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Books on: famous women

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Great Men and Famous Women: A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History

Book by Charles Horne F.; Selmar Hess, 1894

Subjects:

Biography

Collections: History, Entire Library

GREAT MEN AND FAMOUS WOMEN A Series of Pen and Pencil...to effect his departure in secret. The famous, but unamiable minister Louvois, when...helped so mainly to render him great and famous. He had, no doubt, other claims to greatness...
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Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women

Book by Elbert Hubbard; G.P. Putnams Sons, 1897

Subjects:

Austen, Jane--1775-1817, Bonheur, Rosa--1822-1899, Brontee, Charlotte--1816-1855, Browning, Elizabeth Barrett--1806-1861, Fry, Elizabeth Gurney--1780-1845, Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier De La Motte--1648-1717, Josephine--Empress, Consort Of Napoleon I, Emperor Of The French--1763-1814, Lamb, Mary--1764-1847, Martineau, Harriet--1802-1876, Rossetti, Christina Georgina--1830-1894, Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft--1797-1851, Staeel--Madame De--(Anne-Louise-Germaine)--1766-1817

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Little Journeys To the homes of Famous Women Published in New York and London...kissed Miss Barrett, and these two women held each others hands and talked...foolish people who assume that gushing women are shallow, but this is jumping...
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Women, Accounting, and Narrative: Keeping Books in Eighteenth-Century England

Book by Rebecca Elisabeth Connor; Routledge, 2004

Subjects:

Behn, Aphra--1640-1689--Fair Jilt, Bookkeeping--England--History--18th Century, Defoe, Daniel--1661?-1731--Fortunes And Misfortunes Of The Famous Moll Flanders, Women Accountants--England--History--18th Century, Women--England--History--18th Century

Collections: Entire Library

In the early eighteenth-century the household accountant was traditionally female, they were also associated with literary and narrative accounting, inherent in diaries and letters. This text examines the development of the early novel.
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Bringing International Human Rights Law Home: Judicial Colloquium on the Domestic Application of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Book by Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Division for the Advancement of Women; United Nations, 2000

Subjects:

Children's Rights, Convention On The Elimination Of All Forms Of Discrimination Against Women--(1980), Convention On The Rights Of The Child--(1989), Sex Discrimination Against Women--Law And Legislation, Women's Rights

Collections: Entire Library

...and she would be denied rights resting upon nationality in her own homeland. Truly under this regime women have no country, as was famously asserted by Virginia Woolf. In a state-oriented system of international law a stateless person falls...
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The Genealogy of Women: Studies in Boccaccio's de Mulieribus Claris

Book by Stephen D. Kolsky; Peter Lang, 2003

Subjects:

Boccaccio, Giovanni--1313-1375--De Mulieribus Claris, Women In Literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...permission of the publisher from FAMOUS WOMEN by Giovanni Boccaccio, edited and...FW Giovanni Boccaccio. Famous Women. Translated by Virginia Brown...Boccaccios De mulieribus claris Famous Women , composed in the early 1360s...

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Journal Articles on: famous women

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The Ghost of Boccaccio: Writings on Famous Women in Renaissance Italy

Journal article by Jo Ann Cavallo; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 59, 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, The Ghost of Boccaccio: Writings on Famous Women in Renaissance Italy (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...Ghost of Boccaccio: Writings on Famous Women in Renaissance Italy. by Jo...Ghost of Boccaccio: Writings on Famous Women in Renaissance Italy. Late Medieval...historical presentation of the deeds of famous women and a moralizing judgment of them...
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Nathanson, Zukor, and Famous Players: Movie Exhibition in Canada, 1920-1941

Journal article by Robert M. Seiler; American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol. 36, 2006

Subjects:

Famous Players Ltd.--Services, Motion picture theaters--Industry forecasts, Motion picture theaters--Services, Movie theaters--Industry forecasts, Movie theaters--Services, Nathanson--Management, Zukor, Adolph--Management

