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Bury, Judith.
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362.19697920082 20
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1992
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Van Hollen, Cecilia Coale, author.
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618.200954 22
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2003
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Arguing that the global spread of biomedical models of childbirth has not brought forth one monolithic form of "modern birth", this text focuses on the birth experiences of lower-class women in Southern India and reveals the complex ways in which modernity emerges in local contexts.
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Hussain, Iffat.
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362.1968527 22
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2010
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Women and Depression is Multidisciplinary book. It is a collection of researched papers and essays from authors belonging to sociology, public health, psychology and psychiatry fields. And it leads to further interdisciplinary views on women and depression. The authors have communicated their professional experience, information and knowledge that integrate the latest information about women and depression. The chapters explain different aspects on women and depression like how the communit ...
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Wells, Susan, Ph. D.
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613.04244 22
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2010
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Miller, Cathleen.
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305.42092
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2013
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Not many women can claim to have changed history, but Nafis Sadik set that goal in her youth, and change the world she did. Champion of Choice tells the remarkable story of how Sadik, born into a prominent Indian family in 1929, came to be the world's foremost advocate for women's health and reproductive rights, the first female director of a United Nations agency, and "one of the most powerful women in the world" (London Times). An obstetrician, wife, mother, and devout Muslim, Sadik has been a courageous and tireless advocate for women, insisting on discussing the dif.
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Simonds, Wendy, 1962-
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363.460973 20
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1996
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How do feminist identity and abortion politics intersect? Specifically, what does feminism mean to women working to provide feminist health care and abortion services in the late 1980s and early 1990s? What are the ideological consequences and emotional tolls of doing such work in a hostile socio-cultural environment? Can feminism and bureaucracy coexist productively? How do feminists confront the anti-feminist opposition, from anti-abortion protesters outside to racism within feminist organizations? These are the questions that drive Wendy Simonds's Abortion at Work. Simonds documents the ways in which workers at a feminist clinic construct compelling feminist visions, and also watch their ideals fall short in practice. Simonds interprets these women's narratives to get at how abortion works on feminism, and to show what feminism can gain by rethinking abortion utilizing these activists' terms. In thoroughly engaging prose, Simonds frames her analysis with a moving account of her own personal understanding of the issues.
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Reagan, Leslie J.
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363.460973 20
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1997
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As we approach the 30th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, it's crucial to look back to the time when abortion was illegal. Leslie Reagan traces the practice and policing of abortion, which although illegal was nonetheless widely available, but always with threats for both doctor and patient. In a time when many young women don't even know that there was a period when abortion was a crime, this work offers chilling and vital lessons of importance to everyone. The linking of the words "abortion" and "crime" emphasizes the difficult and painful history that is the focus of Leslie J. Reagan's important b.
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Furth, Charlotte.
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610.951 21
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1999
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1.9072
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De Chesnay, Mary.
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610.73 23
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2013
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1.8995
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King, Helen, 1957-
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618.100938 21
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1998
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1.8802
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Hufnagel, Glenda Lewin, author.
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612.662
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2012
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"Hufnagel chronicles the historical inaccuracies in understanding menstruation which have contributed to viewing women as a 'second sex' and perpetuated feelings of shame. Her argument claims that only in the last few decades has science begun to fully understand the issue. Subsequent social and psychological treatment of menstruation in recent years has helped women to have an increased sense of comfort with their bodies. From Ancient Greece where Aristotle claimed that women were closer to animals, to contemporary misunderstandings about menstruation leading to increased acne, which was viewed as a sign of sexual immorality beginning with pubescence, the book tells the tawdry tale of women learning to accept themselves through successive scientific breakthroughs"--Provided by publisher.
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1.8717
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Mitchinson, Wendy, author.
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613.0 23 22
Publication Date
2013
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1.8691
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