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...