Women Of The Prologue

Author : Eric G. Neilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1577363647

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What's Past is Prologue by Eric G. Neilson Pdf

One doctor's career began more than half a century ago, during World War II; another's began only recently, near the start of the new millennium. One scientist was a Kentucky farm girl who had never dreamed of going to college; another survived the cultural re-education prescribed for intellectuals under China's late Chairman Mao. Despite various backgrounds, these women in science at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine have much in common with each other, and, they hope, with women who will come after. Twenty-seven female scientists share their personal stories of life in academic research. They reveal their family backgrounds and how they became interested in science, research, and medicine. Each relates her educational growth, professional successes and struggles, and life experiences. Time after time, these doctors stress the joy of discovery and the keys to success: caring mentors, strong time management skills, and supportive friends and family.

Author : Carole M. Watson
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1985-09-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015011258236

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Prologue by Carole M. Watson Pdf

Based on an analysis of 58 novels written by black American women between 1891 and 1965, the volume discusses the emergence of writing by black women, their major concerns and themes, their relevance to specific groups and the social, economic, moral, and political viewpoints disclosed. Watson focuses on 10 novels during the periods 1891-1920, 1921-1945, and 1946-1965, and discusses their literary characteristics and aesthetic achievement. These include the novels of Frances Harper, Pauline Hopkins, Jessie Fauset, Zora Neale Hurston, Ann Petry, Paule Marshall, and Kristin Hunter. The author discusses the use of fiction as a weapon of protest; race consciousness and self-criticism, concerns such as middle-class values and the ideal of self-help in the novels written after World War I; the maturity of the novels after World War II; and the characteristic Afro-American fiction as compared to mainstream American fiction. ISBN 0-313-23630-5: $27.95.

Author : Mona L. Siegel
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231551182

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Peace on Our Terms by Mona L. Siegel Pdf

In the watershed year of 1919, world leaders met in Paris, promising to build a new international order rooted in democracy and social justice. Female activists demanded that statesmen live up to their word. Excluded from the negotiating table, women met separately, crafted their own agendas, and captured global headlines with a message that was both straightforward and revolutionary: enduring peace depended as much on recognition of the fundamental humanity and equality of all people—regardless of sex, race, class, or creed—as on respect for the sovereignty of independent states. Peace on Our Terms follows dozens of remarkable women from Europe, the Middle East, North America, and Asia as they crossed oceans and continents; commanded meeting halls in Paris, Zurich, and Washington; and marched in the streets of Cairo and Beijing. Mona L. Siegel’s sweeping global account of international organizing highlights how Egyptian and Chinese nationalists, Western and Japanese labor feminists, white Western suffragists, and African American civil rights advocates worked in tandem to advance women’s rights. Despite significant resistance, these pathbreaking women left their mark on emerging democratic constitutions and new institutions of global governance. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Peace on Our Terms is the first book to demonstrate the centrality of women’s activism to the Paris Peace Conference and the critical diplomatic events of 1919. Siegel tells the timely story of how female activists transformed women’s rights into a global rallying cry, laying a foundation for generations to come.

Author : Nina Schneider
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0445046317

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The Woman who Lived in a Prologue by Nina Schneider Pdf

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781425032364

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Legend of Good Women by Geoffrey Chaucer Pdf

An outstanding poem and a consummate example of employing the dream vision technique. It is one of the longest works of Chaucer. The poet unfolds ten stories of virtuous women in nine sections. It is one of the first mock-heroic works in English Literature. Inspirational!...

Author : Orrie Hitt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781440539749

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Woman Hunt by Orrie Hitt Pdf

Cynthia was just what Bill Masters wanted - at first. But her opulent charms proved a lot more accessible than her equally lush bank account, and after all she would be worth a hundred thousand dollars to him - dead. Besides, there was that pretty redhead, Sherry. And Donna, whom once he had loved and maybe he could love again . . . So Bill, who loved to hunt, set up his guns and his traps. Only this time the victim was human. Cynthia to be exact. Which would have worked out fine except that Sherry caught on. All those attractions of hers - the proud profile, the saucy hips, the slim, silky legs - they were prime bait. It was Bill who was snared now!

