Social Science : Women's Studies

This text looks at the ways in which women as mothers are positioned in society in terms of ethnicity, social class and marital status. Using case studies, the author expands her assessment to analyze the way women's educational experience influences their involvement in their children's schooling. more...

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More than 155,000 female troops have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan since 2002. And more than seventy of those women have died. While that’s a small fraction of all American casualties, those deaths exceed the number of military women who died in Korea, Vietnam, and the Gulf War combined. Clearly, women in combat isn’t a theoretical issue anymore. Women now fly combat aircraft and serve on warships. Even the remaining all-male corners of the military are blurring the lines in Iraq. And for many advocates, this trend is considered progress—toward a better, “gender neutral” military. Co-ed Combat makes the opposite case, based on research in anthropology, biology, history, psychology, sociology, and law, as well as military memoirs. It asks hard questions that challenge the assumptions of feminists. For instance:. • Has warfare really changed so much as to reverse the almost unanimous history of all-male armed forces?. • Are men and women really equivalent in combat skills, even leaving aside physical strength?. • Do female troops respond to traditional types of motivations?. • Can the bonds of unit cohesion form in a co-ed military unit?. • Can an all-volunteer military afford to reject women?. This is a controversial book, likely to draw a passionate response from both conservatives and liberals more...

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In Comeback Season, Cathy Day, author of the highly praised novel The Circus in Winter, tells the heartwarming story of how she got back in the game of love -- thanks to her favorite football team, the Indianapolis Colts. In 2005, Day, an Indiana native, moves to Pittsburgh to start her dream job. She's thirty-seven, a college professor, an acclaimed writer -- and still single. Psyching herself up, she thinks, "This is the year for the Colts and for me." Instead, both Day and quarterback Peyton Manning face heartbreaking end-of-season losses: the man in her life decides to punt, and the Colts fall to the Pittsburgh Steelers, the eventual Super Bowl champs. Her blue heart broken, Day vows that if the Colts can come back in 2006 and try again, so can she. Honest, touching, and frequently hilarious, Comeback Season tells a timeless story about our need to feel connected to people and to places. This year-long chronicle of one woman's journey will resonate with anyone who's ever looked for love...fumbled...recovered! and kept charging down the field. more...

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This timely volume represents one of the first comprehensive, student-oriented guides to the under-published field of early modern women's writing.:.; Brings together more than twenty leading international scholars to provide the definitive survey volume to the field of early modern women's writing.; Examines individual texts, including works by Mary Sidney, Margaret Cavendish and Aphra Behn.; Explores the historical context and generic diversity of early modern women's writing, as well as the theoretical issues that underpin its study.; Provides a clear sense of the full extent of women's contributions to early modern literary culture more...

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A female Goodfellas— the true story of A supermodel turned getaway driver for the mob. All-American beauty Georgia Durante was one of the most photographed models in the country when she married mobster Joe Lamendola. It plunged her into a world she never dreamed of—and one she feared she’d never survive—as a getaway driver for the Mafia and an eyewitness to unspeakable violence, brutality, and murder, as she came to understand the terrifying risk of being married to the Mob. more...

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