Scrawled Shortcuts through the Research Maze
Women and gender in medieval Europe
Want to know about birth control in the Middle Ages? Or Fredegund, who started out as a servant, became a king’s mistress and finally queen of Neustria!
Reference 305.409403 W872w
Girlhood in America: an encyclopedia
From mill girls to riot grrrls, the religious origins of the quinceañera to the original Nancy Drew, this explores girlhoods in the U.S., historical and current.
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Black women in America
Women’s role in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s, contributions of African-American women authors, feminists, artists, dancers and more.
Reference 305.48896073 B6273
Our bodies, ourselves
Explore women’s health, women’s experiences, women’s relationships from an unabashedly feminist viewpoint in the 2005 edition of this classic.
Reference 613.04244 O93o
Macmillan dictionary of women’s biography
Myriad women who worked for the right to vote – which women in the United States have had for less than 90 years! (Could your great-grandmother vote?)
Credoreference (Online: see Resources By Title on library website)
Encyclopedia of women & Islamic cultures
Five volumes of information on the economic, social, educational, artistic and political conditions and contributions of Islamic women worldwide.
Reference 305.4869703 E56e
Encyclopedia of feminist theories
So what’s the difference between sex and gender, and why on earth would it matter? Find out what the big deal is!
Reference 305.4203 E56e
Women and war
Stereotypes leave us with images of women in wartime as passively awaiting the return of their men – but check out what was really happening!
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