<![CDATA[The Book Company: New Products - Women's Studies]]> https://www.thebookco.com Sat, 18 Apr 2026 21:34:22 +0000 <![CDATA[Thinking in Images: Film Theory, Feminist Philosophy and Marlene Dietrich]]> https://www.thebookco.com/thinking-in-images-film-theory-feminist-philosophy-and-marlene-dietrich/ Sun, 31 Jul 2016 23:09:40 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/thinking-in-images-film-theory-feminist-philosophy-and-marlene-dietrich/ Thinking in Images: Film Theory, Feminist Philosophy and Marlene Dietrich by Catherine Constable, 9781844571017
Thinking in Images addresses the current crisis in film theory by offering a new methodology for interrelating theory and film texts. Drawing on the groundbreaking work of Michele Le Duff, Catherine Constable argues that philosophy is reliant on sociocultural images, such as ..

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]]> Thinking in Images: Film Theory, Feminist Philosophy and Marlene Dietrich by Catherine Constable, 9781844571017
Thinking in Images addresses the current crisis in film theory by offering a new methodology for interrelating theory and film texts. Drawing on the groundbreaking work of Michele Le Duff, Catherine Constable argues that philosophy is reliant on sociocultural images, such as ..

Price: $37.95

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Thinking in Images addresses the current crisis in film theory by offering a new methodology for interrelating theory and film texts. Drawing on the groundbreaking work of Michele Le Duff, Catherine Constable argues that philosophy is reliant on sociocultural images, such as ..]]> <![CDATA[When Camp Onanda Gives Her Call: (Camp History on Canandaigua Lake)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/when-camp-onanda-gives-her-call-camp-history-on-canandaigua-lake/ Sun, 31 Jul 2016 22:26:15 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/when-camp-onanda-gives-her-call-camp-history-on-canandaigua-lake/ When Camp Onanda Gives Her Call: (Camp History on Canandaigua Lake) by Carol Truesdale, Ray Henry, 9781626192898
In 1883, eleven Rochester women formed the Young Women’s Association, and in 1919 they purchased Camp Onanda to provide an escape for young factory girls. The YWCA carried on that mission into the 1980s so that girls from all walks of life could experience the joys of camp. Over the decades, girls..

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]]> When Camp Onanda Gives Her Call: (Camp History on Canandaigua Lake) by Carol Truesdale, Ray Henry, 9781626192898
In 1883, eleven Rochester women formed the Young Women’s Association, and in 1919 they purchased Camp Onanda to provide an escape for young factory girls. The YWCA carried on that mission into the 1980s so that girls from all walks of life could experience the joys of camp. Over the decades, girls..

Price: $19.99

]]> <![CDATA[New Jersey Women in World War II]]> https://www.thebookco.com/new-jersey-women-in-world-war-ii/ Sun, 31 Jul 2016 22:24:31 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/new-jersey-women-in-world-war-ii/ New Jersey Women in World War II by Patricia Chappine, 9781626198210
Real-life Rosie the Riveters worked the lines in New Jersey’s factories, such as those of General Motors’ Eastern Aircraft Division, while women on the vulnerable coast enforced blackout orders. Others sold war bonds, planted victory gardens and conserved materials for the war effort. Thousands mo..

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Real-life Rosie the Riveters worked the lines in New Jersey’s factories, such as those of General Motors’ Eastern Aircraft Division, while women on the vulnerable coast enforced blackout orders. Others sold war bonds, planted victory gardens and conserved materials for the war effort. Thousands mo..

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]]> <![CDATA[North Carolina Aviatrix Viola Gentry (The Flying Cashier)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/north-carolina-aviatrix-viola-gentry-the-flying-cashier/ Sun, 31 Jul 2016 17:31:50 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/north-carolina-aviatrix-viola-gentry-the-flying-cashier/ North Carolina Aviatrix Viola Gentry (The Flying Cashier) by Jennifer Bean Bower, 9781609496951Viola Gentry of Rockingham County, North Carolina, learned to fly in 1924 and quickly achieved greater heights. In 1925, the aviatrix took her first solo flight. The following year, she flew under the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, and in 1928, she established the first officially recorded women’..

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]]> North Carolina Aviatrix Viola Gentry (The Flying Cashier) by Jennifer Bean Bower, 9781609496951Viola Gentry of Rockingham County, North Carolina, learned to fly in 1924 and quickly achieved greater heights. In 1925, the aviatrix took her first solo flight. The following year, she flew under the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, and in 1928, she established the first officially recorded women’..

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]]> <![CDATA[Remarkable Women of Clinton County]]> https://www.thebookco.com/remarkable-women-of-clinton-county/ Sun, 31 Jul 2016 17:21:30 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/remarkable-women-of-clinton-county/ Remarkable Women of Clinton County by Anastasia L. Pratt, 9781626198456Clinton county owes a lot to its daring and tenacious women. Helena Augustine established the county’s first kindergarten in Plattsburgh. The ever-versatile Alice Trainer Miner founded her museum in Chazy. For decades, Hettie Grant was a familiar voice to the residents of Saranac where she worked ..

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]]> Remarkable Women of Clinton County by Anastasia L. Pratt, 9781626198456Clinton county owes a lot to its daring and tenacious women. Helena Augustine established the county’s first kindergarten in Plattsburgh. The ever-versatile Alice Trainer Miner founded her museum in Chazy. For decades, Hettie Grant was a familiar voice to the residents of Saranac where she worked ..

