Women's Studies
We Are Your Sisters: Black Women in the Nineteenth Century
Paperback
"A remarkable documentary and the first in-depth record of many black women, slave and free."--Dorothy B. Porter, curator emeritus, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University
The Heroine with 1001 Faces
Paperback
World-renowned folklorist Maria Tatar reveals an astonishing but long-buried history of heroines, taking us from Cassandra and Scheherazade to Nancy Drew and Wonder Woman
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Loving Sylvia Plath: A Reclamation
Paperback
A nuanced, passionate exploration of the life and work of one of the most misunderstood writers of the twentieth century
Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History
Paperback
An engaging narrative about an incredible, life-giving organ and its imperiled modern fate.