Women's Studies
78 Articles & Excerpts
What Holds Us Back
 Power Tools for Women
by Joni Daniels
Patty had been employed with a local college for many years when a dean's position became available. As she reviewed the requirements, she recognized that her previous positions had provided her with the experiences needed to qualify for the job
Preface
The first book to document how participating in sports changes young girls' lives during the difficult years of adolescence. From high-profile women's professional leagues to high-school-level champions, girl athletes are acheiving record breakthroughs.
Wouldn't It Be Great?
 Ambition Is Not a Dirty Word: A Woman's Guide to Earning Her Worth and Achieving Her Dreams
by Debra Condren, Ph.D.
We women aren't advancing in our careers the way we should. We're not making the money we deserve or getting the fulfillment we desire. And this time it's not men who are holding us back.
Woman's Guide to Finding Her Inner Voice and Living a Life of Authenticity
by Helene G. Brenner, Ph.D.
I laugh to myself when my clients tell me how calm I am, because, like many women, I am an emotional person. I easily get my feelings hurt. I have deep needs for connection and intimacy. I have always been this way and I still am.
Women and Friendship : The Circle of Decades
 Every Woman Has a Story: Many Voices, Many Lessons, Many Lives
by Daryl Ott Underhill
Imagine yourself in a room surrounded by women from all walks of life. Women so dissimilar to the eye that one might wonder what could possibly have brought them together. Then, as each woman begins to speak, the differences fade and the common thread
The Body as Evidence
 The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls
by Joan Jacobs Brumberg
At the close of the twentieth century, the female body poses an enormous problem for American girls, and it does so because of the culture in which we live. The process of sexual maturation is more difficult for girls today than it was a century ago
Jackie's Immortal Godmothers
 The Mona Lisa Stratagem: The Art of Women, Age, and Power
by Harriet Rubin
Around the time a woman reaches 45, there is one enemy with the power to threaten her confidence, steal her beauty, make her feel invisible, and turn even the pleasures of life against her. That enemy is Time.
Good choice # 1
 10 Good Choices That Empower Black Women's Lives
by Grace Cornish, Ph.D.
Is a red rose more beautiful than a yellow one? Or a white rose prettier than a pink? Who can be the judge of which is more valuable? Just as roses vary in their beauty, so do women. Whether white, black, Hispanic, Indian, or Asian, all are beautiful.
Sticks and Stones, The Power Within
Power Tools for Women
by Joni Daniels
Not only might other people harbor negative thoughts about our behavior, they might even say what they are thinking. While a man may feel a certain male pride if he is referred to as a 'tough bastard,' a woman feels cut to the core when she is called
Equal = Equal
 The 51% Minority; How Women Still Are Not Equal and What You Can Do About It
by Lis Wiehl
Women make up 51% of the American population, yet still aren't treated equally to men in areas that matter most. In this provocative new book, Lis Wiehl, one of the country's top federal prosecutors, reveals the legal and social inequalities women
The Home / Work Dilemma
Power Tools for Women
by Joni Daniels
When I talk to women at corporate and professional development seminars about using all their skills, they tell me, 'I can do this at work but not at home.' 'I can do this at home but not with my church group.'
Good Works Versus Good Looks
The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls
by Joan Jacobs Brumberg
The traditional emphasis on 'good works' as opposed to 'good looks' meant that the lives of young women in the nineteenth century had a very different orientation from those of girls today.
We Are Stuck
Power Tools for Women
by Joni Daniels
If you have strength and don't realize it, then that strength has little value for you. If you appreciate your strength but fail to exercise it, others won't be aware of it and will act as if it doesn't exist.
The Birth of the Female Brain
 The Female Brain
by Louann Brizendine, M.D.
Why are women more verbal than men? Why do women remember details of fights that men can't remember at all? Why do women tend to form deeper bonds with their female friends than men do with their male counterparts?
Life's Afternoon
 Rebels in White Gloves: Coming of Age with Hillary's Class - Wellesley '69
by Miriam Horn
In this social history, Miriam Horn retraces the lives of women caught on a historic cusp. This generation was the first to test-drive modern rules that remain complicated and contentious regarding sexuality, marriage, motherhood, paid work, spirituality
In the Ruins of Patriarchy
 For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of the Experts Advice to Women
by Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English
A provocative new perspective on female history, the history of American medicine and psychology, and the history of child-rearing unlike any other.
Dear Diary
The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls
by Joan Jacobs Brumberg
What was it like to develop breasts or begin your periods a century ago? Did these biological events occur at the same age in the Victorian era? Have American girls always regarded the body as their most important project?
Unscrambling The Egg
 Woman: An Intimate Geography
by Natalie Angier
With the clarity, insight, and sheer exuberance of language that make her one of The New York Times's premier stylists, Pulitzer Prize-winner Natalie Angier lifts the veil of secrecy from that most enigmatic of evolutionary masterpieces, the female body.
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