Price: $19.99

]]> <![CDATA[All-Girls Education from Ward Seminary to Harpeth Hall (1865–2015)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/all-girls-education-from-ward-seminary-to-harpeth-hall-1865-2015/ Sun, 31 Jul 2016 17:15:05 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/all-girls-education-from-ward-seminary-to-harpeth-hall-1865-2015/ All-Girls Education from Ward Seminary to Harpeth Hall (1865–2015) by Mary Ellen Pethel, 9781626197626During the final days of the Civil War, Dr. William Ward and his wife, Eliza Ward, envisioned a school for young women in Nashville that would evolve into one of the nation’s most prestigious institutions. As the New South dawned, Ward Seminary opened its doors in September 1865. Merging with Belm..

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]]> All-Girls Education from Ward Seminary to Harpeth Hall (1865–2015) by Mary Ellen Pethel, 9781626197626During the final days of the Civil War, Dr. William Ward and his wife, Eliza Ward, envisioned a school for young women in Nashville that would evolve into one of the nation’s most prestigious institutions. As the New South dawned, Ward Seminary opened its doors in September 1865. Merging with Belm..

Price: $29.99

]]> <![CDATA[Women of the Revolution (Bravery and Sacrifice on the Southern Battlefields)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/women-of-the-revolution-bravery-and-sacrifice-on-the-southern-battlefields/ Sun, 31 Jul 2016 14:08:31 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/women-of-the-revolution-bravery-and-sacrifice-on-the-southern-battlefields/ Women of the Revolution (Bravery and Sacrifice on the Southern Battlefields) by Robert M. Dunkerly, 9781596293892Each of the Southern Revolutionary battlefields holds the history of soldiers and legends of women. From the wooded slopes of Kings Mountain to the fields of Cowpens, to the lesser-known sites like Fishing Creek and Hanging Rock, author Robert M. Dunkerly uncovers the stories and legends surroundi..

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]]> Women of the Revolution (Bravery and Sacrifice on the Southern Battlefields) by Robert M. Dunkerly, 9781596293892Each of the Southern Revolutionary battlefields holds the history of soldiers and legends of women. From the wooded slopes of Kings Mountain to the fields of Cowpens, to the lesser-known sites like Fishing Creek and Hanging Rock, author Robert M. Dunkerly uncovers the stories and legends surroundi..

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]]> <![CDATA[Women of the Catskills (Stories of Struggle, Sacrifice & Hope)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/women-of-the-catskills-stories-of-struggle-sacrifice-hope/ Sun, 31 Jul 2016 14:08:26 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/women-of-the-catskills-stories-of-struggle-sacrifice-hope/ Women of the Catskills (Stories of Struggle, Sacrifice & Hope) by Richard Heppner, 9781609490140Hailing from the home of industrious, strong and creative individuals, the women of the Catskills have embodied this rugged spirit best. Though often overlooked in Catskill Mountain history, their stories are inspiring, like that of Candace Wheeler, who used her rural upbringing to achieve persona..

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]]> Women of the Catskills (Stories of Struggle, Sacrifice & Hope) by Richard Heppner, 9781609490140Hailing from the home of industrious, strong and creative individuals, the women of the Catskills have embodied this rugged spirit best. Though often overlooked in Catskill Mountain history, their stories are inspiring, like that of Candace Wheeler, who used her rural upbringing to achieve persona..

Price: $19.99

]]> <![CDATA[Women in Long Island's Past (A History of Eminent Ladies and Everyday Lives)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/women-in-long-islands-past-a-history-of-eminent-ladies-and-everyday-lives/ Sun, 31 Jul 2016 14:08:16 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/women-in-long-islands-past-a-history-of-eminent-ladies-and-everyday-lives/ Women in Long Island's Past (A History of Eminent Ladies and Everyday Lives) by Natalie A. Naylor, 9781609494995Women have been part of Long Island's past for thousands of years but are nearly invisible in the records and history books. From pioneering doctors to dazzling aviatrixes, author Natalie A. Naylor brings these larger-than-life but little-known heroines out of the lost pages of island history. Ann..

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]]> Women in Long Island's Past (A History of Eminent Ladies and Everyday Lives) by Natalie A. Naylor, 9781609494995Women have been part of Long Island's past for thousands of years but are nearly invisible in the records and history books. From pioneering doctors to dazzling aviatrixes, author Natalie A. Naylor brings these larger-than-life but little-known heroines out of the lost pages of island history. Ann..

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]]> <![CDATA[Great Female Artists of Detroit]]> https://www.thebookco.com/great-female-artists-of-detroit/ Sun, 31 Jul 2016 11:56:50 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/great-female-artists-of-detroit/ Great Female Artists of Detroit by Suzanne Bilek, 9781609496715With a fresh perspective and rare images from twelve of Detroit’s finest artists, gain a new appreciation for the city’s art legacy. See the romantic flourish of Patricia Hill Burnett’s mayoral portraits, Niagara’s biting pen-and-ink social commentary and the monumental works of Gilda Snowden that..

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]]> Great Female Artists of Detroit by Suzanne Bilek, 9781609496715With a fresh perspective and rare images from twelve of Detroit’s finest artists, gain a new appreciation for the city’s art legacy. See the romantic flourish of Patricia Hill Burnett’s mayoral portraits, Niagara’s biting pen-and-ink social commentary and the monumental works of Gilda Snowden that..

Price: $21.99

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