best-known play displays his genius for realistic prose drama. An expression of women's rights, the play climaxes when the central character, Nora, rejects a smothering marriage and life in "a doll's house."
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| | Famous American Women
by Gregory Guiteras
Portraits of 45 notable women, accompanied by biographical captions, spotlight Susan B. Anthony, Sandra Day O'Connor, Oprah Winfrey, Clara Barton, Barbara Walters, Margaret Mead, and many other prominent female figures.
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| | Famous Women of the Civil War Coloring Book
by Peter F. Copeland
Portraits of remarkable northern and southern women depict Belle Boyd, a Confederate spy; Dorothea Dix, Union Superintendent of Nurses; Harriet Tubman, African-American abolitionist; Mary Walker, doctor and Union spy; 27 others.
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|  | Fashion and Women's Attitudes in the Nineteenth Century
by C. Willett Cunnington
Fascinating account of what "proper" 19th-century Englishwomen wore. Enlivened with extracts from contemporary novels, correspondence from columns in ladies' magazines, fashion descriptions. Collection of period advertisements. 8 black-and-white illustrations.
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|  | Great Paintings by Women Artists: 24 Full-Color Cards
by Hayward Cirker
Spanning the 17th through 20th centuries, this collection features 24 paintings by such outstanding artists as Mary Cassatt, Sonia Delaunay, Grandma Moses, Alice Neel, Elaine de Kooning, and others. Captions.
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by Susan L. Rattiner
Superb, inexpensive anthology spans 4 centuries to include more than 200 inspiring poems by Emily Dickinson, Hilda Doolittle, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Amy Lowell, Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop, and others.
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by Candace Ward
Choice collection of 13 stories includes "Life in the Iron Mills" by Rebecca Harding Davis, Zora Neale Hurston's "Sweat," plus superb fiction by Kate Chopin, Willa Cather, Edith Wharton, many others.
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|  | Hedda Gabler
by Henrik Ibsen
This dark psychological drama depicts the evil machinations of a ruthless, nihilistic heroine. Readers will discover an exploration of the nature of evil and the tragedy that lies in human frailty.
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by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Delightfully humorous account of a feminist utopia in which 3 male explorers stumble upon an all-female society. An early-20th-century writer's once-unconventional views on male-female behavior, motherhood, individuality, other topics.
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|  | Living My Life, Vol. 1
by Emma Goldman
Volume 1 of the candid, no-holds-barred account by American anarchist Goldman relates her philosophical and political journey through life, beginning with her emigration from Russia to the U.S. in 1886.
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by Emma Goldman
Volume 2 of the candid, no-holds-barred account by foremost American anarchist Goldman continues with the fascinating story of her life, the anarchist movement, her famous contemporaries, and their influential ideas.
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|  | A Pair of Silk Stockings
by Kate Chopin
Includes 9 masterful portraits of black and white inhabitants of Louisiana's bayou and urban areas. Written with grace, delicate humor, and a keen understanding of the female psyche.
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|  | The Subjection of Women
by John Stuart Mill
This landmark in the struggle for human rights, written by the great English philosopher, argues for equality in all legal, political, social and domestic relations between men and women.
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| | A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
by Mary Wollstonecraft
In an era of revolutions demanding greater liberties for mankind, Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was an ardent feminist who spoke eloquently for countless women of her time.
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by Olive Schreiner
This feminist classic represents an eloquent call for the rectification of gender-related inequalities of early 20th century labor practices. Examines social changes engendered by technological progress, advocating expanded roles for women.
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|  | Woman in the Nineteenth Century
by Margaret Fuller
This 1845 classic by prototypical feminist discusses the Woman Question, prostitution and slavery, marriage, employment, reform, many other topics. Enormously influential work is today a classic of feminist literature.
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by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Book-by-book examination of the Bible by pioneer in women's rights movement places events in their historical context, interprets passages as allegory and fact, and compares them with myths of other cultures.
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