Ranked #1
Beverley Chalmers, "Birth, Sex and Abuse: Women's Voices Under Nazi Rule" (Grosvenor House, 2015)
Beverley Chalmers, "Birth, Sex and Abuse: Women's Voices Under Nazi Rule" (Grosvenor House, 2015)
Birth, Sex and Abuse: Women's Voices Under Nazi Rule (Grosvenor House, 2015) is a fascinating and gripping examination o... Read more
15 Jul 2022
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1hr
Ranked #2
Hugh Ryan, "The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison" (Bold Type Books, 2022)
Hugh Ryan, "The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison" (Bold Type Books, 2022)
The Women’s House of Detention stood in New York City’s Greenwich Village from 1929 to 1974. Throughout its history, it ... Read more
14 Jul 2022
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50mins
Ranked #3
Karen Offen, "Debating the Woman Question in the French Third Republic, 1870-1920" (Cambridge UP, 2018)
Karen Offen, "Debating the Woman Question in the French Third Republic, 1870-1920" (Cambridge UP, 2018)
While it is an overused cliché, France is indeed a land of contrasts, famous for its paradoxes. In French political hist... Read more
14 Jul 2022
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58mins
Ranked #4
Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman, "Second-Class Daughters: Black Brazilian Women and Informal Adoption as Modern Slavery" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman, "Second-Class Daughters: Black Brazilian Women and Informal Adoption as Modern Slavery" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
A legacy of the transatlantic slave trade, Brazil is home to the largest number of African descendants outside Africa an... Read more
13 Jul 2022
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51mins
Ranked #5
John F. Sears, "Refuge Must Be Given: Eleanor Roosevelt, the Jewish Plight, and the Founding of Israel" (Purdue UP, 2021)
John F. Sears, "Refuge Must Be Given: Eleanor Roosevelt, the Jewish Plight, and the Founding of Israel" (Purdue UP, 2021)
Refuge Must Be Given: Eleanor Roosevelt, the Jewish Plight, and the Founding of Israel (Purdue UP, 2021) details the evo... Read more
12 Jul 2022
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1hr 42mins
Ranked #6
Jennifer J. Hill, "Birthing the West: Mothers and Midwives in the Rockies and Plains" (U Nebraska Press, 2022)
Jennifer J. Hill, "Birthing the West: Mothers and Midwives in the Rockies and Plains" (U Nebraska Press, 2022)
Childbirth defines families, communities, and nations. In Birthing the West, Jennifer J. Hill fills the silences around ... Read more
11 Jul 2022
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50mins
Ranked #7
Alexandra Apolloni, "Freedom Girls: Voicing Femininity in 1960s British Pop" (Oxford UP, 2021)
Alexandra Apolloni, "Freedom Girls: Voicing Femininity in 1960s British Pop" (Oxford UP, 2021)
Freedom Girls: Voicing Femininity in 1960s British Pop (Oxford University Press, 2021) by Alexandra M. Apolloni is about... Read more
11 Jul 2022
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #8
Penny Jane Burke et al., "Gender in an Era of Post-truth Populism: Pedagogies, Challenges and Strategies" (Bloomsbury, 2022)
Penny Jane Burke et al., "Gender in an Era of Post-truth Populism: Pedagogies, Challenges and Strategies" (Bloomsbury, 2022)
Why does gender matter in our troubled global times? In Gender in an Era of Post-truth Populism: Pedagogies, Challenges ... Read more
11 Jul 2022
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49mins
Ranked #9
Shannen Dee Williams, "Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle" (Duke UP, 2022)
Shannen Dee Williams, "Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle" (Duke UP, 2022)
In Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle (Duke UP, 2022), Shannen Dee Wil... Read more
11 Jul 2022
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54mins
Ranked #10
B. J. Crawford and E. G. Waldman, "Menstruation Matters: Challenging the Law's Silence on Periods" (NYU Press, 2022)
B. J. Crawford and E. G. Waldman, "Menstruation Matters: Challenging the Law's Silence on Periods" (NYU Press, 2022)
Approximately half the population menstruates for a large portion of their lives, but the law is mostly silent about the... Read more
8 Jul 2022
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47mins