Women's Studies
Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years
Paperback
The 30th-anniversary edition of a historical account, called “brilliantly original” by Katha Pollitt (The Washington Post Book World), that reframed our understanding of women’s lives in early societies
American Diva: Extraordinary, Unruly, Fabulous
Hardback
An impassioned homage to the divas who shake up our world and transform it with their bold, dazzling artistry
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The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society
Paperback
A vibrant and illuminating exploration of medieval thinking on women’s beauty, sexuality and behaviour
Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation
Hardback
A National Book Award–winning, The New York Times best-selling historian shows how girls who found self-understanding in the natural world became women who changed America
The Baby on the Fire Escape: Creativity, Motherhood, and the Mind-Baby Problem
Paperback
An insightful and provocative exploration of the relationship between motherhood and art through the lives of women artists and writers