Gender studies: women and girls Books
University of Wisconsin Press Womens Wisconsin From Native Matriarchies to the
Book SynopsisFeatures excerpts of articles and primary sources, such as women's letters, reminiscences, and oral histories, previously published in the "Wisconsin Magazine of History" and other WHS publications. This book provides the commentary and analysis to make Wisconsin women's history accessible to students, scholars, and lifelong learners.Trade Review"Wisconsin history needs something like this; I know of nothing even remotely comparable." - Kim E. Nielsen, associate professor of social change and women's studies historian, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay"
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Wisconsin Historical Society Press Somos Latinas
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Wisconsin Historical Society Press Letters from Clara
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John Wiley & Sons There Was an Old Woman Reflections on these Strange Surprising Shining Years
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John Wiley & Sons A Municipal Mother Portlands Lola Greene Baldwin
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Bauhan (William L.),U.S. Legal Tender
Book SynopsisIlluminating the lies, secrets, and silences beneath our discomfort
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Utah State University Press Presumed Incompetent The Intersections of Race
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John Wiley & Sons Women Pilots Of World War II
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Absorbing, well written, and a pleasure to read."—Library Journal "[A] celebration of vitality and courage."—The Women's Review of Books "Clearly written and a pleasure to read.... Cole maintains a historical context while relating the stories of these courageous pilots."—Military Review “By detailing the background of each woman, telling who she was, how she came to aviation and to the WASPs, Cole has provided a valuable portrait of a unique historic group. A pleasure to read.”—South Dakota History “Like a beautiful patchwork quilt, Jean [Cole]’s book combines many bits and pieces into a lovely pattern alike with vibrant colors.”—WASP News “Enriched by many humorous anecdotes. The book captures the overwhelming energy and dedication of these women who were truly pioneers of their time.”—Texas Books in Review “A contribution to both women’s history and to that of the West, not to mention also to aviation history.”—The Western Library “Oral histories are only as good as the characters they deal with, and Cole has tapped a gold mine. Histories of the best sort, the kind that demonstrate that history is not simply a study of how the famous accomplish remarkable deeds, but of how people do what is required of them in remarkable ways.”—Castro Valley ForumTable of Contents Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction 1. How It Began 2. Avenger Field and Primary Training 3. Ground School and Basic Training 4. Instrument Training and Link 5. Cross-Country and Advanced Training 6. B-26 School 7. Other Bases, Other Planes 8. Test Pilots and Ferry Pilots 9. Pursuit Pilots and Bomber Pilots 10. Deactivation and Beyond Epilogue Glossary Index
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Temple University Press,U.S. Toxic Work
Book SynopsisIn 1971, when General Telephone and Electric relocated its GTE Lenkurt plant to Albuquerque, New Mexico, city fathers were elated. GTE Lenkurt became the largest manufacturing employer in the state. This title uncovers more than 200 GTE workers (95 per cent of them women, 70 per cent of them Hispanic), each of them had an array of health problems.Trade Review"[A]n exposé of the nature of chemical exposures in electronics, and of the 'archaic, random...set of institutions...that many injured workers must rely on for support, ...impossible to put down."—Women's Review of Books"A chilling story of what can happen when corporations like GTE put their profit margins ahead of human lives, and how the court system is often the only way victims can get relief."—Pamela Gilbert, Legislative Director, Public Citizen's Congress Watch"A sensitive and gripping tale...Steve Fox successfully brings together issues of labor organizing, gender, work roles, minorities, and toxic hazards. This is a valuable contribution to the small but growing numbers of case studies of toxic wastes and collective action."—Professor Phil Brown, Department of Sociology, Brown UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The First Plaintiff 2. GTE's History in Albuquerque 3. Health Complaints and the Deaths of Friends 4. Federal Investigations, Riots, and Strikes 5. Josephine Rohr Builds a Case Against GTE 6. Medical Experts: Interpreting Facts 7. Settlement: Deals for Verdicts 8. Suing the Chemical Manufacturers: Dow, Du Pont, and Shell Conclusions Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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Forward Movement Publications Bible Women
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I Am a Georgia Girl
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MP-TTU Texas Tech University Mysteries of Love and Grief Reflections on a
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MJ - Ohio University Press Claribel Alegría and Central American Literature
Book SynopsisThese essays examine the multifaceted work of the Central American author whom Latin American literary historians consider precursor of “cultural dialogism” in poetry and fiction.Trade Review“…Even the casual reader interested in contemporary Central American life and culture is certain to acquire a better understanding of its literature and recent developments. It is to the editors’ credit that all the Spanish material is translated into English, making a wealth of information and timely experiences available to English–speakers.” * World Literature Today *
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Ohio University Press Broken Lives and Other Stories
Book SynopsisIn her startling collection of short stories, Broken Lives and Other Stories, Anthonia C. Kalu creates a series of memorable characters who struggle to hold displaced but dynamic communities together in a country that is at war with itself.BrokenTrade Review“Storytelling at its best, full of subtlety and a nuanced exploration of the core issues of the Biafran tragedy.”
