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• The Better Mother

  Lee, Jen Sookfong

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  This excellent novel, chiefly set in Vancouver, focuses on Danny, a young boy growing up in Chinatown in 1958. At 14, a chance encounter with a burlesque dancer known as the Siamese Kitten turns into a lifelong obsession. As a young gay…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Half the Sky

  Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

  Kristof, Nicholas D., 1959-

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  An inspiring collection of stories centering on the oppression of women and their rights in the developing world, Half the Sky features tales of women living in Asia and Africa who manage to break free of their circumstances. Stories…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bluestockings

  the Remarkable Story of the First Women to Fight for An Education

  Robinson, Jane, 1959-

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  An inspiring recount of the first moment in history when women were allowed to study in university and earn an undergraduate degree. Bluestockings covers the fight for women’s rights to education from 1869 to the 1930’s. What started as…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Everything Was Good-bye

  a Novel

  Basran, Gurjinder

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  Immigrating from India to Canada, Meena is caught between the cultural ties of her home country and that of her new home. Raised by her hard-working widowed mother, Meena is the youngest daughter among her five sisters and the one with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Persepolis

  [the Story of a Childhood]

  Satrapi, Marjane, 1969-

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  An intelligent and outspoken only child, Satrapi -- the daughter of radical Marxists and the great-granddaughter of Iran's last emperor -- bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country. Wise, funny, and a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Dovekeepers

  a Novel

  Hoffman, Alice

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  Follows four women‘s lives during the 70 CE Masada massacre. Yael lives in the shadow of her mother’s death. Revka, the village baker’s wife, witnessed her own daughter’s murder at the hands of Roman soldiers and is now solely…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Flat Broke With Children

  Women in the Age of Welfare Reform

  Hays, Sharon, 1956-

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  An eye-opening account of the change in welfare policies in the U.S. since the Welfare Reform Act in 1996. Sharon Hays presents issues with the reform, mainly for single, unmarried mothers on welfare. These women are left with little to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Delusions of Gender

  How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference

  Fine, Cordelia

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  A riveting read on how our culture is largely responsible for gender identities and differences rather than the biological reasons long believed to make the male and female brain different. This book examines how easily the brain can be…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lolita Effect

  the Media Sexualization of Young Girls and What We Can Do About It

  Durham, Meenakshi Gigi

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  This book examines how pop culture sends out degrading and unrealistic standards of sex and sexuality, aimed towards young girls and as a result, promotes a culture of female objectification and raises a culture of young women who lack…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Young, White, and Miserable

  Growing Up Female in the Fifties

  Breines, Wini

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  An intriguing study on what compelled the feminist movement in the 1960’s in light of the previous decade’s tranquil times. The author explores the contradictory roles and messages delivered to young girls in the 1950’s that later fueled…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Woman Warrior

  China Men

  Kingston, Maxine Hong

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  Maxine Hong Kingston shares with readers her experiences and struggles of growing up in California as a Chinese-American woman. Meshed with her story are tales of Chinese history, myths, and beliefs that the author’s mother has passed…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Second Sex

  Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986

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  Translated from the original French text, this new unabridged English version is as every bit as titillating as its predecessor. In this volume, Simone de Beauvoir takes us back to the beginning of time in regards to women in society and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced

  Ali, Nujood

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  Nujood Ali was nine-years-old when her father married her off in an arranged marriage to a man more than three times her age. Nujood was brutally beaten and raped by her husband who promised not to touch her until she reached a sexually…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Reading Lolita in Tehran

  a Memoir in Books

  Nafisi, Azar

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  This is the memoir of female activist Azar Nafisi who risked her own life for women’s rights and rights to education during the Iranian revolution. Nafisi held secret book club meetings in her living room for a group of dedicated female…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When Everything Changed

  the Amazing Journey of American Women, From 1960 to the Present

  Collins, Gail

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  A historical recount of how women’s lives have changed from the 1960’s to the present times. Topics discussed include politics, fashion, economics, sex, families and of course, the work field.

• A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

  Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797

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  Published in 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft presents the idea that women are not innately inferior to men, but rather women’s lack of knowledge is due to their lack of rights to education. She emphasizes the need for both sexes to be treated…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Room of One's Own

  Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941

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  In her 1929 essay, Virginia Woolf provides provocative insight about fiction and a woman’s place in it. Woolf brings up a hypothetical situation that if Shakespeare had a sister of similar intelligence, her talents would be left unnoticed…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• She's Come Undone

  Lamb, Wally

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  This novel gained tremendous popularity after it was chosen as an Oprah’s Book Club title and has been translated into eighteen languages. Dolores Price is a victim of many of life’s tragedies, but ends up finding inner peace with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Handmaid's Tale

  Atwood, Margaret, 1939-

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  Set in a future dystopian society where the population of the Republic of Gilead is heavily infertile, Offred is highly valued for her reproductive worth. As a handmaid, it is her duty to have regular intercourse with the Commander to bear…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• GENDER TROUBLE : FEMINISM AND THE SUBVERSION OF IDENTITY

  Butler, Judith P.

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  One of the most controversial books on feminist theory since 1990, Gender Trouble explores how gender is a reinforced habit and practice rather than a biological tendency. This book portrays a strong critique of gender in our current…Read moreRead more of this annotation