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Extraordinary Women of the Medieval and Renaissance World: A Biographical Dictionary

Book by Carole Levin, Debra Barrett-Graves, Jo Eldridge Carney, W. M. Spellman, Gwynne Kennedy, Stephanie Witham; Greenwood Press, 2000

Subjects:

Women--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500--Biography--Dictionaries, Women--History--Renaissance, 1450-1600--Biography--Dictionaries

Collections: History, Entire Library

...hearing. Traditionally, women were told to obey their fathers...they claimed not only that women were unworthy of education...commentators, an assertive woman was an abnormal one. 4 Yet...prevailing attitudes, a number of women during this time period were...writing encouraged some of the extraordinary women of this period to live...
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Before Victoria: Extraordinary Women of the British Romantic Era

Book by Elizabeth Campbell Denlinger; Columbia University Press, 2005

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Great Britain--Biography, Great Britain--History--1789-1820--Biography, Great Britain--History--1800-1837--Biography, Great Britain--Social Conditions--18th Century, Great Britain--Social Conditions--19th Century, Women--Great Britain--Biography

Collections: History, Entire Library

...exhibition Before Victoria: Extraordinary Women of the British Romantic Era...Campbell. Before Victoria : extraordinary women of the British Romantic...exhibition, Before Victoria: extraordinary women of the British Romantic...
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Isabel Flick: The Many Lives of an Extraordinary Aboriginal Woman

Book by Isabel Flick, Heather Goodall; Allen & Unwin, 2004

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Flick, Isabel, Women, Australian Aboriginal-- Biography

Collections: History, Entire Library

...generous grant from the Union of Australian Women, an enduring and important organising body of women who wanted to support an Aboriginal woman to tell her story. The RonaTranby Foundation...Emma, and my husband, Paul, for their extraordinary patience, love and warm encouragement...
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Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature

Book by Rosemarie Garland Thomson; Columbia University Press, 1997

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American Fiction--19th Century--History And Criticism, American Fiction--20th Century--History And Criticism, Body, Human, In Literature, Body, Human--Social Aspects, Feminism And Literature--United States, Popular Culture--United States--History, Sideshows--United States--History, Women In Literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...establishes a ministry and a woman-centered household. One...recontextualize Stowes, the extraordinary women invoke the image of the...history and culture, the extraordinary women figures define the...norm. But even while the extraordinary women appropriate the marvelous...
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Extraordinary People in Extraordinary Times: Heroes, Sheroes, and Villains

Book by Patrick M. Mendoza; Libraries Unlimited, 1999

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Heroes--United States--Biography, United States--Biography, Women Heroes--United States--Biography

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...chance of winning, for no woman had ever been elected to national...now had the voting power of women in that state behind her...but became the very first woman in the history of the United...Representatives. That in itself was extraordinary, because most women in the United States still...

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Journal Articles on: extraordinary women

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The Reign of Elizabeth I & Extraordinary Women of the Medieval and Renaissance World: A Biographical Dictionary

Journal article by Susan Frye; Shakespeare Studies, Vol. 31, 2003

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Extraordinary Women of the Medieval and Renaissance World: A Biographical Dictionary (Book)--Reviews, The Reign of Elizabeth I (Book)--Reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Reign of Elizabeth I Extraordinary Women of the Medieval...York: Palgrave, 2002 Extraordinary Women of the Medieval and...powerful, highly visible woman in a patriarchal society...Appendix A: Notable Women by Title, Occupation...reminder that all these "extraordinary women" lived political...
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Rooney, Francis: Extraordinary Women Explorers

Journal article by Diane Vetter; Childhood Education, Vol. 85, 2008

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Books--Book reviews, Extraordinary Women Explorers (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Rooney, Francis: Extraordinary Women Explorers. by Diane Vetter Rooney, Francis EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN EXPLORERS. ISBN: 9781896764986...understandings of the world as they knew it. Extraordinary Women Explorers is an inspiring read for...
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Isabel Flick: The Many Lives of an Extraordinary Aboriginal Woman

