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Author : George Barnett Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Women of Renown written by George Barnett Smith and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Annette B. Weiner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780292790193
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Women of Value, Men of Renown written by Annette B. Weiner and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of women, men, and exchanges of wealth in the Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, makes an interesting comparison with the work of pioneer ethnographer Bronislaw Malinowski, who conducted his seminal research there between 1915 and 1918. While Malinowski and others have focused on men, dismissing "women's work" as unimportant, Weiner shows that women play a vital role in Trobriand society.
Author : George Barnett Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780722217078
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Women of Renown written by George Barnett Smith and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : G. Barnett Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780848264628
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (646 download)
Download or read book Women of Renown written by G. Barnett Smith and published by . This book was released on 1893-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : H. Bellis
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1447498534
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (474 download)
Download or read book The 'Women of Renown' Series - Elizabeth Garrett Anderson written by H. Bellis and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published as part of the ‘Women of Renown’ series, this book describes the life of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917), the English physician and suffragist, and the first woman to qualify in Britain as a physician and surgeon. It offers a poetic and insightful read for historians and those with an interest in Anderson, women’s history or biographical writing. Chapters: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson - Adventurous Journey - Worthy Establishment - An Exciting Summer - Gradual Awakening - First Woman Doctor - Important Decision - At Work in the Wards - Undaunted by Setbacks - A Step forward - Joint Enterprise - Resolute Candidate - Honoured in France - Continental Adventure - Education Reform - A Happy Marriage - Happiness and Success - Student insurgents - Widespread interests - Elizabeth’s Children - Further Bitterness Aroused - Active Retirement - Pioneer Medical Unit. Using the original text and artwork, this vintage text is being republished in a high quality, modern and affordable edition, complete with a specially written concise biography.
Author : Annette B. Weiner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Women of Value, Men of Renown written by Annette B. Weiner and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of women, men, and exchanges of wealth in the Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, makes an interesting comparison with the work of pioneer ethnographer Bronislaw Malinowski, who conducted his seminal research there between 1915 and 1918. While Malinowski and others have focused on men, dismissing "women's work" as unimportant, Weiner shows that women play a vital role in Trobriand society.
Author : Suzanne Le-May Sheffield
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134698461
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)
Download or read book Revealing New Worlds written by Suzanne Le-May Sheffield and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of nineteenth-century science often tells a tale of a masculinized professionalizing domain. Scientific man increasingly pushed women out, marginalized them and constructed them as naturally feminine creatures incapable of intellectual work, particularly scientific work. Yet many women participated in various scientific endeavours throughout the century. This work asks why, when the waters were so inviting, did women dive deeply into the swirling maelstrom of scientific practice, scientific controversies and scientific writing? Victorian women certainly recognised that male naturalists were not always willing to welcome them warmly into their inner sanctum of scientific work honour and prestige. Moreover, they recognised the existence of a more general social stigma that thwarted any woman's participation in intellectual endeavours. However, their fascination with algology, botany and entomology led Margaret Gatty, Marianne North and Eleanor Ormerod to reach beyond acceptable gendered roles, to undertake field work, to paint, write, popularize, experiment and discover. Each exhibited a passion for their chosen field, a need for intellectual, artistic and scientific work, and a desire for scientific recognition and renown. This book examines the ability of women to understand themselves and respond to their needs as complex human beings. Within a framework of socially and scientifically constructed norms, these Victorial women use d science as a path to self-awareness and intellectual accomplishment.
Author : Michele Doucette
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781935786252
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (862 download)
Download or read book Men and Women of Renown written by Michele Doucette and published by . This book was released on 2013-03-03 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genevieve Massignon, author of Les Parlers Francais d'Acadie, sought to establish the origins of the French Acadian people based on linguistics, making the argument, in 1961, that many Acadians came from the Poitou region, south of Loudun, mainly because they were still speaking the old language, one rich and thick of Rabelais and Montaigne. She was also able to locate a number of records from the Poitou area that bore many of the same surnames found in early Acadie. Some of the villages in this area include Martaize, Aulnay, and La Chaussee. As a young man, Vincent Breau had been recruited as an agricultural worker for the fledging French colony of Acadie (possibly from the Poitou region of France). He settled at Port Royal (present day Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia). Several years after arrival, he married Marie Bourg, a daughter of another colonist from the same region in France. Never would I have thought, when I first began researching the Breau surname, that I would have ended up locating Catherine (de) Baillon, a 9th great grandmother, who, in turn would help me identify Charlemagne as a long lost ancestor. Many people of French-Canadian ancestry are able to trace their ancestry back to the Middle Ages, all courtesy of this woman. Catherine was born in Layes, near Montfort-L'Amaury in the Chevreuse Valley, Ile-de-France, in 1645. Her parents, Alphonse de Baillon and Louise de Marle, were members of the minor French nobility. Coming to New France around 1669, as a daughter of the King, or Fille du Roi (meaning an immigrant bride that royal officials would send over to the colony to marry a settler), she married Jacques Miville dit Deschenes on November 12, 1669 at Quebec City. Jacques Gueret dit Dumont, born 1665, son of Rene Gueret and Madeleine Vigoureaux, was my 7th great grandfather. Born in the Parish of Canchy, in Normandy, by 1691 he had immigrated to Nouvelle-France (present day Quebec) by way of La Rochelle. Three years later, on April 19, 1694, he married Marie Anne Tardif (the daughter of Jacques Tardif and Barbe d'Orange, also a Fille du Roi) in Beauport, Quebec. My research has validated that the lineage of Jacques Gueret dit Dumont also constitutes a medieval noble gateway back to Charlemagne. Add to all of this, a smidgeon of some magick from the land of the Tuatha de Danann, the Aos Si (people of the mounds), the Druids, the faery folk, the wee folk, the leprechaun ... and you have a most well-rounded lineage. The surname Feeley comes from O'Fithcheallaigh, a name that meant chess player. Chess was a game that was much in vogue in ancient Ireland. The clan originally belonged to Corca Laoidh (South-west Cork) and held territory in Ardfield and Clonakilty. By the 17th Century, branches of the sept had become established in north Connacht and Donegal. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Donal O'Fihelly, which was dated circa 1500; a writer of Irish Annals, known as The Last Warrior King, during the reign of King Henry V11 of England. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation (which led to the poll tax that we still have today). Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to develop, often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling, including the English name Field."
