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I was the fastest girl in America, until I joined Nike
Cain, M. (2019, November 7). Opinion | I Was the Fastest Girl in America, Until I Joined Nike. The New York Times.
Femicide - Honduras, One of the Most Dangerous Places to Be a Woman
Beauty of Their Dreams
Her Story: The Female Revolution—Women and Work
Maids: Docile and Invisible—A Story On Domestic Workers
Sweden: Rosie's Journey
A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea by
"Urgently required reading."--People "Deeply affecting... Fleming brings a moral urgency to the narrative." --The New Yorker "Fleming deftly illustrates the pain of those who choose to leave Syria...and her book is ultimately a story of hope." --Newsweek Adrift in a frigid sea, no land in sight, just debris from the ship's wreckage and floating corpses all around, nineteen-year-old Doaa Al Zamel stays afloat on a small inflatable ring and clutches two little girls--barely toddlers--to her body. The children had been thrust into Doaa's arms by their drowning relatives, all refugees who boarded a dangerously overcrowded ship bound for Italy and a new life. For days as Doaa drifts, she prays for rescue and sings to the babies in her arms. Shemust stay alive for them. She must not lose hope. A Hope More Powerful Than the Seachronicles the life of Doaa, a Syrian girl whose life was upended in 2011 by the onset of her country's brutal civil war. Doaa and her fiance, Bassem, decide to flee to Europe to seek safety and an education, but four days after setting sail on a smuggler's dilapidated fishing vessel along with five hundred other refugees, their boat is struck and begins to sink. This is the moment when Doaa's struggle for survival really begins. This emotionally charged, eye-opening true story that represents the millions of unheard voices of refugees who risk everything in a desperate search for the promise of a safe future. In the midst of the most pressing international humanitarian crisis of our time, Melissa Fleming paints a vivid, unforgettable portrait of the triiumph of the human spirit.
Call Number: 956.9104231 F598ISBN: 1250105994Publication Date: 2017-01-24
Threadbare by
Threadbare draws the connections between the international sex and garment trades and human trafficking in a beautifully illustrated comics series. Anne Elizabeth Moore, in reports illustrated by top-notch comics creators, pulls at the threads of gender, labor, and cultural production to paint a concerning picture of a human rights in a globalized world. Moore's reporting, illustrated by members of the Ladydrawers Comics Collective, takes the reader from the sweatshops of Cambodia to the traditional ateliers of Vienna, from the life of a globetrotting supermodel to the warehouses of large clothing retailers, from the secondhand clothing industry to the politics of the sex trade. With thoughtful illustrations of women's stories across the sex and garment supply chain, this book offers a practical guide to a growing problem few truly understand. Featuring the work of Leela Corman, Julia Gfrörer, Simon Häussle, Delia Jean, Ellen Lindner, and Melissa Mendes.
Call Number: 364.1551 M821ISBN: 1621067394Publication Date: 2016-05-03
The Unfinished Revolution by
Writers from around the world tackle some of the toughest questions about improving the lives of women and explain why we need fresh approaches in analysing what works for the most vexing issues. How far have women in the world progressed since the 1990s? This anthology outlines the recent history of legal and political battles to secure basic rights for women and girls. Top policymakers, human rights experts, writers and artists with unique perspectives will address topics from violence against women to property rights to the role of international institutions.
Call Number: 305.42 U56ISBN: 9781609803872Publication Date: 2012-03-06
From Eve to Dawn by
Origins is the first of four volumes of a momental, readable, and unprecedented history of women throughout the world. The internationally celebrated author ofThe Women's Room, Marilyn French, spent over fifteen years with a team of researchers and prominent historians examining women's lives and activities in civilizations and societies spanning the ages. Beginning in prehistory,Origins moves on to examine women's lives in ancient Egypt, China, India, Peru, Mexico, Greece, and Rome. In her reconstruction of wars, laws, and other activities affecting both women and men, French also traces the worldviews underpinning them. In accessible writing for a broad readership, three chapters depict how women's relationship to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam changed for good and bad over the centuries.
