History: Women in History: WIH 233 - Rathbun

Enduring Grace: Living Portraits of Seven Women Mystics by Carol L. Flinders

Perpetua's Passion: the death and memory of a young Roman woman by Joyce Salisbury

Witch craze : terror and fantasy in baroque Germany by Lyndal Roper

The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe by Brian P. Levack

Witches & neighbours : the social and cultural context of European witchcraft by Robin Briggs

Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe by Jonathan Barry

A History of Women in Russia: From earliest times to the present by Barbara Evans Clements

A vindication of the rights of woman, with strictures onpolitical and moral subjects by Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797.

Beyond Their Sex : learned women of the European past by Patricial H. Labalme (Editor)

Birth, Death, and Motherhood in Classical Greece by Nancy Demand

Daughters of Isis : women of ancient Egypt by Joyce A. Tyldesley

Holy Anorexia by Rudolph M. Bell; William N. Davis (Epilogue by)

Medieval gentlewoman : life in a gentry household in the later Middle Ages by Fiona Swabey

Medieval Misogyny and the Invention of Western Romantic Love by R. Howard Bloch

Medieval Women by Henrietta Leyser

Pandora's Daughters : the role and status of women in Greek and Roman antiquity by Eva Cantarella

The fourth estate : a history of women in the Middle Ages by Shulamith Shahar

The fourth estate : a history of women in the Middle Ages - ebook by Shulamith Shahar

The prospect before her : a history of women in Western Europe by Olwen Hufton

Women of the Renaissance by Margaret L. King

Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe by Merry E. Wiesner

Women in Hellenistic Egypt by Sarah B. Pomeroy

Women in the Classical World by Sarah B. Pomeroy; Natalie Boymel Kampen; H. A. Shapiro; Elaine Fantham; Helene Peet Foley

Women's Work by Elizabeth Wayland Barber

Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun : the odyssey of an artist in an age of revolution by Gita May

The Seven Daughters of Eve by Bryan Sykes

Christine de Pizan by Charity Cannon Willard A biography of France's first woman of letters, who lived from 1364-1429. Among her works is the classic defense of women, The Book of the City of Ladies.

Jane Austen : a life by David Nokes

Abigail Adams by Woody Holton

America's First Daughter by Stephanie Dray; Laura Kamoie THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In a compelling, richly researched novel that draws from thousands of letters and original sources, bestselling authors Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie tell the fascinating, untold story of Thomas Jefferson's eldest daughter, Martha "Patsy" Jefferson Randolph--a woman who kept the secrets of our most enigmatic founding father and shaped an American legacy. From her earliest days, Patsy Jefferson knows that though her father loves his family dearly, his devotion to his country runs deeper still. As Thomas Jefferson's oldest daughter, she becomes his helpmate, protector, and constant companion in the wake of her mother's death, traveling with him when he becomes American minister to France. It is in Paris, at the glittering court and among the first tumultuous days of revolution, that fifteen-year-old Patsy learns about her father's troubling liaison with Sally Hemings, a slave girl her own age. Meanwhile, Patsy has fallen in love--with her father's protégé William Short, a staunch abolitionist and ambitious diplomat. Torn between love, principles, and the bonds of family, Patsy questions whether she can choose a life as William's wife and still be a devoted daughter. Her choice will follow her in the years to come, to Virginia farmland, Monticello, and even the White House. And as scandal, tragedy, and poverty threaten her family, Patsy must decide how much she will sacrifice to protect her father's reputation, in the process defining not just his political legacy, but that of the nation he founded.

American Jezebel : the uncommon life of Anne Hutchinson, the woman who defied the Puritans by Eve LaPlante

Arsinoë of Egypt and Macedon : a royal life by Elizabeth Donnelly Carney

Berenice II and the Golden Age of Ptolemaic Egypt by Dee L. Clayman

Bess of Hardwick: empire builder by Mary S. Lovell Story of a woman who through a series of four marriages rose to the top of the 16th century English society and became really rich.