Author : Natalie Zemon Davis
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 067495520X

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Women on the Margins by Natalie Zemon Davis Pdf

Maria Sibylla Merian, a German painter and naturalist, produced an innovative work on tropical insects based on lore she gathered from the Carib, Arawak, and African women of Suriname.

Author : Claire Trépanier
Publisher : Athabasca University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781897425848

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A Woman of Valour by Claire Trépanier Pdf

"A Woman of Valour is the biography of Marie-Louise Bouchard Labelle, a French-Canadian woman who found love with a priest thirty-three years her senior. Against all social convention, they lived, produced three children, and built a life together after fleeing their village. However, after several years together, Bouchard's husband ultimately chose to return to the priesthood, abandoning his family as a result. Through interviews and documentation, Claire Trepanier tells Bouchard's story of survival while highlighting the history of women's stature in Canada, and raising a question about the celibacy of Catholic priests."--Publisher's description

Author : Gillian Wright
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781107037922

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Producing Women's Poetry, 1600-1730 by Gillian Wright Pdf

Gillian Wright combines literary and bibliographical approaches to examine the work of five English women poets in the period 1600-1730.

Author : Ingrid Berzins Leuzy
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781606933015

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Silent Women by Ingrid Berzins Leuzy Pdf

Canadian writer and television producer Leuzy explores the universal struggle of trying to age gracefully within a society that does not always value that process, and the effort it takes to come to terms with those life events that did not have a happy ending.

Author : John Livingston Lowes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1900
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:5266444

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The Prologue to the Legend of Good Women Considered in Its Chronological Relations by John Livingston Lowes Pdf

Author : Lauren Elliott
Publisher : Kensington Cozies
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781496720238

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Prologue to Murder by Lauren Elliott Pdf

After a career working with rare books at the Boston Public Library, Addie Greyborne is back in her seaside New England hometown—where unfortunately, murder is not so rare . . . Gossip columnists love a bold-faced name—but “Miss Newsy” at Greyborne Harbor’s local paper seems to specialize in bald-faced lies. She’s pointed a finger of suspicion at Addie after librarian June Winslow never makes it home from a book club meeting. And when June’s found at the bottom of a steep flight of stairs, Addie’s not only dealing with a busybody, but a dead body. It’s a good thing the guy she’s dating is the police chief. But both the case and her love life get more complicated when a lanky blonde reporter from Los Angeles shows up. She’s trying her hardest to drive a wedge between the couple . . . as if Addie doesn’t have enough problems dealing with angry townspeople. Despite all the rumors, Addie doesn’t know a thing about the murder—but she plans to find out. And the key may lie in a book about pirate legends that June published. Now she just has to hunt down the clues before she becomes a buried treasure herself . . .

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780393341782

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The Selected Canterbury Tales: A New Verse Translation by Geoffrey Chaucer Pdf

Fisher's work is a vivid, lively, and readable translation of the most famous work of England's premier medieval poet. Preserving Chaucer's rhyme and meter and faithfully articulating his poetic voice, Fisher makes Chaucer's tales accessible to a contemporary ear.

Author : Claire M. Tylee,Elaine Turner,Agnes Cardinal
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0415222974

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War Plays by Women by Claire M. Tylee,Elaine Turner,Agnes Cardinal Pdf

This anthology consists of ten plays from countries involved in the First World War. It explores the historical development of theatrical conventions and genres and the historical context of social and gender issues.

Author : Lilla Maria Crisafulli,Keir Elam
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0754655776

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Women's Romantic Theatre and Drama by Lilla Maria Crisafulli,Keir Elam Pdf

Bringing together leading British, North American, and Italian critics, this collection makes a crucial intervention in the reclamation of women's theatrical activities during the Romantic period. As they examine key figures like Elizabeth Inchbald, Joanna Baillie, Elizabeth Vestris, and Jane Scott, the contributors take up topics such as women's history plays, ethics and sexuality, the politics of drama and performance, and the role of women as managers and producers.