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A greater goal

the epic battle for equal pay in women's soccer--and beyond
2024
"A history of the more than 250 women who have played for the U.S. National Soccer Team and their battle for equal pay"--Provided by publisher.

Billie Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs

2019
"Most of the time sports are seen as the height of competition, but often they also bring people together in times of cultural, social, and political upheaval. 'Billie Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs' explores the way the famous Battle of the Sexes tennis match served to bring men and women together to advocate for equal rights across genders. Includes ties to 21st Century themes, as well as infographics, timelines, glossary, and index"--Provided by publisher.

When women stood

the untold history of females who changed sports and the world
"[A] . . . history of women and their fight for equality, told through the influential world of sports"--Provided by publisher.

Malala

activist for girls' education
2023
An illustrated biography of Malala Yousafzai, a Muslim teenage girl from Pakistan, who advocates for education of women and children, and whom the Taliban attempted to assassinate on October 9, 2012.

Good for a girl

a woman running in a man's world
2023
"Fueled by her years as an elite runner and advocate for women in sports, Lauren Fleshman offers her . . . personal story and a rallying cry for reform of a sports landscape that is failing young female athletes. . . Part memoir, part manifesto, [this book] is Fleshman's story of falling in love with running as a girl, being pushed to her limits and succumbing to devastating injuries, and daring to fight for a better way for female athletes. . . Drawing on not only her own story but also emerging research on the physiology and psychology of young athletes, both male and female, Fleshman gives voice to the often-silent experience of the female athlete and argues that the time has come to rebuild our systems of competitive sport with women at their center"--Provided by publisher.

Hoops

2023
Inspired by a true story, this graphic novel about the ongoing battle of women striving for equality in sports follows the Wilkins Regional High School girls' basketball team in 1975 Indiana, as they push through to improbable victory after improbable victory despite their disadvantages.

In defense of witches

the legacy of the witch hunts and why women are still on trial
2022
"Centuries after the infamous witch hunts that swept through Europe and America, witches continue to hold a unique fascination for many: as fairy tale villains, practitioners of pagan religion, as well as feminist icons. Witches are both the ultimate victim and the stubborn, elusive rebel. But who were the women who were accused and often killed for witchcraft? What types of women have centuries of terror censored, eliminated, and repressed? Celebrated feminist writer Mona Chollet explores three types of women who were accused of witchcraft and persecuted. . . . Rather than being a brief moment in history, the persecution of witches is an example of society's seemingly eternal misogyny, while women today are direct heirs to those who were hunted down and killed for their thoughts and actions"--Provided by publisher.

Working toward gaining equality for women

2021
"Women make up about half the world's population, but women worldwide have had to fight for equal rights--to be able to vote, do the same jobs as men for the same rate of pay, own property, and have the same opportunities in education. This book looks at the campaigns fought throughout history, including suffrage movements around the world, strikes for equal pay, and International Women's Day. The struggle by activists continues today to end child marriage and safeguard women in the military. Links to further information help readers find out more about current campaigns and become activists themselves"--Provided by publisher.

Malala Yousafzai

Looks as the life of Malala Yousafzai, a young Pakistani woman who was shot by the Taliban for sharing her views about education for and the unfair treatment of girls and women and won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Kim Jiyoung, born 1982 =

Palsip yi nyeon saeng Kim Jiyeong
Thirty-something "millennial everywoman" Kim Jiyoung leaves her white-collar desk job to fulfill the South Korean expectation that she will focus on being a mother to her newborn daughter, full-time. It isn't long before Jiyoung exhibits an alarming species of psychosis--she begins speaking in perfect impersonations of the voices of other women, living and dead. Her husband demands she goes to see a male psychologist, and there, in the male dominated world, Jiyoung lets out her grievances, from her childhood till now.

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