Historisch-materialistische analyse van etnografisch materiaal ter toetsing van de hypothese dat vrouwen niet van nature gedwongen zijn tot de rol van de zwakkere partij.

Born in 1911 in the illustrious Sarabhai family of Ahmedabad, Mridula came under the spell of Gandhi and left her palatial home to hoin the Salt Satyagraha. She was involved not only in the freedom struggle but also in the fight for women's equality, for the individual's right in dissent, and for the rights of minorities. This biography represents a page from the social and political history of modern India, over half a century seen through the life of one person.

In this eagerly anticipated interpretation of the life and work of quintessential "public intellectual" Jane Addams (1860-1935), Jean Bethke Elshtain explores Addams's legacy thematically and chronologically, recounting her embrace of "social feminism," her challenge to the usual cleavage between "conservative" and "liberal," and the growth of Chicago's famed Hull House into a thriving cultural and intellectual center. Jane Addams and the Dream of American Democracy is a rich and revealing portrait of one of the most extraordinary figures in American history.

Inleidend overzicht van de belangrijkste godsdiensten en religieuze stromingen.

Persoonlijk verslag van het laatste levensjaar van de bekende Nederlandse feministe, die in 1981 stierf.

Essays discuss housewives, shoemakers, labor movements, slavery, farmers, strikes, domestic workers, and changes in women's work over the past two centuries.

"An extraordinary new series intended to capture extraordinary moments in history." -Chicago Tribune TURNING POINTS features preeminent writers offering fresh, personal perspectives on the defining events of our time. Available Now Eleanor Clift, Founding Sisters and the Nineteenth Amendment Alan Dershowitz, America Declares Independence Thomas Fleming, The Louisiana Purchase William Least Heat-Moon, Columbus in the Americas Scott Simon, Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball Forthcoming Titles Douglas Brinkley on the March on Washington William F. Buckley Jr. on the Fall of the Berlin Wall Sir Martin Gilbert on D-Day Martin Goldsmith on the Beatles Coming to America Kweisi Mfume on the Emancipation Proclamation

Handreiking voor bezinning op het eigen levensverhaal volgens een vooraf bepaald vast model.

The reader is led through an impressive amount of documentation on 'Gender, Environment and Development': introductory readings, conference materials, theoretical writings, examinations of global and local issues, policy rhetoric, analytical tools and work on social movements.

Humoristische strategieën gericht op drie levensdoelen: aan kracht winnen, de tegenstander verzwakken en nog sterker worden.