women

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women

Phenomenal woman

2000
Presents a poetic celebration of women by twentieth-century American author and poet Maya Angelou, accompanied by color reproductions of paintings by nineteenth-century French Post-impressionist painter Paul Gauguin.

From clueless to class act

manners for the modern woman
2006
An etiquette guide for modern women, providing the rules of proper behavior and attire for a wide variety of places and situations.

In their shoes

extraordinary women describe their amazing careers
2007
Provides profiles of over two hundred potential careers for women, discussing education, training, salary, stress levels, and dress code; and includes interviews with women in the professions.

Dorothea Lange

2004
Discusses the life and work of the twentieth century American photographer, Dorothea Lange.

Nina Simone

2004
Presents a biography of Nina Simone, discussing her early life as a musical prodigy, her careers as a pianist and singer, her work as a civil rights activist, her move to Europe, and her later performing years.

Elisabeth K?bler-Ross

encountering death and dying
2005
Tells the life story of Elisabeth-K?bler-Ross, the psychiatrist whose research on the experiences of dying hospital patients and their families helped medical professionals find better ways to help people with the processes of death and grieving.

Women in American society

2006
Contains facts, tables, charts, and statistics on different groups of American women and aspects of women's lives in the U.S., covering such topics as women's education, health, and occupations; women as criminals and as victims; women in politics; and child and elder care.

Virginia Woolf

2004
Discusses the life and work of the twentieth-century English author, Virginia Woolf.

Our bodies, ourselves

a new edition for a new era
2005
Addresses a variety of women's health issues, providing expert information as well as personal stories on such issues as body image, illness, pregnancy, childbirth, AIDS, aging, nutrition, sexuality, and others.

"---and ladies of the club"

2000
Tells of the lifetimes of two women in a small Ohio town from the Civil War to the New Deal, and of their views of the other ladies of the Waynesboro literary society.

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