Search Results: Womens Studies from Reading Rat

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Routledge, 1987. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Apparent first edition; VG, covers slightly curled at edges, lamination peeling a bit on front cover. Owner's name stamp on inside f. cover. Last two blank pages are wrinkled. Otherwise unmarked, clean, tight copy. "The first comprehensive anthology of feminist fairy tales and essays to appear since the women's movement gained momentum in the 1960's". Includes fiction by writers including Angela Carter, Margaret Atwood, Joanna Russ and many others, as well as critical essays. Email for a detailed list of authors, stories, & essays. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dutton N A L, 1998. First. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. First edition/First printing;VG+/VG; book is in near new condition, no marks, clean and tight, spine very slightly leaning; DJ bumped at top of spine, otherwise clean, unclipped. Based on the personal narratives of dozens of women from various Asian countries. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Winnipeg: Sororal Publishing, 1990. First edition. Staplebound. Very Good. Unpaginated; staplebound; a collection of poems written from the first-person experience of domestic abuse. Dedicated to the author's daughters and son. "Robin Moore" is a pseudonym for a Winnipeg woman whose outward life as an active, successful woman with a nice home and children concealed a personal history of systematic abuse by her father and her husband.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Women's Press, 1987. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 260 p. incl. bibliography & notes; pictorial cover; VG+, very minor edge and corner wear, no markings, square and clean copy. At the time of writing Meg Luxton was on the faculty of sociology at McMaster University. This is a detailed study of three generations of housewives in the northern Manitoba mining town of Flin Flon, putting a human and realistic face on the lives of housewives. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: Canadian Women's Educational Press, 1974. Apparent First. Paperback. Very Good. Colette French. 150 p. incl. bibliography; large format (8.5 x 11) paperbound, minor wear, overall VG. Carefully researched and profusely illustrated with line drawings. Very readable. The Collective consisted of Patricia Davin, Colette French, Marge Hollibaugh, Andrea Lebowitz and Barbara Todd. A pioneering work in Canadian women's history.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1979. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus/Good. Worldwatch Institute book; HC; 1979; Ex-library, has tape markings, pocket, stamps etc. Some underlining & notes in text. Good reading copy. Explores important issues relating to women in the world - education, health, political rights, work, family life etc. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: The Feminist Press, 1998. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very Good +. . VG=.243 p. incl. notes. Tradepaper.Originally written in the 1920s, this was Gilman's only detective novel, A husband-and-wife detective team investigates the murder of a pernicious attorney who has been shot, stbbed, bludgeoned, strangled and poisoned.

San Francisco: United Front Press, 1976. Revised Edition Second Printing. Paperback. Good +. 58 p.; magazine format; photo essay; women's work from colonial times through the 1970s. First published 1974, revised 1975, second printing 1976. This copy has significant wear including small damaged area at lower edge near front (looks chewed) but is intact, interior pages clean, no underlining or marginal notes.