In Money In Their Own Name, Wendy McKeen examines the relationship between gender and social policy in Canada from the 1970s to the 1990s. She provides a detailed historical account of the shaping of feminist politics within the field of federal child benefits programs in Canada…
"Ronald F. Levant, Ed.D., ABPP, is Professor Emeritus of Psychology, the University of Akron. Dr. Levant earned his bachelors in psychology from the University of California, Berkeley, and his doctorate in Clinical Psychology and Public Practice from Harvard University. He serve…
Equivocal feminists takes a new look at the relationship between socialism and feminism in the years before the First World War. The book presents a detailed examination of a neglected organisation - the Social Democratic Federation (SDF), Britain's first Marxist party. It reass…
Feminisms of discontent: global contestations
This edited volume focuses on a central plank of feminist politics, i.e. the struggle for equality. It contains important debates and raises questions that are critical to feminist struggles across the world. The ten chapters cover a wide range of issues from around the world: f…
"Sixty years ago, an article published in the socialist weekly the Militant sparked a lively debate on how the cosmetics and "fashion" industries play on the economic and emotional insecurities of women and youth to rake in profits. Today that exchange, contained in this book, a…
"Sixty years ago, an article published in the socialist weekly the Militant sparked a lively debate on how the cosmetics and “fashion” industries play on the economic and emotional insecurities of women and youth to rake in profits. Today that exchange, contained in this book, a…
Worlds of Women is an exploration of the "first wave" of the international women's movement, from its late nineteenth-century origins through the Second World War. Making extensive use of archives in the United States, England, the Netherlands, Germany, and France, Lella Rupp ex…
Worlds of Women is an exploration of the "first wave" of the international women's movement, from its late nineteenth-century origins through the Second World War. Making extensive use of archives in the United States, England, the Netherlands, Germany, and France, Lella Rupp ex…
On December 20, 2011, Egyptian women came out in force to Cairo's Tahrir Square in one of the largest uprisings in the country's history. The demonstrators gathered as citizens and likewise as women demanding social change and the right to gender equality. The size and impact of…