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...
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,...
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...
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,...
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...