Friday, March 5, 2010

Books on Display at HPL

Books on Display at HPL


Women's History Month
Why I Love Black Women

Why I Love Black Women
By Dyson, Michael Eric
2004-01 - Basic Civitas Books
9780465017645 Check Our Catalog

In this open love letter to black women everywhere, Dyson celebrates the strength and beauty of African-American women, from Miss James, his grammar school teacher, to author Toni Morrison. …More


A Century of Women: The Most Influential Events in Twentieth-Century Women's History

A Century of Women: The Most Influential Events in Twentieth-Century Women's History
By Felder, Deborah G.
1999-01 - Citadel Press
1559724854 Check Our Catalog

A brilliant history of women's work in the social, political, and cultural movements of the American century, written by the author of the critically acclaimed "100 Most Influential Women of All Time". 50+ illustrations. …More


Suffragettes to She Devils

Suffragettes to She Devils
By McQuiston, Liz
Foreword by Greer, Germaine
1997-12 - Phaidon Press
9780714836195 Check Our Catalog

The fight for women's rights has been one of the great struggles of our century, and its graphic expression has been central to this battle. Suffragettes to She-Devils captures the excitement of revolutionary campaigns and movements, from the vibrant visual identity of the militant Suffragettes, through the humour and sniping of the cartoons of 1960s Women's Lib, to the virtual-reality explorations of end-of-the-century cyberfeminists. It explores the developing role of graphics and related media in the struggle for women's liberation.
This book covers a wide and international range of issues including women and war work; 1950s consumerism; women's rights in the workplace; gay rights and gay pride; and questions of identity, race, violence, health and welfare. An enormous variety of posters, billboards, publications, logos, artworks and computer graphics are illustrated, reflecting the ways in which women of all ages and cultures have created avenues for communication and fostered social change through graphic design. …More


We Are Our Mothers' Daughters

We Are Our Mothers' Daughters
By Roberts, Cokie
1998-05 - William Morrow & Company
0688151981 Check Our Catalog

Renowned news correspondent Cokie Roberts explores significant issues confronting women on the cusp of the new millennium, such as the balance of work and family, the diverse roles of women, and the connection and distinction between different generations of women. …More


Sisterhood, Interrupted: From Radical Women to Grrls Gone Wild

Sisterhood, Interrupted: From Radical Women to Grrls Gone Wild
By Siegel, Deborah
Foreword by Baumgardner, Jennifer
2007-06 - Palgrave MacMillan
1403973180 Check Our Catalog

Deborah Siegel, PhD is a writer and consultant specializing in women's issues and a Fellow at the Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership. She is co-editor of the anthology Only Child: Writers on the Singular Joys and Solitary Sorrows of Growing Up Solo and has written about women, sex, contemporary families, and popular culture for a variety of publications. She has been featured on Good Morning America Radio, CBS This Morning, and in Psychology Today, The New York Times, USA Today, Ms., Time Out New York, and more. Read more about her and Sisterhood, Interrupted at www.deborahsiegel.net. …More


The Invisible Sex: Uncovering the True Roles of Women in Prehistory

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The Invisible Sex: Uncovering the True Roles of Women in Prehistory
By Adovasio, J. M.
Author Soffer, Olga
Author Page, Jake
2007-02 - Smithsonian Books
0061170917 Check Our Catalog

Two leading archeologists challenge assumptions about mankind's earliest days, arguing that women played a central role in the development of language and social life--in short, in our becoming human. …More


Black Women and Music: More Than the Blues

Black Women and Music: More Than the Blues
By Hayes, Eileen M.
Editor Williams, Linda F.
Foreword by Monson, Ingrid
2007-02 - University of Illinois Press
9780252031847 Check Our Catalog

This collection is the first interdisciplinary volume to examine black women' s negotiation of race and gender in African American music. Contributors address black women' s activity in musical arenas that pre- and postdate the emergence of the vaudeville blues singers of the 1920s. Throughout, the authors illustrate black women' s advocacy of themselves as blacks and as women in music. Feminist? Black feminist? The editors take care to stress that each term warrants interrogation: " Black women can and have forged, often, but not always--and not everywhere the same across time--identities that are supple enough to accommodate a sense of female empowerment through ' musicking' in tandem with their sensitivities to black racial allegiances."
Individual essays concern the experiences of black women in classical music and in contemporary blues, the history of black female gospel-inflected voices in the Broadway musical, and " hip-hop feminism" and its complications. Focusing on under-examined contexts, authors introduce readers to the work of a prominent gospel announcer, women' s music festivals (predominantly lesbian), and to women' s involvement in an early avant-garde black music collective. In contradistinction to a compilation of biographies, this volume critically illuminates themes of black authenticity, sexual politics, access, racial uplift through music, and the challenges of writing (black) feminist biography. Black Women and Music is a strong reminder that black women have been and are both social actors and artists contributing to African American thought.
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Shattering the Glass: The Remarkable History of Women's Basketball

Shattering the Glass: The Remarkable History of Women's Basketball
By Grundy, Pamela
Author Shackelford, Susan
2005-08 - New Press
1565848225 Check Our Catalog

Offering a sweeping chronicle of the history of women's basketball in the United States, the authors provide portraits of forgotten heroes and contemporary stars, as well as exploring the sport's relationship to changing ideas of womanhood. Photos. …More


Black Firsts

Black Firsts
By Smith, Jessie Carney
2002-12 - Visible Ink Press
9781578592296 Check Our Catalog

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Michelle: A Biography

Michelle: A Biography
By Mundy, Liza
2008-10 - Simon & Schuster
1416599436 Check Our Catalog

Liza Mundy offers this highly readable, thoroughly reported biography of the charming and self-possessed woman who could become the nation's first African-American First Lady. …More


Me, Myself and Him

Me, Myself and Him
By Joy, E. N.
2008-03 - Urban Books
9781601629548 Check Our Catalog

Locksie left the church behind to make a life with her live-in boyfriend. But lately, something just hasn't felt right. Hannah tries to offer advice, but she is having marital problems of her own. Now each woman must find the strength to face the truth about her relationship--and about herself. …More

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