Author : Julia Gillard
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262543826
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)
Download or read book Women and Leadership written by Julia Gillard and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful call-to-action for gender equity that offers 10 key lessons for women aspiring to a leadership role—be it in politics, business, law, or their local community. Featuring words of wisdom from female leaders like Hillary Clinton and Theresa May, this empowering study reads like a You Are a Badass volume on world leadership. Women make up fewer than 10% of national leaders worldwide. Behind this eye-opening statistic lies a pattern of unequal access to power. Through conversations with some of the world’s most powerful and interesting women—including Jacinda Ardern, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Christine Lagarde, Michelle Bachelet, and Theresa May—Women and Leadership explores gender bias and asks why there aren’t more women in leadership roles. Speaking honestly and freely, these women talk about having their ideas stolen by male colleagues, what it’s like to be called fat or a slut in the media, and what things they wish they had done differently. The stories they tell reveal vividly how gender and sexism affect perceptions of women as leaders. Using current research as a starting point, Julia Gillard and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala—both political leaders in their own countries—analyze the lived experiences of these women leaders. The result is a rare insight into life as a leader and a powerful call to arms for women everywhere.
Author : Joan Juliet Buck
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 0847842819
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (478 download)
Download or read book Avedon: Women written by Joan Juliet Buck and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2013-11-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book accompanies the Fall 2013 exhibition of Richard Avedon's photography to be held at Gagosian Gallery Beverly Hills. Over his sixty-year career, photographer Richard Avedon was renowned for his distinctive, transformative eye. Women were often his subject, through his fashion work for Harper's Bazaar and Vogue and in his portraiture of both the famous and the unknown. What might have been pictured as prosaic or unattractive through another photographer's lens was presented by Avedon as unconventional, surprising, and sometimes revelatory. Through approximately 120 images, Avedon: Women explores Avedon's unique artistic perspective. The book includes essays by Joan Juliet Buck and Abigail Solomon-Godeau. -Dynamic unbound format available in three colorful translucent plastic covers, each with a unique image. -32 b&w contact prints from the Avedon archives, many previously unpublished -26 color images- two reproductions of vintage tear sheets and 24 rarely seen color transparencies from the Avedon archives -1 double gatefold, removable from layouts -4 Vellum Overlay spreads
Author : Alice Shalvi
Publisher : Halban Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1905559976
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (55 download)
Download or read book Never a Native written by Alice Shalvi and published by Halban Publishers. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Alice Shalvi is one of the few women in the world who lived through a world devastated by fascism, and advanced a democracy in which people are linked, not ranked. Reading about her past will inspire our future." Gloria Steinem
Author : Sylvia Ferino-Pagden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Renaissance Woman written by Sylvia Ferino-Pagden and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the life of the Italian artist who was an apprentice to Michelangelo and court painter to King Philip II of Spain, and discusses her major paintings.
Author : Krystyna Wasserman
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 : 9781568986098
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (86 download)
Download or read book The Book as Art written by Krystyna Wasserman and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Artists' books have emerged over the last 25 years as the quintessential contemporary art form, addressing subjects as diverse as poetry and politics, incorporating a full spectrum of artistic media and bookmaking methods, and taking every conceivable form. Female painters, sculptors, calligraphers, and printmakers, as well a growing community of hobbyists, have played a primary role in developing this new mode of artistic expression. The Book as Art presents more than 100 of the most engaging women's artist books created by major fine artists such as Meret Oppenheim, May Stevens, Kara Walker, and Renee Stout and distinguished book artists such as Susan King, Ruth Laxson, Claire Van Vliet, and Julie Chen. Culled from over 800 unique or limited-edition volumes held by the National Museum of Women in the Arts, these books explore the form as a container for ideas. Descriptions of the works are accompanied by colorful illustrations and reflections by their makers, along with essays by leading scholars and a lively introduction by the most famous book artist in our culture, best-selling author Audrey Niffenegger. The exquisitely crafted objects in the The Book as Art are sure to provoke unexpected and surprising conclusions about what constitutes a book. The Book as Art accompanies the exhibition of the same name at the Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., beginning in October 2006.