Book of ages : the life and opinions of Jane Franklin by Jill Lepore

Boudica by Vanessa Collingridge

The Burghermeister's Daughter by Steven Ozment

Catherine De'Medici by R. J. Knecht

Catherine de Medici by Leonie Frieda

Catherine the Great by Simon Dixon

Catherine the Great: a short history by Isabel De Madariaga

Catherine the Great: life and legend by John T. Alexander

Catherine the Great : love, sex, and power by Virginia Rounding

Cleopatra by Michael Grant

Clodia Metelli : the tribune's sister by Marilyn B. Skinner

The Deadly Sisterhood: A story of women, power, and intrigue in the Italian Renaissance 1427-1527 by Leonie Frieda

Defiant brides : the untold story of two revolutionary-era women and the radical men they married by Nancy Rubin Stuart

Eleanor of Aquitaine by D. D. Owen

Eleanor of Aquitaine by Ralph V. Turner

Eleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir

Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings by Amy Kelly

Elizabeth I by Anne Somerset

Galla Placidia: The last Roman empress by Hagith Sivan

Game of queens : the women who made sixteenth-century Europe by Gristwood, Sarah

Hatchepsut : the female pharaoh by Joyce A. Tyldesley

Isabella : the warrior queen by Kirstin Downey

Isabella of Castile by Nancy Rubin

Isabel the Queen by Peggy K. Liss

Joan : the mysterious life of the heretic who became a saint by Donald Spoto

Joan of Arc : a history by Castor, Helen

Joan of Arc: her story by Regine Pernoud; Marie-Veronique Clin

Lady Jane Grey: a Tudor mystery by Eric Ives

The lady queen : the notorious reign of Joanna I, Queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily by Nancy Goldstone

The Life of Elizabeth I by Alison Weir

Lucrezia Borgia by Sarah Bradford

Marie Antoinette : the journey by Antonia Fraser

Marie Antoinette : the last queen of France by Evelyne Lever; Catherine Temerson (Translator)

Mary Queen of Scots by Antonia Fraser "A book that will leave few readers unmoved."-San Francisco Chronicle She was the quintessential queen: statuesque, regal, dazzlingly beautiful. Her royal birth gave her claim to the thrones of two nations; her marriage to the young French dauphin promised to place a third glorious crown on her noble head. Instead, Mary Stuart became the victim of her own impulsive heart, scandalizing her world with a foolish passion that would lead to abduction, rape and even murder. Betrayed by those she most trusted, she would be lured into a deadly game of power, only to lose to her envious and unforgiving cousin, Elizabeth I. Here is her story, a queen who lost a throne for love, a monarch pampered and adored even as she was led to her beheading, the unforgettable woman who became a legend for all time. Praise for Mary Queen of Scots "She was sometimes reviled as a scheming whore, sometimes revered as a misunderstood martyr. But she was invariably regarded as fascinating. Antonia Fraser's richly readable biography demonstrates that Mary's great fascination continues unabated."--Time "Compassionate, illuminating, rich in human interest."--The New York Times  "One of the most fascinating figures in history." --The Columbus Dispatch  "With grace, sensitivity, and a sharp eye for detail, lady Antonia Fraser has succeeded not only in recapturing the real Mary from the symbol but also in illuminating the chaotic age in which she lived."--Newsweek

A medieval life : Cecilia Penifader of Brigstock, c. 1295-1344 by Judith M. Bennett

Nefertiti : Egypt's sun queen by Joyce A. Tyldesley

Nisa, the Life and Words of a Kung Woman by Marjorie Shostak This book is the story of the life of Nisa, a member of the !Kung tribe of hunter-gatherers from southern Africa's Kalahari desert. Told in her own words--earthy, emotional, vivid--to Marjorie Shostak, a Harvard anthropologist who succeeded, with Nisa's collaboration, in breaking through the immense barriers of language and culture, the story is a fascinating view of a remarkable woman.