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...1920, 1071). Entertainment Policy Nathanson told the press that Famous Players was committed to giving patrons value for their money...visiting them frequently, ensuring that the right type of men and women were hired to work as doormen, cashiers, and ushers, promoting...
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100 Canadian Heroines: Famous and Forgotten Faces

Journal article by Milena Santoro; American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol. 36, 2006

Subjects:

100 Canadian Heroines: Famous and Forgotten Faces (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...Forster. 100 Canadian Heroines: Famous and Forgotten Faces. Toronto: Dundurn...Forsters compendium of remarkable women in Canadas history is a deliberately...with the amazing stories of the "famous and forgotten" women who have made significant contributions...
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On Famous Fathers and Their Youngest Daughters

Journal article by Elisabeth Young-Bruehl; Psychoanalytic Inquiry, Vol. 28, 2008

Subjects:

Daughters, Fathers, Psychology, Women

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Oliver-all named after famous men of scientific...three caskets, three women, or three daughters...the households of famous fathers, the daughters...struggle to suppress the women in his life, to enroll...dependency on ambitious women who might, he had...magically make him a famous person overnight...
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Negotiating Our Positions in Culture: Popular Adolescent Fiction and the Self-constructions of Women

Journal article by Ana C. Garner; Women's Studies in Communication, Vol. 22, 1999

Subjects:

Childrens novels, Literary criticism, Women, Womens studies

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...others talked about what they learned from real women-famous and not-and why these heroines/ heroes were...heroines/heroes and role models is not limited to famous women looking for other famous women to follow. All women, and men for that matter...

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Magazine Articles on: famous women

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An Array of Famous Americans at London's National Portrait Gallery Gives a Memorable Insight into the Lives of the Men and Women Who Shaped the Political and Cultural Destiny of a Nation

Magazine article by Catherine Slessor; The Architectural Review, Vol. 212, November 2002

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An array of famous Americans at Londons National...into the lives of the men and women who shaped the political and...and 58 photographs depicting famous Americans who have shaped...Gazette (one of the very few women in the trade in colonial America...
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The Deceptive Anarchy of 'Let Us Now Praise Famous Men.'

Magazine article by Bruce Jackson; The Antioch Review, Vol. 57, Winter 1999

Subjects:

Agee, James--Criticism and interpretation, Cotton industry--Portrayals, Cotton trade--Portrayals, Evans, Walker--Criticism and interpretation, Great Depression--Portrayals, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (Book)--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...The 1960 edition of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men was immensely popular. The psychiatrist...for men to be emotional about things. Women could, but we didnt know how. Agee taught...be far more radical. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men begins with the images, which were...
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Growing Up with a Famous Mother: Children Tell of the Joys and Trials of Having a Distinguished Parent

Magazine article; Ebony, Vol. 44, May 1989

Subjects:

African American women--Personal narratives, Celebrities--Social aspects, Mother and child--Personal narratives

Collections: Entire Library

...their children, they are simply mom. As mothers, these famous women gave their children much more than the wisdom they themselves...first." On the following pages are the children of six famous women--all recalling what it was like to grow up under the...
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'Globalisation Is a Type of Fraud': Please Meet Sembene Ousmane, Senegal's Famous Auteur

Magazine article by James Copnall; New African, April 2001

Subjects:

Filmmakers--Interviews, Movie directors--Interviews, Movie producers (Persons)--Interviews, Postcolonialism--Portrayals, Sembene, Ousmane--Interviews, Senegalese--Portrayals, Women--Portrayals

Collections: Entire Library

...Meet Sembene Ousmane, Senegals Famous Auteur. by James Copnall...three generations of Senegalese women, opened recently to generally...three generations of Senegalese women and the diverse problems they face. The plight of African women seems to be a recurring theme...
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Bikers Fight to Own "Dyke": It's Taken Three Years and the Fight Is Still Not over, but Members of the Country's Most Famous Group of Biking Lesbians Are Finally Winning the Right to Own Their Own Name

Magazine article by Bob Adams; The Advocate, June 20, 2006

Subjects:

Lesbians--Cases, Trademarks--Cases, Women motorcyclists--Cases

Collections: Entire Library

Bikers Fight to Own "Dyke": Its Taken Three Years and the Fight Is Still Not over, but Members of the Countrys Most Famous Group of Biking Lesbians Are Finally Winning the Right to Own Their Own Name. by Bob Adams The U.S. Patent and Trademark...

