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Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
xii, 392 pages ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Gender matters in economics--for even with today's technology, fertility choices, market opportunities, and improved social norms, economic outcomes for women remain markedly worse than for men. Drawing on insights from feminism, postmodernism, psychology, evolutionary biology, Marxism, and politics, this textbook provides a rigorous economic look at issues confronting women throughout the world--including nonmarket scenarios, such as marriage, family,...
Author
Publisher
Fast Company Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 251 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
More and more, women today are challenging long-held beliefs about what they can and can't do. They're speaking up, stepping out, breaking through, and redefining what society has always told them was true about their capabilities. In Rethink: Smashing the Myths of Women in Business, Andi Simon tells the stories of 11 women from different industries who opened up the possibilities for their professional careers and personal lives by being authentic,...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
269 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
This powerful memoir weaves the stories of valiant women who survived the Rwandan genocide with the struggle of their champion, Karen Sherman, to recover from her own history of abuse. The strength of these women helped Karen find her own way--through conflict zones and confrontations with corrupt officials to a renewed commitment to her family.
Author
Publisher
Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xi, 334 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
We tell girls that they can be anything, so why do 90 percent of Americans believe that geniuses are almost always men? New York Times bestselling journalist Janice Kaplan explores the powerful forces that have rigged the system--and celebrates the women geniuses past and present who have triumphed anyway.
Author
Series
Publisher
Monthly Review Press
Pub. Date
©1987.
Physical Desc
116 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Book synthesizes and analyzes three decades of economic, political, and cultural policies and politics toward third world women. Focusing on the impact of the current global economic and political crises - debt, famine, militarization, and fundamentalism - the authors show how, through organization, poor women have begun to mobilize creative and effective development strategies to pull themselves and their families out of immiserating circumstances."...
Author
Publisher
Green Fire Press
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Second edition /
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Bioneers co-founder Nina Simons offers inspiration for anyone who aspires to grow into their own unique form of leadership with resilience and joy. Informed by her extensive experience with multicultural women's leadership development, Simons replaces the old patriarchal leadership paradigm with a more feminine-inflected style that illustrates the interconnected nature of the issues we face today. Sharing moving stories of women around the world...
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