|
|
|
Publisher CommentsMerle Hoffman's life story is riveting. A former classical pianist, a self-made millionaire, and a feminist who found her life's work providing abortions, she has been a fearless crusader for women's right to choose. Over the years, Hoffman has used her entrepreneurial spirit to build one of the most comprehensive women's medical centers in the country. In 1971 (two years before the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision ... read more>>>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Publisher CommentsCaitlin Flanagan's essays about marriage, sex, and families have sparked national debates. Now she turns her attention to girls: the biological and cultural milestones for girls today, and how they shape a girl's sense of herself.
The transition from girl to woman is an experience that has changed radically over the generations: everything from how a girl learns about her period to how she expects to be treated by boys and men. Girls today ... read more>>>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Publisher Comments
In the pathbreaking tradition of Backlash and The Time Bind, The Conflict, a #1 European bestseller, identifies a surprising setback to women's freedom: progressive modern motherhood Elisabeth Badinter has for decades been in the vanguard of the European fight for women's equality. Now, in an explosive new book, she points her finger at a most unlikely force undermining the status of women: liberal motherhood,... read more>>>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Publisher Comments"A real-life detective story that reveals the drama behind the scenes of a great Supreme Court victory for human rights." -Linda Greenhouse
No one could have predicted that the night of September 17, 1998, would be anything but routine in Houston, Texas. Even the call to police that a black man was "going crazy with a gun" was hardly unusual in this urban setting. Nobody could have imagined that the arrest of two men for a minor criminal offense wo... read more>>>
|
|
|
|
|
More Gender Books
Browse All Gender Books
More Featuerd Gender Books
Gay & Lesbian
Women
|
