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_Understanding_Violence_Against_Women
[ebook_store ebook_id=”7464″] Violence against women is one factor in the growing wave of alarm about violence in American society. High-profile cases such as the O.J. Simpson trial call attention to the thousands of lesser-known but no less tragic situations in which women’s lives are shattered by beatings or sexual assault. The search for solutions has…
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_Preventing_Violence _Against_Women and_Children
[ebook_store ebook_id=”7440″] Violence against women and children is a serious public health concern, with costs at multiple levels of society. Although violence is a threat to everyone, women and children are particularly susceptible to victimization because they often have fewer rights or lack appropriate means of protection. In some societies certain types of violence are…
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_Servants of the_Dynasty-_Palace_Women in_World History
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6450″] Mothers, wives, concubines, entertainers, attendants, officials, maids, drudges. By offering the first comparative view of the women who lived, worked, and served in royal courts around the globe, this work opens a new perspective on the monarchies that have dominated much of human history. Written by leading historians, anthropologists, and archeologists, these lively…
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A to Z of Women in World History
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6417″] Details the lives of 260 women of historical importance arranged by their contributions to religion, science, politics, journalism, the performing arts, education, the visual arts, and women’s rights.
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The_Biographical_Dictionary of_Women in_Science_Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century
[ebook_store ebook_id=”5970″] Edited by two of the most respected scholars in the field, this milestone reference combines “facts-fronted” fast access to biographical details with highly readable accounts and analyses of nearly 3000 scientists’ lives, works, and accomplishments. For all academic and public libraries’ science and women’s studies collectio
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International_Handbook_of_Women_and_Small_Business_Entrepreneurship
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