Stress has increasingly become associated with greater susceptibility to various illnesses. The condition is also costly from an economic and finan...

Stress has increasingly become associated with greater susceptibility to various illnesses. The condition is also costly from an economic and finan...

This informative study explores the issues currently faced by female administrators in India as compared to other women in Indian society while tak...

Leading feminist ethicist Janice Raymond’s scathing analysis of high-tech biomedical reproductive techniques contributes groundbreaking insights in...

The second volume of the Women for Victory series records the history and uniforms of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), the first American s...

The demographic landscape of the United States has changed considerably in recent decades. Changing roles of women have reshaped patterns in marria...

Women, obviously, constitute a significant portion of the population. Historically, though, they have been underrepresented in the halls of governm...

Women, obviously, constitute a significant portion of the population. Historically, though, they have been underrepresented in the halls of governm...

This informative book is an update of The Report of the LEAA [Law Enforcement Assistance Administration] Task Force on Women, published in October ...

Half a billion Muslim women inhabit some 45 Muslim-majority countries, and another 30 or more countries have significant Muslim minorities, includi...

Women in science face particular challenges, such as structural inequalities, highly competitive work environments, and at times toxic cultures. Th...

This book provides insights into what gender inclusive citizenship means as a practice, what can be achieved when it is promoted and what role part...

The path of women to achieve equal rights has been and remains a deeply uphill climb. The recent Martha Stewart case is a prime example of unfair t...

Although women and young girls have come a long way since the passage of Title IX some thirty four years ago, there is still a lot to do. The frame...

In the early fourth century B.C., Plato founded his famous Athenian school, the Academy. Among the students who came to study there were two women,...

Twenty-five years ago, America was recovering from the double-dip recession of the 1980s and womens' roles in the labour force was beginning a mult...

This book includes a discussion of the impact of women in Congress as well as historical information, including the number and percentage of women ...

Women, obviously, constitute a significant portion of the population. Historically, though, they have been underrepresented in the halls of governm...

From Kaitaia in Northland to Oban on Stewart Island, New Zealand’s nineteenth-century towns were full of entrepreneurial women. Contrary to what we...

It’s 125 years since New Zealand women won the right to vote. But the battle for the right to so much else is ongoing. This first volume in the Te ...

In this much-anticipated second volume in the Extraordinary Women Anthology series, Diana French follows up on Gumption and Grit with more stories ...

There are all kinds of cool careers in space exploration! Astronauts are the superstars of space, but there are thousands of other women and men be...

This broad, interdisciplinary work explores the little recognised contributions of women to the cultural life of the Danish Golden Age. Featuring c...

An important selection from the largely unknown writings of women philosophers of the early modern period. Each selection is prefaced by a headnote...

Trauma-Informed Care for Women Veterans Experiencing Homelessness was commissioned by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Women's Bureau (WB) as one...

This book documents the changes in women-owned businesses over time, explores disparities in the characteristics of businesses owned by women as co...

'The Women's Circus' is a community-based theatrical group structured around feminist principles. One hundred women are actively engaged in trainin...

This is an innovative text using didactic information and case studies to address those issues that affect most of the worlds women. The first half...

Women make up over half the U.S. population, but historically have been underrepresented in clinical research supported by the National Institutes ...

This book presents materials on issues of particular interest to women including economic, societal, and personal.

This is a homage to women, as well as provides clinical pearls written by psychiatrists for clinicians and non-clinicians alike. Mental health as i...

Elderly women, who comprise a growing portion of the U.S. population, have historically been at greater risk of living in poverty than elderly men....

This is the first anthology in English devoted entirely to contemporary Austrian drama written by women. The selection begins with Clara S. (A Musi...

Afghanistan is regarded as a ‘classical patriarchal' society, where old social tradition, religious doctrine and socio-economic and cultural backwa...

This novel text outlines issues faced by the majority of women living in low and middle income countries. The unique aspect of this book is the num...

This novel text outlines issues faced by the majority of women living in low and middle income countries. The unique aspect of this book is the num...

During the pasts two decades, US policymakers as well as many in the international community have increasingly recognized violence against women as...

Women's participation in labor force activities has greatly expanded since the end of World War II. Immediately following the war, less than one-th...

The contributions of the volume focus on the First World War from a gender perspective, whereby the complex relationship between the front and the ...