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Academy Chicago Publishers Women of Privilege
Book SynopsisTraces the decline of a once-privileged Hudson River Valley family where the neighbours were Vanderbilts, Delanos, and Roosevelts. Susan Gillotti provides us an insight into her ancestors' heretofore secret lives, culled from private diaries, letters, and journals of the three generations of women who inhabited Grasmere - one of the great houses of the Hudson River Valley.Trade Review“Susan Gillotti opens the door of this great house to explore the lives and turmoil within. Women of Privilege is a riveting read—one cannot stop until the final outcome of these powerful, but flawed, lives is revealed. Equally compelling is that the telling of these personal dramas is based on a wealth of conserved letters, diaries, and other documentation.” - Peter H. Brink, former senior vice president, Programs, National Trust for Historic Preservation
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AMG Publishers Learning Life Principles from the Women of the
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African American Images Herstory
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African American Images Between Black Women
Book SynopsisOffers an exploration of ways black women can empower themselves in the aspects of their lives: professionally, socially, and emotionally.
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PARAGON HOUSE PUBL The Flight from Woman
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Great Smoky Mountains Association Women of the Smokies
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University of Wisconsin Press Useful Work for Unskilled Women A Unique
Book SynopsisMary Kellogg Rice describes a unique Milwaukee project in the post-Depression years that trained thousands of unskilled, uneducated women in the production of handicrafts. These articles were displayed in schools, universities, hospitals, and other public institutions around the country.Trade ReviewIt was a case of an idea with conditions favorable to its growth that, like a seed, developed and evolved in ways both planned and unanticipated. - Mary Kellogg Rice
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LUP - University of Michigan Press The Kagero Diary
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The New York Review of Books, Inc Madame de Pompadour
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The New York Review of Books, Inc Seduction And Betrayal
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John Wiley & Sons A Mormon Mother An Autobiography
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Academy for Leadership & Governance Women Leading the Way Reflections on Life and
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Saint Austin Press The Privilege of Being a Woman
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Coronet Books Inc Stolen Youth
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CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art Dodie Bellamy Is on Our Mind Semiotexte
Book SynopsisExamining the genre-bending writing of Dodie Bellamy, whose work has focused on sexuality, politics, feminism, narrative experimentation, and all things queer.Dodie Bellamy (b. 1951, in North Hammond, Indiana) has lived and worked in San Francisco since 1978. A vital contributor to the Bay Area's avant-garde literary scene, Bellamy is a novelist and poet whose work has focused on sexuality, politics, feminism, narrative experimentation, and all things queer. In her words, she champions “the vulnerable, the fractured, the disenfranchised, the fucked-up.”Dodie Bellamy Is on Our Mind is the first major publication to address Bellamy's prolific career as a genre-bending writer. Megan Milks made several trips to San Francisco in order to spend time with Bellamy and craft a provocative and fascinating profile of the writer. Originally delivered as a lecture
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Stay Strong Publishing NEVER GIVE IN TO FEAR Laughing All the Way Up
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Titletown Publishing, LLC Sleep With Angels
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Transgress Press Vicissitudes
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Pan Macmillan To My Sisters