The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh by Linda Colley

Pocahontas : medicine woman, spy, entrepreneur, diplomat by Paula Gunn Allen

Queen Isabella : treachery, adultery, and murder in medieval England by Alison Weir

Queen of Scots : the true life of Mary Stuart by John Guy

Rebel daughters : women and the French Revolution by Sara E. Melzer (Editor); Leslie W. Rabine (Editor)

The Rose of Martinique: a life of Napoleon's Josephine by Andrea Stuart

Sacajawea by Harold P. Howard

Six wives : the queens of Henry VIII by David Starkey No one in history had a more eventful career in matrimony than Henry VIII. His marriages were daring and tumultuous, and made instant legends of six very different women. What could make him marry six times? In this remarkable new study, David Starkey argues that the king was not a depraved philanderer, but someone seeking happiness -- and a son. Knowingly or not, he empowered a group of women to extraordinary heights and changed the way a nation was governed. Henry took his first bride, Catherine of Aragon, when he was seventeen. They lasted twenty-four years together, but Catherine suffered through many miscarriages and failed to produce a male heir. Henry then fell in love with Anne Boleyn, the mother of Elizabeth I. Their relationship transformed England forever, but Henry had Anne beheaded and married his next wife, Jane Seymour, on the very day of Anne's execution. At last, Seymour gave birth to Henry's longed-for son, Edward VI. What followed was a farcical beauty contest which ended in the King's brief marriage to the "mare of Flanders," Anne of Cleves. Finally, there were the two Catherines: Catherine Howard, the flirtatious teenager whose adulteries made a fool of the aging king and who was the second bride to lose her head; and Catherine Parr, the shrewd, religiously radical bluestocking who outlived him. Six Wives is a masterful work of history that intimately examines the rituals of diplomacy, marriage, pregnancy and religion that were part of daily life for women at the Tudor Court. Weaving new facts and fresh interpretations into a spellbinding account of the emotional drama surrounding Henry's six marriages, David Starkey reveals the central role that the queens played in determining policy. With an equally keen eye for romantic and political intrigue, he brilliantly recaptures the story of Henry's wives and the England they ruled.

The virgin queen : Elizabeth I, genius of the Golden Age by Christopher Hibbert An intimate portrait of history's most fascinating monarch.

The Virgin Warrior: the life and death of Joan of Arc by Larissa Juliet Taylor

The Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser

The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's rise to power in ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney

The Women of Paris and Their French Revolution by Dominique Godineau

Women on the Margins : three seventeenth-century lives by Natalie Zemon Davis Biography of three 17th century women who were not queens or noblewomen, but left memoirs.

Wu : the Chinese empress who schemed, seduced, and murdered her way to become a living god by Jonathan Clements

Envisioning Women in World History, Prehistory-1500. Volume 1 by Chandrika Paul; Christine Senecal; Catherine Clay Part of McGraw-Hill's "Explorations in World History" series, this brief and accessible volume presents a comparative survey of the early history of women from a global perspective. Each chapter, which can be read independently of the others, examines the experiences of women in one of seven civilizations typically covered in an introductory world history text: pre-agricultural societies, the Ancient Mediterranean, Gupta India/Southeast Asia, Tang/Song China, Maya and Aztec cultures, early Islam through the Abbasid caliphate, and Europe in the Late Middle Ages. Within these cultures, the authors explore a variety of issues impacting the lives of females in pre-modern history, including the ideal woman, female life cycles, women's roles in work and economy, female sexuality and spirituality, and women and politics. The book's brevity makes it an excellent companion text for students in world history, women's history, introductory sociology and anthropology courses, and women's studies courses.

Envisioning women in world history : 1500--Present, volume 2. by Catherine Clay

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier The New York Times bestselling novel by the author of A Single Thread and At the Edge of the Orchard Translated into thirty-nine languages and made into an Oscar-nominated film, starring Scarlett Johanson and Colin Firth Tracy Chevalier transports readers to a bygone time and place in this richly-imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired one of Vermeer's most celebrated paintings. History and fiction merge seamlessly in this luminous novel about artistic vision and sensual awakening. Girl with a Pearl Earring tells the story of sixteen-year-old Griet, whose life is transformed by her brief encounter with genius . . . even as she herself is immortalized in canvas and oil.

