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Womb of Diamonds - A True Adventure From Child Bride Of Syria To Celebrity Businesswoman Of Japan (Hardcover): Ezra Choueke Womb of Diamonds - A True Adventure From Child Bride Of Syria To Celebrity Businesswoman Of Japan (Hardcover)
Ezra Choueke
R947 Discovery Miles 9 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Blue Rose Gladiatrix (Hardcover): Georgena Gates The Blue Rose Gladiatrix (Hardcover)
Georgena Gates; Edited by Corey Gates; Cover design or artwork by Corey Gates
R708 Discovery Miles 7 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women - Autobiography of the First Woman in the USA to Receive a Degree in... Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women - Autobiography of the First Woman in the USA to Receive a Degree in Medicine (Hardcover) (Hardcover)
Elizabeth Blackwell
R805 Discovery Miles 8 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Elizabeth Blackwell's autobiographic history of the brave accomplishments of those who made the USA's medical profession accessible to women is illuminating and uplifting. Writing toward the end of the 19th century, Blackwell strikes a dignified and resolute tone throughout this memoir. Prior to Victorian times, women had only a diminished role in the medical profession, which - like most other professional trades at the time - was closed to female participation. Elizabeth Blackwell however was adamant that she could serve as a medic; her persistence led her to become the first woman ever taught in medical school, studying in the USA. Blackwell discusses famous figures in English medicine, such as Florence Nightingale, as well as several more obscure - but nevertheless important and influential - contributors to the progress of women in the medical profession. Towards the end of the book, set in 1858, Elizabeth Blackwell revisits England to behold the hospitals and medical community of that nation.

Into Africa - A Transnational History of Catholic Medical Missions and Social Change (Hardcover): Barbra Mann Wall Into Africa - A Transnational History of Catholic Medical Missions and Social Change (Hardcover)
Barbra Mann Wall
R1,615 Discovery Miles 16 150 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The most dramatic growth of Christianity in the late twentieth century has occurred in Africa, where Catholic missions have played major roles. But these missions did more than simply convert Africans. Catholic sisters became heavily involved in the Church's health services and eventually in relief and social justice efforts. In Into Africa, Barbra Mann Wall offers a transnational history that reveals how Catholic medical and nursing sisters established relationships between local and international groups, sparking an exchange of ideas that crossed national, religious, gender, and political boundaries. Both a nurse and a historian, Wall explores this intersection of religion, medicine, gender, race, and politics in sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on the years following World War II, a period when European colonial rule was ending and Africans were building new governments, health care institutions, and education systems. She focuses specifically on hospitals, clinics, and schools of nursing in Ghana and Uganda run by the Medical Mission Sisters of Philadelphia; in Nigeria and Uganda by the Irish Medical Missionaries of Mary; in Tanzania by the Maryknoll Sisters of New York; and in Nigeria by a local Nigerian congregation. Wall shows how, although initially somewhat ethnocentric, the sisters gradually developed a deeper understanding of the diverse populations they served. In the process, their medical and nursing work intersected with critical social, political, and cultural debates that continue in Africa today: debates about the role of women in their local societies, the relationship of women to the nursing and medical professions and to the Catholic Church, the obligations countries have to provide care for their citizens, and the role of women in human rights. A groundbreaking contribution to the study of globalization and medicine, Into Africa highlights the importance of transnational partnerships, using the stories of these nuns to enhance the understanding of medical mission work and global change.