Book SynopsisA frank, funny and fabulous guide to sisterhood from Courtney Daniella Boateng and Renee Kapuku, the hosts of the hit podcast and global community, To My Sisters.Trade ReviewTo My Sisters puts some respect on platonic friendships in a world where we're told that the utmost accomplishment is getting a ring and walking down the aisle. Beautifully written. -- Jamelia DonaldsonTo My Sisters is an essential read. Courtney and Renée are incredibly wise and yet so relatable and encouraging. -- Victoria SanusiA toolkit to female friendships! I encourage you to read this book with an open mind and heart to truly embrace Courtney and Renee’s layered lessons of sisterhood. -- Adessy AkereleA guide to manifesting sisterhood that lasts a lifetime and nourishes beyond the surface level. -- Adele Walton * Dazed *The heart is a wonderful thing and can hold much more than romantic relationships. To My Sisters is a testament to the revolutionary power of sisterhood. -- Kelechi OkaforWith a focus on the importance of sisterly love and relationships, To My Sisters guides you through the process of building and nourishing these healthy connections. -- Hena Bryan * Huff Post UK *Lifelong friendships are so important. Beautifully written for the next generation of sisterhood. -- Davina Ajana, Sadé Magazine
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LifeWay Christian Resources The Whole Woman
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LifeWay Christian Resources The Resolution for Women New Revised Edition
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B&H Publishing Group Llora Con Los Que Lloran
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Random House USA Inc Everything Is Teeth Pantheon Graphic Library
Book SynopsisFrom the award-winning author of All the Birds, Singing, here is a deeply moving graphic memoir about family, love, loss, and the irresistible forces that, like sharks, course through life unseen, ready to emerge at any moment.When she was a little girl, passing her summers in the heat of coastal Australia, Evie Wyld was captivated by sharks—by their innate ruthlessness, stealth, and immeasurable power—and they have never released their hold on her imagination. Black-and-white illustrations throughout.
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Random House USA Inc Margaret Thatcher At Her Zenith In London
Book SynopsisOne of the masterpieces of British political history” (The New York Times) boasts unprecedented access to Thatcher colleagues, friends, family, and all her government and private papers, and offers a groudbreaking and essential portrait of a titanic figure, with all her capabilities and flaw, during the years of her greatest power. In June 1983 Margaret Thatcher won the biggest increase in a government’s parliamentary majority in British electoral history and proceeded to transform relations with Europe, prioritize British industry, and reinvigorate the economy. For the only time since Churchill, Britain had a central place in dealings between the superpowers. But even at her zenith, Thatcher was best by difficulties. She regularly faced calls for resignation, grew isolated in her own government, butted heads with the Queen, bullied her senior colleagues, and was deceived by her closest ally, Ronald Reagan, during the U.S. invasion of Gr
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Alfred A. Knopf Margaret Thatcher Herself Alone
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Hissing Cousins
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Penguin Books Ltd The Gratitude Diaries
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Girls Delinquency and Juvenile Justice
Book SynopsisThe new edition of Girls, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice combines cutting-edge research and expanded coverage of girls delinquency, including coverage of girls in gangs and the sexual trafficking of girls, to provide students with an accessible, up-to-date, and globally oriented textbook.Table of ContentsPreface to the Fourth Edition x 1 Introduction: Why a Book on Girls and Juvenile Justice? 1 2 The Extent of Female Delinquency 9 Recent Trends: National Arrest Data 9 Self-Report Surveys 19 Delinquent Careers 22 Racial Differences 24 Summary 29 Notes 30 References 30 3 The Nature of Female Delinquency 34 Girls and Shoplift ing 34 Status Offenses 37 Runaways 42 Prostitution among Girls 44 International Prostitution 47 Girls and Violence 48 Relabeling Status Off enses 54 Aggression and Gender 55 Girls and Robbery 58 Summary 60 Note 61 References 62 4 Girls and Gangs 72 Trends in Girl Gang Membership 74 Criminal Activities of Girls in Gangs 75 Types of Female Gangs 78 Moving Beyond the Stereotypes: The Social Context of Girl Gangs 80 Class and race 80 Drug use 83 Reasons for joining the gang 85 Relationship with males and male gangs 90 Family-related issues 93 School and work 99 Summary 101 Notes 102 References 102 5 Theories of Crime and Female Delinquency 107 Early Theories of Female Delinquency 108 Sociological Theories of (Male) Delinquency: Do They Apply to Girls? 