Journal article by Jeannie Herbert; Australian Aboriginal Studies, Vol. 2005, 2005

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Books--Book reviews, Isabel Flick: The Many Lives of an Extraordinary Aboriginal Woman (Book)--Book reviews

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...Flick: The Many Lives of an Extraordinary Aboriginal Woman. by Jeannie...Flick: the many lives of an extraordinary Aboriginal woman is a humbling experience...unacknowledged Aboriginal women who, like her, have refused...Isabels story reveals a woman who is warm, caring and...who like so many Aboriginal women must draw constantly on her...
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Isabel Flick and Heather Goodall, Isabel Flick: The Many Lives of an Extraordinary Aboriginal Woman, Crows Nest

Journal article by Maryrose Casey; Journal of Australian Studies, 2005

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Books--Book reviews, Isabel Flick: The Many Lives of an Extraordinary Aboriginal Woman (Book)--Book reviews

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...Flick: The Many Lives of an Extraordinary Aboriginal Woman, Crows Nest. by Maryrose...Flick: The Many Lives of an Extraordinary Aboriginal Woman, Crows...title acknowledges, was an extraordinary Aboriginal woman. She was...
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Daughter of Boston: The Extraordinary Diary of a Nineteenth-Century Woman, Caroline Healey Dall

Journal article by Sharon M. Harris; Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers, Vol. 24, 2007

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Books--Book reviews, Daughter of Boston: The Extraordinary Diary of a Nineteenth-Century Woman, Caroline Healey Dall (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Daughter of Boston: The Extraordinary Diary of a Nineteenth-Century Woman, Caroline Healey Dall...Daughter of Boston: The Extraordinary Diary of a Nineteenth-Century Woman, Caroline Healey Dall...differences between the two women do not matter are belied...

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Magazine Articles on: extraordinary women

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Somalia: Redefining Social Roles: the Extraordinary Strength of Somali Women

Magazine article by Rima Berns McGown; Women & Environments International Magazine, Spring 2003

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Families & family life, Sex roles, Somalia, Women

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...understanding of a "good Muslim woman". This has had huge implications...a both a good Muslim and a woman. Yet Somali women began to study the Quran and...This realization allowed the extraordinary step of separating the concepts of "good Muslim woman" and female circumcision...
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Somalia: Redefining Social Roles: the Extraordinary Strength of Somali Women

Magazine article by Rima Berns McGown; Women & Environments International Magazine, Spring 2003

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Political activities, Religion, Somalia, Women

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...understanding of a "good Muslim woman". This has had huge implications...a both a good Muslim and a woman. Yet Somali women began to study the Quran and...This realization allowed the extraordinary step of separating the concepts of "good Muslim woman" and female circumcision...
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Extraordinary Women

Magazine article by Susie Speidel; The Sondheim Review, Vol. 17, Winter 2010

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Extraordinary Women by Susie Speidel Three...social expectation was that women would marry, run households...was out of the question. Women were expected to be, as Carl...Knowing their place ..." If a woman did seek employment outside...companion or shop girl. Married women simply didnt work, and even...
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Rosa Parks: an Ordinary Woman, an Extraordinary Life

Magazine article by Stephanie J. Jones; National Urban League. The State of Black America, 2006

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Rosa Parks: an Ordinary Woman, an Extraordinary Life by Stephanie J. Jones Rosa...African American and the first woman of any racial or ethnic group...Parks ordinariness that made her extraordinary. In many respects, she was...
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The She-Apostle: The Extraordinary Life and Death of Luisa De Carvajal

Magazine article by Leanda De Lisle; History Today, Vol. 59, January 2009

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Books--Book reviews, The She-Apostle: The Extraordinary Life and Death of Luisa de Carvajal (Biography)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

The She-Apostle: The Extraordinary Life and Death of Luisa...by Leanda de Lisle The Extraordinary Life and Death of Luisa...biography tells the story of a woman who helped gather such relics...In common with English women such as the martyr Margaret...were to thank God for an extraordinary life. It is recaptured...

