In Our Own Words: Readings on the Psychology of Women and GenderThis text is intended for courses on psychology of women, psychology of gender or women's studies courses, and can accompany any psychology of women text. It provides coverage of the diversity of female experience. Articles are first person accounts of female experience such as motherhood, sexuality, work, relationships, developmental issues and violence against women. It includes readings of feminist writers and scholars, such as Gloria Steinem, Susan Douglass, Bell Hooks, Anna Quindlen and Ursula Le Guin. |
Contents
A Personal History | 5 |
Fourteenth President of | 15 |
Naomi Weisstein How can a little girl like you teach a great big class of men? | 26 |
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In Our Own Words: Writings from Women's Lives Mary E. Crawford,Rhoda Kesler Unger No preview available - 2006 |
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