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Newspaper Articles on: famous women

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Glamour Girls; STARS TRUST TOP PHOTOGRAPHER TO CAPTURE AMAZING STYLE Patrick McMullan Reveals Inside Story of His Life Spent Snapping World's Most Famous Women

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), October 12, 2007

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

...His Life Spent Snapping Worlds Most Famous Women. Byline: By Annie Brown ANDY...said: "She is a real glamour girl. Women aspire to be like her because she...been part of the in crowd at the famous Studio 54 and was friends with Warhol...
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Your Life: 50 REALLY Is the New 30; WELLBEING (Just Ask Madonna and Co.) Ahost of Famous Women Are Turning 50 This Year but Instead of Catching Up on Their Knitting and Saga Subscriptions, They're Having Babies, Showing off Trim, Toned Figures and Looking Younger by the Day

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), April 18, 2008

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

...Just Ask Madonna and Co.) Ahost of Famous Women Are Turning 50 This Year but Instead...trick for the rest of us. Thanks to women like Anne Robinson, its no longer...When Sharon recently reinacted her famous Basic Instinct pose, youd hardly...
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Famous Women on 'Company' Manners

Newspaper article by Nelson Pressley; The Washington Times, December 2, 1997

Subjects:

Alcott, Louisa May, Hansberry, Lorraine

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

Famous women on Company manners by Nelson Pressley...hocus-pocus, the shows hostess puts five famous women on the stage: novelist Louisa May Alcott...Leslie Jacobson, captures each of these women in a reflective moment. Alcott rummages...
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Guiding Lights; Some of Scotland's Most Famous Women Join Guide Campaign to Provide Positive Role Models for Today's Teenage Girls

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 17, 2006

Subjects:

Teenage girls

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

...Some of Scotlands Most Famous Women Join Guide Campaign to...some of Scotlands most famous women. Celebrities such as Harry...thoughts and advice of women who have excelled in their...would grow up to become a famous rock star. To be different...
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Ditch and Famous; WOMEN WHO FOUND STARDOM..AND LOST THEIR MEN

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), September 28, 2004

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

Ditch and Famous; WOMEN WHO FOUND STARDOM..AND LOST THEIR MEN...movie career. They are just the latest women to wake up to their potential, and show...were so in love but as soon as she was famous, it all changed." BOLT RATING: Speed...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: famous women

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Mcpherson, Aimee Semple

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...evangelist, founder of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, and, in the 1920s and 30s, one of the most famous women in America, b. near Ingersoll, Ont. Born Aimee Elizabeth Kennedy, she was converted to Pentecostalism as a young girl...
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Bhopal

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...b.c.) at Sanchi. Bhopal was founded in the early 18th cent. and was ruled from 1844 to 1926 by the begums of Bhopal, famous women leaders. Although the population was mainly Hindu, the princely family was Muslim. Bhopal became part of the state of...
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Boccaccio, Giovanni

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...the first biographies of famous men, the second of famous women), the mythological treatise De genealogiis, and the...1373 in Florence he began the lectures which became his famous Commento on the Inferno. There are several translations...
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Woman Suffrage

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...influential of the British advocates; his Subjection of Women (1869) is one of the earliest, as well as most famous, arguments for the right of women to vote. Among the leaders in the early British suffrage movement were Lydia Becker, Barbara Bodichon...
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Harem

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...advent of Islam, the veiling and seclusion of women into harems became more common. The most famous harem, that of the sultans of Turkey, dates...sultans harem often contained several hundred women, all subject to the control of the sultans mother...

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