Womens Movement

In 1977, breast cancer was still shrouded in stigma and shame. Nobody talked about early detection and mammograms. Nobody could even say the words breast and cancer together in polite company. With Nancy at her side, Suzy endured the many indignities of cancer treatment, from the grim, soul-killing waiting rooms to the mistakes of well-meaning but misinformed doctors. That's when Suzy began to ask Nancy to promise....

The message from courageous women who were humiliated is loud and clear: that all people should be respected, protected, and treated with decency. Let us all stand together, and make this world safer and forgivable for those that positively change, and plant seeds of love, so love will grow in every heart from children to adults.

With the increasing demand for midwives among U.S. women, reproductive rights activists are lobbying to loosen restrictions that deny legal access to homebirth options. In Pushing for Midwives, Christa Craven presents a nuanced history of women's reproductive rights activism in the U.S. She also provides an examination of contemporary organizing strategies for reproductive rights in an era increasingly driven by "consumer rights".

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the most important leaders of the movement to gain American women the vote. But, as Vivian Gornick argues in this passionate, vivid biographical essay, Stanton is also the greatest feminist thinker of the 19th century. Endowed with a philosophical cast of mind large enough to grasp the immensity that women's rights addressed, Stanton developed a devotion to equality uniquely American in character. Her writing and life make clear why feminism as a liberation movement has flourished here as nowhere else in the world.

With contributions from a wide array of scholars and activists, including leading Chicana feminists from the period, this groundbreaking anthology is the first collection of scholarly essays and testimonios that focuses on Chicana organizing, activism, and leadership in the movement years. The essays in Chicana Movidas: New Narratives of Activisim and Feminism in the Movement Era demonstrate how Chicanas enacted a new kind of politica at the intersection of race, class, gender, and sexuality, and developed innovative concepts, tactics, and methodologies that in turn generated new theories, art forms, organizational spaces, and strategies of alliance.

Eleanor Roosevelt, Fighter for Justice shows young listeners how the former First Lady evolved from a poor little rich girl to a protector and advocate for those without a voice. Although now seen as a cultural icon, she was a woman deeply insecure about her looks and her role in the world. But by recognizing her fears and constantly striving to overcome her prejudices, she used her proximity to presidents and her own power to aid in the fight for Civil Rights and other important causes. This biography gives listeners a fresh perspective on her extraordinary life.

Dealing with women is something that we men have been trying to do since the beginning of time. They play games and these games have no rules except winning at any cost. We cannot expect them to play fair, but what we can do is learn how to recognize their bluffs and show that they are always holding the losing hand. Whether you have been with her for five days or five years the signs will be the same because their playbook is universal. Women will test you. Women will play games with you. Women will push your buttons and do whatever it takes to take control of the relationship. With this books, I hope to teach you guys about one of their most time worn tools. The bluff. When all else fails, they will reach for the chips and threaten to leave or to cry or to cut you off.

Since the release of her first book, How to Avoid the Superwoman Complex: 12 Ways to Balance Mind, Body and Spirit in March 2015, Doctor Swiner has been speaking locally and nationally for organizations, groups, high schools and universities about stress management, health matters and self-care. Along with speaking and teaching, she added self-publishing consulting to her list of duties, as friends and colleagues around her became inspired to write and publish themselves.

Shareholder activist Wilma Soss rocketed to fame in the 1950s fighting for the rights of the individual investor. But over the years, her legacy was almost forgotten. Based on archival documents, this is the true story of how a disparate group of activist investors—from a PR star to a Holocaust survivor--found each other and became the advocates Fortune 500 management loved to hate.

Versuchst du auch täglich immer wieder, den verschiedenen Rollenbildern von Supermutter, Karrierefrau und umwerfender Partnerin zu entsprechen? Spürst du den Druck, den Ansprüchen deines Umfeldes, aber auch deinen eigenen Erwartungen gerecht zu werden wie Blei auf deiner Brust? Dann wird es Zeit, die Reißleine zu ziehen. Denn im Dickicht all der Botschaften, wie du als Frau zu sein hast, geht langsam aber sicher das Gefühl zugrunde, wie es wirklich ist, eine Frau zu sein.