115 Social disorganization/social ecology theory 115 Strain Th eory 118 Cultural Deviance Theories 122 Cohen’s “culture of the gang” 122 Miller’s “lower-class culture” 123 Differential Association 124 Control Theory 124 Labeling Theory 126 Critical/Marxist Perspectives 128 A Concluding Note 130 Towards a Th eory of Female Delinquency 131 The Women’s Movement and Female Crime 135 Feminist Criminology 138 Summary 139 Notes 141 References 141 6 Girls’ Lives and Girls’ Delinquency 146 Growing Up Female 146 Welcome to “Girlworld”: “Oh, Look at Me I’m So Pretty” 149 Girls, Parents, and Peers 153 Girls, Peers, and Pathways into Delinquency 157 Girls and the Sexual Double Standard 158 Girls’ Victimization and Girls’ Crime 160 Girls’ victimization and female delinquency 162 Contemporary Th inking about Adolescence, Gender, and Crime 165 Sisters are doing it for themselves 167 Street liberation perspectives 167 Contemporary Perspectives of Girls’ Delinquency and Violence 168 Patriarchy and gendered inequalities 169 Beyond victimization: violent girls as “one of the guys” 170 Girls’ code of the streets: considering race, class, and gender 172 Context matters in girls’ delinquency 173 Summary 176 Note 177 References 178 7 Girls and the Juvenile Justice System: A Historical Overview 183 The Doctrine of Parens Patriae: Roots of a Double Standard of Juvenile Justice 184 Ex Parte Crouse: Challenging Parens Patriae 187 People v. Turner: Over-Ruling Crouse 188 The Child-Saving Movement and the Juvenile Court 189 “The Best Place to Conquer Girls” 195 The Juvenile Court and the Double Standard of Juvenile Justice 196 Deinstitutionalization and Judicial Paternalism: Challenges to the Double Standard of Juvenile Justice 200 Unpopular Reform? 201 Recent Trends: Finally a Focus on Girls, the Republican Backlash, and Congressional Gridlock 204 Summary 208 Notes 209 References 210 8 The Contemporary Juvenile Justice System and Girls, Part I: Police and Juvenile Court Processing 215 An Overview of the System and Process 215 Th e Rights of Juveniles: A Review of Key Cases 216 Implications of Supreme Court Rulings for Girls 219 Getting into the System 221 Girls on the Streets 222 Girls at the Station House 225 Delinquents in Court 228 Gender and Delinquency Referrals 229 Comparing Girls and Boys in Court 232 Girls, Race, and the New Double Standard of Juvenile Justice 235 Summary 237 Notes 238 References 238 9 The Contemporary Juvenile Justice System and Girls, Part II: Girls in Institutions 243 Youths in Institutions: A National Overview 244 Number of girls in institutions 244 Private facilities: a problematic option for juvenile justice 247 Demographic Characteristics of Youths in Institutions 250 Status off enses and bootstrapping, a continuing problem 250 Girls in detention 251 Girls’ experiences in detention 253 Gender and training schools – girls’ victimization continues 259 Girls, race, and institutionalization 263 Summary 266 Notes 267 References 268 10 In Their Own Words: Voices of Youths at Risk 273 With assistance from Vera Lopez and Julia Foley Introduction 273 Relationship Power, Control, and Dating Violence Among Latina Girls 275 Boys’ control strategies 276 Girls’ counterstrategies 278 The “Risky” Lives of Girl Delinquents: Bottcher’s California Study 281 Summary 284 Note 285 References 285 11 Programs for Girls in Trouble 286 Interconnected Troubles 286 Trauma 287 Destructive and distraught families 287 Dangerous neighborhoods and unsafe schools 288 Substance abuse 289 Health issues 290 Academic achievement 290 Specific Types of Counseling and Education 292 The Detention Diversion Advocacy Project (DDAP) 292 Gender differences 294 Gaps in Services for Girls 296 Explaining the lack of services for girls 297 The fit of assessed needs, expressed needs, and program descriptions 299 Someone to talk to 300 Improving relationships with peers 301 Sex, sexuality, pregnancy, parenting, and relationships with intimate partners 301 Empowerment 303 Multiple needs and wraparound services 304 Assessed Needs, Expressed Needs, and Contemporary Program Evaluations 304 The Ideal Program 306 Instead of Incarceration: What Could Be Done to Meet the Needs of Girls? 308 Are Gender-Specific Programs Necessary? 310 Programming as if Girls Mattered: Getting Past Girls Watching Boys Play Sports 311 Lack of validated gender-specific programs: programming and the “forgotten few” 311 Honolulu Girls Court: Overview of a Promising Best Practice 312 Policy Implications and Future Directions 314 Summary 315 Notes 317 References 318 12 Conclusions 324 Index 331
