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The secret history of Wonder Woman

A cultural history of Wonder Woman traces the character's creation and enduring popularity, drawing on interviews and archival research to reveal the pivotal role of feminism in shaping her seven-decade story.

Standing alone in Mecca

an American woman's struggle for the soul of Islam
2005
"Wall Street Journal" correspondent Asra Nomani chronicles the experiences she had while accompanying other Muslims on the pilgrimage to Mecca required of all Muslims once in their lives.

Redesigning the American dream

the future of housing, work, and family life
1984
Provides a plan for recreating housing policy and living space that will serve families.

Women's issues

1997
Contains alphabetically-arranged entries that provide information about women's issues, discussing U.S. Supreme Court cases and federal legislation, education, employment, feminist theory, marriage and family, female participation in athletics, women in the military, and other topics.

Faces of feminism

an activist's reflections on the women's movement
1997
A history of the women's movement in the United States, focusing on the second wave of feminism which began in the 1960s, looking at the ever-evolving issues addressed by the movement, and discussing how the feminist agenda is affected by political, social, and economic factors.

Women's rights movement

2013
Chronicles the history of the Women's Rights Movement in America that describes the events and people responsible for changing the face of the nation including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the Temperance and Suffrage movements, and the Equal Rights Amendment.

Feminisms and critical pedagogy

1992
Feminisms and Critical Pedagogy centres around the theoretical effort to construct a feminist pedagogy which will democratize gender relations in the classroom, and practical ways to implement a truly feminist pedagogy. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------.

Getting smart

feminist research and pedagogy with/in the postmodern
1991
The ways in which knowledge relates to power have been much discussed in radical education theory. New emphasis on the role of gender and the growing debate about subjectivity have deepened the discussion, while making it more complex. In Getting Smart, Patti Lather makes use of her unique integration of feminism and postmodernism into critical education theory to address some of the most vital questions facing education researchers and teachers.

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