79811Women and the economy
Women and the Economy takes a balanced approach to exploring the issues facing women in today's society--family, work, and pay--from a modern economic perspective. Appropriate for students with a principles of economics or an intermediate microeconomics background, this text provides a comprehensive and engaging overview of the economics of gender and family.
79812Women and the University Curriculum : towards equality, democracy, and peace
The contributors examine the challenges facing higher education, relating them to: the current phase of reform and renewal in higher education and to the challenges of sustainable human development; aspects such as access, discrimination and the importance of empowerment as an avenue to decision making; reasons for the inclusion of gender issues in the university curriculum today. This evaluation of whether and how the teaching, training and research functions of higher education sensitize students to the principal questions affecting women and their role in society, the contributors argue that the gender dimension in university disciplines can and should exist.
79813Women have always worked : an historical overview
Divided into five thematic sections, the book illustrates different aspects of women's paid and unpaid work, and shows how their roles have changed over the past two hundred years. Kessler-Harris weaves together the experiences of poor, wealthy, middle-class women; trade union, professional and volunteer women; immigrant, non-English speaking, and black women; tracking their labor from the colonial household to the factories and beyond.
79814Women in Japanese religions
This concise volume provides a nuanced account of Japanese womens religious activities from ancient times to the present. Attentive to social context, historical change, and Japans religious diversity, Barbara Ambros explores the complex ways in which religious ideas and practices have both constrained women and also offered them opportunities to advance their own goals and interests. This book challenges entrenched stereotypes and makes significant strides in redressing the androcentric biases of earlier scholarship. It will benefit both students and specialists and encourage rethinking of Japanese religions from a gendered perspective.
79815Women of the bible
Women play an important role in stories of the Bible, more so than any other saga of ancient Near Eastern civilizations. Women of the Bible is an indispensable guide to the customs, ideas, and aspirations of the women whose stories have shaped civilizations and spanned continents. Some highlights include: Insights into the lives of women in biblical times, profiles of leading women in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament, and details of fascinating archaeological finds. Please note that this product is an authorized edition published by the Meredith Corporation and sold by Amazon. This edition is printed using a high quality matte interior paper and printed on demand for immediate fulfillment.
79816Women of the bible : 25 enduring stories
Women of the Bible: 25 Enduring Stories is a devotional and narrative-based book that presents the lives of twenty-five influential women from the Bible. Through their stories, the book highlights themes of faith, courage, wisdom, obedience, and resilience that continue to inspire readers today.
79817Women who surf : charging waves with the world's best
Mavericks and more, a celebration of feminine beauty, athleticism, wisdom, and skill when the surf is bombing—Women Who Surf profiles some of the world’s most inspiring female surfers ranging from Bethany Hamilton to Wrenna Delgado. Each surfer tells her story, highlighting her personal challenges, accomplishments, and philosophy, as well as inspiring readers and providing them with practical how-to suggestions on maximizing not only their own potential in surfing but in life as they lead the charge and push their limits at infamous big-wave spots like Teahupoo in Tahiti, Waimea Bay, and Peahi/Jaws in the Hawaiian Islands.
79818Women, the state, and welfare
The book begins with a review essay by Linda Gordon discussing current scholarship about women and welfare. The chapters that follow explore discrimination against women inherent in many welfare programmes; the ways in which welfare programmes reinforce basic gender patterns in society; the contribution of organized, activist women to the development of welfare programmes, and race and class differences in the welfare system.
79819Women, work, and family
Women, Work and Family is a classic of women's history and is still the only text on the history of women's work in England and France, providing an excellent introduction to the changing status of women from 1750 to the present.
79820Women's lives : multicultural perspectives
It's about women's studies, mainly American women. The book begins with a discussion about the process of making theory and the importance of theory for social change. It analyzes women's experiences of self and home in trems of identity, body, sexuality, relationships and families and violence. It examines the significance of living a global economy. This discussion of the global economy is part of the theoritical framework for understanding women's experiences of work, wages and welfare anf the environment. This book ends with a discussion of social change and focus on the importance of theories, visions and action for creating change.