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Beyond Anger and Violence
Book SynopsisThe participant''s essential guide to reflection and personal growth Beyond Anger and Violence: A Program for Women Participant Workbook is the participant''s personal place for reflection, reactions, and learning, during and after management sessions. The activities inside reinforce program lessons about anger and violence, including how families, relationships, communities, and society affect one''s life. In learning about the relationships between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, participants can begin to grasp a better self-understanding that will help them manage anger in a healthier, more productive manner. They''ll develop new skills for communication, conflict resolution, and decision-making, and will be introduced to a variety of calming techniques. Beyond Anger and Violence is a 40-hour, evidence-based program designed for women who have difficulty managing anger. Based on a social-ecological model, the program addresses the factors that put Table of ContentsIntroduction xi Orientation Session 1 Overview of the Program 1 Your Workbook 2 Group Introductions 3 Topics Covered in this Program 3 Group Agreements 4 Triggers and Coping Tools 5 Five Senses 6 Breathing and Exhaling 6 Statistics on Violence in the United States 7 Definition of Violence 9 The Social-Ecological Model (People in the Environment) 9 Creating a Container 13 Discovering Your Anger Style 15 Assignment 17 Self-Soothing Activity: Palms Down, Palms Up 18 Part A: Self 19 Session One: Thinking Our Thoughts 21 The Spiral of Violence and Nonviolence 22 Cognitive Distortion 23 My Typical Distorted Thinking 25 Feelings Inside and Outside 27 The DVD of What I Want My Words To Do To You 28 Understanding Keila 28 Understanding Me 30 Assignment 32 Session Two: Feeling Our Feelings 35 Identifying Feelings 36 Beliefs About Feelings 39 Intensity of Feelings 40 Emotional Wellness 44 Feelings and the Body 45 When Feelings Threaten to Overwhelm You 46 The Observer Self 47 Assignment 48 Session Three: Violence and Trauma in Our Lives 49 Types of Abuse 50 The Process of Trauma 50 Calming Strategies 54 Two Calming Activities 54 Daily Anger Log 56 Assignment 57 Session Four: The Effects of Trauma 59 Adverse Childhood Experiences Survey 60 The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study 62 The Effects of Trauma and Substance Use on the Brain 63 Risk Factors for Addiction 64 Personal Experiences with Substances 65 Triggers and the Body 67 Yoga Poses and the Mind-Body Connection 70 Assignment 70 Session Five: Women and Anger 73 Understanding Our Anger 74 Words for Anger 75 Meeting a Feeling 76 The Anger Funnel 77 Anger Triggers 79 Hidden Anger 80 Self-Inflicted Violence 81 Personal Anger Inventory 82 Assignment 88 Session Six: Tools for Managing Anger 91 Anger Management Strategies 92 Anger Dos and Don’ts 93 Self-Reflection Tool 95 My Personal Best 99 Assignment 100 Session Seven: Understanding Ourselves 101 DVD of What I Want My Words To Do To You 102 Understanding My Anger 104 Understanding My Behavior 106 Becoming Whole 108 Assignment 110 Part B: Relationships 111 Session Eight: Our Families 113 Self-Soothing Activity: Deep Breathing 114 Risk Factors 114 Family Sculpture 115 The Cost of Violence 116 Feelings and the Family 117 The Family Anger Questionnaire 118 Wheel of the Nurturing Family 122 Assignment 125 Session Nine: Communication 127 Communication Styles 128 Nonverbal Communication 129 Communicating Emotions 130 Strategies for Creating Connection in Communication 131 Responses to Stress 132 Assignment 134 Session Ten: Power and Control 135 The Power and Control Wheel 136 Types of Abuse in Relationships 140 The Violence Continuum 142 Escalation and De-escalation 144 Assignment 145 Session Eleven: Conflict Resolution 147 Fair Fighting 148 Words, Words, Words 150 Impulse Control 151 The Equality Wheel 153 Assignment 155 Session Twelve: Creating Our Relationships 