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Newspaper Articles on: extraordinary women

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Women 'So Busy with Working That Charities Lose Out' Project Examines History of Ordinary and Extraordinary Women in Wales

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), October 20, 2008

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Charities, Women

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Women So Busy with Working That Charities...Project Examines History of Ordinary and Extraordinary Women in Wales. Byline: Sally Williams...examining the history of ordinary and extraordinary women in Wales. She is to launch a...
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The Woman Who Smashed the Glass Ceiling; in an Age When Women Didn't Even Have the Vote, She Edited TWO of Britain's Most Venerable Newspapers. Hers Is an Extraordinary Story of Courage ... and a Great Mind Destroyed by Drink and Lost Love

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 2, 2011

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Newspapers, Women

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

The Woman Who Smashed the Glass Ceiling; in an Age When Women Didnt Even Have the...Newspapers. Hers Is an Extraordinary Story of Courage...of the most powerful women in Britain was ignominiously...elapse before another woman was (wrongly) hailed...success was all the more extraordinary because she lived in an age when women were denied both the...
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I've Cloned a Human; Extraordinary Claims of a Doctor Who 'Has Implanted Embryos into Four Women'

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 22, 2009

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Human cloning, Physicians, Women's health, Women--Health aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Ive Cloned a Human; Extraordinary Claims of a Doctor Who Has Implanted Embryos into Four Women. Byline: Fay Schlesinger...transferred them to four women prepared to give birth...into the wombs of four women, including a British patient...
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Young. Healthy. Yet These Women Chose to Be Sterilised Because They Say They Never Want Children. Will They Live to Regret Their Extraordinary Decision? Backing: Sarah McIntyre's Parents Were Supportive No Regrets: Charlie McCann Was Sterilised at 30

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 20, 2007

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Women, Women's health, Women--Health aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...They Live to Regret Their Extraordinary Decision? Backing: Sarah...sterilises morethan 40,000 women annually. But, asks SADIE NICHOLAS, are these women making aresponsible move...unfair. A 21-year-old woman can claim she knows absolutely...sterilisations to womenaged under 30 or women who do not already have children...
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SO WHO'S YOUR INSPIRATION? Launching Our Annual Inspirational Women of the Year Awards, the Prime Minister's Wife Sarah Brown Describes the Extraordinary Women She Meets Every Day - and Urges You to Nominate YOUR Heroine

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 19, 2009

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Brown, Sarah--Achievements and awards, Prime ministers--Achievements and awards

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Annual Inspirational Women of the Year Awards...Brown Describes the Extraordinary Women She Meets Every...extraordinary ways. Women who are patient, professional...communities they serve. Women who are running their...bound to reveal some extraordinary women from all over...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: extraordinary women

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Drama, Western

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...to his love tragedies, which emphasize women characters and psychological motivation...that explored the lives of minorities and women. Beginning with Lorraine Hansberry s A...into the next century. Feminist and other women-centered themes dramatized by contemporary...
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American Art

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Eakins painted sympathetic portraits of extraordinary psychological insight and uncompromising...contemporary art ). The ascendancy of women and minority artists since the 1970s...of stereotypes of African-American women has informed drawings and installations...
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History

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...historiography led in the 20th cent. to historical research in extraordinary detail, stimulated by the techniques of Sir Lewis Namier...history of those who formerly were largely ignored, such as women and minorities. The study of social history was also reinforced...
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Impressionism , in Painting

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...they avoided the vulgar and ugly, seeking visual realism by extraordinary stylistic means. Impressionists and Postimpressionists The...accidental" composition. Renoir, painting his idealized women and children and his lush landscapes, developed divisionism...
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Updike, John

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...novels and stories, written in a well-modulated prose of extraordinary beauty, lyricism, and dazzling fluidity and with a sure...collections include Pigeon Feathers (1962), Museums and Women and Other Stories (1972), Problems (1979), The Afterlife...

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