Fastpitch - The Untold History of Softball and the Women Who Made the Game (Paperback): Erica Westly Fastpitch - The Untold History of Softball and the Women Who Made the Game (Paperback)
Erica Westly
R491 R458 Discovery Miles 4 580 Save R33 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
I could almost touch the Devil (Hardcover): Dawn Rodger I could almost touch the Devil (Hardcover)
Dawn Rodger; Illustrated by Victoria Lin
R701 R622 Discovery Miles 6 220 Save R79 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Poderosas - Conversations With Extraordinary, Ordinary Women (Hardcover): Lisette Garcia Poderosas - Conversations With Extraordinary, Ordinary Women (Hardcover)
Lisette Garcia; Edited by Barrett Martin
R829 Discovery Miles 8 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
By the Light of the Coal Oil Lamp - Memories of a Small-Town Saskatchewan Childhood (Hardcover): Ruth Woodward-Cameron By the Light of the Coal Oil Lamp - Memories of a Small-Town Saskatchewan Childhood (Hardcover)
Ruth Woodward-Cameron; Edited by Cameron Family, Kicksee Family
R720 R642 Discovery Miles 6 420 Save R78 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Trinity & The Ministry (Hardcover): Michelline Jacquelle Porter The Trinity & The Ministry (Hardcover)
Michelline Jacquelle Porter
R462 Discovery Miles 4 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Everyday Brave - Living Courageously as a Woman of Faith (Paperback): Janet Thompson Everyday Brave - Living Courageously as a Woman of Faith (Paperback)
Janet Thompson
R382 R360 Discovery Miles 3 600 Save R22 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Leticia San Miguel - Artist (Hardcover): Leticia Maher Leticia San Miguel - Artist (Hardcover)
Leticia Maher; Contributions by James F Maher
R1,773 R1,443 Discovery Miles 14 430 Save R330 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
True To Form - A Heartfelt Collection From Beto O'Rourke's U.S. Senate Campaign (Hardcover): Casey Chapman Ross True To Form - A Heartfelt Collection From Beto O'Rourke's U.S. Senate Campaign (Hardcover)
Casey Chapman Ross
R1,237 R1,044 Discovery Miles 10 440 Save R193 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
None Like Her - Awaken the Beauty Within You (Hardcover): Sandra L Coates None Like Her - Awaken the Beauty Within You (Hardcover)
Sandra L Coates
R864 Discovery Miles 8 640 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Agnes Lake Hickok - Queen of the Circus, Wife of a Legend (Hardcover): Linda A. Fisher, Carolyn M Bowers Agnes Lake Hickok - Queen of the Circus, Wife of a Legend (Hardcover)
Linda A. Fisher, Carolyn M Bowers
R1,180 Discovery Miles 11 800 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The first woman in America to own and operate a circus, Agnes Lake spent thirty years under the Big Top before becoming the wife of Wild Bill Hickok--a mere five months before he was killed. Although books abound on the famous lawman, Agnes's life has remained obscured by circus myth and legend.

Linda A. Fisher and Carrie Bowers have written the first biography of this colorful but little-known circus performer. Agnes originally found fame as a slack-wire walker and horseback rider, and later as an animal trainer. Her circus career spanned more than four decades. Following the murder of her first husband, Bill Lake, she was the sole manager of the "Hippo-Olympiad and Mammoth Circus." While taking her show to Abilene, she met town marshal Hickok and five years later she married him. After Hickok's death, Agnes traveled with P. T. Barnum and Buffalo Bill Cody, and managed her daughter Emma Lake's successful equestrian career.

This account of a remarkable life cuts through fictions about Agnes's life, including her own embellishments, to uncover her true story. Numerous illustrations, including rare photographs and circus memorabilia, bring Agnes's world to life.