157 Falling in Love 158 Love and Addiction 159 Contrasting Intimate Relationships and Addictive Relationships 160 How to End a Relationship 161 Assignment 162 Part C: Community 163 Session Thirteen: Our Communities 165 Self-Soothing Activity: Progressive Muscle Relaxation 166 Our Communities 169 Visualization 170 Friendship 173 Assignment 174 What’s in a Name? 176 Session Fourteen: The Importance of Safety 177 Safety in the Community 178 The Four Kinds of Safety 179 Environment and Behavior 181 Safe and Unsafe Environments 182 Safety and the Body 183 Community Maps 184 Assignment 187 Session Fifteen: Creating Community 189 DVD of What I Want My Words To Do To You 190 Crossroads 192 Making Good Decisions 194 Assignment 196 Session Sixteen: The Power of Community 199 DVD of What I Want My Words To Do To You 200 Activity: Writing About a Kind Act 201 Assignment 202 Part D: Society 203 Session Seventeen: Society and Violence 205 Self-Soothing Activity: Breathing in the Positive 206 Reviewing the Risks for Violence 207 The Culture Wheel 208 Institutional and Cultural Supports for Domestic Violence 210 Working to End Violence 212 Art as an Expression of the Levels of Violence 215 Assignment 217 Session Eighteen: Creating Change 221 Health, Harmony, and Wholeness 222 The Spirals of Transformation 224 Assignment 226 Session Nineteen: Transforming Our Lives 227 Visualization 228 The Role of Remorse in Transformation 229 The Process of Transformation 230 Making Amends 231 Forgiveness 232 Assignment 233 Session Twenty: Honoring Ourselves and Our Community 235 The Relational Wheel 236 Are You Becoming the Person You Want to Be? 238 ORID 239 Appreciation 241 Appendix 1: Daily Anger Log 243 Appendix 2: Self-Reflection Tool 251 Appendix 3: Yoga Poses 261 1. Breath of Joy 261 2. Seated Pigeon’s Pose 262 3. Modified Triangle 263 4. Twisted Branches to Open Wings 264 References 267 About the Author 271 About the Cover 273 Feedback Form 275
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to First Ladies
Book SynopsisThis volume explores more than two centuries of literature on the First Ladies, from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama, providing the first historiographical overview of these important women in U.S. history.Trade ReviewIt was not so long ago that books about first ladies attracted very little scholarly attention or even popular notice, beyond some well-worn tales such as Dolly Madison s heroism or Mary Todd Lincoln s eccentricities. A new and welcome addition to this literature comes from editor Sibley. Sibley s stable of talented authors includes accomplished scholars like Maurine Beasely and Robert Watson, as well as lesser-known writers and experts in the field of public history. Each of the 40 essays is accompanied by a list of sources consulted, as well as suggestions for further research. It is refreshing to see that publishers are still courageous enough to publish reference volumes like this in the age of the internet and digital research. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Undergraduates through scholars, and general readers. --B. Miller, University of Cincinnati-ClermontTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors viii Acknowledgements xiv Introduction 1Katherine A. S. Sibley 1 Martha Washington 6Robert P. Watson 2 Abigail Adams: The Life and the Biographers 20Margaret A. Hogan 3 Martha Jefferson Randolph, First Daughter 38Billy L. Wayson 4 James and Dolley Madison and the Quest for Unity 59Catherine Allgor 5 Elizabeth Monroe 75Finn Pollard 6 A Monarch in a Republic: Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams and Court Culture in Early Washington City 89Catherine Allgor, Margery M. Heffron and Amanda Mathews Norton 7 Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson: A Reluctant First Lady 111Christina Mune 8 Angelica Singleton Van Buren, First Lady for a Widower 129John F. Marszalek 9 The Ladies of Tippecanoe, and Tyler Too 142Christopher J. Leahy and Sharon Williams Leahy 10 Sarah Polk: Ideas of Her Own 159Valerie Palmer-Mehta 11 Margaret Taylor, Abigail Fillmore, and Jane Pierce: Three Antebellum Presidents’ Ladies 176Elizabeth Lorelei Thacker-Estrada 12 Harriet Rebecca Lane Johnston 197Thomas J. Balcerski 13 Mary Todd Lincoln 214William D. Pederson 14 Eliza McCardle Johnson and Julia Dent Grant 230Pamela K. Sanfilippo 15 Lucy Webb Hayes, Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, and Mary Arthur McElroy 247Benjamin T. Arrington 16 Rose Cleveland, Frances