In contrast to earlier scholars who have seen Boccaccio's "Famous Women" as incoherent and fractured, Franklin argues that the text offers a remarkably consistent, coherent and comprehensible treatise concerning the appropriate functioning of women in society. In this cross disc…
"In contrast to earlier scholars who have seen Boccaccio's "Famous Women" as incoherent and fractured, Franklin argues that the text offers a remarkably consistent, coherent and comprehensible treatise concerning the appropriate functioning of women in society. In this cross dis…
In contrast to earlier scholars who have seen Boccaccio's "Famous Women" as incoherent and fractured, Franklin argues that the text offers a remarkably consistent, coherent and comprehensible treatise concerning the appropriate functioning of women in society. In this cross disc…
Includes biographies of ten women who have made significant contributions to modern science, including Barbara McClintock, Katsuko Saruhashi, E. Margaret Burbidge, and Lydia Phindile Makhubu.
Follows the popular children's author through college years during the Depression; jobs including that of librarian; marriage; and writing and publication of her first book, "Henry Huggins."
Presents an illustrated look at the life of American painter, writer, mixed media sculptor, and performance artist, Faith Ringgold.
Shares the experiences of important women in history, including Aung San Suu Kyi, Arianna Huffington, and Madam C.J. Walker.
Shares the experiences of important women in history, including Aung San Suu Kyi, Arianna Huffington, and Madam C.J. Walker.
Vol.1 Quinze récits mettant en scène le combat de femmes d'origines et d'époques diverses, qui bravèrent les normes sociales de leur temps : Margaret, une actrice hollywoodienne, Agnodice, une gynécologue de l'Antiquité grecque qui se fit passer pour un homme afin d'exercer sa p…
"Sonita, rappeuse afghane et exilée militante ; Thérèse, bienfaitrice des mamies parisiennes ; Nellie, journaliste d'investigation au XIXe siècle ; Cheryl, athlète marathonienne ; Phulan, reine des bandits et figure des opprimés en Inde... Les Culottées ont fait voler en éclat l…
Vol. 1: Guerrière apache ou sirène hollywoodienne, gardienne de phare ou créatrice de trolls, gynécologue ou impératrice, les Culottées ont fait voler en éclats les préjugés. Quinze portraits de femmes qui ont inventé leur destin. [4e de couv.]. Vol. 2: Rappeuse afghane ou astr…