Author : Patricia A. Gabow
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0429773676
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)
Download or read book TIME'S NOW for Women Healthcare Leaders written by Patricia A. Gabow and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TIME’S NOW for Women Healthcare Leaders: A Guide for the Journey Women comprise over 80 percent of healthcare frontline employees, but they often hit the proverbial glass ceiling. Only 30 percent of healthcare C-suite Executives and less than 15% of CEOs are women. Moreover, while 51 percent of medical students are women, only 16 percent of the Department Chairs and Deans are women. Clearly, women are facing barriers to achieving their potential, limiting their ability to add their unique talents and skills to the tables of leadership. The author provides extensive detail on these barriers and approaches to their solutions. This is a practical "how-to" book that will help women in healthcare envision their ability to contribute and inspire them to lead. The author sees this as not only helping women, but also facilitating solving healthcare’s myriad problems, improving health and benefitting society. *** This book is a must-read primer for women seeking leadership. It is practical, thought provoking, and carefully researched, addressing why women’s leadership is important and how women can be better leaders. Gabow’s approach capitalizes on interviews with strong women leaders. She uses the notions she learned from the interviews coupled with research from the literature to create an easy-to-read, motivating, and challenging book for women and men! Nancy Agee President and CEO Carilion Clinic Past Chair American Hospital Association TIME’S NOW for Women Healthcare Leaders is filled with powerful examples of how women have overcome multiple obstacles and prevailed on their leadership journeys. It is a MUST read for women and men about the obstacles to be overcome, potholes to avoid, and the shout outs to be given to women who every minute, every hour, every day are committed to human caring. It has captured the heart and spirits of women from diverse backgrounds who have and continue to demonstrate their commitment to making society a better place for all! Linda Burnes Bolton, DrPH, RN, FAAN Senior Vice President and System Chief Equity Officer Cedars Sinai Health System This highly engaging book addresses the relative dearth of women leaders in healthcare through thoughtful assessment of how leaders’ values and actions can improve healthcare within healthcare organizations and systems. Dr. Gabow, an exceptional leader whose relentless passion for excellence for patients served by Denver Health earned her national renown, combines insightful observations from her own path with current statistics about women in medicine, experiences of other successful women leaders, and mentoring skills to offer wise counsel to all current and future leaders. The thoughtful distillation of practical wisdom offered here make this book a unique contribution and highly relevant to healthcare in America today. Carolyn Clancy, M.D. Past Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality This insightful book is full of personal stories, honest reflections, and data-driven guidance from and about women leaders. It serves as a wonderful resource for those motivated to advance diverse and inclusive organizations. Karen DeSalvo, M.D., MPH Chief Health Officer, Google Health Past Acting Assistant Secretary for Health, US HHS National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, US HHS
Author : Ednah Dow Cheney
Publisher : Applewood Books
ISBN 13 : 1429044608
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Louisa May Alcott written by Ednah Dow Cheney and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a portrait of Louisa May Alcott through a collection of personal letters and journal entries, giving insight into her life and her work.
Author : Wilderness Sarchild
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780996972666
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (726 download)
Download or read book Old Women Talking written by Wilderness Sarchild and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. Jewish Studies. Women's Studies. In OLD WOMEN TALKING, Wilderness Sarchild celebrates growing old without denying the difficulties. Shouting, divulging, gossiping, sobbing, ranting, keening, Sarchild's old women awaken us with their passion for living and loving.
Author : Matthew Dillon
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1134780524
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)
Download or read book Women's Ritual Competence in the Greco-Roman Mediterranean written by Matthew Dillon and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributions in this volume demonstrate how, across the ancient Mediterranean and over hundreds of years, women’s rituals intersected with the political, economic, cultural, or religious spheres of their communities in a way that has only recently started to gain sustained academic attention. The volume aims to tease out a number of different approaches and contexts, and to expand existing studies of women in the ancient world as well as scholarship on religious and social history. The contributors face a famously difficult task: ancient authors rarely recorded aspects of women’s lives, including their songs, prophecies, and prayers. Many of the objects women made and used in ritual were perishable and have not survived; certain kinds of ritual objects (lowly undecorated pots, for example) tend not even to be recorded in archaeological reports. However, the broad range of contributions in this volume demonstrates the multiplicity of materials that can be used as evidence – including inscriptions, textiles, ceramics, figurative art, and written sources – and the range of methodologies that can be used, from analysis of texts, images, and material evidence to cognitive and comparative approaches.
