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HER WITS ABOUT HER: Self-Defense Success Stories by Women
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New York: Perennial Library (Harper & Row Publ), 1987. 1st edition. VG+ in Nr VG DJ. . 1st Printing. xxxvii. 303pp. Hardcover. [8-1/4" tall] Binding is Black cloth & Olive Green boards & Gold-stamped spine. ISBN 0060550783. ---Book contains stories of women who successfully defended themselves from intended violence by varied methods of self-defense that any woman can learn. Contains a wealth of instructional & extremely valuable information. Incl list of self-defense programs in U.S. & Canada & annotated bibliography.--- Dust jacket (in new clear protective cover) has a tiny (1/8") closed tear at head of spine. Book is clean, unmarked & unblemished. A great gift for any woman. 0060550783 . more information
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MOTHER DAUGHTER REVOLUTION: From Betrayal to Power
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Reading, Mass: Addison-Wesley Publ Co, 1993. 1st edition. VG- in Fine DJ. . 2nd Printing. xix. 299pp. Hardcover. [9.5" tall] Binding is Black cloth & Gray boards w/Silver stamped spine. Alabaster endpapers. ISBN 0201632772. ---Authors analyze & dispel the ages old rifts & politics between mothers & daughters, to forge a new alliance between same, with a course set toward a safe empowering world for our daughters. Copious notes, biblio resources, & Index.--- DJ (in new clear cover) has wrinkle at foot of spine to match book's bumped spine end. Boards slightly bowed. Book interior is clean, unmarked & unblemished. 0201632772 . more information
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WORK MATTERS: Women Talk About Their Jobs and Their Lives
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New York: Viking Penguin, 1996. 1st edition. Nr Fine in Nr VG DJ. . 1st Printing. xxvii. 292pp. Hardcover. [9-1/4 x 6-1/4"] Binding is Green spinestrip & White boards w/Iridescent Mandarin Orange printing on spine. Dust Jacket (in new clear cover) color pictorial illustration by Maris Bishofs. ISBN 0670842036. ---Topics include Discrimination in the Workplace; Earning Money; Balancing Relationships, Family & Work; & Expanding the Boundaries of Gender Identity in the Workplace.--- DJ has closed tear at foot of spine, stab wound 1/2" up from lower edge close to spine (likely caused by pencil), resulting hole in joint of book is barely visible. Otherwise book appears unread. 0670842036 . more information
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I LOVE MYSELF When I Am Laughing: ...And Then Again When I Am Looking Mean and Impressive
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New York: Feminist Press, 1979. Later printing. Fine. . 313pp. Trade paperback. [9" x 6"] Includes Bibliographical references. Intro by Mary Helen Washington. Cover Photos. Text illus w/photos. ISBN 0912670665. --this is the first ever anthology from Hurston's works, & includes fourteen remarkable selections chosen for their literary quality & historical significance. Ahead of her time Hurston was, between 1920 & 1950, the "most prolific black woman writer in America...the intellectual & spiritual foremother of a generation of black women writers." A truly fascinating & insightful book.-- Clean, bright, unblemished. Barely perceptible shelfwear 0912670665 . more information
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WOMEN AND WILDERNESS
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San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1980. 1st edition. VG in VG- DJ. . 1st Printing. x. 310pp. Hardcover. [9-1/4 x 6-1/4"] Illustrated w/BW photographs. Binding is Moss Green cloth & Sage boards w/Gold titling on spine. Dust Jacket (in new clear cover) has color photo of author. ISBN 0871562340. ---2 Appendixes, Bibliography, Index. Women in wilderness professions and lifestyles.--- Ffep has vertical crease, book slightly shelfcocked, spine ends bumped. DJ has edgewear, several small closed tears, esp. at head of spine; otherwise book is clean & unmarked. 0871562340 . more information
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GENERATION: A Century of Women Speak about Their Lives
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New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1997. 1st edition. Fine in Nr Fine DJ. . 1st Printing. xl. 549pp. Hardcover. [9-1/2 x 7-1/2 x 2"] Binding is White textured paper boards w/publ logo blind-stamped on front board. Dust Jacket has small photo pictorial on front. Illustrated with photos at head of chapters. ISBN 0871136783. ---"The women in this...work of oral history are from diverse ethnic, geographic, & social backgrounds, and they tell...about all aspects of their lives." (flap blurb)--- DJ (in new clear cover) has miniscule wrinkles at head & heel of spine & one corner. 0871136783 . more information
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JOURNAL OF WOMEN'S HISTORY: Vol 4 No 3 WINTER 1993
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Bloomington IN: Indiana Univ Press, 1993. 1st edition. Very Good. . 249pp +7pp. Trade Paperback. [9" x 6"] ---Major articles include "Traders & Urban Struggle: Ideology & the Creation of a Militant Female Underclass in Nairobi, 1960-1990" by Claire Robertson, "Refusing to Travel la Via Chilena: Working-Class Women in Allende's Chile" by Camilla Townsend, and "Black Women Activists & the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee: The Case of Ruby Doris Smith Robinson," by Cynthia Griggs Fleming. Plus six articles on Gender & Employment Challenges of the Nineties. Book Reviews, Book Abstracts, Bibliography & more.--- Minor corner wear, shelfwear (rubbing, several light surface scratches, two indents front cover). Interior clean, unmarked & unblemished. . more information
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