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1. Cover image for 'Virtuous Necessity'
Virtuous Necessity
Conduct Literature and the Making of the Virtuous Woman in Early Modern England
Jessica C. Murphy
A new way of looking at behavioral expectations for women in early modern England
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Virtuous Necessity
Conduct Literature and the Making of the Virtuous Woman in Early Modern England
Jessica C. Murphy
A new way of looking at behavioral expectations for women in early modern England
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Portraits of the Vestal Virgins, Priestesses of Ancient Rome
Molly M. Lindner
Examines portraits of Rome’s Vestal Virgins as artistic documents and political vehicles
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Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800
Roger S. Bagnall and Raffaella Cribiore
The private letters of ancient women in Egypt from Alexander the Great to the Arab conquest
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Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800
Roger S. Bagnall and Raffaella Cribiore
The private letters of ancient women in Egypt from Alexander the Great to the Arab conquest
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Embroidering the Scarlet A
Unwed Mothers and Illegitimate Children in American Fiction and Film
Janet Mason Ellerby
The first book-length study of changing cultural representations of unwed mothers in American fiction and film, from The Scarlet Letter to Juno
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Embroidering the Scarlet A
Unwed Mothers and Illegitimate Children in American Fiction and Film
Janet Mason Ellerby
The first book-length study of changing cultural representations of unwed mothers in American fiction and film, from The Scarlet Letter to Juno
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Embroidering the Scarlet A
Unwed Mothers and Illegitimate Children in American Fiction and Film
Janet Mason Ellerby
The first book-length study of changing cultural representations of unwed mothers in American fiction and film, from The Scarlet Letter to Juno
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The Merchant of Prato's Wife
Margherita Datini and Her World, 1360-1423
Ann Crabb
The first full study of the life of Margherita Datini illuminates the role and social standing of wives in early modern Italian society
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The Merchant of Prato's Wife
Margherita Datini and Her World, 1360-1423
Ann Crabb
The first full study of the life of Margherita Datini illuminates the role and social standing of wives in early modern Italian society 
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Arguments with Silence
Writing the History of Roman Women
Amy Richlin

Examining the perishable nature of the history of women’s lives

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Arguments with Silence
Writing the History of Roman Women
Amy Richlin

Examining the perishable nature of the history of women’s lives

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Arguments with Silence
Writing the History of Roman Women
Amy Richlin
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7. Cover image for 'In the Thick of the Fight'
In the Thick of the Fight
The Writing of Emily Wilding Davison, Militant Suffragette
Carolyn P. Collette

Deeds not words: an extraordinary ordinary life

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In the Thick of the Fight
The Writing of Emily Wilding Davison, Militant Suffragette
Carolyn P. Collette
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Seven Stories of Threatening Speech
Women's Suffrage Meets Machine Code
Ruth A. Miller
Treating language as a type of machine code opens new avenues for the study of history and politics
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Seven Stories of Threatening Speech
Women's Suffrage Meets Machine Code
Ruth A. Miller
Treating language as a type of machine code opens new avenues for the study of history and politics
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Seven Stories of Threatening Speech
Women's Suffrage Meets Machine Code
Ruth A. Miller
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When Protest Makes Policy
How Social Movements Represent Disadvantaged Groups
S. Laurel Weldon
Do social movements lead to more inclusive democracy or to a more polarized, fragmented, elite-dominated polity?
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When Protest Makes Policy
How Social Movements Represent Disadvantaged Groups
S. Laurel Weldon
Do social movements lead to more inclusive democracy or to a more polarized, fragmented, elite-dominated polity?
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When Protest Makes Policy
How Social Movements Represent Disadvantaged Groups
S. Laurel Weldon
Do social movements lead to more inclusive democracy or to a more polarized, fragmented, elite-dominated polity?
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10. Cover image for 'The New Woman International'
The New Woman International
Representations in Photography and Film from the 1870s through the 1960s
Elizabeth Otto and Vanessa Rocco, editors
An international picture of New Woman in film and photography
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Web 2011 Open Access Available Read Online
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The New Woman International
Representations in Photography and Film from the 1870s through the 1960s
Elizabeth Otto and Vanessa Rocco, editors
An international picture of New Woman in film and photography
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Paper 2012 $37.95 Available Add Paper for "The New Woman International" to Cart
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The New Woman International
Representations in Photography and Film from the 1870s through the 1960s
Elizabeth Otto and Vanessa Rocco, editors
An international picture of New Woman in film and photography
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Paper 2012 $37.95 Available Add Paper for "The New Woman International" to Cart
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Web 2011 Open Access Available Read Online
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Footpaths and Bridges
Voices from the Native American Women Playwrights Archive
Edited by Shirley A. Huston-Findley and Rebecca Howard
The first anthology to showcase the rich and diverse dramatic work of Native American women
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Paper 2011 $41.95 Available Add Paper for "Footpaths and Bridges" to Cart
12. Cover image for 'Viral Mothers'
Viral Mothers
Breastfeeding in the Age of HIV/AIDS
Bernice L. Hausman
Sheds light on the complex cultural politics that surround the promotion of breastfeeding at a time of global health crises
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Viral Mothers
Breastfeeding in the Age of HIV/AIDS
Bernice L. Hausman
Sheds light on the complex cultural politics that surround the promotion of breastfeeding at a time of global health crises
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Transforming Science and Engineering
Advancing Academic Women
Abigail J. Stewart, Janet E. Malley, and Danielle LaVaque-Manty, Editors

Depicts the many issues women faculty in science and engineering face, and gives solutions that can be widely accepted at academic institutions around the U.S.