Call Number: 305.4209 F87ISBN: 1558615652Publication Date: 2008-04-01
And the World Changed by
The only English-language anthology by Pakistani women published in the United States,And the World Changedgoes beyond the sensational headlines to reveal the stories of Pakistani women. Immigrants and refugees, travelers and explorers, seasoned authors and fresh voices, the twenty-five writers in this volume are as dynamic and diverse as their stories. Sixty years have passed since the Partition of India, and it's clear that Pakistani writers have established their own literary tradition to record the stories of their communities. Famed novelist Bapsi Sidhwa portrays a Pakistani community in Houston, Texas, still struggling to heal from the horrors of Partition. In Uzma Aslam Khan's tale, a man working in a Karachi auto body shop falls in love with the magical woman painted on a bus cabin. Bushra Rehman introduces us to a Pakistani girl living in Corona, Queens, who becomes painfully aware of the tensions between established Italian immigrants and their new Pakistani neighbors. And during the anti-Muslim sentiment following 9/11, a young woman in newcomer Humera Afridi's story searches Manhattan's rubble-filled streets for a mosque. Filled with nostalgic memories of Pakistan, critical commentary about the world's current political climate, and inspirational hope for the future, the stories inAnd the World Changed weave an intricate, enlightening view of Pakistan, its relation to the West, and the women who travel between the two regions. Featuring: Talat Abbasi, Humera Afridi, Aamina Ahmad, Rukhsana Ahmad, Feryal Ali Gauhar, Sara Suleri Goodyear, Shahrukh Husain, Sabyn Javeri Jillani, Sonia Kamal, Fawzia Afzal Khan, Sorayya Khan, Uzma Aslam Khan, Maniza Naqvi, Tahira Naqvi, Nayyara Rahman, Hima Raza, Bushra Rehman, Fahmida Riaz, Roshni Rustomji, Sehba Sarwar, Bina Shah, Qaisra Shahraz, Kamila Shamsie, Muneeza Shamsie, and Bapsi Sidwa.
Call Number: 823.0108928 AN543ISBN: 1558615806Publication Date: 2008-10-01
Global Feminisms by
This celebration of contemporary feminist art brings together works by over eighty women artists from around the world. Contributions by a multinational team of authors focus particular attention on socio-cultural, racial and gender identities.
Call Number: 704.042 G562ISBN: 1858943906Publication Date: 2007-03-01
Globalizing Women by
Globalization may offer modern feminism its greatest opportunity and greatest challenge. Allowing communication and information exchange while also exacerbating economic and social inequalities, globalization has fostered the growth of transnational feminist networks (TFNs). These groups have used the Internet to build coalitions, lobby governments, and advance the goals of feminism. Globalizing Women explains how the negative and positive aspects of globalization have helped to create transnational networks of activists and organizations with common agendas. Sociologist Valentine M. Moghadam discusses six such feminist networks to analyze the organization, objectives, programs, and outcomes of these groups in their effort to improve conditions for women throughout the world. Moghadam also examines how "globalizing women" are responding to and resisting growing inequalities, the exploitation of female labor, and patriarchal fundamentalisms. This book is an important addition to literature exploring feminism as well as to the broader discussion of the impact of transnational social movements and organizations in the globalized world.
Call Number: 305.42 M696ISBN: 0801880246Publication Date: 2005-01-20
Women Writing Africa by
The acclaimedWomen Writing Africa Project continues with the second volume ofWomen Writing Africa: West Africa and the Sahel. Drawing upon more than a decade of research,West Africa and the Sahel covers the territory where most African Americans find their roots. The collection encompasses an epic cultural history through the voices of women represented in twenty languages spoken in an area encompassing twelve countries. Beginning with African kingdoms dating six centuries or more before colonialism and independence, the volume gathers 132 texts--stories, songs, letters, drama, oral history, diaries, and historical documents--each with a readable authoritative headnote explaining its cultural and historical contexts. A general introduction provides an overview of West African cultural and literary history, including the brilliant and diverse traditions of women's oral literatures.
Call Number: 896.082 W872 V.2ISBN: 1558615008Publication Date: 2005-08-01
The Elgar Companion to Feminist Economics by Call Number: Online BookISBN: 1840647833Publication Date: 2001-05-25
Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender by Call Number: Online BookISBN: 030647770XPublication Date: 2003-12-31
Encyclopedia of Women and Gender by Call Number: Online BookISBN: 0122272455Publication Date: 2001-10-16
International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family by Call Number: Online BookISBN: 0028656725Publication Date: 2002-11-27
The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography by Call Number: Online BookISBN: 1403934487Publication Date: 2005-03-08
Feminism and the Power of Law by Call Number: Online BookISBN: 0415026717Publication Date: 1989-08-22
Medicines of the Soul by Call Number: Online BookISBN: 0520222849Publication Date: 2001-03-01
Pray the Devil Back to Hell: Call Number: 966.6203 P921 DVD
The Eagle Huntress Call Number: 305.235082 E11 DVD
Me & the Mosque Call Number: 305.48697 M479 DVD
Maquilapolis: City of Factories Call Number: 331.4 M297 DVD
He Named me Malala Call Number: 371.8220954 M887 DVD
Half the sky : turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide Call Number: 362.8309172 K92 DVD (Truax & South)