Cleveland, Caroline Harrison, Mary McKee 265Merry Ellen Scofield 17 Ida McKinley: A Life of Contrasts 283Louie P. Gallo 18 Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt: The Victorian Modern First Lady 298Catherine Forslund 19 Helen Herron Taft: The Forgotten Impact of a Memorable First Lady 320Rafaele Fierro 20 Ellen Axson Wilson 339Lisa M. Burns 21 Edith Wilson: The First Lady in Charge 357Barbara Klaczynska 22 Florence Kling Harding: Celebrity and Activist 379Katherine A. S. Sibley 23 Grace Coolidge 404Teri Finneman 24 The Historiography of Lou Henry Hoover 423Nancy Beck Young 25 Anna Eleanor Roosevelt: Her Life before and during the White House Years 439Maurine H. Beasley 26 Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World 459Maurine H. Beasley 27 Elizabeth Virginia “Bess” Wallace Truman 476Michael J. Devine 28 Overrated Pleasures and Underrated Treasures: Mamie Eisenhower, a Bridge between First Lady Archetypes 492Anthony Rama Maravillas 29 Jacqueline Kennedy 503Katherine Jellison 30 Lady Bird Johnson 517Lisa M. Burns 31 An Unlikely First Lady: Pat Nixon 535Mary C. Brennan 32 Betty Ford: “When Ordinary Becomes Extraordinary” 552Myra G. Gutin 33 Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter 569Kristin L. Ahlberg 34 Nancy Reagan 585Jason Roberts 35 Barbara Pierce Bush: Choosing a Complete Life, I: 1925–1988 604Diana B. Carlin 36 Barbara Pierce Bush: Choosing a Complete Life, II: 1988–2015 621Diana B. Carlin 37 Hillary Rodham Clinton 635Janette Kenner Muir 38 Laura Welch Bush: Strength and Serenity in Turbulent Times 653Anita McBride 39 First Lady Michelle Obama: The American Dream Endures, I 677Nancy Kegan Smith and Diana B. Carlin 40 First Lady Michelle Obama: The American Dream Endures, II 696Diana B. Carlin and Nancy Kegan Smith Index 716
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Griffin Publishing The Book of Women
Book SynopsisExplores the integral role of women in our society. The realm of spirituality, the author poses, has remained male-dominated - not only male-dominated but male-chauvinistic. There were reasons why all religions and spiritual traditions, in their nascent forms, diminished women. They were against women because they were fear-driving.
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St. Martin's Griffin Beatrix Potter
Book SynopsisIn this now classic biography, reissued in a new edition for the 150th anniversary of Beatrix Potter''s birth, Linda Lear offers the astonishing portrait of an extraordinary woman who gave us some of the most beloved children''s books of all time. Potter found freedom from her conventional Victorian upbringing in the countryside. Nature inspired her imagination as an artist and scientific illustrator, but The Tale of Peter Rabbit brought her fame, financial success, and the promise of happiness when she fell in love with her editor Norman Warne. After his tragic and untimely death, Potter embraced a new life as the owner of Hill Top Farm in the English Lake District and a second chance at happiness. As a visionary landowner, successful farmer and sheep-breeder, she was able to preserve the landscape that had inspired her art.Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature reveals a lively, independent, and passionate woman, whose art was timeless, and whose gen
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Picador USA Achtung Baby
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St. Martin's Griffin The Husband Hunters
Book SynopsisA delicious group biography of the young American heiresses who married into the British aristocracy at the turn of the twentieth century the real women who inspired Downton Abbey. Towards the end of the nineteenth century and for the first few years of the twentieth, a strange invasion took place in Britain. The citadel of power, privilege and breeding in which the titled, land-owning governing class had barricaded itself for so long was breached. The incomers were a group of young women who, fifty years earlier, would have been looked on as the alien denizens of another world - the New World, to be precise. From 1874 - the year that Jennie Jerome, the first known ''Dollar Princess'', married Randolph Churchill - to 1905, dozens of young American heiresses married into the British peerage, bringing with them all the fabulous wealth, glamour and sophistication of the Gilded Age.Anne de Courcy sets the stories of these young women and their families in
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