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...

Published November 26th 2007 by 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...

Published September 28th 2007 by Routledge.

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The Gay Liberation Youth Movement in New York

'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...

Published September 28th 2007 by Routledge.

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Nineteenth-Century British Women's Education, 1840–1900

Edited by Susan Hamilton, Janice Schroeder

This new six-volume collection from Routledge and Edition Synapse brings together key documents from the Victorian feminist campaign to establish and improve girls’ and women’s...

Published August 29th 2007 by Routledge.

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Negotiating Motherhood in Nineteenth-Century American Literature

By Mary McCartin Wearn

Returning to a foundational moment in the history of the American family, Negotiating Motherhood in Nineteenth-Century American Literature explores how various authors of the period...

Published August 10th 2007 by Routledge.

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The Routledge History of Women in Europe since 1700

Edited by Deborah Simonton

The Routledge History of Women in Europe since 1700 is a landmark publication that provides the most coherent overview of women’s role and place in western...

Published June 29th 2007 by Routledge.

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Representations of Slave Women in Discourses on Slavery and Abolition, 1780–1838

By Henrice Altink

Taking Jamaica as its focus of study, this book analyzes three debates about slave women in the period 1780–1838 which were central to the competing...

Published June 11th 2007 by Routledge.

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African American Feminisms, 1828–1923

Edited by Teresa Zackodnik

The black women's club movement is frequently seen as definitive of "first-wave" African American feminism. However, this six-volume collection from the History of Feminism series...

Published June 7th 2007 by Routledge.

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Women in Science

A Social and Cultural History

By Ruth Watts

The first book of its kind to provide a full and comprehensive historical grounding of the contemporary issues of gender and women in science.

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Published June 6th 2007 by Routledge.

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Sceptical History

Feminist and Postmodern Approaches in Practice

By Hélène Bowen Raddeker

A highly original work in history and theory, this survey considers major themes including identity, class and sexual difference, and weaves them into debates on...

Published April 30th 2007 by Routledge.

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