A Mercy by Toni Morrison A powerful tragedy distilled into a jewel of a masterpiece by the Nobel Prize–winning author of Beloved and, almost like a prelude to that story, set two centuries earlier. In the 1680s the slave trade was still in its infancy. In the Americas, virulent religious and class divisions, prejudice and oppression were rife, providing the fertile soil in which slavery and race hatred were planted and took root. Jacob is an Anglo-Dutch trader and adventurer, with a small holding in the harsh north. Despite his distaste for dealing in “flesh,” he takes a small slave girl in part payment for a bad debt from a plantation owner in Catholic Maryland. This is Florens, “with the hands of a slave and the feet of a Portuguese lady.” Florens looks for love, first from Lina, an older servant woman at her new master’s house, but later from a handsome blacksmith, an African, never enslaved. There are other voices: Lina, whose tribe was decimated by smallpox; their mistress, Rebekka, herself a victim of religious intolerance back in England; Sorrow, a strange girl who’s spent her early years at sea; and finally the devastating voice of Florens’ mother. These are all men and women inventing themselves in the wilderness. A Mercy reveals what lies beneath the surface of slavery. But at its heart it is the ambivalent, disturbing story of a mother who casts off her daughter in order to save her, and of a daughter who may never exorcise that abandonment. Acts of mercy may have unforeseen consequences.

Peony in Love by Lisa See “I finally understand what the poets have written. In spring, moved to passion; in autumn only regret.” For young Peony, betrothed to a suitor she has never met, these lyrics from The Peony Pavilion mirror her own longings. In the garden of the Chen Family Villa, amid the scent of ginger, green tea, and jasmine, a small theatrical troupe is performing scenes from this epic opera, a live spectacle few females have ever seen. Like the heroine in the drama, Peony is the cloistered daughter of a wealthy family, trapped like a good-luck cricket in a bamboo-and-lacquer cage. Though raised to be obedient, Peony has dreams of her own. Peony’s mother is against her daughter’s attending the production: “Unmarried girls should not be seen in public.” But Peony’s father assures his wife that proprieties will be maintained, and that the women will watch the opera from behind a screen. Yet through its cracks, Peony catches sight of an elegant, handsome man with hair as black as a cave–and is immediately overcome with emotion. So begins Peony’s unforgettable journey of love and destiny, desire and sorrow–as Lisa See’s haunting new novel, based on actual historical events, takes readers back to seventeenth-century China, after the Manchus seize power and the Ming dynasty is crushed. Steeped in traditions and ritual, this story brings to life another time and place–even the intricate realm of the afterworld, with its protocols, pathways, and stages of existence, a vividly imagined place where one’s soul is divided into three, ancestors offer guidance, misdeeds are punished, and hungry ghosts wander the earth. Immersed in the richness and magic of the Chinese vision of the afterlife, transcending even death, Peony in Love explores, beautifully, the many manifestations of love. Ultimately, Lisa See’s new novel addresses universal themes: the bonds of friendship, the power of words, and the age-old desire of women to be heard.

Women, Art, and Society by Whitney Chadwick A reappraisal of the position and work of women artists from the Middle Ages to the present. It examines the way in which women's work has been perceived in the history of Western art - often in direct reference to gender - and re-examines the works themselves.

Women - Images and Realities by Amy Kesselman; Lily D. McNair; Nancy Schniedewind; Suzanne Kelly; Gowri Parameswaran Now in its fifth successful edition, Women: Images and Realities offers a unique, thought-provoking introduction to feminism and women’s studies. A multicultural anthology, the text presents a multidisciplinary collection of academic essays and analyses, personal narratives, and fiction and poetry about women’s lives. The readings illustrate the variety of women’s experiences, primarily in the United States, considering both commonalities and differences among women and appreciating women’s diverse approaches to living and fostering change.