Books on Display at HPL

Books on Display at HPL

Women's History Month

Why I Love Black Women By Dyson, Michael Eric 2004-01 - Basic Civitas Books 9780465017645 Check Our Catalog In this open love letter to black women everywhere, Dyson celebrates the strength and beauty of African-American women, from Miss James, his grammar school teacher, to author Toni Morrison. …More

A Century of Women: The Most Influential Events in Twentieth-Century Women's History By Felder, Deborah G. 1999-01 - Citadel Press 1559724854 Check Our Catalog A brilliant history of women's work in the social, political, and cultural movements of the American century, written by the author of the critically acclaimed "100 Most Influential Women of All Time". 50+ illustrations. …More

Suffragettes to She Devils By McQuiston, Liz Foreword by Greer, Germaine 1997-12 - Phaidon Press 9780714836195 Check Our Catalog The fight for women's rights has been one of the great struggles of our century, and its graphic expression has been central to this battle. Suffragettes to She-Devils captures the excitement of revolutionary campaigns and movements, from the vibrant visual identity of the militant Suffragettes, through the humour and sniping of the cartoons of 1960s Women's Lib, to the virtual-reality explorations of end-of-the-century cyberfeminists. It explores the developing role of graphics and related media in the struggle for women's liberation. This book covers a wide and international range of issues including women and war work; 1950s consumerism; women's rights in the workplace; gay rights and gay pride; and questions of identity, race, violence, health and welfare. An enormous variety of posters, billboards, publications, logos, artworks and computer graphics are illustrated, reflecting the ways in which women of all ages and cultures have created avenues for communication and fostered social change through graphic design. …More

We Are Our Mothers' Daughters By Roberts, Cokie 1998-05 - William Morrow & Company 0688151981 Check Our Catalog Renowned news correspondent Cokie Roberts explores significant issues confronting women on the cusp of the new millennium, such as the balance of work and family, the diverse roles of women, and the connection and distinction between different generations of women. …More

Sisterhood, Interrupted: From Radical Women to Grrls Gone Wild By Siegel, Deborah Foreword by Baumgardner, Jennifer 2007-06 - Palgrave MacMillan 1403973180 Check Our Catalog Deborah Siegel, PhD is a writer and consultant specializing in women's issues and a Fellow at the Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership. She is co-editor of the anthology Only Child: Writers on the Singular Joys and Solitary Sorrows of Growing Up Solo and has written about women, sex, contemporary families, and popular culture for a variety of publications. She has been featured on Good Morning America Radio, CBS This Morning, and in Psychology Today, The New York Times, USA Today, Ms., Time Out New York, and more. Read more about her and Sisterhood, Interrupted at www.deborahsiegel.net. …More

The Invisible Sex: Uncovering the True Roles of Women in Prehistory By Adovasio, J. M. Author Soffer, Olga Author Page, Jake 2007-02 - Smithsonian Books 0061170917 Check Our Catalog Two leading archeologists challenge assumptions about mankind's earliest days, arguing that women played a central role in the development of language and social life--in short, in our becoming human. …More

Black Women and Music: More Than the Blues By Hayes, Eileen M. Editor Williams, Linda F. Foreword by Monson, Ingrid 2007-02 - University of Illinois Press 9780252031847 Check Our Catalog This collection is the first interdisciplinary volume to examine black women' s negotiation of race and gender in African American music. Contributors address black women' s activity in musical arenas that pre- and postdate the emergence of the vaudeville blues singers of the 1920s. Throughout, the authors illustrate black women' s advocacy of themselves as blacks and as women in music. Feminist? Black feminist? The editors take care to stress that each term warrants interrogation: " Black women can and have forged, often, but not always--and not everywhere the same across time--identities that are supple enough to accommodate a sense of female empowerment through ' musicking' in tandem with their sensitivities to black racial allegiances." Individual essays concern the experiences of black women in classical music and in contemporary blues, the history of black female gospel-inflected voices in the Broadway musical, and " hip-hop feminism" and its complications. Focusing on under-examined contexts, authors introduce readers to the work of a prominent gospel announcer, women' s music festivals (predominantly lesbian), and to women' s involvement in an early avant-garde black music collective. In contradistinction to a compilation of biographies, this volume critically illuminates themes of black authenticity, sexual politics, access, racial uplift through music, and the challenges of writing (black) feminist biography. Black Women and Music is a strong reminder that black women have been and are both social actors and artists contributing to African American thought. …More

Shattering the Glass: The Remarkable History of Women's Basketball By Grundy, Pamela Author Shackelford, Susan 2005-08 - New Press 1565848225 Check Our Catalog Offering a sweeping chronicle of the history of women's basketball in the United States, the authors provide portraits of forgotten heroes and contemporary stars, as well as exploring the sport's relationship to changing ideas of womanhood. Photos. …More

Black Firsts By Smith, Jessie Carney 2002-12 - Visible Ink Press 9781578592296 Check Our Catalog …More

Michelle: A Biography By Mundy, Liza 2008-10 - Simon & Schuster 1416599436 Check Our Catalog Liza Mundy offers this highly readable, thoroughly reported biography of the charming and self-possessed woman who could become the nation's first African-American First Lady. …More

Me, Myself and Him By Joy, E. N. 2008-03 - Urban Books 9781601629548 Check Our Catalog Locksie left the church behind to make a life with her live-in boyfriend. But lately, something just hasn't felt right. Hannah tries to offer advice, but she is having marital problems of her own. Now each woman must find the strength to face the truth about her relationship--and about herself. …More