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Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies
'And then I saw it. And once I had seen it, I saw it everywhere.
Why are men still winning at work? If women have equal leadership
ability, why are they so under-represented at the top in business
and society? Why are we still living in a man's world? And why do
we accept it? In this provocative book, Gill Whitty-Collins looks
beyond the facts and figures on gender bias and uncovers the
invisible discrimination that continues to sabotage us in the
workplace and limits our shared success. Addressing both men and
women and pulling no punches, she sets out the psychology of gender
diversity from the perspective of real personal experience and
shares her powerful insights on how to tackle gender equality.
At factory gates and cottage doors, co-operative guilds and trade
union branches, the radical suffragists of turn-of-the-century
Britain took their message to women at the grassroots level in
order to advance demands for equal pay, educational opportunities,
better birth control, child allowances, and the right to work.
Their strength lay in their democratic approach: opposed to
violence, they felt that the vote was the key to wider rights for
women.
One Hand Tied Behind Us draws from a wealth of unpublished
material, local newspaper accounts. diaries, handwritten minute
books, forgotten biographies, and interviews. It creates a vivid
and moving portrait of the women who, almost 100 years ago,
envisaged freedoms that are not secure even today. Widely
acclaimed, it has become a suffrage classic, and to mark its
twenty-first anniversary, Rivers Oram presents this revised edition
with a new introduction by Jill Liddington.
Be inspired by a woman who dared to follow God Amy Carmichael
understood true discipleship and lived it out. At a very young age
she felt called to the mission field, followed God's guidance, and
eventually went to India, where she would spend fifty-three years
without furlough. While there, Amy founded the Dohnavur Fellowship,
a refuge for children in moral danger-children who were orphaned or
unwanted and sold to the temple. Amy became a mother for these
children, and so they called her "Amma." Even today, Amy's life of
obedience and courage stands as a model for all Christians
everywhere. We resonate with her desires and dreams, her faults and
fears, her dedication and service. For former missionary and author
Elisabeth Elliot, Amy became a role model. "She was my first
spiritual mother," writes Elliot. "She showed me the shape of
godliness." A Chance to Die is the life story of Amy Carmichael. In
this reverent biography, Elisabeth Elliot brings "Amma" to life,
providing a compelling, unforgettable narrative that will provoke
you to examine the depths of your own faith and encourage you to
reaffirm your life and commitment to Christ. Elisabeth Elliot, one
of the outstanding women of present-day Christianity, is the author
of more than twenty books, including Passion and Purity, The
Journals of Jim Elliot, and These Strange Ashes. She and her
husband, Lars Gren, live in Magnolia, Massachusetts.
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