feminists

A biography of one of the foremost women in the battle for equal rights and the vote for women, Susan B. Anthony.

Capsule biographies of prominent women in such fields as politics, science, religion, business, and literature.

Betty Friedan reflects on her own life, from her lonely childhood to the founding of NOW. While chronicling the secret underground of women in Washington in the early sixties, she recounts the political infighting and dirty tricks that occurred within the movement of NOW. Also includes information about her twenty-two marriage to an advertising entrepreneur, which deteriorated into physical abuse.

Taj al-Saltana, daughter of the ruler of Iran, recounts her personal history and reflects on the cultural and political factors that influenced her life and her country's history.

A memoir in which the author shares episodes from her life, looking from the perspective of middle age on her experiences growing up in the American midwest, discussing her family, school, weight, and sexuality issues.

Tells the story of the feminist revolution through the lives of the women who made it.

A biography of a nineteenth-century pioneer feminist who was a leader in the women's rights movement.

Presents a short biography of campaigner of women's suffrage, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and chronicles her life and role models, the Woman's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, the history of women's rights, and more.

Describes the life and work of Jyotirmayee Mohapatra, a young Indian woman who fights for the rights of women and children in India.