Liberating Inner Eve (Hardcover): Bozena Zawisz Liberating Inner Eve (Hardcover)
Bozena Zawisz
R981 R831 Discovery Miles 8 310 Save R150 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Face That Changed It All - A Memoir (Paperback): Beverly Johnson The Face That Changed It All - A Memoir (Paperback)
Beverly Johnson; As told to Allison Samuels; Foreword by Andre Leon Talley
R464 R433 Discovery Miles 4 330 Save R31 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Healing the Broken Pieces - Coping with Pregnancy Loss (Hardcover): Heather S Cox Bsn Healing the Broken Pieces - Coping with Pregnancy Loss (Hardcover)
Heather S Cox Bsn
R809 Discovery Miles 8 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Not Yet Done (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition): Humphrey Malinda Not Yet Done (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition)
Humphrey Malinda
R1,082 R916 Discovery Miles 9 160 Save R166 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Girl In The Little White Dress - A Journey of Faith Book One (Hardcover): Kasia Nimocks The Girl In The Little White Dress - A Journey of Faith Book One (Hardcover)
Kasia Nimocks; Edited by Erika Mathews, Steven Nimocks
R621 Discovery Miles 6 210 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Atlas Decrypted - Breaking Ayn Rand's Embedded Equation (Hardcover): Christiane Munkholm Atlas Decrypted - Breaking Ayn Rand's Embedded Equation (Hardcover)
Christiane Munkholm
R624 R568 Discovery Miles 5 680 Save R56 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Belles and Poets - Intertextuality in the Civil War Diaries of White Southern Women (Hardcover): Julia Nitz Belles and Poets - Intertextuality in the Civil War Diaries of White Southern Women (Hardcover)
Julia Nitz; Series edited by Scott Romine
R1,522 Discovery Miles 15 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In Belles and Poets, Julia Nitz analyzes the Civil War diary writing of eight white women from the U.S. South, focusing specifically on how they made sense of the world around them through references to literary texts. Nitz finds that many diarists incorporated allusions to poems, plays, and novels, especially works by Shakespeare and the British Romantic poets, in moments of uncertainty and crisis. While previous studies have overlooked or neglected such literary allusions in personal writings, regarding them as mere embellishments or signs of elite social status, Nitz reveals that these references functioned as codes through which women diarists contemplated their roles in society and addressed topics related to slavery, Confederate politics, gender, and personal identity. Nitz's innovative study of identity construction and literary intertextuality focuses on diaries written by the following women: Eliza Frances (Fanny) Andrews of Georgia (1840-1931), Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut of South Carolina (1823-1886), Malvina Sara Black Gist of South Carolina (1842-1930), Sarah Ida Fowler Morgan of Louisiana (1842-1909), Cornelia Peake McDonald of Virginia (1822-1909), Judith White Brockenbrough McGuire of Virginia (1813-1897), Sarah Katherine (Kate) Stone of Louisiana (1841-1907), and Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas of Georgia (1843-1907). These women's diaries circulated in postwar commemoration associations, and several saw publication. The public acclaim they received helped shape the collective memory of the war and, according to Nitz, further legitimized notions of racial supremacy and segregation. Comparing and contrasting their own lives to literary precedents and fictional role models allowed the diarists to process the privations of war, the loss of family members, and the looming defeat of the Confederacy. Belles and Poets establishes the extent to which literature offered a means of exploring ideas and convictions about class, gender, and racial hierarchies in the Civil War-era South. Nitz's work shows that literary allusions in wartime diaries expose the ways in which some white southern women coped with the war and its potential threats to their way of life.

Conquering the Life-Balance Hoax - One Woman's Journey from Despair to Millionaire (Hardcover): Donna Cornell Conquering the Life-Balance Hoax - One Woman's Journey from Despair to Millionaire (Hardcover)
Donna Cornell
R603 Discovery Miles 6 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Fate Knocked on My Door (Hardcover): Laila El-Sissi Fate Knocked on My Door (Hardcover)
Laila El-Sissi
R724 Discovery Miles 7 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Not Hitler's Child - Christa-Maria's (Extra)Ordinary Life, Early Childhood to 2000 (Hardcover): Christa-Maria... Not Hitler's Child - Christa-Maria's (Extra)Ordinary Life, Early Childhood to 2000 (Hardcover)
Christa-Maria Beardsley
R1,071 Discovery Miles 10 710 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Doing Feminist Research in Political and Social Science (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Brooke A. Ackerly, Jacqui True Doing Feminist Research in Political and Social Science (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Brooke A. Ackerly, Jacqui True
R4,588 Discovery Miles 45 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Guiding students step-by-step through the research process while simultaneously introducing a range of debates, challenges and tools that feminist scholars use, the second edition of this popular textbook provides a vital resource to those students and researchers approaching their studies from a feminist perspective. Interdisciplinary in its approach, the book covers everything from research design, analysis and presentation, to formulating research questions, data collection and publishing research. Offering the most comprehensive and practical guide to the subject available, the text is now also fully updated to take account of recent developments in the field, including participatory action research, new technologies and methods for working with big data and social media. Doing Feminist Research is required reading for undergraduate and postgraduate courses taking a feminist approach to social science methodology, research design and methods. It is the ideal guide for all students and scholars carrying out feminist research, whether in the fields of international relations, political science, interdisciplinary international and global studies, development studies or gender and women's studies. New to this Edition: - New discussions of contemporary research methods, including participatory action research, survey research and technology, and methods for big data and social media. - Updated to reflect recent developments in feminist and gender theory, with references to the latest research examples and new boxes considering recent shifts in the social and political sciences. - Brand new boxed examples throughout covering topics including collaborations, femicide, negotiating changing research environments and the pros and cons of feminist participatory action research. - The text is now written in the first (authors) and second (readers) person making the text clearer, more consistent and inclusive from the reader point of view. Accompanying online resources for this title can be found at bloomsburyonlineresources.com/doing-feminist-research-in-political-and-social-science. These resources are designed to support teaching and learning when using this textbook and are available at no extra cost.

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