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Mammy
A Century of Race, Gender, and Southern Memory
Kimberly Wallace-Sanders
A revealing exploration of the origins and meanings of the mammy figure
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15. Cover image for 'Taking Her Seriously'
Taking Her Seriously
Penelope and the Plot of Homer's Odyssey
Richard Heitman
An innovative new analysis of the Odyssey's most influential female character
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Taking Her Seriously
Penelope and the Plot of Homer's Odyssey
Richard Heitman
An innovative new analysis of the Odyssey's most influential female character
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Framed
The New Woman Criminal in British Culture at the Fin de Siecle
Elizabeth Carolyn Miller

By introducing us to the New Woman Criminal, Framed offers a profoundly different view of the fin de siècle British crime narrative

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Framed
The New Woman Criminal in British Culture at the Fin de Siecle
Elizabeth Carolyn Miller

By introducing us to the New Woman Criminal, Framed offers a profoundly different view of the fin de siècle British crime narrative

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Framed
The New Woman Criminal in British Culture at the Fin de Siecle
Elizabeth Carolyn Miller

By introducing us to the New Woman Criminal, Framed offers a profoundly different view of the fin de siècle British crime narrative

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16. Cover image for 'Framed'
Framed
The New Woman Criminal in British Culture at the Fin de Siecle
Elizabeth Carolyn Miller

By introducing us to the New Woman Criminal, Framed offers a profoundly different view of the fin de siècle British crime narrative

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17. Cover image for 'The Aphrodite of Knidos and Her Successors'
The Aphrodite of Knidos and Her Successors
A Historical Review of the Female Nude in Greek Art
Christine Mitchell Havelock
A revealing survey of Aphrodite
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Paper 2007 $39.95 Available Add Paper for "The Aphrodite of Knidos and Her Successors" to Cart
18. Cover image for 'State of Virginity'
State of Virginity
Gender, Religion, and Politics in an Early Modern Catholic State
Ulrike Strasser
An important contribution to the historical study of sexuality and the growing feminist literature on the state
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Paper 2006 $24.95 Available Add Paper for "State of Virginity" to Cart
19. Cover image for 'Myth, Montage, and Visuality in Late Medieval Manuscript Culture'
Myth, Montage, and Visuality in Late Medieval Manuscript Culture
Christine de Pizan's Epistre Othea
Marilynn Desmond and Pamela Sheingorn
A broad multidisciplinary study that uses the Epistre Othea to examine the visual presentation of knowledge
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20. Cover image for 'Where Women Run'
Where Women Run
Gender and Party in the American States
Kira Sanbonmatsu
Where are the women candidates?
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Where Women Run
Gender and Party in the American States
Kira Sanbonmatsu
Where are the women candidates?
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Growing Up Female in Nazi Germany
Dagmar Reese, Translated by William Templer
The first English-language account of the girls' division of the Hitler Youth
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Growing Up Female in Nazi Germany
Dagmar Reese, Translated by William Templer
The first English-language account of the girls' division of the Hitler Youth
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22. Cover image for 'Breaking Ground'
Breaking Ground
Pioneering Women Archaeologists
Getzel M. Cohen and Martha Sharp Joukowsky, Editors
Biographies of twelve often-overlooked woman archaeologists
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Breaking Ground
Pioneering Women Archaeologists
Getzel M. Cohen and Martha Sharp Joukowsky, Editors
Biographies of twelve often-overlooked woman archaeologists
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Breaking Ground
Pioneering Women Archaeologists
Getzel M. Cohen and Martha Sharp Joukowsky, Editors
Biographies of twelve often-overlooked woman archaeologists
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Paper 2006 $38.95 Available Add Paper for "Breaking Ground" to Cart
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Strong Voices, Weak History
Early Women Writers and Canons in England, France, and Italy
Pamela J Benson and Victoria Kirkham, Editors
Reveals how medieval and Renaissance women won acclaim in their contemporary canons, and offers reasons for the decline of their reputation in later ages
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Communities and Law
Politics and Cultures of Legal Identities
Gad Barzilai
Offers an alternative approach to liberalism and to communitarianism, with an empirical focus on Israel
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Communities and Law
Politics and Cultures of Legal Identities
Gad Barzilai
Offers an alternative approach to liberalism and to communitarianism, with an empirical focus on Israel
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25. Cover image for 'Joining the Conversation'
Joining the Conversation
Dialogues by Renaissance Women
Janet Levarie Smarr
Calls attention to the work of French and Italian Renaissance women in a genre that has never before been acknowledged as important to women's literature
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Joining the Conversation
Dialogues by Renaissance Women
Janet Levarie Smarr
Calls attention to the work of French and Italian Renaissance women in a genre that has never before been acknowledged as important to women's literature
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