The Women's Suffrage Movement in Britain and Ireland

A Regional Survey

By Elizabeth Crawford

In this comprehensive study, Elizabeth Crawford provides the first survey of women’s suffrage campaigns across the British Isles and Ireland, focusing on local campaigns and...

May 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47739-0 (Routledge)

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The Search for Negotiated Peace

Women's Activism and Citizen Diplomacy in World War I

By David S. Patterson

The First World War was an epic event of huge proportions that lasted over four years and involved the armies of more than twenty nations,...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-96142-4 (Routledge)

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The Quest for Gentility in China

Negotiations Beyond Gender and Class

Edited by Daria Berg, Chloe Starr

The quest for gentility has shaped Chinese civilization and the formation of culture in China until the present day. This book analyzes social aspirations and...

2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-43586-4 (Routledge)

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By Kalenda C. Eaton

This book examines how cultural and ideological reactions to activism in the post-Civil Rights Black community were depicted in fiction written by Black women writers,...

2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-96129-5 (Routledge)

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Her Husband was a Woman!

Women's Gender-Crossing in Modern British Popular Culture

By Alison Oram

Tracking the changing representation of female gender-crossing in the press, this text breaks new ground to reveal findings where both desire between women and cross-gender...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40007-7 (Routledge)

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The Sciences of Homosexuality in Early Modern Europe

Edited by Kenneth Borris, George S. Rousseau

The Sciences of Homosexuality in Early Modern Europe investigates early modern scientific accounts of same-sex desires and the shapes they assumed in everyday life. It...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-44692-1 (Routledge)

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Gender and the American Temperance Movement of the Nineteenth Century

By Holly Berkley Fletcher

During the nineteenth century, the American temperance movement underwent a visible, gendered shift in its leadership as it evolved from a male-led movement to one...

2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-96312-1 (Routledge)

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Unequal Sisters

An Inclusive Reader in US Women's History

Edited by Vicki L. Ruiz

Unequal Sisters has become a beloved and classic reader in American Women’s History. It provides an unparalleled resource for understanding women’s history in the United...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-95841-7 (Routledge)

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Feminism and Empire

Women Activists in Imperial Britain, 1790–1865

By Clare Midgley

Feminism and Empire establishes the foundational impact that Britain's position as leading imperial power had on the origins of modern western feminism. Based on extensive...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-25015-3 (Routledge)

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'An Army of Lovers Cannot Fail'

By Stephan Cohen

Between 1966 and 1975 North American youth activists established over 35 school- and community-based gay liberation youth groups whose members sought control over their own...

2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-95799-1 (Routledge)

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