Search Results: Women's Studies from The Owl at the Bridge

N.Y., Simon & Schuster, 1975. Soft Cover. 472 p., 23.5 cm. Documents the act of rape as an expression of power, not sex. Stock#34177. Vg/ paper.

Wesleyan UP/UP of New England [1992] (second edition).. Soft Cover. 'With a new introduction by the author.' xxxvi, 320 p.; 21.5 cm. Articles on feminism, politics and culture written at, among others, The New Yorker and Rolling Stone, 1967-1980. 'Observations on feminism, politics and culture, informed by passion and grounded in rigorous, clear-headed thinking, by 'a writer of genuine intellectual power'' (NYTimes BkRev.) Stock# 30,810. Fine/ wrappers. Feminism; popular culture.

New York : Broadway Books, c2001. Soft Cover. xii, 269 p. : ports. ; 20.5 cm. Table of Contents: Prologue: A Legacy of Virtues; Ch. 1. Timing 19; Ch. 2 Beauty 53; Ch. 3 Cheek 79; Ch. 4 Brilliance 95; Ch. 5 Gaiety (or Joie de Vivre) 133; Ch. 6 Grace 159; Ch. 7 Charm 189; Epilogue: In the End 231; Glossary 251; Bibliography p.259. Notes (p. 259-269) Include bibliographical references. Stock# 43,618. Vg / soft cover.

Chambers/Larousse, Edinburgh [c1996]. Hard Cover. x, 741 p., portrait illustrations; cm. Includes A Women's Chronology: key events and achievements; Women on Women: quotations; Men on Women: quotations. Pictorial dj; minor wear; a few pencil additions & printed insertions; VG. stock#45020.

Urbana, Illinois UP, 1987. "Takes a close look at working-class women in early nineteenth-century New York." Soft Cover. xiv, 301 pages, 23 cm. Good, some underlining and highlighting that went unnoticed in previous handlings of this copy. Stock#34207.

Boston, Beacon Press, 1978. Soft Cover. xviii, 485 p., 20 cm. "Mary Daly is a Revolting Hag who holds doctorates in theology and philosophy from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. " Her challenges to Christian myths and culture about women have made many uncomfotable. Stock# 34,217. Vg, gift inscription/ paper.

Abbey Press, NY [1902]. Hard Cover. 238 p.; green cloth covers stamped in gold; spine & front cover spotted, else good+. Chapters include The Parsonage, The Temperance Question, The Woman Question, The Almshouse, The Womans Home Missionary Society, Ellen Rousseau and the Bible, The Womans Foreign Missionary Society, Harry Ford Joins the Church. Stock# 101,151. 20th century American literature, religion in America.

NY, Scribner, ©1999. Hard Cover. 350 p., illus.; 25 cm. "Long obscured by her husband's shadow, Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson emerges in this first comprehensive biography as a figure of surprising influence and the centering force for LBJ, a man who suffered from extreme mood swings and desperately needed someone to help control his darker impulses." ISBN(10): 0684814803. Stock#NEU335. Very Good in VG dust jacket.

N.Y., Quadrangle/ NY Times, 1973. Hard Cover. xi, 320p.,21.5 cm."May be read as a history of the United States as seen through the eyes and influence of its women, as well as a forceful presentation of feminist writing." Stock# 33,047.Vg/ dj vg.

Philadelphia, J.B.Lippincott, 1973. Hard Cover. 160 p., illus. (ports), 21 cm. Brief biographies of thirteen prominent African women. Written for juvenile readers. Stock# 34,097. Good+/ no dj.

NY, Frederick A. Stokes [c1914]. "Seventh Printing". Hard Cover. "...the real Chinese woman, with her hopes, her fears, her romances, her children, and her religion, is still undiscovered. I hope that this book, based on letters shown me many years after they were written, will give a faint idea of the life of a Chinese lady. The story is told in two series of letters conceived to be written by Kwei-li, the wife of a very high Chinese official, to her husband..." xvi, 262 p., front., plates; 22 cm.; brown cloth boards stamped in gold, pictorial paper front-cover paste-on; spine faded, ink owner name, minor wear; VG+. 34922 {ns}.

N.Y., Farrar Straus Giroux, c.1979. Soft Cover. 3 p.l., 373 p., illus., 32 col. plates, 24.5 cm. " An ambitious discussion of the hindrances to excellence in women's art." Stock# 32,781. Vg/ soft cover.

London, Aquarian Press, 1995. "A richly illustrated testament to the reemergence of the Goddess in the art and in the lives of contemporary women and men." Soft Cover. xv, 405, [2] pages, illustrations; 23.5 cm. New from publisher; fine. Stock#101423x.

Boston, Little, Brown, 1950. Hard Cover. x, 372 p., [7] leaves of plates, illus., ports.; 23 cm. The three sisters are Elizabeth Palmer Peabody (1804-1894); Mary Tyler Peabody Mann (1806-1887), and Sophia Peabody Hawthorne (1809-1871), three formidable New England women. As wives to Horace Mann and Nathaniel Hawthorne, the two younger influenced culture, but Elizabeth showed that they were fully capable of making an impact on their own. Stock#44251x. Good+, spine faded, owner signature on front flyleaf.

Philadelphia, New Society, 1982. Soft Cover. viii, 440 p., illus., 21.5 cm. A collection of over 50 essays, poems, screams of Feminism and peace and other nonviolent activities. Stock# 30,821. Good+/ wrappers.

N.Y., Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1973. Soft Cover. 255 p. 23 cm. The proceedings of a 2 1/2 day symposium of women (and one man) much that is narrative and some analysis. Stock# 33,048. Vg/ soft covers.

William Morrow, NY [c1998]. 'First Edition' 7th printing. Hard Cover. 'Cokie Roberts takes her readers on a personal and political journey, exploring the diverse roles women have played throughout American history and the connections and distinctions among different generations of women.' x, 197 p., 18.5 cm.; pictorial dj has small closed tear; VG. 32975.

New York : Anchor Books, Doubleday, [1994].. Soft Cover. xv, 307 p., 1 leaf, 20 cm. "Written with the art of a skilled fiction writer whose ear for Irish bluster is pitch-perfect, Whoredom in Kimmage tells the tale of contemporary Irish women through a series of brilliantly animated scences that take the reader from Dillon's tiny pub in rural Corofin to the heart of Dublin." Stock# 44,362. Vg / soft cover

Chicago, Rand McNally, 1972. Soft Cover. xi, 316 p., 23 cm. Compiled by an economist and a sociologist, the readings here illustrate the role of women in the economic and social setting. Stock# 34,224. Good, some yellow highlighting/ paper

Baháí­ Canada Publications, Thornhill, Ontario [1986]. Soft Cover. Contents include the Baháí­ concept of equality; the role of education in the development of women; application of the principle of equality to family life; women in the world at large; fostering the development of women; bibliography. Compiled by The Research Department of the Universal House of Justice. 59 p.; stapled in pictorial silver paper covers; ink inscription, else VG+. Stock#100832.