The Century of Women: How Women Have Transformed the World since 1900 (Bucur Maria)(Pevná vazba)

The Century of Women: How Women Have Transformed the World since 1900 (Bucur Maria)(Pevná vazba)

Global in reach, this innovative text offers a thematic examination of the unprecedented changes in the realms of politics, demography, economics, culture, knowledge, and kinship that women have brought about since

Women Artists in Paris, 1850-1900 (Madeline Laurence)(Pevná vazba)

A celebration of the work and lives of women artists who shaped the art world of 19th-century Paris In the second half of the 19th century, Paris attracted an international gathering of women artists, drawn to the French capital by its academies and museums, studios and salons. Featuring

How They Decorated: Inspiration from Great Women of the Twentieth Century (Tapp P. Gaye)(Pevná vazba)

How They Decorated illustrates some of the great rooms of the twentieth century, whose stylish residents influence our tastes today. Gloria Vanderbilt cleverly noted, 'Decorating is autobiography.' Reflecting that truism, the interiors in this book capture the individual approaches of these icons

Modern Women - 52 Pioneers (Cochrane Kira)(Pevná vazba)

Modern Women is a celebration of influential and inspiring women who have changed the world through their lives, work and actions. From suffragettes to scientists, activists to artists, politicians to pilots and writers to riot grrrls, the women included have all paved the way for gender equality

From Women to the World: Letters for a New Century (Filippouli Elizabeth)(Pevná vazba)

Women of the Vatican: Female Power in a Male World (Telford Lynda)(Pevná vazba)

This readable and sometimes controversial book explores the lives of women who have had personal and unofficial influence at the Vatican over the centuries, revealing how they may have coerced or otherwise influenced various Popes into making decisions which may have affected the outcome of Papal

Women of the Foreign Office: Britain's First Female Ambassadors (Warburton Elizabeth)(Pevná vazba)

Since the suffrage campaigns in the early twentieth century, the advancement of women's rights in the UK has been nonstop. Proponents of the cause have aimed for equality across all sectors: personal and civil rights, employment rights, equal pay - and yet Britain's first official female ambassador

Maiden Voyages - women and the Golden Age of transatlantic travel (Evans Sian)(Pevná vazba)

How the Golden Age of transatlantic travel between the wars transformed women's lives across all classes - a vivid portrait of life on-board the iconic ocean

Unholy Union: How Professionalism Transformed Rugby's Amateur Heart (Aylwin Mike)(Pevná vazba)

No sport has undergone so traumatic a transformation as rugby since the turn of the century. The last of the major sports to be granted a licence to make or dispense money, rugby was propelled on a trajectory that has twisted its cumbersome frame to the very limits of integrity and continues to do

New Blood in Contemporary Cinema: Women Directors and the Poetics of Horror (Pisters Patricia)(Pevná vazba)

Since the turn of the millennium, a growing number of female filmmakers have appropriated the aesthetics of horror for their films. In this book, Patricia Pisters investigates contemporary women directors such as Ngozi Onwurah, Claire Denis, Lucile Hadzihalilovic and Ana Lily Amirpour, who put 'a

Women on the Front Line: British Servicewomen's Path to Combat (Sherit Kathleen)(Pevná vazba)

Women on the Frontline explains how women went from unacknowledged participation in combat in World War II to the opening of all combat roles by 2018. It explores why regular service was offered after the war; the struggle to establish careers; the first crack in the non-combatant principle--the

Amazons - The Real Warrior Women of the Ancient World (Man John)(Paperback / softback)

Since the time of the ancient Greeks we have been fascinated by accounts of the Amazons, an elusive tribe of hard-fighting, horse-riding female warriors. Equal to men in battle, legends claimed they cut off their right breasts to improve their archery skills and routinely killed their male children

Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All (Jones Martha S.)(Pevná vazba)

The epic history of African American women's pursuit of political power -- and how it transformed America. In the standard story, the suffrage crusade began in Seneca Falls in 1848 and ended with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. But this overwhelmingly white women's movement

Ten Women Who Changed Science, and the World (Whitlock Catherine)(Paperback / softback)

The moving stories of ten remarkable women who transformed science, and changed the

Galaxy of Her Own - Amazing Stories of Women in Space (Jackson Libby)(Pevná vazba)

From Ada Lovelace in the nineteenth century, to the women behind the Apollo missions, from the astronauts breaking records on the International Space Station to those blazing the way in the race to get to Mars, this book reveals extraordinary stories, champions unsung heroes and celebrates

Nineteenth-Century Women Artists: Sisters of the Brush (Chapman Caroline)(Pevná vazba)

An illustrated exploration of the lives and work of women artists in the 1800s, many of whom remain largely unknown. The nineteenth-century saw the emergence of more professional women artists than ever before, but they still faced an age-old presumption: that a woman's role in life was to marry

Badly Behaved Women: The Story of Modern Feminism (Crowhurst Anna-Marie)(Pevná vazba)

Badly Behaved Women is the illustrated story of the past 100 years of the women's movement, from suffrage, alleged bra burning and the politics of hair to Beyonc , body positivity and #MeToo. In the early twentieth century, through ceaseless dedication and fearless campaigning, the women's

Little Book of Queen Bey - The Wit and Wisdom of Beyonce (Various)(Pevná vazba)

'I will always believe in the strength we have as women.' As the queen of pop music since the glory days of Destiny's Child to her incredible solo career, Beyonc is one of the most inspiring and powerful women in music. The Little Book of Queen Bey is a collection of the most iconic quotes from a

The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History (Holt Nathalia)(Pevná vazba)

'Richly detailed...Shines a welcome light on Disney's true heroines.'---Margot Lee Shetterly, New York Times bestselling author of Hidden FiguresFrom the bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls, the untold story of the women of Walt Disney Studios, who shaped the iconic films that have

A Woman in the House (and Senate) (Revised and Updated): How Women Came to Washington and Changed the Nation (Cooper Ilene)(Pevná vazba)

An inspiring history of all the women who have taken a seat in Congress For the first 128 years of America's history, only men served in the Senate and House of Representatives. All that changed in January 1917 when Jeannette Rankin was sworn in as the first woman elected to Congress. From the

Women on Top of the World (Holmes Lucy-Anne)(Pevná vazba)

51 true revelations by women from all over the world about what they really think about when they're having

Women, Globalization and Fragmentation in the Developing World (Afshar H.)(Pevná vazba)

The process of globalization has had a dramatic impact on the lives of women in developing countries in the past decade. They have been increasingly drawn into insecure flexible employment working for the world market. The feminisation of the labour market has increased the burdens on women, and

How Great Women Lead: A Mother-Daughter Adventure Into the Lives of Women Shaping the World (St John Bonnie)(Pevná vazba)

In boardrooms and lecture halls, on the field and at home, strong female leaders are making a statement around the globe. In HOW GREAT WOMEN LEAD Bonnie St. John and her teenage daughter, Darcy Deane, explore the qualities that motivate some of the world's most powerful women. Through engaging,

Atlas of Beauty - Women of the World in 500 Portraits (Noroc Mihaela)(Pevná vazba)