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eBooks

Retail and Community book cover

This eBook will be a key resource to better understand retail and community in an era defined by social change.

 

Ordinary Matters book cover

This eBook examines how women photographers and writers including Helen Levitt, Lee Miller, Virginia Woolf and Dorothy Richardson envision the sphere of ordinary life in light of the social and cultural transformations of the period that shaped and often radically re-shaped it.  For example, urbanism, instrumentalism, the Great Depression and war. 

 

Learning Legacies book cover

This eBook explores the history of cross-cultural teaching approaches, to highlight how women writer-educators used stories about their collaborations to promote community-building.

 

Women's Literary Networks and Romanticism

This eBook discusses the rapid expansion of social, political, religious, and literary networks in Great Britain during the eighteenth century.

 

Big Dream: Young Women Entering STEM Fields

This film tells the story of seven young women who are breaking barriers and overcoming challenges to follow their passion in science, math, computing & engineering (STEM) fields.

Indira Gandhi (Film on Demand)

Indira Gandhi

This documentary examines the controversial career of Indira Gandhi, India’s first female Prime Minister. She was elected after her father Jawaharlal Nehru’s death. She implemented social reforms and empathized with the poor but later turned to an autocratic rule that led to her assassination.

Maria Montessori (Film on Demand)

Maria Montessori

This film tells the story of Italian-born doctor, educator, and humanitarian Maria Montessori who revolutionized children’s education worldwide in the 20th century during times of war, fascism, and oppression.  Montessori was esteemed across the globe as the creator of an education style that continues to change the lives of children and adults today. 

Women of Impact: Changing the World (Film on Demand)

Women of Impact screenshot

This film tells the stories of women who are changing our world.  

Black Women & WWII (Film on Demand)

The 6888th Central Post Directory Battalion

This documentary tells the story of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion during World War II, an all-female African American unit, which undertook the monumental task of sorting and delivering a massive backlog of mail for the U.S. military. Despite facing deplorable working conditions and the prevalent dual discrimination of race and gender, these women served their country with unbreakable determination and pride.

Amelia Earhart (Film on Demand)

Amelia Earhart

This documentary explores the life and career of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. 

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women, Power, and Politics book cover

This book analyzes contemporary gender related issues by focusing on the role of women as active participants in government, and the public policies that affect women in their daily lives.

 

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